American reacts to CRAZY GERMAN LAWS!

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[@emiliajojo5703]

We have a thingy in our cars,showing us how much fuel is in the tank.

[@MrOpacor]

About German musicians: Well, the rules only apply for condos. If you live in a single party house, practicing at any time of day is okay, as long as nothing is loud enough to disturb the people a house away. And for those in condos in cities there are always clubs with practicing oportunities. And by the way: There are great German drummers.

[@chessnut4886]

On freedom of speech. Simply put, you have the right to say anything you want, unless you violate the rights of other people. You are not allowed to say anything that violates the human dignity of another person. Because human dignity is considered a higher legal right than freedom of speech.

[@marccurrat1229]

Number 3, it's not freedom of speech, it's freedom of expression. As long as your statement does not restrict the freedom of others, everything else is permitted. The right to have an opinion cannot be restricted. So it is not a crime to have a racist attitude. Spreading racist remarks, however, does.

[@leDespicable]

Regarding the quiet times: There's a popular saying in Germany that goes "Wo kein Kläger, da kein Richter" (Where there's no plaintiff, there's no judge). So, as long as your neighbours aren't bothered by it, you could actually do loud things like mowing your lawn on sundays. The likelihood of neighbours not being bothered by loud noise on sunday is small, though. In the end it always depends on the relationship you have with your neighbours, some might call the police on you for the stupidest reasons, while others might be completely fine with you doing loud remodeling work on sundays.

[@ralf-peterberg1083]

Personally I don’t think that a German cop would give a foreigner a fine just for using the wrong “Du”, especially if the foreigner has a strong accent or shows a foreign ID card. Any lawyer would be happy to get such a case to the court. So you have to have an obvious intention to insult this officer. And then it’s absolutely ok to get fined! These officers are protecting all honest citizens and so they deserve to be respected.

[@user-wu8bm9li6y]

Funny: In the States you are allowed to call a cop every name, but if you protect your face while falling this will be seen as resistance to arrest.

[@protpirat7923]

1. I don't know what's so strange about it. It is avoidable that the tank is empty on the highway. That's why you have to pay a fine. There are enough gas stations on the highway. If the nearest motorway gas station is too far away, leave the motorway and fill up at a gas station in the nearest town. Compared to the USA, Germany is not a large country and has a high density of gas stations. 2. First names must be recognizable first names. Names can have a religious or other meaning, come from the parents' culture, but they must be classic first names. As a parent, you always have to remember that children can be mocked by other children because of their names. Children do that. It's completely normal. Adults also joke about names they find very funny. Do you really want your children to suffer their entire lives because of your short-sighted decision?

[@norrinradd2364]

1:53 In Germany you can turn right on a red traffic light when there is an additionally Grünpfeilschild ( Verkehrszeichen VZ 720) (litarally green arrow sign). 6:00 You don't have to ask the government for naming your children. Just be sober and think for a second about the name and what you have done to children with weird names when you were young. When you still think Wetdream or Fatbastard are a good choice then migrate to the USA. 9:40 Germany is a highly dense populated place. What do you think is more important: a functioning society with well-rested nurses, doctors and bus drivers or crazy teenagers 🧟who think they're some kind of Dave Lombardo or Joey Kramer? 16:16 It's different for pets and depends on their size. You can bury your canary or goldfish in your garden, but normally all pets must be cremated. With or without cremation, you can't bury your grandmother in the garden for reasons of water protection, public health and hygiene. Once again, Germany is very densely populated. And there is also a duty to handle the remains of corpses with dignity. Remember that the Nazis made lampshades and other strange things out of the skin of their victims.Therefore think twice before you think you can made your grandmas ashes part of your new epoxy resin table top. 14:15 IMHO Cops in Germany usually quite chilled when you use "Du" (2nd person) in a respectful manner but if you have an attitude 🤬in addition it could be going expensive. Flipping the finger to a cop in the US is Freedom of speech and covered by the 1th and the 14th amendment but you'll find endless examples in the internet that many cops give a f@ck about your freedom of speech and beat you up right on place 🥴.

