American reacts to THE BEST GERMAN MEMES [#53]

[@Gokudo87]

Explodierer is just poorly translated "boomer". In a lot of german memes words are used, that are just english words, which get poorly translated into german on purpose. People who understand german and English will know which English word that was supposed to mean, but machine translation can't handle it, so the translations don't make sense.

[@Fab300Rz]

"Explodierer" sounds so funny to me for some reason. 😂😂

[@to_loww]

@@Fab300Rz Given the truculent and enraged nature of stereotypical boomers that's quite fitting.

[@Schwuuuuup]

These deliberately poor translations is a special trop of ich_iel -> ich_im_echten_Leben -> me_in_real_life -> me_irl Even the Titel of the channel couldn't be translated by software. I don't know why Ryan makes his life so hard for himself. He obviously likes to suffer

[@re-gaming3913]

Thanks I'm German and I didn't get that lmao

[@flatterkatz]

either he knows, just pretends he doesn't, or he won't read this either. That's like the 40st video with it and it's explained to him every time.

[@rhysodunloe2463]

9:26 Peter Lustig once said in an interview with a local newspaper that he doesn't work with children in his TV show because he thinks acting is asking too much of a child. Kids don't understand why they have to retake a scene multiple times and it can mess with their self esteem. The BILD newspaper cited from this article but made it look like he didn't want kids on his set because he hated them. Sadly many people still believe this lie. Peter Lustig openly criticised the BILD before and this was their way of getting revenge.

[@vomm]

No one really knows what the truth is

[@4Astaroth]

@@vomm We know. The Bild hated Peter Lustig cause he once said "We humans have such a great power of our mind and we use it to read Bild. Bild used an interview to tell their readers Peter hates kids but it was never true. Then when Peter died they wrote "Oh we discovered Peter didn't hate kids" to make it seem as if they were the good guys who defend him.

[@Kepler-17c]

Great summary 👍 For anyone interested in more details, look up Kai Biermann (he is the interviewer). In an article from Feb. 2016 on Zeit Online, he explained how it happened. There's also a great video by KZbinr Topfvollgold called "Peter Lustig war KEIN Kinderhasser", who contacted and interviewed Kai Biermann.

[@auran_vesdranor]

BILD: Lustig: "Uhm? No? That's bullshit." @@vomm"No one really knows what the truth is"

[@Techmagus76]

@@vomm so the original transcript of the interview still exist. The interviewer (Kai Biermann) is still alive and confirmed that the transcript is correct and how the BILD just made it up. BILD was proven made up stories hundreds of times (BILD Blog). Even BILD try to turn it into upps just a misunderstanding in an article about the death of Peter Lustig. Several newspaper have done investigations and reported about it. showing their findings and their fact checks, but you still think no one really knows what the truth is. So lets put it in your logic: No one really knows if @vomm isn't just a troll bot account from Springer press( and that is just the positive and freindly conclusion how that could have happened).

[@carlitom1337]

5:15 there is a conservative countermovement to the pridemonth called "stolzmonat" - just the german translation of the word pridemonth

[@haukenot3345]

Yeah, and since ich_iel is full of awkward translations of English loanwords, you wouldn't necessarily be able to tell if someone was talking about the Nazi "Stolzmonat" or the LGBTQIA Pride Month.

[@nilshoppenstedt6073]

Konservativ? Du meinst wohl rechtsextrem.

[@Afroskelett]

homophob

[@JulianKeup]

It is not a conservative countermovement. No conservative politician or voter uses this. It is exclusively used by the german Nazi-Party (AfD).

[@Orbitalbomb]

using conservative here is pretty conservative

[@JHenry-wv1xv]

You've understood the Tinder-Minder-Kinder meme. Amazing!

[@MrThomashorst]

Yes ... and I just realize beeing to old for this 😜

[@JohnDoe-rm1kw]

ohh yeah, indeed. Even me a first nations German needed longer than Ryan to get the "K" meme 🤣🤣

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

15:44 Toll sticker. In Switzerland you can only buy an annual vignette. This means that even if you only drive to Switzerland for an hour, you have to pay the motorway toll for a whole year. Probably even if you use the motorway in a fighter jet. And there's a speed limit of 120 km/h. If he starts again he'll have to pay a hefty fine.

