Brit Reacts to German CULTURE SHOCKS as an American Exchange Student!

[@bastyaya]

Basically only grocery shops and shopping stores are closed on Sundays. Everything else is normally open: bars, cafes, restaurants, fast food, kiosks, gas stations including their shops etc.

[@staunekindchen]

Cinemas, museums, zoos etc. are open as well. So it's not like you can't go out and do stuff, just no shopping. And hairdressers, doctors, pharmacies etc. are also closed.

[@williamrockwood5234]

@@staunekindchen except emergency pharmacies of course, they are open. and afaik also emergency doctors - or at least hospitals. so no one's gonna die, i bet that's what some ppl would assume.

[@staunekindchen]

@@williamrockwood5234 Oh yeah 😅 You can look up online or call a specific number to see what doctors and pharmacies near you are on duty, they switch that around. It's the same for night times, so you don't have to block the ER for non emergencies.

[@montetanktankkiller700]

The drinks come from the fridge, so they are cold enough. Ice cubes dilute the drinks and are a fraud on the buyer. Each glass has a 0.2, 0.33 or 0.5 liter marking. So if you order a drink, the quantity of the drink will be delivered to you. If i order 0.33 liter coke i want to get 0,33 liter coke and not 0,1 liter coke and the rest water.

[@joelamaro4525]

Nah, I want my drinks ice cold not fridge cold. I like half a cup of ice. I like chewing the ice as well.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

In the US the cups are larger to accommodate ice. A lot of ppl think we're just gluttons. It's the ice ice beh beh! You can also ask for light ice or no ice and still get a full cup. But sure, some places want to take advantage of you. Most US places don't. Drinks are a huge profit even with refills. It's worth it for them to not even bother.

[@joelamaro4525]

@@bluflaam777LSA yup, soft drinks, at least at gas stations/convenience stores, are their largest profit margin item. My mom went ti the UK many years ago. She asked for ice one time and they put two poor little disappearing cubes. lol

[@bluflaam777LSA]

@@joelamaro4525 LOL Poor mom 😆 But it just isn't an issue and with the US most like 'some' ice at least. I also ask for light ice unless it's fricken hot/humid then I want all ice. ...just a cup of ice plz. LOL

[@solace6700]

blud is doing calculations meanwhile i'm on my 3rd refill

[@tausendschoen]

In Germany we have a pretty nice habit when it comes to parking tickets in the city: If you still have time left on your ticket and you see somebody wanting to buy a ticket, you actually talk to the person (even strangers 😂) and offer him your ticket so they can keep their cash😊

[@montetanktankkiller700]

same for public transportation tickets.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

We do that here too. Bus tickets also. they're usually good for a certain route and a certain time span. Most ppl just offer them to be nice.

[@CavHDeu]

But we wont let you pass at the grocery checkout even you have only few items 😂😂😂

[@Shaytan.666]

@@CavHDeu Because people carry bags and stuff their things into them to take them to the checkout, but only hold one or two things in their hand to give the impression that they only want to buy a few things so that they can be let in. As soon as you let the person in, the remaining things come out of the bag, then there are no longer two things, but half a cart full 😂 Personal experience

[@MINOUTFTABOU]

One ticket I even offered to an African-American who was searching for a parking space. I gave him my ticket, with a parking time of about an hour, and then he used my former parking lot. He was a GI but in private clothes and drove a private car with American license plates. But he came from Ramstein near Kaiserslautern.

[@JustATourist]

Being german in germany I actually found that some people are even thankful if you start a conversation with them in a bus or train or in other "boring" settings.. Indeed it is a bit tricky to find a subject so it doesn't look like you are trying to hit on them. And of course not everyone appeciates being talked to. But I never got a bad feedback when I commented on a dog or on a book they were reading (like: "I heard of that author. Is it actually fun?") I guess it's kind of a cultural thing, we learned as kids "Don't talk to strangers" and we don't expect to be talked to. But when we are bored, why don't kill time with a conversation?

[@bluflaam777LSA]

I think it's the best way to pass the time. I'm an introvert but love chatting with someone to pass the time. I've learned so much from random people.

[@TiborgSGE]

It's about small talk,Americans just love it.Talking about nothing all the time.In my long time experience the Germans will talk when they have actually something to say and not banging about nonsenses all the time and i like it.

