More Movie Scenes That Confuse Germans!

[@Lexor888]

I don't get it that so many people correct her on the school bus trope. Yes we do have school buses in Germany but they are so different to the american ones that her point is still valid. What i get from the movies is that the school bus is yellow, you are not allowed to pass/overtake it when hazard lights are on (close to the german system) and you will get picked up from home. Whereas in Germany the school bus will be a standard public bus (no special colors or markings beside maybe an orange sign in the back window) and you still need to go to a certain bus stop, you won't get picked up at home. In conclusion the trope still confuses some germans since it's way different to what you experience here.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

you explained this very well :) thank you for further clarifying. i realize, in retrospect after reading all of the comments, that i should've spent a bit more time explaining this in my video.

[@MrOpacor]

One little addition: School busses in Germany are not necessarily exclusive for children. At least in North Rhine Westphalia School busses that go to and from schools on set routes which depend on the residence of the students are required to take on other passengers free of charge as long as everyone has a seat. Only busses chartered by schools, e.g. to go from school to a swimming pool for swimming lessons, are only for students and teachers. That being said, the vast majority of students in North Rhine Westphalia actually never use school busses but do indeed use public transport. I have worked at five schools as a teacher (or teacher in training) and some more as an intern, all of them in rather rural areas of Germany and only two of the schools had school busses. The rest of the relied on public transport for the students to get to and from school. The school (or rather the institution funding the school, called “Schulträger”) simply pays for the tickets for public transportation. On a side note: the role and necessary qualification of teachers might be one for one of the next videos, because I can see quite a difference there. If you want to teach in Germany you have to study in a specialized teachers’ course only offered at University and reach a masters’ degree for teachers (at least two subjects and didactics/pedagogics) and then do an additional on the job training of at least 18 months (24 in some federal states like Bavaria) with an exam that is harder than the masters’ degree - at least to the mind of any teacher I have ever spoken to. I am not implying that all US-teachers are bad, nor that all German teachers are good. That would be foolish. But when I see some tropes about teachers in US movies and TV shows, especially how they treat students, it really makes me cringe.

[@Waechter_im_All]

@@MrOpacor That's different in the part of Lower Saxony I live in. School busses are "normal" busses, but when used as school busses, they are "students only". The countys sell licenses to transportation enterprises. These companies frequently use their old(est) busses for student transportation. But when the busses are not used as school busses - in the afternoon for example - they may serve as regular public transportation as well.

[@c.primavera9690]

@@Waechter_im_All Interesting. Never noticed that in lower saxony. The public buses I use in the morning are full of schoolkids. But there are extra minibus (9 seater) for special handicapped kids. They pick them up in the street they live.

[@MrOpacor]

@@Waechter_im_All This happens in North Rhine Westphalia as well, just like I wrote. But even if it happens there is a court ruling that those busses which were intended for students need to take on other passengers, as long as everyone has a seat. Before that rather recent (five years ago maybe) court case, only student were allowed to eve enter the special busses. And yes, of course the busses are regular busses that are used as public busses whenever they are not used as school busses. You can recognize a school bus in Germany only by the orange and black sign and the display that declares which bus line the bus is curently driving for.

[@gerdforster883]

School dances and all the tropes surrounding them do not translate well. And school sports teams, neither.

[@annkathrinhanamond2982]

@theLundLs Das stimmt, aber das ist doch ne ziemlich andere Veranstaltung - zumindest bei uns war das inkl. Eltern, kein "Wen bringt man mit?"-Gehabe (Man konnte Partner mitbringen, aber die meisten kamen ohne und eben mit Eltern/Geschwistern), es gibt keine "Ballkönigin" oder sowas ...

[@gerdforster883]

@theLundLs Ja und die werden wohl langsam auch immer abgedrehter (zumindest, wenn ich mir die Berichterstattung der letzten Jahre anschaue), aber an Prom und Homecoming kommen sie noch lange nicht dran.

[@rogerlynch5279]

It is different in Austria. There in some area formel dances are tought in school classes. In Germany this is more done on a private base.

[@crowlovescore]

wir hatten sport teams, da ist zwar zu den spielen wohl eher keiner hingegangen aber es gab regelmäßig Durchsagen, wenn irgend ein Team gewonnen hat. Gerne auch mal mitten im Unterricht.

[@S_Black]

That doesn't mean we can't understand it. The huge emphasis on these these things is extremely stupid, but I do I understand what's going on

[@swanpride]

The idea of the police storming a party at all is strange...here the police would knock, friendly ask to turn the music down and that would be it unless the party continues to disturb the neighbours.

[@Trifler500]

@swanpride Yeah, but they couldn't catch illegal activity that way. :) Keep in mind that someone has to report that underage drinking or illicit drug use is going on before the police do a raid. If it's just a loud noise complaint then they do knock and ask them to turn it down, rather than coming in.

[@kinczyta]

@@Trifler500 I'm not sure about Germany, but in Poland underage drinking is not really an offence. Selling alcohol to minors is an offence. I guess the question is what are the priorities of the police force? Our police don't spend their time chasing recreational marijuana users even though the drug is illegal in Poland. The only reason they come knock on doors to quiet down parties is that they are obligated to react to such calls. On the other hand, don't even think of crossing the street on red! There's almost always a policeman lurking around to give you a ticket : )

[@Trifler500]

@@kinczyta Well, like I said, someone has to actually report it. The police do not randomly raid parties of their own volition.

[@kinczyta]

@@Trifler500 I guess what I mean is that you need proof to call such a thing in? Because the police can't really enter somebody's home unless they have been invited or there's someone in danger inside or they have a warrant.

[@Trifler500]

@@kinczyta Oh... Here they can. If someone reports a party with drugs or underage drinking, the cops can enter and search the entire premises. They can ask everyone there for ID and bring a bus if necessary to take people to jail. Although, if the parents/owners of the house are home, they might be able to send the cops away. I'm not sure about that. However, if the parents are home and there is underage drinking or drug use, they can go to prison for a very long time.

[@wtfakakali]

Maybe take on the healthcare system. Breaking Bad wouldn't exist in Germany.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I was going to include that in this video but decided to reserve it for another discussion. Good thinking :)

[@donaghmore1967]

Probably you could show the differences in EMS models of care: "Stay & Play" in Germany/Europe vs. "Scoop and Run" in US de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rettungskonzept

[@svenadam1692]

And still we got Crystal consumers and dealers ... LOL. Breaking Bad wouldn't exist, right. Then again, doctors are paid at such a ridiculously low level relative to their working hours that lots of physicians decide to leave Germany or search a career in pharmaceutical industry, EH&S or whatsoever. If you need a doctory you currently wait for months and instead of going bankrupt due to a medical bill you might die because you see your doctor too late ... these days it's a tendency, not really a situation. But it grows worse.