[@SniartekilI]

He could drive to Germany and take off there, I guess (If NATO allows this)

[@isabelhuppmann4871]

As a German mother I confirm that I bake anything with 180 Degrees Umluft

[@schnelma605]

7:00 Historically, extreme floods in Germany only occurred about once per century. That's why they were called "flood of the century". Because of climate change, they now happen every few years. The name doesn't actually make sense anymore

[@dnocturn84]

That's BS. Floods occured many times throughout history. You can only call one of them "Jahrhunderthochwasser" after a century has actually passed, in order to actually know which of them was the worst. During those times, people also called every new big flood "Jahrhunderthochwasser", because the century didn't pass yet. Exactly like today. The number of floods did not increase. We used to have big floods ever 2 years in the last 200 years.

[@itsmebatman]

@@dnocturn84 Actually it is about the chance of them happening. If a certain flooding has a chance of 1% according to weather gurus they call it a flood of a century. Nobody cares how long since the last one. The name is only confusing everyone. Also the weather scientists may have to reevaluate their models, because apparently these 1% chances are no longer 1%ers.

[@thomasfranz6467]

@@dnocturn84 "The number of floods did not increase." Are you out of your mind? We're on the second or third really big flood this year, that didn't happen before!

[@dnocturn84]

@@thomasfranz6467 Second. And we had years, where we had four of five already.

[@EVPaddy]

@@thomasfranz6467 before rivers were tamed, floods were normality

[@Anna-zi7sx]

Exploder is boomer. German Reddit has the tendency to translate all words literally to German. Boomer = sound of an explosion = Explodierer = Exploder. Everyone here says boomer too, but not Reddit

[@brokkrep]

Not always literally. More like as stupid as a translation can be.

[@asahearts1]

Translator when Mountain Dew.

[@olgahein4384]

It's a direct mockery of boomers and genX who were and are complaining all the time that there is so much 'Denglish' and in fact that started about 15 years ago on facebook, with satire pages and groups.

[@not_that_person]

6:43 "Hochwasser" or "High water" as your app translated it, actually means a flood. Some 20 years ago Germany had a catastrophic flood that was called "Jahrhunderthochwasser" or "Flood of the century", a title that is given to a flood so severe (and rare) that they only occur once in a century. Sadly we've had multiple floods of similar scope since then, due to climate change. So, several "Floods of the century" in less than a century.

[@Bobbycarcrew]

the Swiss did a military exercise training pilots to land on highways for if airports are destroyed. Using swiss highways requires you to pay a toll. For proving you did, you get the sticker for the windshield ("Vignette"). So this is just a picture of a jet having the sticker.

[@villesque]

To say that the end piece of the bread is the part that nobody wants is the final proof that you've never had a german bread in your life. The "knerzje" as we say in the Hunsrück part of Rhineland-Palatinate is by far so most delicious slice of bread you can have!

[@nichtsie]

2:20 is our chancellor olaf scholz. Who "forgets" everything important due to "lost millions" (politely said)

[@DrMcCoy]

About the Grußformel: that one's not about the "Hello, ", but about the "Regards," at the end of the mail. In German, there's no comma between the "Mit freundlichen Grüßen" and the name/signature.

[@SD-ed8is]

Thanks for explaining, I was starting to doubt myself.

[@isalablomma]

Ich mach da immer ein Komma 😮

[@DrMcCoy]

@@isalablomma Jo, ist halt falsch. Wenn du englisch schreibst, ist das richtig, wenn du deutsch schreibst, nicht. Genauso, wie auf englisch es nach dem "Hello," groß weiter geht, auf deutsch aber nicht.

[@cloudyskies15]

@@DrMcCoy Nach informellen Formeln wie "Liebe Grüße" sehe ich leider auch oft ein Komma... Noch schlimmer: "Hallo, Sarah"

[@Erbse-vp8el]

Da kann ja auch ein Komma stehen, im Gegensatz zu "mit freundlichen Grüßen". Hallo, Sarah ist auch nicht falsch, wirkt nur eher herablassend.

[@lukeknoxxmusic]

1:03 This guy is our vice chancellor (Green Party), btw. And I think he's not the one "guilty" but the one trying to protect his "friend" (the guy in the blue, which actually isn't his friend, politically speaking)

[@m4ilm4n]

And the joke is that the "friend" is a politician from Bavaria who is said to enjoy beer a little too much.

