8 Things That Happen Only in Germany (American Reaction)

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[@FrankStaack-hr4wr]

13:20 Du kannst die Flasche auch mit den Zähnen öffnen, ist aber unhöflich wenn Du die Zähne des Nachbarn benutzt. 🤪

[@LA-tf1tz]

In Schwaben sagt man: „nicht geschimpft ist genug gelobt“ means if no one complains it is praised enough 😄

[@DevilzzFA]

And no video about germans/Germany would be "complete" if we didnt have a german correcting someone ;) Complaining isnt the right word, "rant" or "grumble" fits way better. Complaining is "beschweren". You're welcome ^^

[@LA-tf1tz]

@@DevilzzFA Then translate it again, I didn't correct anyone but added a saying that is very regional ;)

[@DevilzzFA]

@@LA-tf1tz No, the one correcting was me ;) And you said that it means "complains" and thats not correct. To complain ist "sich beschweren" aber wir sagen "net g'schimpf isch g'nug g'lobt", und schimpfen ist eben "rant" oder "grumble". Das war das, was ich berichtigt hab (und das auch noch nicht mal sonderlich ernst gemeint sondern vielmehr mit einem Augenzwinkern)

[@Chris-ss8zt]

I think it's universal and not focussed to any regions in Germany.

[@andyking957]

Gibts auch in Franken "Nicht geschumpfen ist schon des Lobes genug."

[@HalfEye79]

There even is a saying in Germany: "God knows all. The neighbours know more."

[@Drason93]

so true

[@lady673]

BTW we say Mahlzeit already in the morning when people are late for work and we want to annoy them and remind them that they are too late and it’s nearly noon. Even a quarter past 8 am 😂

[@DON666]

Oh yes... 🤣

[@McGhinch]

7:40 Invitation in Germany means that the inviter treats the invitees. When you throw a birthday party and invite guests, you entertain them with food. At work you invite them also -- and you don't have to invite them to your home -- for your party (at work, that is) and everybody is happy with a piece of cake. When your colleagues really like you, they may give you a birthday present, but they will not invite you. Invitation, by the way, is a word that US Americans seem to not understand. They might invite you for dinner and go to a restaurant and expect that you pay your own food... 😕 If a German invites you, the German pays.

[@franhunne8929]

I wonder if you might be the one who did not understand. Americans do not make you pay for your own meal - the whole of the bill plus obligatory tip is divided evenly between the participants. Unless someone says it is their treat (which then means they treat you, not you have to cover them). You do not pay just for yourself, letting the bill be split up by the waiter so that everybody pays for their own dish and drinks is too time consuming. And that means, it takes longer to get the next paying customer to a table, and the turnover is very important to American restaurants.

[@McGhinch]

@@franhunne8929 The problem here is the word invitation. In Germany, and at least most of Europe, the the one who invites pays. There is no split bill, or separate bill...

[@zorrothebug]

@@franhunne8929 Wow, so even worse?! If I do not have much money and just take a drink and a small side dish to eat, I still have to pay the evenly part? No thanks, I would not like to be invited to such a meal/party whatever.

[@donsealion]

​@@zorrothebughe meant: If you in invite someone Else ,you have to Cover the Bill of the other person you just invited. If you get an invitation, you dont have to pay Anything. Im german, so i should know

[@zorrothebug]

@@donsealion you may have missed the part where I replied to franhunne8929 and not the op McGhinch. I'm totally aware that in Germany the one who invites takes care of the bill "Wer die Musik bestellt, bezahlt.". franhunne said the meal is evenly split, so you do not pay just your part. Who orders a lot profits and who orders just a glass of water is fricked.

[@BGRatz77]

The most part of heat is not in the air, its in the Matter all in the Apartment. Means if you open the windows very short you replace 100% of the air but loose only a bit of the energy

[@peterheinrichs7634]

yepp. It doesn't stop there. The moisty air inside is (over time) way harder to heat than the air outside. The whole reason of "Lüften" is, to get rid of the moist in the first place, drying the house a little bit and prevent molding.

[@iPhonesuechtler]

Doesn’t work with most American houses!

[@peterheinrichs7634]

@@iPhonesuechtler yepp, 'cause wood doesn't store temperatures, it just keeps them from spreading. But, works perfectly fine with office buildings, 'cause concrete stores heat and cold for some time. It's just not needed anymore - these buildigings come with complex AC systems.

[@MrTuxracer]

Huh, huh, German sunflowers, how cute. That's the proof you are a nice guy.

[@m.r.6789]

You are allowed to use a Flaschenöffner but to be considered a real german you should also be capable of using everything else.