[@tausendschoen]

At Mc Donalds Germany they always serve you more ice than Soda! It tastes like a bad joke to me. I do not appreciate this 😂

[@montetanktankkiller700]

Its a fraud. You are right.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

In the US, you can ask for less ice or even no ice. "light ice plz" or "no ice plz" i would think you could do that in Germany?

[@arnodobler1096]

That's why I always ordered without ice.

[@schaerfentiefe1967]

You can simply order your drinks without ice at McDonalds here in Germany. I do that usually and it works.

[@valbhion]

Okay it's been awhile since I was at a McDonald's, but is that ice thing a regional thing, because never had this problem.

[@Perseus505]

Softdrinks in restaurants are cooled and have sometimes 1-3 icecubes to keep it cool and not dilute it to much.

[@MyTheMic]

Look at my city Wuppertal, we have the suspension railway, a masterpiece of engineering! 🤗

[@thomasstock7634]

As a German I really prefer a drink without ice ( but cooled from a refrigerator) to these iced softdrinks in the USA. And why is that? The ice cubes in the USA are usually made with tap water and therefore the whole drink tastes disgusting because of the chlorine they almost always use.

[@flauschiger_keks]

The drinks are refrigerated. They are cold, we just don‘t put extra ice in them :)

[@SuperSeggl]

In Germany, the drinks come either from the refrigerator or from a refrigerated dispenser, so they are cold even without ice cubes. So why unnecessarily dilute the drink with ice cubes that melt? When I order a cola, I want 100% cola, and not 40% cola and 60% water. In addition, that would be a scam. When I order 0.5 liters of cola and half the glass is full of ice cubes, I don't end up with 0.5 liters of cola, but maybe only 0.2. With the lot of cheap ice in the drinks, restaurateurs make a big profit. But if I already get the drink served cold, I don't need ice cubes anymore.

[@santaclaus0815]

On sundays everything related to leisure time and tourism is open of course like gastronomy, museums, zoos... Even backeries are open, at least during the morning because germans want their bread and rolls for a sunday breakfast.

[@AnnetteLudke-je5ll]

We drink our drinks cold too, of course,but it is about saving money. When half of the mug or glass is filled with ice, you will pay too much money for a bit of cola and lots of frozen water.And it will also taste awfully watery in the end. We use fridges...

[@bluflaam777LSA]

In the US you can ask for light ice or no ice. the drink is chilled but not watery. However, it does get really hot in many place of the US and even watery soda is better than warm soda. Or just get iced water. When it's hot it's gonna melt the ice before you drink it all. It's just a given.

[@TheJohnnycab5]

Do they have fridges in the US? From what I hear they are a little behind in terms of technology.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

@@TheJohnnycab5 No fridges. Just ice boxes and the ice has to be delivered by horse and tastes like horse farts.

[@fermisparadox01]

​@@TheJohnnycab5What is this thing you call a fridge? We don't have that in America. That's why we have so much ice laying around that they bring down from the Artic.

[@TheJohnnycab5]

For the X-th time: grocery stores and retail are closed on Sundays. Literally everything else is open: restaurants, Fast Food places, cafes, ice cream parlors, gas stations many of which come with a little shop where you can buy most necessities you forgot to buy on Saturday or any of the other days, movie theaters, museums, art galleries, fun parks, zoos, etc. Most americans that I follow on KZbin say that after the initial shock they come to appreciate that one day per week without consumerism. By the way, trucks (commercial) are not allowed to drive on Sundays too, unless they have a special permit.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

You seem upset about something. Did your mom die? Let me give you a hug and drop some ice down your shirt so you can chill out.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

BTW, there are lots of places in the US that are closed on Sundays or are only open half the day or close very early. It just depends on where you live in the US. Some places never close...ever. Some places have to by law be close at certain times. Not a cultural thing but a law thing. The US is big and very diverse.

[@thomasd5]

The law in Germany on photos/videos is that you may do this in public spaces by law but have to stop if the photographed person tells you. Another thing is publishing photos or videos. There you need the consent of the people from the images you publish.

[@williamrockwood5234]

that's only half true and only applies if the people you film are the focus of your recording. you are allowed to film yourself, people in the background are considered beiwerk as long as they are not the focus of it. so you can use these recordings.