[@rhysodunloe2463]

0:21 In and around Hamburg it's called a Knust and in the Pfalz, where I grew up, it's called a Knärzje or Knorze. But there are so many more expressions for that. Same goes for bread rolls: Brötchen, Weck, Semmel, Rundstück, Schrippe...

[@soewenue]

Do u also use the belittlement "knörzchen"? We are calling it like this here on the bavarian/hessian border

[@rhysodunloe2463]

​@@soewenueKnärzje is the belittlement of Knorze. Än große Knorze, ä klennes Knärzje.

[@soewenue]

@@rhysodunloe2463 oh so it is probably the same word with different regional writings. Like the krebbel-kräppel thing but with a bigger difference

[@CatzHoek]

when you have proper bread the end piece of the bread is the best piece

[@Crisslybaer]

And it is a Knust!!! 🫣

[@triccyb.7708]

@@Crisslybaer Kanten!

[@CornedBee]

@@triccyb.7708 Scherzerl! Oder Bugl.

[@markus8230]

@@triccyb.7708 Gnätzla! And yes, it is the best piece of a proper bread.

[@cosmo8643]

Knäusle!

[@karsten2289]

Youre german become better and better

[@steemlenn8797]

You are English becomes more natural, you onyl need to learn when to wrongly use '

[@sickmit3481]

@@steemlenn8797 davai blyat

[@Anna-zi7sx]

I mean, not really. I’m not trying to throw shade, he doesn’t need to learn German, but he’s also not learning German so it’s not getting better. His pronunciation is alright sometimes but other days it’s horrible. I can’t blame him! But u wouldn’t say his German is getting better. Does it have to get better though?

[@karsten2289]

Yes this is true, what i mean was his pronunciation.

[@kurtik9309]

😂😂😂😂

[@toxinator84]

Something important about that pride month meme: Most Germans support pride month, but there are some right-wing people who use the German translation of pride month (Stolzmonat) to promote their anti-woke right-wing agenda! So using a translater here could lead to confusion :D

[@mrnickname850]

"Most Germans support pride month", i think most germans don't give a shit, because I don't know a single person who supports it.

[@ebilknub7308]

Realy ? I dont know anybody supporting it ... most dont care about it at all lol

[@4Astaroth]

@@ebilknub7308 I think not caring about it is some pretty big support since you aren't against their lifestyle. Seeing pride month and LGBTQIA+ as something normal is support in my view.

[@PsycHoOone]

@@ebilknub7308 You're personal bubble doesn't dictate the bigger reality...there's a lot of us and the numbers grow every year :D

[@GreenFart174]

@@PsycHoOone That was definitely not hate speech! These were just facts! October 1, 2004 | Further training · Certified training Body dysmorphic disorder Epidemiology, clinical symptoms, classification and differential therapy indication-an overview Written by: Dr. med. Georg Driesch, Markus Burgmer, Gereon Heuft Published in: Der Nervenarzt | Issue 9/2004 Summary Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) or dysmorphophobia is a relatively common disorder, clinically characterized by an excessive preoccupation with an imagined defect or a feared disfigurement of one's external appearance. The excessive preoccupation often causes a great deal of suffering and impairments in social, professional or other important functions. Overvalued ideas and obsession with observation are other typical symptoms. BDD has a long historical tradition in European psychiatry. It was included in the international classification systems in 1987 with the DSM-III-R. BDD has been classified nosologically as both obsessive-compulsive disorder and hypochondriacal disorder. Due to the distorted body perception, there are connections to zoenesthesia in the context of schizophrenic psychosis, eating disorders and transsexuality. In the last 10 years, an increasing number of scientific studies have been carried out on BDD. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on BDD based on the relevant scientific literature. The indications for therapy are critically examined.

[@laurasiah.1243]

German reddid is like never use an english word so they start translate the normaly english words used in german as well litaraly into german so Sometimes the joke is that the grammar is still english

[@k2p104]

They do use english. They try to avoid it. But there's still a lot of english.

[@Thor3661]

doesn't matter the memes are bad whether with correct or incorrect grammar

[@k2p104]

@@Thor3661 KUNSTVERÄCHTER

[@Hirnspatz]

Thank you for explaining the Minder joke. I did not get it. 🤭

[@FelixFuchsHase1105]

Haha, ging mir auch so. Grüße von einem Mindener aus Minden. ^^

[@JaneSmith-rx6kx]

Unfortunatly more and more cases of priests doing nasty Things keep getting exposed. It is sad and disgusting

[@FelixFuchsHase1105]

@@JaneSmith-rx6kx Absolutetly!