[@GG_420]

Die wahre kunst ist ein aluminium fass ohne zapfhahn anzuzapfen😂😂

[@henny1356]

EVERYTHING!!! Sonst hast du kein Bier verdient

[@henny1356]

​@@GG_420Hammer und Messer

[@Gn8Lif3]

Nah first of all a true german knows when to order wich beer in a bottle can or barrle You should also know wich glass to use for a sertain type of beer How u open a beer isnt that important because we like to help a pal out and that is the reason why we know so many ways 😂

[@JohnDoe-yo7uk]

I did it with paper .

[@sladge1983]

You can also open beer bottles with a newspaper. A little tip: folding helps.

[@christianklasen640]

You can also open a beer bottle with everything, if you are a german 😂

[@muschelpuster1987]

@@christianklasen640 I can‘t and I’m German 😂

[@i_can_c_u_2295]

@@muschelpuster1987Da musste wohl nochmal ran. Btw. Ich kann’s auch nicht 😂

[@andreasmann2602]

​@@christianklasen640 genau! LOL, Grüße aus Deutschland. Flaschen öffnen war das erste, was ich damals als Lehrling auf der Baustelle gelernt habe. Exactly! LOL, greetings from Germany. Opening bottles was the first thing I learned back then as an apprentice on the building site.

[@Triskele]

Ich kann’s auch nicht, aber da ich sowieso kein Bier trinke, ist das zum Glück auch nicht nötig. 😆

[@GG_420]

Naja ist einfacher mit jedem ein Stück Kuchen zu genießen als sich sorgen machen zu müssen 40 kuchen nach hause zu kriegen😅

[@lukasr.5839]

3:25 It might surprise you that opening "all" windows (or at least two to produce an airstream) for a few seconds is actually the most energy efficient/saving method to air the room - in contrast to open up one window just a little bit but for a longer amount of time. You want the CO2 go away and O2 go in without cooling the house (i.e. the walls etc.) down. As long as the walls keep warm, that tiny bit of energy that was actually in the air is neglectible.

[@surenot9491]

You are completely right, plus lowering the humidity to prevent mold especially in winter.

[@Drachenhannes]

They are wrong about Mahlzeit only being used in the Office. In the early 90s there was this Movie "kleines Arschloch" the Protagonist always entered a room saying Mahlzeit! Church, school, doctors Office. It popularized it as a General greeting. So yes, German can greet everyone every where like that. It's Just not as common as saying it during meal Times. Also i like how in Germany you have to bake cake for your birthday. It means you're getting cake for everyone elses birthday instead of being expected to bring it.

[@1968konrad]

If you are invited to a garden party and want to bring a salad, you will usually bring a salad made according to usual kitchen rules from untreated raw products and not ready-made boxes with preserved mayonnaise products.

[@sigisalmen2399]

So ähnlich habe ich auch gerade kommentiert. Gekaufter Kartoffelsalat ist ein No No! Übrigens No Go sagen nur deutsche lol

[@Bioshyn]

everything that is cut into small pieces and mixed in a bowl, often with a dressing is a salad. no need for lettuce or mayonnaise. a fruit salad doesn't have either for example.

[@rattenstark]

Wir sagen ja auch "Kabelsalat" und "Buchstabensalat". Und dann gibt es noch die Redensart "Da haben wir den Salat..."

[@janastratmann-severin1892]

I think ventilation is a must in Germany because, firstly, our houses are extremely well insulated and the windows and doors close really tightly. Secondly, we don't have AC to ensure air exchange. So if you don't ventilate, the oxygen in the house is used up quite quickly. In addition, moisture starts to condense on windows and walls and then mold forms. That's why it's a must in many rental contracts. I personally have to either close the door and open the window to sleep or, if it's very hot or very cold outside, the other way round, close the window and open the door to the rest of the house because otherwise I feel like I'm suffocating in my sleep. That's probably nonsense, but that's the way it is

[@muschelpuster1987]

My wife loves ‚Lüften‘. But she often forget to close the windows. So we share the job. She opens the windows everytime and I close it 😂

[@peterheinrichs7634]

Hah! Same here! By the time my wife recognized, I opened a window, it's time to end the "Stoßlüften" anyway. Makes totally sense to me, to just open and forget the windows once in a while... ;o) ;o) ;o)

[@jokervienna6433]

At home, there is not a problem with "Lüften" for me, but at work it is. I work as portier at a big, old place in Vienna. Everyone wants to open the windows in the seminar rooms - but unless they have a professor with them, they always forget to close the outer windows (there are inner and outer windows). Then comes some rain and a storm and many windows are destroyed. Old windows, very expennsive to replace. It drives me nuts, because it is a part of my job to watch out for this.

