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They have a right to feel smug

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨memes@sopuli.xyz⁩

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  • Mikrochip@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨minute⁩ ago

    These windows are great until you want to get AC in a rental. Then you’d actually prefer the American style slide-up windows (ask me how I know) :/

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  • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Don’t forget the mode where it’s anchored only in one corner and you freak out because you feel it will fall out any moment despite you know it won’t

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Having 30 days of paid holiday per year is nice too.

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    • Ibuthyr@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      And a 35h work week.

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      • capuccino@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        They try so hard to make forget WWII

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      • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        that’s in effect in Germany? They tried instating it here in Spain but Corruption industrial complex didn’t let it through

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  • BlackLaZoR@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In Poland these are common too. I fail to understand why someone would not install these windows in the first place

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    • idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Bugs. Lots and lots of bugs.

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      • moody@lemmings.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Nothing prevents one from installing a screen on those windows.

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨31⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        I thought these were doors. Them being windows makes a lot more sense.

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    • brokenlcd@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Coming from someone that builds them. At least where I live the mechanism is proprietary so it may not exist for every extrusion profile. Plus for big enough doors/windows the hinges to bear the load either don’t exist or get expensive quick.

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    • Sarctoth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because my house already has windows

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      • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        We have these windows, they are 35 years old and were most certainly not the first of this kind.

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    • hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      That was my thought when I was living in Denmark. Why would You have windows that open horizontally to the outside in a country where it rains almost every day, when You can have these.

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  • maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    My father was a sales & marketing executive for a window company in Germany. You can prepare for a long rant whenever he sees “those dreadful sliding windows” in a TV show from the US or Great Britain. Like every time. 😅

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  • notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The handles of the current generation German windows even have a 45 degree position; the window is then opened on a tiny slid.

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  • brokenlcd@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Tbf it’s more of a europea thing. I’m Italian and I’ve installed hundreds of these.

    Also… Assuming Liftup windows actually exist in America and aren’t just a myth. You.should be able to do something similar by jamming something in the window rail.

    Standard swing windows though… Pray.

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    • vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨51⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Sash windows are the common type used for American homes, though you’ll find a good mix of casements (typically the ones you have to crank to open/close.

      The only deal breaker for me would be casement windows that open outwards. The area I live gets a lot of bugs in the summer, and so our windows have screens to help keep pests out while windows are open. Sash windows and casements that open inwards work fine with screens, but casements that open outwards typically don’t.

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      • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        We took my in-laws back to my father-in-law’s hometown in France this summer and it was kind of mind-boggling to me how most of the homes had no air conditioning but also no screens on the windows to keep bugs out.

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      • BruisedMoose@piefed.social ⁨31⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        I have (in New England) a few windows that open outward and screens are just mounted inside rather than outside.

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  • hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I always wonder why are they associated with Germany. Aren’t they the standard in most of central Europe? We’ve had them in Poland since the 90s.

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  • deacon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Undeniably the best window design I have ever come across.

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  • shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I have this window in my bathroom and I’m from the UK.

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    • slightperil@lemmy.zip ⁨40⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Are you sure you have this window? Because usually UK windows open outwards, where as these windows are opening inwards. This means in Germany they can have shutters on the outside.

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    • hanke@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      U might be part german though

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  • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So if a squirrel falls in the window while you’re gone, it’s stuck there until you open the window the right way?

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    • zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It opens to the inside.

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      • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What if the squirrel is Australian?

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    • fleg@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      To answer seriously: it is a big problem that if a cat tries to jump through the window and gets stuck there then it can hurt itself badly or even die. That’s why responsible cat owners use guards like these:

      Image

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      • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Can confirm my wifes family cat does because it was stuck in the window while they were out of the house.

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    • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The Germans will never be able to tell anyone, as they cannot pronounce the word ‘squirrel’

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        We of course identified that issue a long time ago and set our best poets and thinkers and engineers to solve the problem. They came up with an utterly ingenious solution that is in use to this day: das Eichhörnchen.

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I don’t get it. Is it a suicide meme, …like opening the window and jumping out ? Is it about the need for instructions on how to operate a simple window ?

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    • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      It has 2 different ways to open it. Just tilting it a bit and all the way.

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      • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Yes

        Like every window I’ve ever seen that isn’t very very old

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