[@danielvermeer5079]

I appreciate that you explained the memes because I usually have no idea what makes them funny. Your German in any meme is more advanced than mine when I visited Cologne, Berlin, and Olsberg.

[@TheRealFizzbin]

I am German and I understand often not too what there should be funny 😅

[@HansMoltzer-gp4go]

Little explanation: The head of Germany is the President who has mostly representative tasks while the Chancellor is the head of the federal government and responsible for the daily ploitical business. The Prime Ministers or "Minister Presidents" (official title) are the heads of the regional state governments who are only responsible for the politics in their state and for implementing federal laws. Hope that'll help. 😊

[@Aleas10301]

Seiten auf 5 means sides on five which refers to his haircut and how long the sides are and Erinnerungsvermögen means memory capacity (or just memory) which is meant as a metaphor for nothing as they assume everyone is stupid. Mitte means middle so he says the sides to 5 mm i think and the middle of the head bald like your non existent memory capacity. I hope that makes sense

[@marvindiagne237]

the minder meme is prob the first time ive seen him actually making the jum to a true sense of german humor, he got it !

[@icetwo]

1. In our country it is called Knäppchen, but there are many names for the end piece in Germany and depending on where you come from it has a different name. 2. These are (in the blue jacket) Markus Söder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria (Party: Christian Social Union) and Robert Habeck, Federal Minister of Economics and Vice Chancellor (Party: The Greens). They are currently having a press conference about the floods in Bavaria. Markus Söder is also somewhat criticized because he prevented the expansion of renewable energies and is now confronted with the consequences of climate change, so to speak. 3. Predro Pedro feels like he's in every other Tik Tok and KZbin short right now 4. Olaf Scholz, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. When he was the first mayor of Hamburg (as a city state he was basically the prime minister, but in Hamburg that's called first mayor) he had a connection to the cum ex transactions of a Hamburg private bank. In the corresponding investigative committee he stated that he could not remember it (which was possibly a protective claim). Since then, his “forgetfulness” has been a flaw on him. And no, we don't have a prime minister in the federal government. We have the President, who has a representative role and acts as the state's notary, and the Chancellor, who runs government affairs. The federal states have prime ministers as heads of government. 5. Yes 6. Is a map of the Holy Roman Empire and is only an allusion to number 1 and does not represent the correct name for the end piece of bread. 7. Doctors in a hospital are employed there. There are also other employed doctors, but many are also self-employed. 8. Yes 9. the “Stolzmonat” is an anti "pride month" movement by the ultra-right and similar people. 10. Yes 11. The current flood in southern Germany is called the flood of the century. This is actually a hydrological term for a flood event that, from a static point of view, only occurs every 100 years (on a body of water). But we have already had several floods in this century. 12. This is a mistranslation of Boomer. The problem is that the creators of many of these memes don't speak German at all but have them translated poorly. 13. Yes 14. This happens sometimes 15. Peter Lustig didn't hate children. This is something that was attributed to him. 16. Yes 17. I don't really understand 18. "Maggi Würze" is an ingredient that you need to make bland food a little more tasty. You don't use it for every meal, but you can use it to season soups in particular 19. Yes 20. Yes 21. A popular comma error: Comma after “With kind regards” But the comma after the greeting is incorrect. Unlike in American, there is no comma after the greeting in German, even if in spoken language there is a pause in speech after the greeting. 22. "Döp" is sung as part of the "text" of the song L'amour Tojour by Gigi D'Agostino. There was recently an incident on Sylt where young (rich) people sang xenophobic slogans Stat "Döp". This went through all the media and that's why the melody caught on with many people 23. Yes 24. Yes 25. Yes 26. The Weisswurt equator is the River Main, which is seen as the border between North and South Germany. 23. Yes 24. Yes 25. Yes 26. The Weisswurt equator is the River Main, which is seen as the border between North and South Germany. 27. I don't understand that 26. If you want to travel on the motorway in Switzerland you need a vingiette to confirm that you have paid the toll. 27. Yes 28. In Cologne there is a certain animosity towards nearby Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf is not the direct neighbor but is about 40 kilometers north but on the other side of the Rhine. 29. It should be called Builder. 30. I don't understand that

[@fake6294]

180°C with ventilated air is the setting on German backing ovens you practically use for everything. I don't know why they even install other options in the hardware.