[@Attirbful]

drinks in restaurants are not room temperature. They come from a fridge or a cooled container in the basement of the restaurant, like beer! They‘re just not a lot of ice and a shot of soda…

[@bluflaam777LSA]

It seems like a lot of Germans feel they're getting ripped off with ice? The US has free refills (mostly, some places aren't free) and I'll bet the temps in a lot of the US are hotter and more humid than in Germany. Ice doesn't cost us anything. The cups are larger to accommodate said ice and refills are usually free. In the US we don't feel we're getting ripped off. But I can see where some places might take advantage of "ice" and rip ppl off. That wouldn't go over very well here in the US either.

[@SheratanLP]

Wer schon mal ein paar Dokus über Eiswürfelmaschienen gesehen hat, verzichtet freiwillig auf Eis im Getränk.

[@HrWisch]

German traffic lights go from red to red and yellow, then green. After green, it's yellow only and then red. By having two different yellow phases (yellow only after green, yellow and red after red), you always know what's coming next.

[@red_dolphin468]

warte was schreibst du da bitte? das ist mir noch nie aufgefalllen, WENN ich dich richtig verstehen sollte .... ich bin aber auch ohne Führerschein und Auto XD

[@meganoob12]

@@red_dolphin468Er hat recht. Lernt man auch in der Fahrschule. Der Ablauf ist: Rot Rot + Gelb gleichzeitig Grün Gelb (ausschließlich) Rot Das ist damit du wenn du grade an der Ampel ankommst und es Gelb ist, weißt ob es jetzt rot oder grün wird.

[@Attirbful]

Bakeries are open SUnday mornings as well…

[@lazrseagull54]

UK and Germany have the same traffic light sequence at junctions: red, red and yellow, green, yellow, repeat.

[@eisikater1584]

No, fast foods aren't closed on Sundays. Neither are gas stations. There's one near me (about 20 km away) that's more a mini supermarket than a gas station. They have higher prices than a regular supermarket, but that's alright. You won't starve on a Sunday, and their coffee wakes up the dead, I swear. She's talking about cars. Tried an automatic several times, but I won't get friends with that. Sorry, I can't think of automatics as real cars. Red-orange-green might have to do with manual cars: Orange tells you that you should slowly but surely consider putting a gear in, preferably first. No need for that in 'merica of course. Fuel prices in Germany mainly consist of taxes. That's why they're so high. Fuel tax is supposed to be used for maintenance of the federal roads, which are not just autobahns. I mean, you can't have a good road network without someone paying for it, so when you use the roads, you pay tax by the liter. Seems fair to me. We do not like drinks at room temperature, that's true. We want them chilled, like: Out of the fridge. But we also don't like our drinks watered down with ice cubes like the Americans do. A good beer, they say, has to be served at 7°C, and by chance, that's the factory setting for every modern fridge in Germany. Hony soit qui mal y pense. I knew that Americans have big mouths, but how in the world can they eat a double burger twice the size of a European one? Maybe that aspect of white American anatomy should be the subject of further scientific investigation. Hair styles change with time, so her story might be outdated. Honestly, when I'm looking at a girl, her hair is the least interesting part. It's common in Germany to sign with your first initial and your last name, so I sign as "E. Kater". Signing with your last name only is fine within the company or authority you work for, and very official documents you sign with your full name to give them legal status. Starbucks maybe is the worst thing I've ever seen. Lousy coffee, low wages, high prices. Tried one of their coffee "creations", but all that artificial flavor can't hide that their black brew has little to nothing to do with real coffee. She's right, sitting down at a real café, take your time, relax, that's culture. Although I must admit that the Austrians are way better at that. You'll never find a picture of me online, at least not posted by myself. Friends of mine are very active on social media, so it might be that my face is somewhere within a group photograph, but it can't be identified as me. The law on recording in public spaces is quite simple. When you film a general scene (say, a pedestrian zone) or at a public event, you're not violating anyone's privacy. Just don't make a close-up on anyone's face, and everything will be fine. At least, covered by the law. There once was a woman shouting at me from a window why I was filming her. I didn't, there was a cat on the rooftop walking around like Thomas O'Malley. The woman said she'd call the cops, but they never appeared. Talking to strangers, the UK and Germany are quite the same. When I'm abroad, I only talk to strangers when I completely lost my way and have to ask for directions. Talking to strangers in pubs, however, is not a big deal. Bavarian beer and hospitality are of world renown, that's why the Prussians hate us. They can only talk to each other. Bad handwriting in school: In my final class, the geography teacher said, "Now that I can finally read Eisi's handwriting he's going to leave us." I replied: "Mr Teacher, did you have a look at the final exams plan? I signed in for the written geography exam." Whole class burst out in laughter. Germans aren't as brutally honest as they allegedly are, so we'd never say something like "I don't like your jeans". Rather something like, "Hey dude, where you got that jeans from? They look like straight out of someone's trash bin." Finally: I can perfectly lie and look someone straight into their eyes. Definitely no problem with that when it's a police officer.

