If you’ve never left your home country, it’s easy to assume certain things are “normal” when they’re actually abnormal elsewhere. As an American living in Germany points out, that normalization can sometimes blind us to how problematic some norms actually are.

A woman named Lanna shared that she left the United States two-and-a-half years ago and is now living in Germany. She recently got a job as a part-time barista to make some extra cash. The experience, even before she has started the job, has “broken” her—but “in a good way.”

@keylimelanna Idk how so many Americans are so accepting of the utter dumpster fire we are served by our system. Frozen water is a militaristic group of state thugs kidnapping people straight up and yall are fine w it as long as you have a life more comfy than others around you (still not even adequate bc you don’t know what a statistically good quality of life even is u just think yours is good bc it’s all you’ve ever lived GL w those yearly 5k deductibles so you can afford an exorbitantly expensive prescription that costs 10€ overseas without insurance bc you think s*cial!sm bad) ♬ original sound – Lanna

Idk how so many Americans are so accepting of the utter dumpster fire we are served by our system. Frozen water is a militaristic group of state thugs kidnapping people straight up and yall are fine w it as long as you have a life more comfy than others around you (still not even adequate bc you don’t know what a statistically good quality of life even is u just think yours is good bc it’s all you’ve ever........

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