[@1369Stiles]

@@svenadam1692 i often wonder why i see only spotted criticisms of universal systems by citizens in those system, yet i see avalanches of people praising those systems by people within those systems. i have a feeling that you had a bad experience and decided the whole thing suck; maybe im wrong though

[@svenadam1692]

@@1369Stiles I am a doctor myself and I know the system from inside, 50 patients a day. Any further questions?

[@trillian1964]

What I find even more disturbing than the door knob, is that the entrance leads directly into the living room with no hallway.

[@goldminer754]

Also if you drink as a 15 year old in Germany and the police encounters you they couldnt and wouldnt arrest you but rather just take the alc and drive you home maybe. Seems so stupid to me arresting and punishing someone for damaging themselves.

[@mojojim6458]

damaging themselves

[@R3lay0]

Is it even illegal to drink it or is it just illegal to give/sell it to persons under 16/18?

[@goldminer754]

@@R3lay0 Only to hand it out I am pretty sure.

[@goldminer754]

@@R3lay0 maybe parents can be punished if they are extremely irresponsible

[@rogerlynch5279]

Just count the drunk juveniles at a public tailwaystation in Munich at early Saturday and Sunday morning comming from,some club.Seen that often enough when I was going to work at day break

[@Xeiron]

9:17 The "school buses" here in Germany have adapted routes so that they stop near or directly at the school, but they are still the same kind of buss that are used for everyday Public transportation.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks for explaining :)

[@nowonmetube]

Correct

[@ISSO1407]

Normal people are still allowed to take these busses, they arent special besides the fact that they are meant to carry the children to their classes in time, at least it was like this everywhere i lived so far.

[@westerngodzilla]

Xeiron Wikipedia has an article about that matter, de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulbus it’s in German but explains it well.

[@TheSorrel]

@@ISSO1407 Yeah, the bus I took to school was a public bus that stopped in the area between all the schools in the city. (they where pretty nearby and this part of town was called the "Schoolcenter") It was mostly full of students and some of the bus drivers would wish us a nice day at school, but it was still public transport anyone could use.

[@kinczyta]

The scene where they break up a party is confusing for me because in Poland the police would never check every single person's age at a party. They probably wouldn't bother to check anyone's age. They would just give the apartment owner a fine for disturbing the peace and be on their way.

[@entropyzero5588]

Same in Germany (though if someone is obviously completely out of it they might also call them an ambulance, which will probably lead to a whole lot of beef with the parents the next day :D)

[@kinczyta]

@Conchita Mendez haha watching these channels about Germany I've come to realise that our nations are much more alike than I suspected. Polish people are very rebellious, though, unlike Germans :)

[@kinczyta]

@Conchita Mendez the dictionary gives the meaning of rebellious as 'showing a desire to resist authority and control' so I think we are one the same page, even if we use different words for it. Hand kissing is a thing only among older generation. It's always the slightly disgusting uncle who wants to kiss a girl's hand!

[@KaiHenningsen]

@Conchita Mendez Poles in Germany are not a new thing, either. A large percentage of the people in the Ruhr area have Polish roots, which is easily seen from the family names. There's a reason one of the most beloved German TV police detectives had the given name Schimanski.

[@ISSO1407]

My Opa had the surname Swiatkowski he was a Fallschirmjäger (Paratrooper) in post war 50s west germany D:

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"There's just one last thing. Delete my browsing history." 😆😆😆 A performance! Now _that_ was cool.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!!!

[@ElRackadusch]

A part three would be nice. Another scene I always find weird is: "Someone got shot with your gun" "Maybe, but my gun was stolen two weeks ago." "Okay, so it's not your fault." In germany you can go to jail if someone steals your gun. You have to keep your gun in a safe and your ammunition in a seperate safe.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

good one! thanks for sharing. this is a huge difference in the regulatory requirements for gun owners between germany and the US

[@erictrumpler9652]

@@Kellydoesherthing One of the crazy things about the gun control issue is that most of the demands by gun control proponents are not about restricting ownership but simply regulating it in a sensible way.

[@pteppig]

Thats mostly WRONG, but understandeable, since most people in germany are ignorant about guns and the laws. You have to keep your guns in a gun safe of a specific rating, depending on the gun - when they are not in use. Amunition only has to be kept in a separate compartment, in the same safe. Safety regulations for transporting them to a gun range or hunting grounds, are lower (common sense, since you cant build a steel safe into your car.). If you directly transport guns to the range in an locked case, stop for gas and someone steals your gun from the car while you go inside to pay - you just call the police, you DONT go to jail (which would be stupid). You HAVE to report it as stolen immediately, and as opposed to being indifferent to a stolen bike, the police actually will arrive quickly and investigate. Last summer, one african "genius" broke several windows on parked cars at the gun range , after police was informed, it looked like every police car (including the helicopter) was on the lookout for him, and they brought him back within the hour. Because he could have stolen a gun or tried to steal it because he planned to attack someone. So, as long as you can prove that you handled the guns responsible, your good. Shooting intruders or violent thieves is a completely different matter, evern if you were right to shoot in self defense, leftist judges can claim you were guilty (since more laws protect criminals instead of the vitims), but this usually gets thrown out at the higher courts, but takes time

[@Kellydoesherthing]

username can you cite the laws in which you are referring to? And which states they belong to

[@Llortnerof]

@@pteppig It would still apply here due to the reporting requirement, though. Saying your gun was stolen 2 weeks ago would be a pretty big lapse.

[@LEbackstage]

Can we talk about the breakfasts in movies!? Seriously, they make a big a$$ breakfast with everything you can think of and what do they do - drink a sip of OJ and take a bite of toast. "Thanks, but I gotta bounce." 😒

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol! Good catch. This always confuses me too and i wouldn’t say it’s representative of reality in the US (for home cooked meals...restaurant meals are another story) I will look into it :)

[@miralyse.3846]

Gilmore Girls immediately comes to mind. It drives me crazy.

[@KiraFriede]

But that's a common thing in movies and TV shows, not especially US related. The main issue is that they have to do the shot several times and the food has to look like that in every take. Also the actor would have to eat way too much.

[@ElRackadusch]

But I think warm breakfast is a thing in the U.S., because school/work starts not that early. Germans prefer to start earlier the day, to come home earlier.

[@MrHodoAstartes]

@@KiraFriede It's still common to see unreasonable amounts of breakfast foods on tables, way beyond a normal person's means to cook up every morning, let alone eat. And there are scenes I remember that show people eating way more believably. The middle-class family with the obscene breakfast table however seems to have become a trope unto itself. It would be interesting to investigate where this stems from, why it happened and where it is perpetuated, parodied or referenced. My guess would be New Deal era shows or magazines that tried to project wealth and plenty.

[@allthatlightning]

How about some German tropes that don't translate to American culture?

[@red_dolphin468]

@Kibate the movie: "Sommersturm" is a german production. it is one of my absolutely favorite movies.

[@benjaminherbst5313]

a lot of swearing. words like fuck, shit, bitch and cunt arent unusual to be heard in a pg or pg13 rated movie

[@TotalRookie_LV]

Hmm, there really are not many German movies known in the wwe world, I can currently think of only of "Knocking On Heavean's Door" and "Run, Lola! Run!", plus some TV series like "Cobra".