[@vkdrk]

People in the UK don't talk to strangers until they want a cigarette or a lighter, in that case, they'd talk to anyone

[@meganoob12]

weird, same thing in germany. Must be the family connection

[@viola1333]

Regarding German honesty / directness, no one would just walk up to a stranger and tell them that they don't like their jeans or that they need to pluck their eyebrows. However, if I am asked by a friend if I like an outfit and I don't, then I say so. Why ask if you don't want to hear the answer. On the other hand, if someone told me that they loved their new jeans and I couldn't relate, I'd probably keep it to myself. I'd reply with a meaningless 'hmm', if that, and everyone would happily get on with their lives. And the eyebrow thing was probably from a close friend. Girlfriends tell each other when their eyebrows get too wild, they have lipstick on their teeth or something similar. No stranger would do it here either. Well, maybe with the lipstick, but with the eyebrows? What business is it of mine how strangers 'style' their eyebrows?

[@janastratmann-severin1892]

Restaurants, Cafés, Bakeries and Flower-Shops for example are open. Oh, and all Shops on Trainstations oder Airports are open too. If you are living in a „Bad“ (f.e. Bad Homburg), als Shops and grocery stores are open on Sundays and Holidays

[@gabytheonedd2695]

I wonder if the being blunt/forthright thing she was talking about - like when she said her friend told her they didn't like her jeans - is approached differently here in the US sometimes because of that old rule taught/drilled into our heads by our parents that "if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all." That's a well used phrase here. So I wonder if many people in the US would instead of remarking "I don't like your jeans." they would just follow the "rule" about if it's not so nice then keep quiet and, therefore, not say anything. And, then, on the other hand we consider smiling, waving, and small talking as nice things so those are okay to do.

[@JohnDoe-us5rq]

Drinks come from the fridge. So there is no need for extra ice. And also the ice will melt and water down the drink.

[@viking9227]

And we pay for the drink and not for the water in it 👍

[@PiratePawsLive]

Fast food, most restaurants, gas stations tend to be open on Sunday. No drinks tend to be cooled, they are in the refrigerator. If I remember correctly there was something about a law enforcing the amount of liquid in a cup ect. being actual liquid and not ice or filler to hit the mark at the glas / cup. If somebody under fills your glass of beer for example you can have them fill it up to the mark.

[@Humpelstilzchen]

You don't need ice to have a cold drink. Ever heared of a fridge for bottles or a internal pipe cooling system if the drink is on tap? 😅

[@mapau9750]

All fast foods are open on Sundays. By 11 a.m. cars usually form long queues in the drive through lanes 😂

[@jerryransdell3450]

I disagree with her about Cafe culture not being prevalent in the U.S. maybe not where she's from, but the cafe/coffee shop culture has been part of our culture in many parts of the U.S. since the early 1900s and even before.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

for sure. There's trillions of cafes just in my neighborhood (I counted) and have been here for longer than I've been alive...also trillions of years.

[@dearseall]

Ice in drinks: Because you do not get free refills of your drink, you try to get what you have paid for. Let's say you ordered 0,5 L of Coke, you don't want to have your glass filled with ice first and then filled up with coke. It has to do nothing with the temperature. We also like our drinks cold.

[@Attirbful]

in America, they have a green, yellow, red to stop red and immediately green to go…

[@CavHDeu]

In the Netherlands it goes from red to green too.