[@SiqueScarface]

I am using 210°C top and bottom heat to bake pre-baked rolls.

[@Lancor84]

correction: It's always 180°C ventilated or 200°C top/down heat. It's basically on every oven lunch.

[@berfin_elli]

A doctor here, no we can’t. (Employed in a hospital) lol, in cases of being sick from the 3. Day we need a note from our gp for example

[@KevinFeegers]

I'm so proud of you for getting the joke about “Tinder” and Catholics. :D

[@Talorifeyden]

the sticker on the fighter jet is an autobahn vignette (toll sticker) ^^

[@Alex_Fynn]

I'm afraid that Ryan will become a real German at this point xD (Love your Videos)

[@lukeknoxxmusic]

You're german is really getting better!

[@kurtik9309]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@timposter]

15:47 That's an Autobahn Vignette you need to have to drive on the Swiss Autobahn.

[@beldin2987]

I'm german .. and i also understand "some of them" .. but most .. i also have no clue what they mean, and even the ones i understand barely give me just a little smile.

[@Micha-qv5uf]

Any chance you're over 60 years old?

[@klarasee806]

Okay Exploder! 😉

[@firedraketaaraker1708]

Yes, the memes aren't really funny ...

[@wolf310ii]

Most times ist only the creator who think s its funny

[@DrJuanMontoya]

The way you say Olaf reminds me of that guy from Frozen ⛄️

[@nichtthunder]

0:30 the Knust is one of the best parts of the bread.

[@Hirnspatz]

Kunst? Or "Knust"? 🤔

[@alexradojkovic9671]

My mum used to call it 'den Kanten'. Yeah, I like it the best

[@MrFelst]

*Knäppcken

[@deinauge7894]

Renftel

[@klarasee806]

As children, we always fought over who got to have the Knust. Especially the first one, when the bread came right out of the oven (of the bakery). Only with butter on it... hhhmmm!

[@jupiterskallisto7302]

Maybe I‘m wrong but I think the meme at 13:10 was about a very catchy party song that was sung by a group of German tourists on the German island Sylt (which is known to be mostly visited by wealthy/rich and therefore often conservative and even far-right Germans) to xenophobic lyrics. But because the song is very catchy and well known and now the media talks a lot about the people on Sylt singing it, almost nobody can get the song out of their head. So the person in the meme accidentally sings the song in their head and tries to stop themselves by taking out their brain.

[@jupiterskallisto7302]

And in Germany many people sing the song to „döp döp döp döp, döp döp döp döp“, i don‘t know why, maybe because that song normally plays at parties where everyone is drunk.

[@nikomangelmann6054]

you can eat mini kiwis with the peel. they dont have hairs like the big ones

[@mauer1]

boomer is "explodierer" and "explodierer" is exploder

[@Auvas_Damask]

12:32 💀This is General Grievous, he has slain kings and subjugated entire worlds! (Planets)

[@frankishempire2322]

"This guy is definitely guilty, though" Your insight serves you well...

[@woedendstewadpier4922]

The end piece of a bread is horrible with toast bread, but it is super delicious if the bread is a high quality one. I would even go so far to say that the end piece is a quality indicator of bread.

[@Flamebeard0815]

The Meme on 2:20 says: "Steal his look! 10$ Smile Suit off the rack Sides on 5 (mm), middle on (his) ability to recall stuff (0 mm)" As others pointed out, there's a lot going around about our chancellor conveniently being not able to recall stuff he botched and/or buried, politically (and fiscally) speaking.

[@benjaminloehner257]

15:40 Switzerland is a small country and remains neutral in miltary conflicts. But they maintain respectable forces (Leopard 2, F/A-18, and all that rich people stuff) as a deterrent. Many of their Autobahnen can be converted to landing strips for military jets (we could do that in Germany, too). Recently they had some large scale maneuvers - i think the biggest since the end of the cold war - to get some retreining on that concept. And the sticker is a toll sticker for the Autobahn.

[@backroomserklärt]

The end of the bread is literally the best part

[@oskarprotzer3000]

It felt so good when you got that Kinder Minder Tinder joke :D I could see the whole process in your face of putting the joke together xD you with the german memes is my favorite! try to google sometimes if you dont know the people maybe

[@Flotyx_proto]

"Seiten auf 5, Mitte auf Erinnerungsvermögen" is referring to him telling his barber to "cut the sides of his hair to 5mm and shave the center all the way down to his memory" Because it is a very common tactic to suddenly remember nothing about any scandals when talking to the press or a judge.