[@oerthling]

@@red_dolphin468 As a german I never heard of Sommersturm. If I never heard of it, how likely is it that an american has seen it?

[@red_dolphin468]

@@oerthling i havent told that everyone has heard of it, just that it is my favorite .

[@brianwalley7894]

In fairness to BBT's Sheldon Cooper I suggest that the only reason we see him lying on his bed with his shoes on is because he was so shocked and upset by what he learned about his friends it made him forget his usual rules of cleanliness.

[@Taikuri72]

A common trope in German (and other European) movies is the apartment door falling shut while you are on just outside without the keys. This would not happen with door nobs.

[@leDespicable]

Depends. There are some doors of which you can turn the knob unless you specifically locked the door.

[@alexanderroth1427]

A good myth of movies wich makes germans laugh is when american police cars are able to follow a porsche in a city car chase..when you see the porsche cuts corners sharp like a knife and the car behind swings left and right losing all its speed.

[@808Fee]

The police cars don't look like much, but some of them are equipped with quite powerful engines, plus the cops receive special training.

[@FreeOfFantasy]

@@808Fee That may let you keep up on long straights but around corners the cars are just to heavy to keep up with sports cars.

[@tihomirrasperic]

NO, better is when guy drive BMW or Porsche and can't escape truck with big trailer who chase him.

[@silkwesir1444]

well sports cars aren't that great for corners either, they more like gradual turns. they're basically designed with racing in mind, and on racetracks there are no sharp corners. also in general, thay way streets in urban areas are structured pretty much equalizes most of the advantage a Porsche would have over the police car. (you have little opportunity to use the higher speed for example) of course, on a highway, that is a whole different matter. at least as long as there isn't a lot of traffic on it.

[@jamesrosemary2932]

@@808Fee Alexander says that because Porsches are terrible at corners. There is no way a Porsche can make those turns.

[@PeterPetermann]

I think you missed a detail - being arrested for underage drinking wouldn't happen anyway as the punishable offense is giving alcohol to someone under age, rather than consuming. (Same goes for other drugs, you are punished for owning, not consuming)

[@nowonmetube]

Yeah that confuses me "Wait, so when I'm underage, and because I'm drinking I get arrested? Wtf!"

[@jefflewis4]

@@nowonmetubeNo you don't get arrested. You get a ticket/fine. Its often not the Police the kids are afraid of but their parents. If they get cited by the Police their parents will find out. They are avoiding the Police so their parents don'f find out and punish them or take aware their privileges like say their car.

[@nowonmetube]

@@jefflewis4 on yeah I remember that scene in those movies where the cop brings a kid to their parents, ringing the front door "is this your kid" "yes, officer. What has s/he done?" "S/he has been found with underage drinking" "What?! Drinking??? How could you! I failed you! You should be ashamed of yourself" blah blah blah 😂

[@HagenvonEitzen]

@@jefflewis4 Taking away car privileges from an underage kid is of course not translating easily eithre

[@HiltownJoe]

When it comes to the drinking scenes, the big thing is not the age difference, but that you can be arrested and even get jail time. That is why the kids are scrambling. In Germany underage drinking has repercussions for the people providing the alcohol, but the repercussions for the drinker are small (destruction of the alcohol, a lecture from the police officer, and being driven home and being handed over to a guardian). You do not go to jail for drinking alcohol.

[@cdnest]

From the age of 14, young people are allowed to drink beer and wine when the parents are present and have allowed it.

[@sirstanley8599]

Riischtisch.

[@cdnest]

@@sirstanley8599 Prost ! ;)

[@joshix833]

14? Isn't it 15?

[@astrofan8775]

@@joshix833 Nope, 14.

[@mojojim6458]

Irresponsible parents.

[@06BIBOI]

I'm an American and I'm definitely 200% against wearing shoes in the house !!

[@balancedactguy]

Your house, your Rules!

[@LG123ABC]

I hope you're not one of those people that make everyone take off their shoes whenever they come inside your house. People like that are super annoying.

[@skeletonking2588]

Another small point: For a good chunk of German students, student loans do exist but in a milder way. Since many universities require a fee to be attended, less wealthy families can't afford that on their own, so in many cases the student will receive "Bafög" which means Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz. This is a sum of money between 20 to 785€ per month, depending on how much money your parents own, how costly your appartment is etc, but a sum of up to 10k€ has to be payed back after you finish your studies. (theres a time-puffer tho, you don't have to pay it all back directly after finishing your studies.)

[@ItsIdaho]

Keep going. I love this mini series. I am from Austria and I didn't think about all these tropes

[@ursulaba1]

This was a very interesting session. I should say that I grew up in Germany but now I'm an American citizen. It's quite often when I bring up the differences between our countries that all I ever hear is 'nothing is free' when I mention college; and if I say something that I think is better in Germany I get this 'if it's so great in Germany then why don't you go back'. I really enjoyed your session about the apartment you have in DC, with me living in a home in Michigan, in the province so to speak, that's was something I have never heard of or seen, what I mean is all that security. Heck, I only lock my door at night. Very interesting.

[@TheT0N1c]

It isnt even illegal to Break out of prison in Germany. Every American school trope doesnt Work in Germany because of the seperation of Sports, music etc from school in Germany

[@blubbber]

well, you don't get extra time if you break out of a prison IF you don't break any law while doing it (so without damage, hitting someone etc). But just for walking out you don't get more time.

[@gewuerzwanze5627]

@@blubbber "ja die tür war offen und ich wollte mir eine BILD von dem kiosk gegenüber kaufen"

[@elsiberiano2006]

So, in Germany no one understand american movies... Huh? Hmmm. Poor them. I am from Argentina and I understand american movies. I may create a KZbin channel to explain american movies to germans, what do you think?

[@MetaLatias5]

the "no (street/outdoor)shoes inside" thing in Germany is different from family to family some families are adamant about leaving any outdoor footwear at the entrance and wearing only slippers inside while others might only ask you to take off your shoes depending on how much dirt is coming off of them (no one wants to have to clean up mud prints all over their home just because someone's too lazy to take off their shoes) shoes on furniture really are a no-go for the most part (some make exceptions for soft indoor slippers)

[@petrameyer1121]

Kelly if you are with parents in Germany, you can drink wine or beer at 14!! :) In the medieval age, beer was not even considered a beverage but simple fluid food. And way safer then say well water.

[@qwertyqwerty6099]

Agree..they even had a table beer to drink instead of regular beer called Dünnbier..

[@goodtaste4]

and thats why we had the dark ages.

[@qwertyqwerty6099]

@@goodtaste4 lol

[@spenhouet]

@Kelly: One thing that doesn't translate to Germany is when in US movies someone gets really angry if someone else is on their property (for example their front lawn). Often there are scenes where someone threatens to shoot someone if he doesn't step off / or leave the property. That concept totally doesn't exist here in Germany.