[@Sizzlik]

Always amuses me when people are shocked that sundays "everything" is closed. Often the question arises "but what if you need grocerys/food?" Just torn on the meatball in your head..if youre raised to know that sundays shops are closed, you go shopping on saturday..plus you wont starve to death in one day. And you sure still get the essentials at gas stations, fastfood chains, train stations and a few restaurants/cafes. Just the overall consumerism stops for a day..sunday is a day of rest..youre not even supposed to mow your lawn (with a gas powered lawnmower that is) that day, to not disturb thy neighbors rest. You goin to love it when you got it...a day in the week where the world can fekk off and leave you alone for the day and you have the right for silence.

[@nichigo701]

In germany we dont even have google street view because of our privicy laws

[@schaerfentiefe1967]

...we *had*. Today many areas of Germany now *have* Google street view!

[@bluflaam777LSA]

Is that a brag? or ....

[@williamrockwood5234]

wrong, we do.

[@Attirbful]

signatures really depend on how much space you have (esp. if you have a long last name, like me). Sometimes I sign simply with my last name, sometimes, first initial and last name, sometime, academic title, first initial and last name…

[@derschmeske3618]

if you dont intend to sip on your drink for hours, its ok to leave out the icecubes. Just drink it while its still cold. And if it really gets warm, just down it and get a new drink

[@derschmeske3618]

another thing with icecubes is, that if you take too long, half of your drink becomes water

[@Laurasophiesmith]

The McDonalds still do put ice in the drinks here and most of the restaurants I went to too

[@biloaffe]

There are no rules in Germany about what a signature should look like! Everyone writes how they want. First name, last name, / last name, first name or just initials. The important thing is that you can at least recognize a little bit.

[@Kilandil]

Gasprices britain and germany are pretty much the same right now, bruv 😅💚

[@natalies3469]

Inside knowledge from a german.... a lot of the things she talks about depends on where you life in germany. The greeting part for example... if you life in a more rural area you greet everyone you meet while walking around. It is comsidered rude in small villages to not greet. It is most likely that you know all your neighbours at least by last name. In bigger cities people are a bit more distant

[@DoomOfConviction]

It’s a Christian thing. Nobody should work on Sabbath, so it was even forbidden to work for a long time what is represented in the Ladenschlussgesetz(shop-closure-law). But bakeries are open till noon on Sunday and most restaurants, kebab shops, cafes, and Biergardens are open as well. And we have some small shops called Späti (late buy) and something called Kiosk (Street shop), where you can buy small groceries like cat food, drinks, foods, tobacco, and often even CBD or HHC Weed.

[@bettinaknoll2400]

But different Shops in train stations are open on Sunday in Germany.

[@alexanderpracher6753]

Nobody drinks Drinks with room temperature, exept red wine. We take it from the fridge. But we very rarely iced them. Especially never iced beer!

[@joelamaro4525]

I’ve only experienced “cafe culture” in small town USA. Never really in bigger cities. People (including me) want to be left alone when they go into get a coffee.

[@mickypescatore9656]

Hi, Lewis! Regarding the ice in the drink: I would like to know where exactly the founder of McDonalds lived. (Maybe in a very warm state)? But in general, the abnormal amount of ice cream is a joke. Are they trying to save money because they hardly put any “drink” in it? Then it is clear that you can get supplies for free! But who drinks so much and then ice cold? 9:22: I think, first of all it`s disrespectful. But imagine: Germans have had a lot to do with surveillance in the past (Nazi era, GDR/"Stasi"). That's why some of us are more cautious about the topic. After all, everything is becoming “more transparent” again. This can have a negative impact! All you need is a bit of imagination!

[@xShoya]

god, im feeling so ashamed for the "I dont like your jeans" one. might be a weird teenager thing, I definitely think its unnecessary and possibly unfriendly 😂

[@Roberternst72]

One of the reasons for the German fuel prices is: additional taxation.

[@williamrockwood5234]

it's basically the same in all of europe, american prices are just dirt cheap.

[@TiborgSGE]

Also,our Army hasn't been on a World tour because of Oil.

[@runescapemaster65565]

Fuel is taxed in the US too. Each state has a different tax rate.