[@MacHorz]

Seiten not mean pagfes here. It means side. Its about hair cut. you say "I want 5cm on side and 10cm on top". So this meme is about his haircut, he has 5mm on side and middle bold

[@diffigawesomedick6986]

tbf, I speak German and I did not understand before I read your explanation.

[@MooseOnEarth]

The actual meme is that the bald middle part is seen as a representative of his ability to remember things in the past: no hair = no memory. Sides at least at 5 mm.

[@MrHodoAstartes]

The "end piece of the bread" part is difficult to answer because the correct answer depends entirely on where you live. And you can't guess because there are like two dozen options.

[@axelk4921]

@15:40 the photo with the Swiss fighter jet... the pilots have stuck a highway toll sticker in the cockpit ( to make a joke ) in Switzerland you have to buy a "vignette" for the whole year and stick it in the window.... particularly annoying for tourists if they only drive through once to get to Italy or France, for example!!!

[@rhysodunloe2463]

7:00 Jahrhunderhochwasser translated to "once in each century flooding" but nowadays we have such terrible floods several times a year.

[@auran_vesdranor]

13:09 "Grußformel" can actually mean mean salutation or closing. Here it refers to the latter. And yes, while in English you would write "Best wishes, Auran" in German it's "Beste Grüße Auran"

[@Thore__]

I have to agree, your pronunciation was on the better side today und you even understood some memes outright

[@xyavdast5554]

About the meme about Scholz shown from 1:28 to about 2:40 : "Seiten auf 5, Mitte auf Gedächtnisvermögen" refers to his haircut - 5 mm long at the sides and in the middle being "bald" = 0 mm long equal to his memory (as in "ability to remember things") Reason for that is that there have been some legal cases about the cum-ex-scandal in the past where he is known to be involved but when questioned about them he "forgot" everything / cannot remember anything. P.S.: The Cum-Ex-Scandal was a flaw in laws regarding certain deals with shares. The issue was something about tax returns on taxes paid for shares that resulted in several people / legal entities gaining the right to demand a tax return/refund of money on the same shares and as such multiple payouts for taxes that were only paid once. Several banks were involved in that and Olaf Scholz was also somehow involved in some way. When the scandal was public and the politicians were supposed to work on straigthening things out while holding the banks responsible, it seems that there were some suspicious actions and decisions made to the benefit of some banks. And he was one of those politicians involved.

[@CrimsonSunrise93]

It‘s the greeting formula at the end (regards) that has no comma

[@KittenKatja]

Peter Lustig was the moderator of a children's TV show about science in their environment. Children appeared as guests sometimes, something like every 5 episodes. One day, a news reporter wanted to interview him, he accepted, and it got published truthfully; no one was interested in the article, except (foreshadowing) "Die Bild" journalists. From the interview, the passage "I don't like to have children on the filming set, since they cause repeating the scene an unnecessary amount of times" was changed to "I hate kids". It took 1 week for him to get taken off-air, 1 month to lose his job, and 2 years for an apology on the original defaming article, that no one reads since most only read the paper. He was featured in his descendant's show, when he was still alive. On his day of death, "Die Bild" published a side note of people that were that day's unluckiest people, featuring his face. 5 years later, they published an article where they made one of their lies as the cause of his demise, making themselves the heroes for finding that after all that time passed.

[@xyzaxy230]

We don't have a prime minister. We have a president - Frank-Walter Steinmeier - with mostly ceremonial duties but formally the head of state, and a chancellor - Olaf Scholz -, who is the head of government

[@franconianbike]

@01:45 : Using the autobahn in switzerland will cost an anual fee per car. The so called "vignette" is the proof of payment.

[@Gregalol]

Seiten auf 5 Mitte auf auf Erinnerungsvermögen: sides on 5 (mm), center/middle on memory is a joke about his haircut but also the fact he's "known" for not having a good memory on certain things

[@Jonihero2104]

You have to react to somethink that happend lately that was pretty big here a police officer got killed in Mannheim and like the Bundespräsident was there too

[@enoiladoe]

For goodness sake 😬, it's ayran not aryan. Please, the difference is quite important.

[@patrickmuller7334]

If it's any consolidation, I'm German and I don't understand most of these either.