[@peterheinrichs7634]

@@jokervienna6433 I once worked in an office building with an undersized AC. There were rumors about the AC working absolutely fine, as long as all the f*g windows are closed. But... One cann't just tell a german to keep the windows shut! ;o) I've known this building 5 years in a row never ever being adjusted at some proper air conditions! :D

[@lightning-random-in-berlin]

I never close my Windows, Even in Winter, I never Start the heating. I am not a weichei 🤪🤪

I think in most European countries it's you who bring the cake to the office for your birthday.

[@peterpritzl3354]

They forgot to mention, for clarification, that German beer bottles do not have twist off caps.

[@Nagtloper431]

Some actually do (or did, anyway). But that’s not proper beer then but something like Herrenhäuser.

[@brittakriep2938]

Crailsheimer Engelbräu.

[@Erziraphel]

Impact air makes especially in winter time sense. You open the windows for about 5-10 minutes and replace the old air with fresh air. And then you close the windows again. This way you loose way less heat in your home as if you open just one window just a bit. But you also have to take in consideration that nearly all homes in Germany are especially isolated and build out of stone and concrete. Modern homes are nearly airtight so they often have(need) an electronic ventilation system. These electronic ventilation systems have also integrated air change and heat recovery systems. The old air is pumped through some kind of radiator to recycle the heat and use it again to heat the house.

[@eisikater1584]

What's more, cold air is dryer than warm air, because there's not much water vapor in it, so by that air exchange in winter, you also reduce moisture and thus prevent mold from growing on your walls. That's especially important in older buildings. I have no experience with these modern homes and all their sophisticated ventilation systems, but I think I wouldn't like one because these sure need regular expensive inspection and maintenance, which a window definitely doesn't.

[@NadineFolger]

I love your "German sunflowers". :D

[@BrittTheFurry]

I travel to Germany often. So the bottle opener being literally anything is like a little party trick at home. They place a bottle in front of me and when they go grab their opener, I open the bottle with whatever I can find. The reactions are always quite funny

[@emiliajojo5703]

If you have 10 coworkers you like,that means you bring something 10 f****ing times!In Germany, only once.😂

[@weisthor0815]

it´s more efficient!

[@biloaffe]

You can also ventilate in winter because cold air heats up faster than warm air cools down. This is due to the density; cold air has a higher density and can therefore absorb heat more quickly.

[@Sgt__Hawk]

You might want to check that statement. Even if there was a significant difference between the amount of energy needed for heating up vs. the amount of energy freed by cooling down (spoiler: There is not. The specific heat capacity is the same in both directions and the slight difference in mass is negligible) it would work the other way around. Since cold air is more dense and therefore has (insignificantly) more mass per volume, you would need more energy to heat it, than to cool the same volume of air.

[@Sinser1006]

Very good Video Idea, get drunk with your buddies and use everything except a bottle opener.

[@kustje]

Those 8 things are not only in Germany but a lot of European countries like here in Belgium

[@MelliundSpike]

I love the Stoßlüften😅🤩👍🏼 every morning and after a huge Rain are the Air so clean ☔🌬️🥰

[@McGhinch]

14:00 I, German, learned to open bottles with a knife from a Texan in the 1970s -- maybe US Americans have forgotten that skill.

[@Hey.Joe.]

Or maybe he had German ancestors. In Texas they even have a dialect called Texas-German and even I can understand that partly. 😆

[@McGhinch]

@@Hey.Joe. Well he never bragged about German ancestry, but his last name hints England.

[@LisaBeta-42]

classmates asked for my swiss-army-knife to open some bottles - they returned it with bite-marks from the bottletops in its handle. I had to show those amateurs where the bottle-opener on my knife was and they were afraid I might open one of the blades - also used the saw to cut some cake and I had to remove the raisins from the knife's mechanics: never lent your tools to "strangers", without showing them exactly how to use all available features...

[@Hey.Joe.]

​@@LisaBeta-42 Oh no! I can feel your pain. Never happened to my Swiss-Army-pocketknife or Leatherman-Tool.

[@fenrisulfr8]

I learned about "Mahlzeit" the same way as you, with context clues. Never knew the greeting existed before doing my first internship at 14. Was definitely confused.

[@emilvantbregen622]

Du willst Bierflaschen öffnen und auch austrinken?😅

[@Sushi2k7]

They forget to mention the probably most common salad ever existing: the "Kabelsalat" (literally translates to "cable salad" and refers to a tangled mess of wires or cables).