[@Roberternst72]

@@runescapemaster65565 well, yes, but I doubt the taxes in any state of the USA make up almost 60% of the price at the pump…

[@red_dolphin468]

I think the difference is in Germany we drink our stuff in a relative quick time period and do not make it into a long drink. ... + too cold harms your throat, and shocks your body partly. ..... like if you eat ice cream to quick and you expierence these "brain shock moments" ... (Gelato for USC´s) US Ice cream is not ice cream here, its uneadible block of chemicals, which have to become warmer to be eadible.

[@alexanderpracher6753]

You may record or photograph people in public areas, if they are not the main objective and just seen in the background. But if you want to film or photograph a person direkt (beautyful girl etc.) xou must ask. That is not only rude, it is a law.

[@Slippy6582]

Privacy is very important to people in Germany... Nobody is going to sue you or beat you up, but there will be some ppl that will confront you and they will tell you that they do not wanna be in any video or picture. If you go some years back: Germany was one of the very few countries that was totally DARK in Google Earth, because of the privacy laws, but that got a little bit less, but i guess 3-4 years back Germany was a VOID for Google Earth! Also a BIG reason CASH IS KING in Germany, because i do not pay with creditcard or what so ever, we are very oldschool in this regard.

[@quanitious]

Save the manual! 😁😆

[@viking9227]

We in Germany drink Cool drinks ! Ask we cool our drinks and do not dilitue with water in the form of ice cubes

[@TiborgSGE]

I just knew she'll start with how on Sunday almost everything is closed.The American consumerism is shocking.It's like the Earth stopped rotating because they couldn't buy something on Sunday.

[@viking9227]

And it is the Saints Christian Sunday 😁

[@Attirbful]

noone will sue you if you take a video of being at the Cologne dome and there are people in shot (there ALWAYS will be people)! However, if you‘re , say, at a concert and you single out an individual and film them and then publish your material, you can get into trouble.

[@Sizzlik]

That McDonalds & ice in the drink is not true. They even overfill it with ice to save on soda syrup. Everytime i get a coke at mcD i have ti explicit say no ice. The coke there is already watered down..and it comes cold out of the machine..ni need for a bucket of ice.

[@WuznMe]

I feel like when people say Germans are more blunt or honest, they're not explaining the situation right. First off, everyone says Germans keep to themselves and Americans love to make small talk with strangers, which tells me Germans won't just go up to you and tell you what they don't like. I think what she means to say is German FRIENDS will be blunt. Let me tell you that if my friends watched these videos, they would think I'm German 😆.

[@williamrockwood5234]

"Germans won't just go up to you and tell you what they don't like" - unless you break any rules, like crossing the street at the red light or walking in the bike lane, then chances are high that people will correct you on your behavior.

[@sarahmariearndt3205]

All right, this girl has some real luxury issus. Red, yellow, green, who cares, just drive. Petrol has moved up in the last month because.... Sunday is rest time for everyone, enjoy it or go to a club in Berlin. You go to another country to experience the culture, not to complain about it. Grüße aus Deutschland

[@nekonator5668]

For germans it is indeed really important to be honest, I'am too really honest to that what i say I mean look the other way around, wouldnt It be even worse if you aren't honest to someone else and he finds out (never the less if you know them or not) He would think on the one side that you dont want to hurt them, but on the other side he would think that he isn't that important to you that you can be honest to him, what would hurt him more than been honest from the start (pls refer him as "A Person" not gender)

[@AnonymousG3R]

I knew Montana since she started his channel and this video comes out before the pandemic turns the world into a huge cage. Liter to gallon. Germany didn´t have his own oil/gas fields and didnt have a refinery infrastructure like GB or the USA. All hydrocarbons must be imported by other country and comes up with 4 different taxes which cost your left leg. The problems with drinks, soft drinks or soda is- 1st you won´t pay for frozen water. 2nd it´s not healthy. Many studies shows, that your body heat up instead of cool down. The effect is, for a short period of time your body seems cool but then you start sweat like s-one turn on the heating. Also it can cause many stomach diseases like chronically gastritis up to gastric ulcers. But anyways, if you order a soda or water the temperature is way more cooler as you wish for. The Law say if another person who is temporarily in the picture and not the main object of the filming or streaming process there is no necessity to get permission from the person. But there is one little thing which called "House Rules". In some train station (watch the official signs) it is not allowed to film or stream "inside". So if s-one talk to you and say it´s forbidden, ignore them or remain on this sentence "Hier ist kein Verbotsschild und es ist erlaubt in der Öffentlichkeit private Aufnahmen zu machen."(There is no prohibited sign and it is allowed to film or stream in public for private interests). But if you want avoid stress, take a GoPro and attach them to the shoulder straps of your backpack. Almost no one recognized it. We germans are the honest folks you´ll ever met. We do it straight in you face. We don´t like to tip toeing around. It sound harsh but if you don´t like it Fluff off and don´t waste my time.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