[@tutnichtnotig1297]

Hey ho, nice video. Buut, in germany are schoolbus only for kids too. Most outside of big cities, from a village to another village. Extra routs on extra timeplans. In the morning some bustimes and in the noon/ afternoon. Some villages are far away from the normal publictrafficsystem.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

But am I right that it’s still a bus provided by the government?

[@wollfixx]

At least in some parts of northern Germany they use small busses with 9 to 20 seats only for school kids today. And I remember driving to school with an old yellow Ikarus bus. Common in east Germany this was "the school bus" for me as a child.

[@Humppakarajat]

Yup, can confirm. Had to use one of those for a few years.

[@henner645]

Kelly does her thing Schoolbusses here look like regular busses.

[@Humppakarajat]

@@Kellydoesherthing In my (rural) town they hire a local bus company. As far as I remember, the government pays the transportation until 9th grade. After that (if you decide to continue going to school) you/your parents must pay the transportation. However it is still subsidized by the government, so you don't have to pay the full price.

[@romandg5029]

Yes, more movie tropes! I had to think about the movie "The Italian Job" when I saw you being stabbed with a salad spoon :-D And also these small intermissions with you just eating your bread ... I sense that this might become somewhat of a "Kelly does her thing"-trope as well^^ I don't know if this was already said in the comments, but one little correction: I am from a very rural area in Germany and in such areas, kids going to elementary schools are picked up by school busses as well, although they are not in this signaling colouration and normaly only have a special sign in their window (an orange square with black borders showing two kids, you might have seen it somewhere).

[@DeathNote2610]

Actually university does cost money in some states (~Bundesländer), and you can lend money for that that you will have to pay back. I am still paying it back. But I should mention that the cost is probably not as high as in the US. For me for example it was around 300 Euro every 6 months I had to pay to university.

[@johnp139]

SLawl 50 Euro a month is pocket change. The cheapest IS Universities will easily run you $1000 a month.

[@allesindwillkommen]

It's not comparable. The 300 Euro you are talking about is not a tuition fee. So no, most universities do NOT charge you anything for your education. For the money you pay every 6 months, you get a public transport ticket, and part of it goes to the student union, plus a small administrative fee.

[@1983simi]

Even there it's 'as good as free'. in comparison, the very cheapest Uni would be a state Uni that costs 3160 USD a year; keep in mind though, if you're going to that Uni you might as well not go to college at all, cause Uni reputation matters A LOT in the American job market, The most expensive Unis will charge you 58,742 USD a year, but you're not going to study just one year, so definitely you'll end up with a 6 digit student loan. Even if you want to go to a Uni of average reputation but of at least ok quality, you'll end up paying in the 5 digits at least. The big names will go into the 6 digits ALWAYS. Most people are busy paying it back for at least a decade, depending how well paid a job they manage to get after graduation. Btw. in the German federal state I come from I had to pay approx 360 Euros every semester too, so, twice a year, making it little over 700 euros a year. My first two semesters were still free (because the tuition legislation hadn't been passed yet), so I saved some money there. But it wasn't too bad. I worked three jobs during vacations and left uni basically with zero dept (I didn't opt for a loan, cause I didn't want that klutz on my leg for the next years, but depending on personal situation I totally get why people would rather or need to take loans for it). Still I was a bit whiny about having had to pay 'so much' when before it had been all free (which I think it is now again at least in my state). But then I saw some American student loan depts and even my husband who is from India but has studied in the UK had paid a five digit number for his college. He had graduated at age 24 (it was his second degree), I met him when he was 29 and two years later he had finally managed to pay his loan off. So I pretty quickly stopped complaining about German school fees, to be honest.

[@Widestone001]

@@1983simi Exactly. Here in Switzerland most unis cost about 800 Franks - nowadays that's 750 Euros or so - a year, which is nothing really. Yet there are periodically discussions about how expensive that is and that education should be free and everything - but those discussions always die down quickly, probably because people know that that fee really is just to keep the students honest and make them graduate and not stay for 400 semesters*. *Might be a slight exaggeration

[@Halolaloo]

there are some private universities called "private Fachhochschulen" which cost 300 to 500 Euro a month. And some expensive business schools like CBS cost much more, like 5000 Euro per 6 months.

[@EnglerNiklas]

Technically you can set german doors to open without a key, even if they just have a knob. In the door frame there is a small switch, there you can change the behavior of the lock. Standard is that you have to use a key, as you described. But in the other mode you just have to push the door with a certain force and it will open.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Only sometimes houses with several flats has house doors with that feature, but never the door to a flat.

[@anna.m8]

omg this shoes-on-bed-thing kills me every time. ugh

[@Torkum73]

My wife cannot even have someone sitting on the bed with street clothes.

[@Validity_TN]

@@Torkum73 me neither, i do not let somebody in/on my bed with street clothes on. especially trousers

[@nowonmetube]

I take my trousers off, if it worries you, no problem 👖😂

[@Validity_TN]

@@nowonmetubehaha, thats the benefit with woman ;)

[@nowonmetube]

@@Validity_TN yeah... That's why I might not get invited anywhere 😂

[@MarianneExJohnson]

Regarding the trope of people just walking into each other's apartments or houses, it should also be noted that it is common in the U.S. that the front door opens right into the living room, while in Europe, it usually opens into a hallway or coat room, and your have to pass through another one or even two doors before you're in the living room. This is one of those things I thought filmmakers just did for effect, until finding out that yes, it really works that way in real life!

[@EricFarmall]

Nicer houses have a foyer and a hall closet for coats. The cheaper the house the more likely the door opens into the living room.

[@CocoLicious]

I was kinda shocked when I learned (with nearly 30) that Americans don't have sweet Popcorn in the movie theatres - made me look at American movies differently because I always assumed popcorn is sweet as a default everywhere. (Now you get salziges Popcorn at the movies as well, but that wasn't an Option in my childhood)

[@arthur_p_dent]

The salty stuff is much better, though. Sweet popcorn is very sticky, which is very annoying.

[@Lexal88]

One Thing i Always see in a us movie is, when People at a Restaurant or bar, just throw Money on the table and leave.

[@klamin_original]

DeAlexS they also instantly leave after they finish their meals. There’s simply no restaurant getting together culture there. It’s in, quick meals, out.

[@silkwesir1444]

@@klamin_original that's not a movie thing though but an actual cultural difference

[@klamin_original]

Silkwesir that’s exactly what I meant

[@tomzito2585]

Yes, but this happens less frequently as plastic card payments increase in popularity, replacing cash. The gesture of putting money on the table and walking away means "keep the change" (for the tip), and generally occurs with generous tippers who make a show of it.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

When you dine at a US restaurant, the server delivers your check and will usually say “I’ll take this whenever you’re ready” because you don’t have to pay right then. And then regardless of whether you got the check yet, youre allowed to just leave the cash to cover your bill plus tip (or maybe it’s just the tip) on the table. In Germany, the server delivers you the check and expects you to pay right then, and they’re able to give change via their change purse (american servers don’t have these) or a handheld card machine (American servers don’t have these). Sorry for the shoddy explanation haha I want to do a video about dining differences in the future :)

[@StrathpefferJunction]

Every single one of these examples could relate to most European countries, not just Germany. The USA is just quite different to much of Europe, really.