[@TheRealFizzbin]

Me too😂

[@rhysodunloe2463]

15:52 That's not an "arian pudding' but Ayran (pronounced like "I run"), a joghurt drink from Turkey that's very popular among the muslim community in Germany. I also wasn't aware that some spice it with Jägermeister which would be harram.

[@headhunter1945]

From what I recall, the Turkish people were not very strict about alcohol

[@TraxtasyMedia]

1:28 🦝 does this light a bulb? It's about the Pedro song that goes viral over here with the racoon and some people can't stand it!😂

[@franconianbike]

@0:85 : This is the so called German Minister for Economy ..... The guy on his left, with the bavarian logo is the bavarian Prime minister

[@DaGuys470]

As far as I know doctors are their own bosses in Germany, unless they are employed (usually by another doctor). And, I in fact researched this some years ago, if a doctor had to call in sick, then they'd have to see yet another doctor to get diagnosed.

[@bonniethebunny6001]

It would be really interesting to see you react to german kids show intros 😅 I love your videos so much

[@Keksemann666]

2:34 we have one president and one councilor, the counciler is technically in charge, but only as long as he isn't thrown out (needs 50%+1 majority to rule) the president is just there to hand out medals, hold meetings, help with negotiations between the government parties and sign stuff. He doesn't have actual political power.

[@sp-fx1uv]

the guy at 2:00 you dont know is german chancellor the green on the jet was a vignette - in some european countries you need to buy it for may use highways cause they are financed by private companies

[@corjp]

15.45 To be allowed to drive on Swiss highways you need a permit, Swiss airforce uses highways to practice their landings and take-offs soooo they need a permit to get on the highways.... Like the Vulcans say... "It is only logical".

[@Mobbin25]

Just to clarify: Peter Lustig did not hate children. The rumor that he does came from an interview, in which he said, that he didn't like filming his show with child actors, because of ethical (child labour) concerns. In that same interview he also criticised the 'Bild Zeitung' a huge German 'news paper', which is famous for it's big controversial drama headlines and non existing ethics (for example they regularly show fotos and drop Names of victims of something just to drive a political agenda or to cash in with no concern at all how their kind of 'news coverage' impacts those victims lives. It even happened that they turned on those people if they publically try to defend themselves from that. Also truth is not really relevant for them.) So some days after this interview the Bild Zeitung started a campain of dramatic Articles using out of context quotes from this interview to frame him as a child hater. And since sadly many people read the Bild and those who do, often do it uncritically, this nasty and untrue rumor over time started to stick with the public opinion... The journalist who did the interview didn't expect these consequences and apologized to Peter Lustig and actually makes an effort to rectify but he does not have the same influence as Germany's biggest news paper (I hate to call the Bild a news paper), the damage is done, and since Peter is dead now irreparably so...

[@orlyorlyson7212]

7:06 refered to the ongoing floods of the century in germany and a Meme of a silly dude talking bout drugs and how many left on a trip, at a "Autobahnraststätte"

[@Auvas_Damask]

11:17 Some weirdo on Twitter insulted german stew, which is treason as far as I can remember

[@klausbugatti5525]

In this vid you nailed it with the german :)

[@darthplagueis13]

Germany has a chancellor, who is in charge, and a president, who is the nominal head of state but isn't technically part of the government and doesn't really have any political power. We don't have a prime minister, but we do have 16 minister presidents, which are basically like the state governors in the US, one for each Bundesland.

[@sylviaschaich]

Das Endstück eines frischen Brotes ist das BESTE

[@orlyorlyson7212]

15:48 you need to pay "Maut" driving on Autobahn sometimes

[@FrostNapCat]

0:15 You said that so well 👏

[@NeverMind439]

Ohoooooooo, wait wait wait... that is rare that i actually understood the german words that you said... Have you been practicing in secret? 😉 You Pronounciation got better 😁

[@benjaminloehner257]

0:57 the one on the left, with the empty gaze, is Markus "Maggus" Söder from the Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria. He's also Minister President of Bavaria. He likes to cosplay as Mr. Spock, but in reality he's an arrogant, treacherous, deceitful, scheming Romulan. Many people in Bavaria recently suffered from his parties fails (the CSU rules Bavaria uninterrupted since 1957). As soon as it all went to shit during the recent floods, he and his cronies immediatelly tried to shift the blame. He and his vice MP Hubert "Hubsi" Aiwanger of the "Free Voters" party are real pieces of work. The CSU is only present in Bavaria, while the Christ Democratic Union (CDU) is present in all other states. On federal level, the CSU wouldn't get over the 5% threshold to enter the Bundestag. They are only there, because they win direct mandates and team up with the CDU. Despite all that, our dear "Maggus", first of his name, defender of the christian faith, lover of beer, abjurer of Bubatz and clean energy, saviour of the Bavarian people, as well as the whole of humanity thinks, the sun is shining out of his Patrick. The one on the right is Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck suppressing the urge to drill him a massive new one.