I love honesty. I'd rather hear it from someone who I know tho and not some random person. the ice thing seems to be a rip off? US cups are larger to accommodate the ice and refills are free. chilled isn't "ice cold" and plenty of places in the US are very hot and humid. I've gotten just a cup of ice with nothing in it but ice just to try and stay cool. I'm 60 years old and don't have any stomach issues from ice and I know no one that has any stomach issues from ice. Maybe your studies are sus? or at least need more studying. Again, in the US ice is basically free and the cups are larger to make room for said ice. Refills are free (usually) and you can always ask for light ice or not ice and still get the cup filled and still pay the same price. No one is getting ripped off in the US by ice. It's all in your head mate.

[@ixiwildflowerixi]

How long, does she think, does it take to put a car into gear? :P And, not to be nit-picky, but traffic lights go green - yellow - red - red+yellow - green. She's sorta right though on the reason for that: It's to get traffic flowing again in a more timely and smooth manner.

[@hobbgreen4529]

at one time most things in america were closed on sundays . if you wanted gas or beer , you better have gotten it on saturday . i guess im old .

[@humpty_bln]

Of course you get Ice in your drinks at McDonalds etc. And during summer. But I think we just prefer cold beer from tap that's get watered down and "amercian" cold. You don't need it that cold if your drink has flavor 😉

[@citycobra5014]

Cafes. Restaurants (fast food as well) and Gas stations are open on sundays Of course we like ice in our drinks, but the americans are overdoing it with the ice. They do so much ice in it that the actual drink is nearly non existing. Two ice cubes are by far enough for a 0,33 l drink or 3 ice cubes in a 0,5 L drink.

[@ingvarjensen1088]

Drinks don't need ice in them to be cold, right? Just pick them right from the fridge and they're cold, too!

[@evarene07]

Yes, some people like ice…and plenty of it…especially in the hot months.

[@tausendschoen]

In Germany it goes from red to green but from green to orange to red 😊

[@bluflaam777LSA]

In the US it's the same. Red to Green and then 'slowly' back to red via green, amber, red.

[@TheJohnnycab5]

Nope, it goes from red to red/yellow and then to green. In return it goes from green to yellow and from yellow to green.

[@liebernicht644]

i have to tell you that it goes red, orange, green :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmjHdZd6nJpohcUsi=6wUVC5mISqqWz32I&t=238

[@bluflaam777LSA]

@@TheJohnnycab5 That's kinda kewl. seems like a waste of light energy but kewl none the less. Oh ice.

[@geliwien3564]

Just use a fridge for cold drinks - why should I pay for a lot of frozen water? ;-) And I always sign with my full first and last name.

[@evarene07]

That’s not true…The US has always had cafe’s and coffee shops …I don’t where or what remote area she lives in😁…Starbucks is not the only place to buy coffee. Real coffee drinkers don’t use Starbucks, they will purchase coffee from actual coffee shops or favorite cafe’s where you can get it to go or sit at little tables and counters- both inside and outside.

[@franz1102]

fast food is open

[@stefanieslawik687]

There's no middle part thing in Germany, thats not true...

[@bluflaam777LSA]

She's wrong about the 'cafe' thing. IT totally depends on where you live in the US. There are trillions (i counted all of them) of cafes where I live. Even starbucks has big sit down spaces. She's young. So the culture is a bit different. I find her funny with her observations. I have German friends and there are other things that come up that are more traditional culture stuff from where they came from in Germany vs where they ended up in the US. I still like when someone is honest and shares their experiences pro or con or even isolated specific that aren't really "USA" per se just a piece of it or "Germany" or "UK" or "Europe" or whatever. And she's kinda cute. 😉