[@TheCrazy32]

Don't forget the "tonband" salad!!! 🙂

[@bErLiNTrigun81]

As a German, I refer to the German virtue of being prepared, which means that I of course have a bottle opener on my key ring and therefore don't have to rely on other tools. But that doesn't mean I couldn't open a beer bottle with any other object 😉

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Liam Carpenter sets a very high bar for YT videoes about beer opening in Germany 🤩 I recomend his Valentine's Edition

[@donpromillo141]

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[@donpromillo141]

It has nothing to do with opening a beer but with salad and cake

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

@@donpromillo141 Sorry. I thought opening a beer with flowers was cool

[@crazyo7560]

For your understanding: When you do Stoßlüften -even in the Winter, you don't loose that much heat, because if you're heating -the walls heat up (because they aren't made out of wood they can save more :) ) And since Stoßlüften is really just a few minutes, the warmth comes back pretty quick as soon as the windows are closed again👌🏼

[@LisaBeta-42]

yeah, we got about 10 windows in our flat, opening each for only 5 minutes takes you nearly one hour to complete the first airing - 4 times a day you work 3 and a half hours just at the windows, that is a full day each week!

[@truSN8P]

As a german myself, I had a great time watching your video and especially listening to your comments!

[@lightning-random-in-berlin]

Use a sheet of paper to open a bottle, skill Level 9/10

[@truSN8P]

but it must be a sheet from a newspaper; not more than 40g/m² !!! ;)

[@peterheinrichs7634]

1:55 Stosslüften - I'd say, it's related to our climate and the way we're building houses. See... Germany has usually moderate temperatures and rather moist weather. But, there can be times with very cold or hot weather over a couple of weeks in a row. So, all germans aim to have a home as insulated as possible!!! (helps saving money for heating too). In short: our walls, doors and windows, all of our buildings, they just can't breath. These are perfect conditions for getting mold into the buildings. So, if you wanna prevent your home or office from getting very unhealthy in the long term, you have to do something! The easiest way to prevent molding is the unpleasent "Stosslüften". 7:32 Birthday cakes in the office - The roots of it go back to having a birthday party. If you're inviting to a party the usual deal is: you're providing the food (cake), they bring the presents, right? The office is kinda special... Your colleagues see themselves like kinda part time friends(?), so they expect you to invite them and bring a cake. If you, by any chance, happen to work in a true friends envirionment, they WILL bring you a present! But, let's be honest... They are cormorants!!! They just see the opportunity to grab some free cake! ;o) Let's face it: you don't mess with a huge crowd of vultures, do you? Just bring in the cake and hope, they don't eat you alive!!! :o) :o) :o) 8:50 and 11:25 Noise and rules - Germany has arguably the densest population of Europe. So, to have a smooth daily life, you have to stick to the rules. If you're making trouble, you don't just annoy ONE neighbour, you're gonna annoy dozens of them at once. But, it doesn't stop there - having a dense population also means, we have a lot more of troubleshooters to deal with than evrybody else. That's, why we make sure, you'll stick to the rules!!! ;o) I'd say, it isn't a german thing... if you look at verry high populated countries all over the world, you'll see the same. Just grab some examples from south east asia and compare them with us. I'll give you that: You wouldn't need these rules, if you literaly have to grab your phone to yell at the far, far away next neighbour in the first place. 12:30 Bottle opening - See, I'm a german, I don't even use the word opener, I just don't need to! I say opening. :o) Don't make a video trying to open beers without an opener in a lot of different ways. There're already videos of germans that took the challenge before. You just can't win anymore. :-P

[@rubberduck777]

I will wait for the video. 100 ways to open your beer 🤣

[@JostSchwider]

Love the "German Sunflower"! 🌻

[@thorstenschreier7891]

Das erste Beispiel erinnert mich an die Arbeit.Zum Glück muss dort nur während der Pause gelüftet werden. Trotzdem Erkältung geholt...😂

[@UlliStockhofe]

Ich habe so gelacht über die Reaktionen von Sean Huggins ! Sean du einfach ein netter Mensch.

[@whyheaddoonelly3127]

It is also typical German not to show any weakness. You then get to hear “don’t complain, fight.” , "An Indian knows no pain" or my favorite saying, which I only know from Berlin, "Stop crying or I'll give you a reason to cry." That's what fathers often say to their boys. 