[@helloweener2007]

Beamtenbeleidigung is not an offense by law, it was in Prussia but it is not in the FRG. Insult is always a personal offense. Saying "Du" to a policeman can be an insult. Can, it do not has to be. Dieter Bohlen was in court because of that and he got away because he says "Du" to everyone. So it was a special insult when he said it to the polioceman. No policeman will sue you just you let a "Du" slip.

[@ArKa_47]

I've actually read that Thou = du (informal) You = sie (formal) But since "thou" became outdated in modern english it disappeared in daily language. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong 😉

[@ralf-peterberg1083]

No, you’re perfectly right.

[@helloweener2007]

You can mow your lawn. It just depends how loud your are. If you use a roboter with less than 59dB it is fine.

[@SheratanLP]

Schere ginge auch. ;)

[@BastianC]

Grad deinen Account entdeckt. Sehr unterhaltsam. Grüße vom Bodensee

[@spandauleon]

hahahahaha Der Kommentar am Anfang hat mich gekillt xDDD

[@emiliajojo5703]

Every fundamental right is limited by other fundamental rights.in every country.

[@JonasReichert1992]

For Pets it depends on the Size. Some of them you are allowed to burry in you garden other- bigger ones not. Ground Water Contamination.

[@nwahally]

Regarding the Holocaust denial law. There is one woman who practically has a jail subscription for this: Ursula Haverbeck, born in 1928. For holocaust denial (and in some instances incitement for hate crimes) she had to pay fines of several thousands of Euros in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009, and was sentenced to 6 months to 3 years of prison time in at least 9 different lawsuits. Last time she was incarcerated was from May 2018 to November 2020. The current lawsuit for holocaust denial in a youtube video started in December 2020 and was finally ruled to be an additional 18 months in prison. With her being 95, though, prisons say they lack the capacities to incarcerate her savely.

[@CorneliusSchwarzenstein]

8:48 "Die Würde des Menschen ist antastbar" Interessantes Buch. Hab ich gelesen. Anachronistisch, aber interessant.

[@assellator7298]

You can turn right on red in Germany, but only at traffic lights with a green arrow on the right side (mostly find in east Germany).

[@NijiGayCoyote]

There’s also a sign with a green arrow on it or it says that you sha’ll turn right on red after stopping and yielding if needed.

[@kellerkindzuhause3009]

German law is not always what it says, often what a judge makes of it counts!

[@hy-drenalin8211]

Keine Kommentare? I´ve to change that!

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

Jetzt schon und ich kann darunter kommentieren

[@Humulunkulus]

@@RikaMagic-px6bk Same

[@jaghbar7647]

ok showing the finger is legal in america because of the first amendment. You also can call people and cops bad names or curse all this is protected. Another "curious" law in Germany is that a prisonbreak is absolutly legal because the human beiing had the will to be free. However if you break a door or windows when you flee, you get be punished for vandalism but not for the attempt to break out. Sorry for my bad english i am better at german :)

[@1968konrad]

However, we have about 10% of imprisoned people in compare the the us - in relative numbers. So take laws how they are. And: no, you cant say germans would like too many regulations, the opposite ist the case, but its a political problem.

[@SheratanLP]

Die anderen Länder haben zu wenig Gesetze, Vorschriften und Regeln. Und entsprechend schlecht geht es dann auch oftmals aus, wenn Häuser einstürzen, weil Bauvorschriften nicht befolgt wurden und wenn Arbeiter auf der Baustelle erschlagen werden, weil kein Helm getragen wurde. Man muss sich nur mal den Kanal "WEWIN" anschauen. Das sagt doch schon alles.

[@fenrisulfr8]

I've never understood why Germany forces people to go against the wishes of their dead loved ones with this "Friedhofszwang".

[@hakunamatata1786]

No rock fan here? Lars Ulrich, the drummer of Metallica is German

[@LeonardNeonweich]

German Wikipedia: "Lars Ulrich (* 26. Dezember 1963 in Gentofte, Dänemark) ist ein dänischer Musiker und Songwriter."

[@emiliajojo5703]

Let's call a kid x-ae whatever.