[@lukieskywalker136]

Living in rural Germany, we had special school buses that would take us to school. Barthold, our bus driver, would even know our schedules. If one class was cancelled or we were early, he would send us back home and tell us to be at the bus stop an hour later. Even if it was a class we only had every fortnight, he knew. He was just the best.

[@schifty1809]

give it up for Barthold!

[@tammo100]

In Germany and Europe you also have private bus companies for schools. And there are also routes specially designed for schools which are also public transport for other people. Especially in rural areas. Of course the trope of the iconic yellow bus is typically US. When you talked about the sitcom I expected another typical trope: that of the room with a huge couch in the middle and stairs in the background :)

[@Jehty_]

The private bus companies only provide the bus and driver. They get payed by some kind of public money.

[@uncinarynin]

About the school buses: I went to a secondary school (Gymnasium) which also took pupils from other villages in the same district (Landkreis). They were brought there by buses operating only for school, not providing public service. The buses weren't yellow though, they were typically older regional buses operated by some private bus company on behalf of the school. The difference is a bit more subtle, these school buses carry orange signs with a girl and boy on the rear end www.schilder.de/sites/default/files/styles/sign_large/public/sign_images/660.60.png and blink on both sides as they stop, which means that while they stop they are not allowed to be overtaken in order to avoid the risk of getting run over. Regular buses blink only on the right side as they stop and passing traffic does not have to wait.

[@voxdraconia4035]

There are actually buses only for students as well, though they are still normal buses, used also for other transportation. This depends probably on Bundesland or even Gemeinde/Stadt ... And when I think of that door trope...Seinfelds Kramer comes to my mind...he would not have a good time in Germany ...^^

[@GamerLudwig]

Our school has several bus lines going around the surrounding villages, that are reserved for students during school days. The idea of a bus going house to house and acting like a big taxi is honestly just weird. Though I don't know how exactly it works in larger cities.

[@parasytedax6858]

​@@GamerLudwig I know there are little busses for disabled children in germany. They specifically visit all of theire houses each morning and have extra room for kids with wealchairs. My neighbors daughter got to school like this for years.

[@joannesmith2484]

@@GamerLudwig US schoolbuses don't normally go house to house, except for the "short bus" for disabled children. There will be a designated pickup area or bus stop within walking distance. Of course, that depends on where it is. In some very rural areas of the US, they may pick up at the house because they're extremely far - sometimes miles - apart. There are still huge areas of the US that are very sparsely populated. Also, to correct Kelly on another American school bus point, the buses aren't always from private school bus companies. In many towns, like mine, the school buses are owned, run, and maintained by the local Board of Education, which is a government agency.

[@opinionatedoliver3680]

Since early childhood I've watched American productions such as the Simpsons, Looney Tunes and so on. So even though it doesn't quite match our culture, I didn't really question any of that. Since German television is literally full of American shows, we know so much of US culture. I must say that I was thrilled when I stayed in the US for a while because so many things I knew from TV and it was funny how accurate most of it was. The other way around it's very different, you realized that when you came to Germany. And I'm so excited for a friend of mine who will come and visit us in Germany. He's never been here and as I was so fascinated by and grateful for experiencing another culture I can't wait for him to experience the same thing. 🤩

[@wannabetowasabe]

I've never lived in a place where private companies provide school buses under contract. Rather, school buses are owned by the school district and the drivers are school district employees. This in both my big city days as a youth and my adulthood in rural areas, all of it in 4 western U.S. states. Is this different in the eastern U.S.?

[@craighoy9535]

Same in eastern US. Here in NJ each town or township, whatever your designation, they each own their own school buses and the drivers are paid by that specific town or township. School buses even have the area designated on the side of the bus most times. For those who own property, they pay for this in their school taxes

[@catatonicbug7522]

Both Missouri and Utah schools work that way, with contracted companies. In fact, if the bus company decides the weather makes the roads too dangerous, they have to close the schools for the day. Southern California had busses owned by the district though.

[@wannabetowasabe]

In some school districts the bus drivers work in maintenance the remainder of the day so that they get 8 hours of pay per day. This can be building and/or grounds maintenance. Some school districts have morning bus drivers who work maintenance the remainder of their 8 hours. Then those bus drivers who drive the afternoon buses do janitorial work in the evening so that they get 8 hours. Schools that use bus drivers for driving only, with a split shift where 8 hours are not accrued have trouble retaining drivers.

[@martijnvv8031]

The door "locks" itself, but you need to turn the key to completely lock it. Because with some older types of door frames it's possible to get the door open with a piece of plastic like a credit card. My front door close at 3 points with one turn of the key. Speaking of front doors, an idea for the next movie trope you won't find in Germany (or the Netherlands) , In the US the front door opens directly into the living room ! In Europe there is always a closed hallway in between. That's the place to hang you jacket and take off your shoes. That hallway also prevents that i.e pizza or package delivery people can take a look at your private belongings !! And in winter it keeps the cold outside and the heat inside. It can also keep your pets inside when opening the door for the pizza delivery ;-)

[@johnp139]

Martijn Vv in the US we don’t need automatic locking doors because we have guns to protect ourselves against intruders.

[@martijnvv8031]

@@johnp139 But those intruders also have guns.....

[@rexmcstiller4675]

7:25 In germany you have the Schnapper :D

[@jangxx]

Two small corrections: The first trope does not only make no sense because of the drinking age, but also because cops don't just crash parties like that. And even if they did, actually being drunk in a private setting is not really illegal at any age. The doorknob thing is also not completely true. Doors don't lock if you close them, you still need to lock them with your key. You simply have no lever on the outside to move the little holding thingy, but you can easily open unlocked doors like this with a plastic card for example. This still means that no one can just burst into your apartment obviously. Otherwise great video!

[@joba1560]

Never seen a german door that you could open with a credit card (another trope). They are all purposely formed in a way that the card would have to go around an edge to reach the locking part.

[@jangxx]

@@joba1560 I can personally attest, that it is possible for some apartment doors (like my own, when the wind closed the door behind me when my keys were still inside) :D The main building doors are usually different and better secured however.

[@joba1560]

jangxx ok, then it is maybe a regional thing rather than a german as I assumed.

[@chrstiania]

The underage drinking part is not confusing because of the drinking age part but about the arresting part. Even a 14 year old wouldn't get arrested for drinking in public I think. If they are very drunk they may be brought home to the parents (or a hospital) but there aren't any legal consequences for teens at all. They won't have to go to court or anything. So this trope may well about something else in general : being afraid of the police.