[@Captn_Altblech]

At 10:00 they're showing something typical German without even mentioning it: Those glass bowls! Every German household has them. Nobody bought them (ever!), they are just there... I don't even know where to buy them, never seen them in a shop... They are not meant to be bought or sold, those bowls are some kind of cosmic entity. And even if you break them (if that's even possible, I never tryed), they just somehow reappear. If some German would be mad enough to weaponize those bowls, every enemy would get shred by broken glass and we would NEVER run out of ammo. Fortunately we didn't have (or at least didn't use) them "back then". Imagine a Tiger II with a 360mm glass bowl cannon. I tell you: Those bowls...they are everywhere. And they are forever. Take em, smash em, grab a new one, repeat. And mankind will drown in a flood of shards...

[@chrisparkinson5160]

Im English and very rarely do you see young people with bottle openers, we all use lighters, walls, tables etc...

[@bjornvonderau8603]

A beer drinker doesn't deserve his beer if he hasn't found a way to open his bottle after at least five minutes without a beer opener

[@eugenhuber3441]

from Munich: - stoßlüften is just a minute, also in Winter. - sunbathing is nice, a specially at a street coffee on the most important street of the town - Mayonnaise, is not as much in bavaria - bottle opening, does not work by turning like US. my style of, i learned from my father who was a farmer and used the stove in the kitchen.

[@BennisKanal]

@05:05 Mahlzeit is easy to translate into English: Mahl = meal, Zeit = time, so it means "meal time", you wish someone to have a nice meal. But it's also used as a a greeding around moon. @05:30 that's not true! you can use it also on the streets, not only in the office. Especially when someone is eating.

[@Hey.Joe.]

That compliment-thing, we are quit the opposite of some us-americans, who tends to exaggerate. For example, if something is quite ok or just interesting, I almost always hear from american tourists words like awesome, amazing, unbelievable, I'm shocked or something like that. But after all, I have to admit we could just tell how is it, if something is really good instead to understate things with sayings like "not bad".

[@crazyo7560]

German Sunflowers are a thing😂😂 I can confirm😂 wild name, i also though that people would do this not spezially in Germany 😅😂

[@Drason93]

Moin moin from Berlin I can also open beer bottles with poker cards, belts and chopsticks. A few of my friends can do the same with their teeth, I tried that too, but a piece of the tooth broke off.

[@blubberboy4207]

Hallo, du wurdest mir auf der Startseite angezeigt und dein Video hat mein Interesse geweckt. Jetzt hier mal einfach ein deutsches Kommentar zu dem Thema Salat. Selbst gemachte ist immer besser vor allem beim Grillen und beim Grillen gibt’s halt auch immer Bier glaube mir alles ist ein Flaschenöffner Geldscheine Zange Hammer Küchenrolle mein Handy 😅Blatt Papier richtige gefaltet natürlich aber auf jeden Fall geiles Action Video hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ich lasse auf jeden Fall Daumen nach oben da 😂❤

[@blubberboy4207]

Achso und Kevin heißt eigentlich Kelvin 😂👀

[@mws7347]

3:20 @Huggs Das Stoßlüften wird nicht im ganzen Haus gemacht, sondern nur dort, wo es entweder hohe Feuchtigkeit gibt (Badezimmer) oder wo ein Sauerstoffmangel entstehen kann, wo sich also Personen lange aufhalten. Stoßlüften soll kurz (wie ein Stoß) sein, damit der Raum nicht zu sehr auskühlt. Shock ventilation is not carried out throughout the house, but only where there is either high humidity (bathroom) or where there may be a lack of oxygen, i.e. where people spend long periods of time. Shock ventilation should be brief (like a shock) so that the room does not cool down too much.

[@biloaffe]

When it's someone's birthday, there are the following options: 1. Office jobs = The "birthday child" brings cake. Reason: most people rarely invite their colleagues home for a party. 2. Skilled trades: There are two options here: 1. The birthday child buys breakfast for the colleagues, then everyone eats breakfast together. 2. The birthday child brings a case of beer. Most people don't care if there's a colleague there who doesn't drink beer. If you're lucky, you'll be asked if you'd like to drink something else. In many industries, it's also common to do the same when you go on vacation.

[@meinich5488]

Mahlkeit or Ciao, Tschüß etc. we don't use that in northen Germany. "Moin" is enough. Salat without Mayonnaise prepared is normal, even in Aldi or Lidl you can by it.

[@mikkyo3509]

These days, the birthday part is trickier because many companies are also prohibited from sharing personal information about their employees, such as birthdays. So many people don't know who's birthday it is.

[@crazyo7560]

I think there are more Germans that can open a beer with a lighter or anything - than Americans that can shoot a gun 🙃😂😂 (-proportonaly of course)

[@FotografieRosgen]

At the military, back at the end of the 80ies we used our belt.