[@cg909]

Recently I've seen a meme with newspaper headlines about the floods in Bavaria that's probably connected to this one: "A drama in three acts" 2018: “Bavaria's government cuts flood protection” 2019: “Bavaria: State government no longer pays after natural disasters” 2024: “Floods: Söder expects financial solidarity from the federal government”

[@wotansen2]

they got 5.2% of the votes in 2021 and yesterday around 6%

[@klarasee806]

There’s a comma after “Hello Sir”, but no comma after “With kind regards” etc., and it really drives me nuts when people who write professional e-mails on a daily basis do it wrong.

[@pikkozoikum8523]

There is no comma behind the "best regards" thing. "Hello" is not meant with that. "Hello, how are you? Best regards, Pikko" That comma in the end is wrong

[@omegaroguelp]

17:00 pretzels are made by putting lye on them before baking

[@schnelma605]

15:40 The sticker shows that you have paid the highway toll

[@hyosube-loxely]

There are many people in germany who specificly prefer the end piece of the bread as it's extra crunshy - it's not american toast but german bread afterall :P

[@holzwurm_hd7029]

Seiten auf fünf means Sides cut to 5mm Mitte aiuf Erinnerungsvermögen means. Middle section cut to his capability to memorize so 0. (0 mm)

[@J.A.W.1964]

this dude is the German chancellor 😂😂

[@Richardsoundso]

0:33 nooooo, it is called Stiesel 😊

[@maeschder]

Grammatically, a comma behind a formal letter ending is correct. That would be an apposition,

[@rhysodunloe2463]

11:14 It says: "Germans are magicians in the kitchen... for they're cooking with Maggi." Maggi is a producer of instant products like soup and sauce powders and sounds similar to Magie (magic).

[@SiqueScarface]

Julius Maggi was a Swiss chemist and inventor. He invented the Maggi Sauce, which has a strong fleshy (umami) taste, despite being made from soybeans and wheat. He also was intensely advertising his products. Frank Wedekind, later a famous author, was working for him as ad writer.

[@rhysodunloe2463]

15:34 They photoshopped a Swiss toll sticker onto the jet. Any vehicle using the Autobahn in Switzerland has to pay a toll.

[@kitsutilo]

Ah yes the endpiece of a bread.... We got over 10 words for that, that change depending on the region.

[@illufisch]

15:50 Its an autobahn sticker. Its a mandatory sticker wich you can buy for 40 francs to use the autobahn.

[@SakuraKuromi]

The Endpiece of the bread is called "Knäzel" where I live (No idea how it's written, though) Think this one is really regional, though

[@rhysodunloe2463]

3:19 The map actually shows the principalities and kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire and not how the breat butt is called in each region. Those are also not the borders of the federal republic of Germany.

[@franconianbike]

Jahrhunderthochwasser = century flood. Hochwasser = Flood

[@haraberu]

Fun fact: The inkjet printer meme is based on a Kaiser-era propaganda that said "Gott Strafe England" (God shall smite England)

[@illufisch]

11:10 i am from switzerland. And I can say, this works just fine lol.

[@tomphillippaugustin2861]

also, if the doctor gets ill he/she have to visit another doctor like everybody else. in germany. dont know how it is in usa

[@RadekSuski]

Seriously? It’s the best part of a bread. 0:36

[@Grownz]

As a Mannheimer: plz don't. You probably won't get the full image of what you'll find. Chances are high, you'll say something not good one way or the other...

[@SiqueScarface]

Just block off Waldhof and Sandhofen.

[@Grownz]

@@SiqueScarface I take this as a personal insult :D No i dont, but *grrr* xD

[@SiqueScarface]

@@Grownz Ex-girlfriend of my brother was from Sandhofen, so there is that.

[@Grownz]

@@SiqueScarface understandable, then xD