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This random pick at my job was made in West Germany (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

No. That clearly states that the material it is made from is "Stainless West Germany", which is a type of steel made mainly from iron, west, germany, and chromium.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wrong again. Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany. West Germany was further divided into Stainable West Germany and Stainless West Germany and that's where it was made.

[–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Close, but actually Stained Germany was divided after the war into Stainless West Germany and Rusty Red East Germany.
They were separated by the Iron Curtain.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

To make things even more complicated, Rust is actually in West Germany, close to the French border

[–] mech@feddit.org 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Isn't that the town where they've started rewriting parts of Linux?

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Explains why West Germany no longer exists.