[@esseiaderrek2356]

The reason for the Lüften is very easy to explain. Our modern Low Energy Houses are so dense, that there is No airflow between inside and Outside. So you have to "Lüften", otherwise the old CO2 high and humidity Air will stay in the House. Humidity in particular can then lead to mold. Therefore many contracts have special parts for the "Lüften". Because mold is one of the biggest problems in the new dense Low Energy Houses. Of cause a britain does not know it. Their Houses are so dense like a barn from early years of 1300.

[@Matthias_Br]

No you don't let of the heat out in winter as it's only three minutes and makes it even better as through the difference between warm and cold

[@Ikller-xh7qq]

Usually, when people use a bottle to open a beer, they use a closed bottle...a friend of mine refined his method to the point of ooening a beer with an empty beer bottle...

[@orko2027]

There is a book "10.000 Möglichkeiten, eine Flasche Bier zu öffnen". I know at least 10.001 ways to open a beer. If you know how it works, you can use nearly anything, it´s even possible with sheet of paper!

[@stevedergamer5322]

Not only in Germany, but in all of Europe

[@MaddogMaddu]

You can say, Salat is a cold side dishwith vegetables, so you can also use Salat for potatoes or nudels. 😏

[@votanodinson8123]

Fertigsalate sind nicht typisch Deutsch, wir haben eine Jahrtausende alte Ess/Koch Kultur. Bei Familienfesten oder Grillabenden bringt man selbstgemachte Salate und kein Fertigfraß, und wir benutzten keine Mayo, sondern Schmand, Saure sahne oder Creme Fresh , wenn überhaupt. Salate mit Mayo kam aus Amerika. *Das musste gesagt werden* 🤔🧐🤣

[@spandauleon]

Greetings from Berlin :) Schönes Video, Abo issss da

[@seldakaya0414]

The first commenter’s name you mentioned is Infoheld. 😊

[@franhunne8929]

Never let Rachel meet the infamous "Kabelsalat" ...

[@LisaBeta-42]

like an English traffic-jam we also know of Menschen-auflauf

[@my1860309vn]

Vor mittlerweile 40 Jahren habe ich ,zusammen mit jungen amerikanischen Soldaten , in einer Kaserne, in Norddeutschland gedient. Die waren im Schnitt 20 Jahre alt und das erste mal im Ausland. Auf einer Party gab es deutsches Bier und die Jungs sind an unserem Kronkorken verzweifelt,weil ,das gibt es auch in Amerika,aber als Drehverschluss. Am ende des Abends war mein Feuerzeug durch und ich ihr Held. 😅😅

[@rampp17]

3:20 deswegen ja Stoßlüften. Man öffnet alle Fenster komplett dafür aber nur kurz (ca 2-5min) wenn man dann das Fenster schließt sollte es innerhalb von 1-2min wieder warm sein. Wenn es natürlich draußen -10°C hat dann natürlich nicht so lange. Aber wenn man richtig Stoßlüftet dann ist es innerhalb kurz zeit wieder warm im Raum

[@madkuya9862]

Yea open a bottle with with a newspaper, always fun to see poeple watching me how to do that. ^^ 14:24 Yea sure my quest for you is, Open a bottle with any kind of paper no matter the size or collor of the paper. Newspaper is the softest paper and the most fun. The german sunflower, i did not know thats a thing but yea, i kinda do that.

[@sigisalmen2399]

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[@mws7347]

7:50 @Guggs Die entscheidende Sache ist, dass wenn im Job die Kollegen etwas mitbringen, müsste jedes Mal abgestimmt werden wer was mitbringt. Das ist organisatorisch etwas problematisch, je nach Kollegenanzahl, Urlaubszeiten etc. Ständig würden Listen kursieren und irgendjemand müsste permanent darauf achten, wann der nächste Kollege Geburtstag hat und ob dieser nicht möglicherweise an seinem Geburtstag Urlaub genommen hat. Und es wären (vermutlich) auch oft die gleichen Personen, die etwas mitbringen (oder eben nicht mitbringen). Und außerdem könnte es bei den Geburtstag öfters auf die gleiche(n) Speise(n) hinauslaufen. Bei der deutschen Variante ist sichergestellt, dass es jedes Mal eher etwas anderes wird und es ist organisatorisch viel einfacher, es kann nicht vergessen werden, niemand muss Listen führen. Es ist auch mehr in dem Sinne von "Es ist mein Festtag, ich geb allen einen aus!" The crucial thing is that if colleagues bring something to work, it would have to be agreed each time who brings what. This is somewhat problematic from an organisational point of view, depending on the number of colleagues, holiday times, etc. Lists would be constantly circulating and someone would have to keep a constant eye on when the next colleague's birthday is and whether they might have taken holiday on their birthday. And it would (presumably) often be the same people who bring (or don't bring) something. What's more, the same dishes could often be served on birthdays. The German version ensures that it will be something different every time and it is much easier to organise, it can't be forgotten, nobody has to keep lists. It's also more in the spirit of "It's my party day, I'm spending one!"