[@Jehty_]

But those college students are 18 years or older. So they would be treated as an adult by law. I would assume a 16 year old American drinking wouldn't be arrested. (taken to the police station but not arrested)

[@real_doombastic]

Drinking under the legal age is a minor offense and in germany minor offenses wouldn't be punished with arresting. BUT: The parents could be punished, because they have the responsibility for their Kids... in the worst case, they lose their Kids.

[@chrstiania]

@@real_doombastic yes, if it happens more regularly or someone would call authorities on the parents, the jugendamt will eventually show up. But even then then there have to be bigger issues with the parents for them to face legal consequences. If a kid gets picked up drunk by the police more than likely nothing will happen to the teens nor the parents.

[@maltewagner5247]

You are amazing Kelly. Every Video so interesting and on the point. Lately in the visible length also. I love your videos 😘

[@cwfan2]

I understand that a lot of the tropes don't play well in other countries. There are probably tropes in movies made in other countries that don't accurately portray their culture, but, gets the message across to the intended audience. I personally have never gone to bed with my shoes on. It's uncomfortable and I don't want my shoes on my bed or furniture. My grandson lives with me and we kick our shoes off inside the front door. Other cultures probably don't realize that many scenes in movies are just there for the effect that the director is trying to convey & has nothing to do with real life.

[@Astardis76]

As I remember, you already mentioned school lockers and now busses, but there are other school tropes that don't translate well. Up unto a few years ago, you wouldn't find any students eating lunch at school and it's still quite uncommon in most schools in germany. There are very few after school activities happening in germany. School organized team sports or something like that does not exist. We have general P.E. but sports like soccer (the REAL football) are usually played in public or privat sport clubs. School usually ends around 2 or 3 p.m. with students heading home immediatly afterwards.

[@jbarninatus5898]

You can die for your country in the army with 18 but you can`t drinking alcohol until you ar 21. 🙄

[@louismart]

JB Arninatus you can die at any age for nothing due to the 2nd amendment!

[@lauramarschmallow2922]

You can buy semi automatic assault riffles and kill kids in school at age 18 (in some states) but alcohol at 21. A car under some circumstances only at 25.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

that was the exact argument raised to initially lower the drinking age in the era of the Vietnam War. People were upset that young adults were able to get drafted and go die for their country when they weren't even allowed to drink alcohol...so most states (the drinking age is set by each state) lowered the drinking age to 18 or even 17. then there was a huge lobbying effort by MADD (mothers against drunk driving) who pressured congress on the issue...so congress passed a law that gave states federal funding for their highway infrastructure if they set their minimum drinking age at 21....and all the states followed suit....and here we are

[@johnp139]

Laura Marschmallow 25 for a car? What? Why? If you are 18 you can buy a car, maybe even 16.

[@lauramarschmallow2922]

@@johnp139 turned out I misread it. It's not 25 to buy a car but to rent it without (suposedly) extremely high insurance fees.

[@fhfdghgffgfgnfg]

Die Türe ist nicht automatisch abgeschlossen, Sie ist nur ins Schloss gefallen.

[@m.s.3041]

Und so ja dennoch "verschlossen", klar kann man sie dann noch mal verschließen, sodass noch ein weiterer Riegel die Tür sperrt. Aber man kommt ohne Aufbruchsversuche beides Mal nicht rein ohne Schlüssel.

[@roschue]

Sie ist vielleicht in deiner Umgangssprache nicht abgeschlossen, aber sie ist definitiv verschlossen wenn man nur mit einem Schlüssel reinkommt. Ob die Mechanik mit einem oder mit 2 Bolzen verriegelt ist für den Ausdruck verschlossen völlig irrelevant.

[@EngelinZivilBO]

That moment when you're completely drunken in the school, because you turned 18 the day before :D Ahhhh just kidding, drinking is ofc already earlier a thing :D

[@Fofi647]

Fun fact: Its not illegal to break out of prison in germany....the law basically says „you cant incriminate a persons desire for freedom“ and thats why when you are caught, you still have to complete the rest of your sentence, but you dont get anything added to it......This does NOT include any crimes you commited while breaking out (destruction of property, theft, assault, etc.). They of course get added to your sentence if you do anything like that

[@silkwesir1444]

that's the "human dignity" from the consititution put into action

[@CheefCoach]

It makes perfect sense to me to actor keep his/hers shoes, because of number of retakes, and because floors of studios might not be the cleanest.

[@silkwesir1444]

yes of course, but that's pretty lazy

[@CheefCoach]

@@silkwesir1444 I did some googleing and I find this comment from somebody that perfectly explain things: ,,I worked on a short film where we had to do a scene in somebody's kitchen. When I took my shoes off, one of the lighting guys went absolutely nuts about it. He said being barefoot while on a set is a safety hazard and wouldn't work on the movie unless we put our shoes back on. " gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/227-movies-at-the-theater/70407074

[@johnp139]

Yeah, all television is very realistic.

[@jefflewis4]

I think the point of that scene was Sheldon wasn't in his right mind. Its something he would have never done normally.

[@silkwesir1444]

the closest we Germans get to the first one is the police breaking up or at least interrupting a party because neighbors complained the music is too loud. (persistent offenders may have their stereos/speakers/etc confiscated) regarding the shot at 7:11 -- what upsets me much more is that it TURNS THE WRONG WAY!! what joker designed that thing? or is it normal/common in the US that you would turn a doorknob that way to open?

[@catatonicbug7522]

Anyone who is right-handed would turn a doorknob that way. Lefties tend to turn the knob to the left.

[@tomzito2585]

Most doorknobs are bi. You can turn them either way.

[@silkwesir1444]

@@catatonicbug7522 Well, no, I'm right handed, and what I have learned is to unlock I have to turn the knob "away from" the lock/frame. I realize that phrasing is still ambiguous, so let me clarify: If the lock is on the right side of the door (like in the video), you turn it counter-clockwise to open. If it's on the left side of the door, you turn it clockwise to open. same as a key... (except on cars for some reason ... except some cars for some reason)

[@silkwesir1444]

@@tomzito2585 interesting. thanks. as far as I can tell, that makes it signifciantly more complex to construct, so I am surprised that apparently US customers demand that "feature" (and will pay for it)

[@catatonicbug7522]

@@silkwesir1444 we were talking about a doorknob, not a deadbolt lock. Knobs always go both ways. That is how they are always made. Deadbolts are definitely used the way you describe though.

[@AKGermany96]

If you decide to do a part three, tropes around funerals might be interesting. For example getting to keep a relative‘s urn, spreading ashes wherever you want and the preparation of a corpse with chemicals and make up for elaborate public viewings is also foreign to Germans. Although since people fortunately usually don‘t have many experiences with death, they sometimes actually are surprised German laws forbid some of the things you see on TV or in the movies.

[@Jehty_]

We have "public" viewings at -funerals- . Edit: not at funerals, before funerals, for friends and family. I don't know about the chemical part but a corps can get nicely arranged. (makeup, etc.) And i don't think spreading ashes is so uncommon in germany. Yes it is not allowed, but if it is the last will, what should you do?