[@gttlsTV]

liked mal alle mein kommi,dann denkt er vielleicht das ich was wichtiges geschrieben habe 😊

[@emiliajojo5703]

I don't think you're free to insult people.

[@Rabijeel]

*sigh* Feli demonstrates less knowlege about Germany here than most US People I met had - and that includes the Guy asking "...but, you have Electricity, do you?" This is "All Americans ride on Horses and wear Cowboy Hats and shoot each other at School"-Bullshit she says. Most of this is pretty inaccurate and made to shock US People. Like the Names not beeing "Laws" or "Rule4s" meant to hinder Parents freedom rather than just to protect the Child and - most of all - giving Parents the Tools at hand to fight some Beurocrat comingt along with some Bullcrap reson for denying a Childs choosen Name. It is not a "Only listed Names are ok" - it is a "Names on this list can not be challenged rightfully by any Beurocrat". Same for the "Male/Female"-Names. There is no Problem with Genderneutral Names at all or such - but, naming your Daughter "Arnold" would be seen as "potentially harmful" for the Kid as it is a sad Fact that other Kids WILL bully her on that reason for SURE - society, especially Kids, are not perfect yet. But, Ashley or Michel (spelled like "Michelle") are completeley legal Names - which are on that List for the Reson that some Dipshit Beurocrat was under the Impression that "You can not Name your Boy like that!" And to oppose thoose the "Rules" are made for. Same goes for the Piano and Lawnmowing - it is just a Thing if one can be seen as "Victim" - and that musn't be the Cops filing the Case. As long noone is disturbed, there is no Problem - that is the "Law", the "Rule". But, *IF* someone files an complaint, he must be able to prove that he is "disturbed by it" - and this "disturbance" can only be seen as one in the Nighttimes (22:00 to 6:00) as well as on Sundays or in special Cases like exessive and/or unneccesary parttaking in that Action like playing the Piano straight from 6:00 to 22:00 every Day in a Place where others are negativeley affected by that - and to intrude in ones private Rights in such manner like "forbid to play your own instrument in your Home" here is really hard - really, really hard. Same goes for your Neighbour who loves his Lawnmower so much he uses it daily m,ultiple hours without a need - hard to get a Court file a cease and desist foir that. Usually, it is ruled "suck it up or look for another Place, it is his right to do so." So, the Rule is not a "not allowed to do" basically, it is an exeption to the Rule saying "suck it up". Ruhezeiten are privately made Rules and not "by Law". The Courtcases are individual rulings and *NOT* general Law. Cops will not enforce them at all and there are only a few special Cases where such rules are enforced by them - like, around Hospitals and such. Ruhezeiten are just plain and simple "common courtesy" uphold by most People and a hassle for Cops called by Karens to enforce them. And no, you can not get in trouble with wrongly adressing someone - they usually will inform you about that they do not want to be adressed nonformal by you. For cops, that can be seen as "insult", true - but you gotta be madly disrespectful towards them for them having a chance to fine you and that fine getting enforced by a judge when you appeal theat in Court. Flipping the Finger is an insult in Germany - similar or even worse depending on corcumstances to tell a US Cop be a Motherfucker - and I do not speak "AAE" here, I mean it said in the intention of insulting them. Consider telling a Cop right in his Face "You retarded DUMBFUCK!". That level. And as long as you do not insult Officials as Cops, wrongly adressing is just "socially awkward" up to "rude" at worst - and every Judge will fine the Dumbfuck taking such matter to Court with a hefty Fine for "misusing the court System". For reacing Jailtime in Germany you have to really fuck it up - and I mean "standing at Midnight in front of his House screaming obcenitys while at daytime handing out insulting Flyers to all People and that for Weeks and months"-Level. Things in the US could easily lock you up for 5 Years and have to pay multiple thousands of Dollars.

[@FrankStaack-hr4wr]

Unabhängig vom guten Content. Habe ich schlechte Laune, schaue ich Feli und es geht viel besser!

[@mirjavidmirzayev5854]

Dude i love your videos. But can you change from American to US American. It is a thing that a lot of people think they are Americans. America is an continent and not a country. We germans are not Europäinaer because we think we are the made ones.