[@JustCurious2watch]

Most of the harsh things may be typical and normal for the citizens of Berlin, not for most other Germans... As a rural Bavarian I would die every day if people would treat themselves like she described.

[@obernudelful1555]

Mahlzeit is a very blue collar job thing or a thing with crafts and construction.Said to a person who is obviously working in a white collar job it can even be meant as an insult, depending on the area and situation.Generally speaking: The longer you spent at university, the less likely is a Mahlzeit from you or your colleagues.

[@Dirk-Ulowetz]

Ich empfehle den Kanal von Dorfdäpp (ja, der schreibt sich so). Der hat einige Videos über Bieröffner gepostet. Vor den 90ern war es übrigens viel einfacher, wenn du Geburtstag hattest. Einfach ne Kiste Bier mitbringen und die Kollegen waren glücklich.

[@nobrain3282]

Ein schönes Vid zum Feierabend 🤭. Oh, i forgot you only end your worktime without having Feierabend. ...is this true? If yeah, give it a try, it's a nice feeling to have Feierabend! 😇

[@assellator7298]

Only self made Nudel-/Kartoffel-/Fleisch-Salat is a real salad..

[@andreasmann2602]

Hi, what a great idea to make an extra video about opening crown cap bottles. Have fun with it, but I doubt you have the skill. 😁 Just as an aside, you really can open the bottles with anything, as a youngster I even opened them with my teeth!

[@sabinereimer7809]

I am such a German Sunflower! Living on the Açores Islands of Portugal with very rainy winter weather it's so nice to get a bit sun onto your face once in a while because it can start to rain again in a few minutes...😂😂😂❤

[@worm5797]

The funny thing is, Germans know how to fold a piece of paper in order to be able to open a bottle with it. But if you want to experience something truly German, try "Manata Teller"! It's Currywurst Special with fries and onions. It is a sausage seasoned with curry and Katch up and served with fries, onions and mayonnaise. The funny thing is, it was named after the Opel Manat car whose drivers are so stereotypically German that their favorite dish gets a name for a meal.

[@SoneaT]

I guess you mean Opel "Manta" 😂. Theres also a famous movie called Manta Manta. But I never heard Manta Currywurst in my live 😅, might be a northern thing. Haven't seen a real Manta in ages, so they are not that common anymore, because Opel stopped production August 1988. The funniest thing about cliché Manta drivers was the real foxtails they often had as keychain or hanging on the mirror. 😂😂😂😂

[@worm5797]

@@SoneaT Sorry for the spelling, of course I meant the Opel Manta. The Manta plate or Manta Dish comes from the North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) "Ruhr area". (Ruhrgebiet) The Manta Drivers have of course also shaped the Jokes and Subculture such as the Movies "Manta Manta" or "Manta der Film". But it all still so deep in the Memories of the youth of the 80s, that when you order a Manta plate, you still get a currywurst with fries plus mayo and Katch up. At that time it was quite modern to send signals with a CB radio to play a fox, which the rest of the group would then locate with their CB radios based on the S value of the transmitter signal, this was then called fox hunting. The radio antenna was also a popular place for the foxtail.

[@worm5797]

I would say that the Movie "Smokey and the Bandit" with Burt Reynolds can best be compared with the "Manta Cult" in Germany.

[@SoneaT]

@@worm5797 I'm born in the 70s in Germany, that's why I pretty much know everything about Manta drivers you mentioned. I knew the CB signals were a thing, but not how they did it 🤔. So thanks for the info. Ruhrpot 😁.... That explains why I never heard of this dish before. I'm from deep south Bavaria 🤣🤭. And I have never seen the Burt Reynolds movie.... Sorry But I will try to order a Manta Teller, maybe I'm wrong and others know about it 🙃😏

[@worm5797]

@@SoneaT If the waitress is younger than 30, try just "Currywurst with Red and White Fries. All Border Barriers in Germany at that Time were Red and White, so "Pommes Schranke" is known as Fries with Mayonaise and Katch up. If you order "Pommes Schranke Special", chopped Onions are included. Iff you need the Currywurst and Fries +, just call a "Manta Platte Spezial".