[@erictrumpler9652]

@@Jehty_ Last will is not the same thing in Germany as in the US and in any case neither there or in Germany can a person decree an illegal act as last will and have it be binding in any way. German jurisprudence is rooted in Germanic codes of law whereas US law is rooted in Roman codes of law, modified and modernized by Napoleonic law. In particular, the whole concept of a last will and testament is completely different. Ancient Germanic law was modernized and codified in the Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch.

[@Jehty_]

@@erictrumpler9652 i didn't mean "last will" in the legal sense. If your father ask you to scatter his ashes into the ocean after his death, would you do it even if it is illegal? I certainly would do that.

[@erictrumpler9652]

The Problem in Germany is even getting access to the ashes.... you're required to have a burial plot for them, and if you're lucky, you actually get to carry them from the chapel to the gravesite......the undertaker's make sure you don't walk off with them, or else you'd have to manage some sort of sleight of hand.

[@m_soko]

This is a very interesting topic you bring up. I would understand extremely different practices in other parts of world such as South Asia or middle east but never thought Europe! Is embalming(an Ancient Egyptian practice)not a thing there? Lastly to clarify, you can't spread ashes there? Not to say we don't have restrictions here. You can't go just anywhere "legally" to spread but it generally isn't frowned upon. For instance in my will I requested to be cremated and my ashes spread at a confluence of rivers I grew up fishing, canoeing, kayaking and camping out in the wilderness growing up. Other than a few milestones in my life or kids being born do I have fonder memories of and that's where I want my ashes to be. Is that considered weird in Germany?🤔

[@Thiesi]

1:02 - Oh My God! They Killed Kelly!

[@schifty1809]

if you look very closely you will notice that it's only a flesh wound

[@ElRackadusch]

And I heard in movies they only kill stunt doubles. The actors always survive.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!!

[@Thiesi]

@@ElRackadusch I heard they only kill redshirts. Oh wait - that was in outer space.

[@Brainee444]

Bastards!

[@f_f_f_8142]

Also, underage drinking is not something a normal police officer would care about in Germany. It is in general not seen as a problem: I remember a TV show that let teenagers ask people on the streat to open their beer bottles and lots of people were happy to help; some said no; and nobody threatened to call the police.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

So different from the US haha but I wonder how many people would actually care about this or not. I haven’t ever seen any polling data on it

[@jessicaely2521]

Same in parts of the US. They did a show called What Would You Do and they had 16 year olds ask people to buy them alcohol. 90% of the people did it. The other 10% just said no. No one called the police. I was one of those people that would get underage people alcohol. I wouldn't do it for a 16 yr old, but I would do it for someone that's 18.

[@joethesheep4675]

07:00 - I dont know at what time you where in germany but i can tell you that we used to have these type of doors too. They just recently disappeared to give way to these traps that lock you out of your appartement when you forget to take your keys with you.... aaaaanyway; Back when Friends aired we had these type of doors, too.

[@hazardtitan467]

In Germany its "Legal" to break out of the Prison, you will be captured but you don't get any extra punishment cause they think its an instinct.

[@arthur_p_dent]

That's only half-true. While it is correct that there exists no criminal offense of "breaking out of prison", it should still be near impossible to leave prison unauthorized without committing at least some crime that eventually could end up giving you extra time (bribery, property damage, something like this).

[@sonjaenste647]

LOVE your phone case! Where in Mainz did you buy it?

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks!! It’s actually a piece of my merch...i took the photo :) you can buy one here www.redbubble.com/people/kemc302/works/33389894-mainzer-cathedral

[@jackiemcgrath5941]

Thank you, I really like this subject!

[@schifty1809]

me too!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks!

[@Humppakarajat]

You made me think about door knobs! My thought was, that having door knobs/handles on the outside of the door, would make Türschnapper (door-snappers) obsolete and that it is most likely that most Americans never heard of such a 'device'...

[@5onnenschein]

Haha, great thought. Now You made me think about that 😆

[@stpaley]

i have never heard of door-snappers/(tuerschnapper), i cannot place what they are in my mind at all, they're probably very common and i will feel so stupid that i cannot think of it

[@RallyMaps]

@@stpaley Most German apartment or entrance doors of houses have a Türschnapper (door snapper) installed. It is a mechanism which is built into the strike plate. The mechanism is activated by switching a tiny lever that is located at the strike plate. It allows you to open the door from the outside just by slightly pushing the door. It then snaps open. No keys needed.

[@stpaley]

@@RallyMaps thank you and i don't feel stupid now because what you described doesn't sound familiar, some residences might have that here but i've never heard of it myself

[@Humppakarajat]

@@stpaley Yeah, absolutely no reason to feel stupid. Your doors have knobs/door handles. Naturally there is no need for such a thing like a door snapper. Surprisingly I didn't find a Türschnapper demonstration video on YT. ;))

[@ironstevie]

0:56 Whahaha! Hey, that's my last wish too! Just delete the whole hard drive!

[@johnkawasaki4507]

It is from "Suicide Squad" - the only good joke.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol! It is? I never saw that movie hahahaha

[@ZorbaTheDutch]

Krieger has a similar line in Archer, when the FBI raids the organization. :D

[@ramblingmillennial1560]

lol

[@johnkawasaki4507]

@@Kellydoesherthing Sure: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXeTqGV4a6mBi6c

[@erictaylor5462]

2:15 Kelly, you aren't old enough to have teenagers yet so you won't know this. Your parents know about a lot more of the stuff you got up to as a teenager than you think they do. Most of it, they didn't say anything because they did it themselves.when they were that age. Remember, your parents were once teenagers too. When I was a kid I crashed the family car being stupid. No one was hurt (by some miracle) but the car was destroyed. This happened in August and I was still grounded at Christmas when we went to the grandparents for Christmas. Grandpa told the story of the time when Dad took the family car out for a joy ride. My dad sat there in shock because he thought he'd got away with it. He'd gotten home just a couple of minutes ahead of my grandparents so when they pulled in they heard the other car going "tinck....tink....tink". he felt the hood and it was still hot so he knew the car had been out. Grandpa asked around town and learned most of the details of what had happened. He never busted my dad, because he'd done the same thing as a kid himself. Just imagine, even those things your parents didn't know about for sure, they are pretty sure you did anyway. all the stuff you did as a kid your parents would not have wanted you doing, and your parents likely did them in the 70's. Your grand parents did them in the 40's and your Great-grandparents did them in the 100 years ago. Remember this when your kids do those things.

[@gene9230]

There is one scene that confuses me and its Kelly eating random things during the video.

[@silkwesir1444]

yeah I expected there to be some payoff to that later

[@rickycoker5830]

@@silkwesir1444 was that a trope I am unaware of ? a German trope perhaps...

[@gene9230]

@@rickycoker5830 well I am german

[@silkwesir1444]

@@rickycoker5830 Kelly made another video about price differences. The most extreme example was bell peppers which apparently are much more expensive in the US.

