>Grocery shops are fine and this summer enforcement is relaxed; **so in the streets there does seem to be some kind of mass deviance, apart from ~10% of weirdos**. What do you consider deviance? I once pulled up in an Uber to a bar/restaurant with my friends who were celebrating their anniversary. When we pulled up the Uber driver asked “are you sure this is the place” I looked out the window and a homeless guy was sitting on the curb five feet from the main door getting a blow job from some homeless woman lmao. We’re like yeah, this is the place. >The last time it was this relaxed in the streets What’s relaxed mean, crime, sex, drugs etc? >Many users here predicted they'd relax things in summer, to keep people from snapping with football and olympics. I was one, give the peasants some illusion of freedom before they get locked in for another 9 months to 1.5. >But this wouldn't be the first time things looked more normal and suddenly, the next day we get stopped when entering a grocery store with mere fabric masks or nothing/a scarf in the case of my little brother and told to wear more expensive FFP2 masks… Which worked before for half a year. We usually get a few days warning, “masks will be required May 30th” and it was a few days before. We never needed medical masks, I know people who’ve worn mesh and lace masks and have never been sick or stopped from entering. >Apparently, Saxony is the first state to lift the mask requirement in every public building since March 2020, but the usual suspects seem to shut that down. I didn’t make it to saxony when I was there but did see other parts. I thought it was just an American thing but it seems to be the west in general(Germany, France and Belgium where I was). But most people don’t have a sense of urgency or take pride in their work, they’re just there and do the minimum required. >We turned on ZDF one day, one of our main state TV channels, and they with their experts did everything to convince that kids at school still need to wear masks at all times. A few weeks ago, they lifted the requirement at some schools (only in class rooms duh, and they still have to go all they way to open windows every 15 minutes) I think most schools here are mandating masks still(school restarts in a month or two depending on your state). And vaccines for most colleges and universities(also depends on the state). >and we had "homeschooling" (digital zoom classes, some teachers want it with camera, that don't allow anyone else in the room of the student) Same here, we want to indoctrinate your child in private please. I think some kids got suspended from online school for this, wearing pajamas or being distracted. I can’t remember it all anymore, in clown world it’s too hard to remember every clown act. >Here, "homeschooling" isn't really a thing. If you are some kind of celebrity, you may get expensive private teachers to instruct the kid, but usually you need to visit a school physically with no absence of more than ~2 months each year. I have _never_ actually heard of anyone getting homeschooled in Germany. Weird, here there’s online schools, I know one you have meet ups with your class every few weeks(pre-lockdown) and another one where it’s just online, do the work and get the grade you have 18 weeks to complete your classes, you can do it as fast or as slow as you want. There’s a lot of white kids around here that have switched to online schooling because of the influx of mexicans/gangs. The local high schools used to have a 1-2% drop out rate, it’s now 30+% and they keep dumping money in but mexican kids aren’t smart enough, so just dump more money at the problem. Meanwhile all the good students have been forced out because of the violence. Including Spanish, Puerto Rican’s, etc have been forced out with violence also, I don’t know which Hispanic countries are allowed at this point besides mexicans but the schools are crazy and the staff turn a blind eye if you’re illegal or mexican. If you complain, you’re the problem, so most parents have pulled their kids out. But since covid there’s waiting lists to get into the official online schools. Maybe they’ve hired more staff since then, I haven’t kept up.