[@SoneaT]

All of the airing out never gets realy explained. First you air out the rooms, when it's hot inside, because most of Germans don't have aircon. Second... our houses are isolated ( to stay warm in cold winters and cold in summer, hence no aircon needed) , very good isolated and if you don't want to get mildew, you need to regularly air. But almost nobody does it 4 times a day 😂😂 And to open all of them is pretty dumb, all you need is 2 windows and we don't cool the room down, then it was open to long 😂. If they do it by work, it's to renew the air. I hate rooms where it stinks because of the used up air. We never bring a salad like this to a party 😢😢😮😮😮. Either you make one with mayo yourself (sometimes even the mayo) or other salads, cakes, cookies or other requested sweets. But they are always self made and requested from the inviting person.

[@AlexRadler-bw9js]

Inf0H3ld = Infoheld = Informationhero

[@Ehemensch]

Man trinkt mit den Kollegen gerne auch ein Bier nach Feierabend . Das hat man als geburtstagskind natürlich auch schön gekühlt dabei. Aber auch typisch deutsch sind Socken tragen in sandalen. 😂😂😂 Das Video ist ganz ok finde ich. Ich hab dich vorsichtshalber mal abonniert. Liebe Grüße aus Nettetal / Deutschland

[@HG_Budde]

P. S.: Awww.. I love the term "German Sunflower", that shows you really had a good, hard reflection about it. But it's true, on building sites we also would look for a sunny spot to have our break at. I have never thought of it as a pecularity of the Germans though and you spotting that from nothing is a) impressive and b) semi-concerning.. 👀😅

[@celecraft4567]

Stoßlüften(open da windows) is important, especially after eating and before vaping. I like my room clean and freshly tasting of good vibes!

[@emiliajojo5703]

If you can open with a newspaper,you're officially in.don't use your eyes or teeth,even if it's fun.

[@caroziel165]

In Hamburg we just say "Moin" regardless of the time of the day 😊 and "Tschüss" as a goodbye

[@caroziel165]

Oh and I just love your sunflower comment 🥰

[@ChriDDel]

"the german sunflower" is clear. We don't have so much sun hours, especially here in northern germany. So we suck in es many as we can. 😁 Hamburg has the highest number of convertible cars in germany.

[@DENI6000]

Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Feierabend. Bedeutet auf keinen Fall: I wish you a nice celebration evening.

[@philippkuhlmeyer9760]

7:28min. Mayo ist auch ein guter Butter Ersatz.. fürs Butterbrot zumindest 😅

[@ralf-peterberg1083]

Showing up to a party with ready-made “Salat”, btw. cheapest brands full of disgusting chemicals, would be a guarantee not to be invited again! Homemade potato salad or even a noodle salad is the best choice. Love your videos, although they seem to be located mainly in northern/central Germany. Very different habits in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg, we rarely use Mayo! Greetings from Munich

[@MelliundSpike]

9:55 in Germany are one or two Karens 😂

[@jokervienna6433]

Alle diese Sachen passiert auch in Österreich. :) Es gibts zB Videos über "100 Wege ein Bier zu öffnen". Es gibts auch das Wort "Kabelsalat", es bedeutet einfach etwas so gemischt dass man kann es nicht trennen. Egal welche "Zutaten". Mann nutzt auch diese Ausdruck wenn es kommt zum schwerige Probleme überhaubt: "Dort haben wir den Kabelsalat." Dass sind echte Probleme. :D

[@dasrostkehlchen6942]

Typisch deutsch ist auch unsere Nachtruhe von 22.00 abends bis 6.00 morgens. Wehe,man hält die nicht ein wenn man einen garstigen Nachbarn hat.😂😂😂😂

[@BennisKanal]

@12:00 that's so true... sadly. 😀

[@sarwelhlaalu3926]

12:02: Riding your bicycle on the pavement (unless you're a child under 10!) is not only illegal, it is dangerous for the pedestrians. Take that from someone who has been run over by cyclists on pavements, from behind, six times so far.

[@timschalau8425]

u can use a piece of paper to open a beerbottle if the paper is folded enough ^^

[@alexanderagne4521]

As a German, i Open Beer with my i Phone since iPhone 3s

[@NickUncommon]

Leet talk Infoheld created a tongue breaker for you there :P

[@Chris-ss8zt]

How should people learn the language if you use gender neutral language? I don't get it.

[@schauseil187]

A real German can open a beer with anything - even a piece of paper ;) (I saw it myself)

[@SoneaT]

Yeah and it's not a problem with paper if you know how to do it 😉

[@Clone.Musterman]

In Germany there's an law how to close your car door at the evening and night 😂

[@Chris-ss8zt]

Today I did impact ventilation in the office but it took more than a short time. 🤣