[@torstenkersten8566]

well, nightlife, music, bars, clubs usually open except it's a certain holiday to remember the dead or it's good Friday and the federal state you are in is catholic ... once a year ... but that idea to do the shopping on a sunday and think that were the cherry on the cake is some capitalist conspiracy ... ;) that didn't get a foothold here, coz' Unions and Church and recently 'work/life' balance. Unions defended the sunday as the day for/with the family. ice cubes: just add to your order 'mit Eis, bitte' ... usually the drinks served are fridge cold and a typical german would rather complain about the temp than watering the drink down with ice XD gas price: well, there's quite some tax the german government puts on: benzine is like 65.45 cent/l taxes and diesel is 47.04 ct/l. The tax serves to maintain infrastructure, invest into climate change adaptation (taxing the CO2), etc. Of course the difference in price in Germany to the US is a political rather than a strictly economic. If the gas prices would be realistically high (adequate in terms of climate change) in the US many americans weren't able to do their jobs any more because there wouldn't be left enough when paying for their mobility (commuters with 1.5 h rides etc). So here the higher taxes on car fuels have motivated the big brands to build fuel saving technology - since the 1970's. Saving fuel never was a thing in 'merica. One also could say, thanks to it our cars had a technological advantage over those superchunky hp dinos still built in the US. And we are the ones driving our cars faster than 88mp/h. XD If Americans were allowed to do that, too they'ld automatically switch to cars with less thirst. These big blocks can easily drain your pocket when you just run them fast enough ... (slurp). which laws protect the privacy: that you have property over your own image in the public is a derivative from 'the dignity of man is inviolable.' - which opens up our constitution in it's preamble. 'Public' is the keyword here. When you are taking pictures and there happen to walk people into your picture or happen to be in the background and not in the focus of course you may take pictures. They aren't in your focus and you don't want to make them public. 'I'll blur you out in my family foto book' should do, else the other person could take it to court and see how much fun that is and court probably will say 'nah, we're not dealing with this s***' , coz they got better things to do, too. But, the laws help when it's about bigger drama than that - that's why they exist. To protect a persons dignity when it's attacked or taken advantage of. These personal rights over your picture can even be overruled by a court if enough public interest is in play - like when reporters do interviews with people who happen to be in the public interest (whether they like it or not). A journalist may be able to tell you where that fine red line is ... But to avoid any hassle we usually, politely make sure everyone is comfortable with being on the photo or video. This thing hasn't been a thing before the internet, because it's so f+++ing hard to get 'content' permanently deleted.

[@nettcologne9186]

This is the third time you've asked whether everything is actually closed on Sundays. Read the comments under the last three videos! Your reaction videos will no longer be fun to watch if you continue to be so ignorant.

[@rahzeslayallkings6260]

Like Weißwürste etc pp. But i wouldn't judge that hard. It is a fast paced business on yt

[@bluflaam777LSA]

Don't be a d!ck about it. I'm sure he makes more than one video per day just because we see them 1 at a time?. He's also allowed to say the same thing more than one time. I've told the same dad joke for years. Pull my finger. ffs Go to another channel and live your life. Don't act like he's gonna change his channel just for you.

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Ja genau, das ist warum es sich manchmal komisch anhört immer wieder.......(I dont now tell me in the Coments) heißt es dann!!!😊

[@joelamaro4525]

Calm down, Karen. It’s not that deep.

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

@@joelamaro4525 you call me karen?calm down its not that deep!!!Funny Day!Funny People!

[@biloaffe]

The thing about small talk is only half true. There are lots of people who like small talk, just give it a try and don't give up after the second or third time! And I find these constant generalizations in these videos really bad, it's just annoying. We have 84 million people in Germany, to assume that nobody likes small talk is absurd!

[@helfgott1]

Brüllaffe

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

She is Pretty,but is She Smart???

[@bluflaam777LSA]

She's just young and wants to be a Utoober. She'll learn just like we all do.

[@Ladiofthewoods]

Honesty? No, rude. I don't like your jeans? That calligraphy is cool but your hand writing is bad. Scrutinizing your face and declaring she needs to do her eyebrows? Not like they were talking about jeans, handwriting or eyebrows. Criticism is not honesty, it's just rudeness.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

Cultures are cultures. Kids can be rudely honest. but they aren't trying to be rude, just honest. Germans are kids?

[@sophiadinglisch]

no cafes , raustarant fastfood and so are open! i dont no why she say so mutch bullshit omg