[@UntotesSchaf]

I like the scenes you're acting in, also in the video before about this topic. Please go on with this style! A reason for me to subscribe.

[@schifty1809]

she was really reluctant to try skits ...

[@UntotesSchaf]

@@schifty1809 Why reluctant? I think I don't get your point. For me it was fun.

[@skyscraperfan]

It makes sense that the US have very strict alcohol laws. The gun laws are very lax in the US. So people should better not be drunk AND have a gun.

[@Jehty_]

Alcohol and guns together isn't really a problem. In Switzerland this seems to work fine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJi8e2iMZ62Mr5Y

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Yeah our gun laws were not a part of the discussion for raising the drinking age from 18 (and 17 in some states) to 21. It was all about drunk driving.

[@linchen008]

So gesehen, macht Sinn.

[@m_soko]

Just to clarify, it IS illegal in the US to be under the influence of alcohol or any other illegal drug and be in possession of a fire arm(gun).

[@RGC198]

Hi Kelly, thanks for sharing another great video. Here in Australia, 18 is the starting age for drinking alcohol, voting, joining the army and driving. In the home, I usually wear slippers here, though I can't speak for all Aussies with that. I remember seeing the walking into places without unlocking the door also in Seinfeld. Many homes here have deadlocks on all outside doors along with additional security doors, which prevents anyone entering without a key. We have school buses here, but they are buses chartered from the public bus companies and apart from the destination board on the front, they look like standard public buses in every other way. Anyway, all the very best. Robert.

Actually, there are "school buses". But those buses are not *special* buses, just special bus lines.

[@V100-e5q]

A question regarding these busses: They look very rigid. And I have a suspicion (!) that the comfort is very low. So when these are used for other purposes (in an emergency, lack of other busses, retired busses used by individuals) these are way off the normal comfort (seats anyway as these are tailored to children) one is expecting from a bus. Is that true? Busses made in the US vs. Germany/Europe would be an interesting subject anyway. Some European makes have made it over the big pond AFAIR. What I found remarkable that tour busses (e.g. Gray Lines) have manual levers to open the front door. In Germany I have never seen that. All doors have electrical or hydraulically operated doors. But busses always (?) have 2 doors anyway. And that in the middle has to be operated by some motorized mechanism. The school busses in the US have an emergency door at the back If I am not mistaken. But that will be operated manually too. Intersting video about emergency evacuation training: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaCtf5ttZ7hgsLM Another transport subject is subways. I know the T in Boston quite well. And it was like hell when you experienced the approaching train. The noise (and heat in season) were tremendous. I have never experienced such noise in Germany not to speak of France (Paris proper, and they have rubber trains there also). But Americans are a little more noise tolerant, methinks.

[@antontirol182]

I think Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches is a thing that isn't common in Germany

[@schifty1809]

they are pretty disgusting though

[@MissYijare]

As I lived in the countryside and the hamlet I lived in had a population of 18, we had a special Bus come pick me up - as well as all the other students that went to the 'Grundschule'. It was an really old bus, with high ground clearance and a manual shifter. But if you where late for it, the driver could just power past you because they had a terminal to meet. when I got to "Sekundarstufe I" I had to get up early, because the public bus that arrived on time for me was departing at around 5.40 - school started at 7.50. Sekundarstufe II (still the same school, just Class 11 - 13) the time table became laxish, because my day mostly would start on the 3rd period (~9.30), but lasted to the 10th (around ~ 17.30ish). The school I went to was (and I to date) massive. Consisting of around 11 buildings (Buildings A, B & C for Sekundarstufe I (Class 5 - 10), D (Naturwissenschaften), E (Lehrerzimmer + Verwaltung) F (Music and technical, as well as the kitchen for the students (Hauswirtschaftslehre)), G (Mensa) and H (Sekundarstufe II "Oberstufe") and two Gyms) for around 1700 Students. (180 children per "Jahrgang") And yes, even there we had schoolbus-servies. but the busses where from the local public transport company, sating on the matrix-led "Schulbus" and having the orange Warning sign rolled down in the Backwindow. - german effencicy working there. Why having a fleet of buses dedicated to one task if you can just make a normal one into a special one by simply adding a warning sign? Kellys points stands. Germans don't have a "school-bus-yellow"-bus dedicated for transporting school students. But we have an color thats named after an Emergency Service. "Feuerwehrrot" :-)

[@superfetzi1]

Ich geh jetzt zum rewe und hol mir bagel und frischkäse 🤤

[@Widestone001]

Guten Appetit im Nachhinein - ich hoffe es schmeckte? :-)

[@annonymat]

We do have schoolbuses for primary school, but they aren’t yellow. They are regular rented buses, sometimes even traveling buses.

[@hauzasan3380]

I really wonder what s in your browser history ;)

[@Kellydoesherthing]

lol! So much KZbin. So much.

[@AAArnold]

@@Kellydoesherthing I won't say porn. But it's porn.

[@Thiesi]

@@AAArnold The Internet is for ... KZbin.

[@Widestone001]

@@Thiesi Um, yeah. Totally. And Netflix.

[@Linuxdirk]

Germany has school busses but usually those busses are the regular public transport busses with direction sign showing “Schulbus” (school bus). As far as I know this is managed by schools having contracts with the public transport companies.

[@CatzHoek]

there's a cool google talk about german vs. us prisons available on youtube if someone is interrested. btw. these eating cutscenes are weird somehow, not sure if they really fit and appropriate. edit: 3 minutes later. i'm slightly hungry and i'm starting to get offended by you shoving this bread eating footage down my eyeballs. wtf thats unfair

[@Kellydoesherthing]

haha it's an idea i'm trying out to try and break up my narrative because it can get annoying hearing just a constant stream of my voice

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@Kellydoesherthing I'd have preferred it without.

[@ipassedtheturingtest1396]

@@KaiHenningsen me too. I have misophonia and while it wasn't horrible to see/hear during this short amount of time, it was far from a pleasant break.

[@eli20099]

I passed the turing test Wow, you two need to get a life! Seriously annoyed from her eating? Kelly, I feel for you having to read these peoples comments!

[@CatzHoek]

@@eli20099 Unlike you i phrased it as constructive criticism and without attacking people with that passive agressive attitude because that was my genuine first impression..

[@camelopardalis84]

Wait, did you say that *apartment* doors (Wohnungstüren) in Germany lock automatically when you close them? And did you intend to show a typical German apartment door in the clip around 7:34? I have lived in *apartment buildings* with main doors (Haustüren) that you didn't need to lock or unlock with a key from the inside but from the outside. Doors that locked automatically. And I have lived in apartment buildings with main doors that you needed to lock and unlock both from the inside *and* the outside. Doors that didn't lock automatically. Every *apartment door* I ever had needed to be locked both from the inside as well as the outside to be locked. They didn't lock automatically when I closed them. I live in Switzerland and I know there are differences between Swiss homes and German homes. But I have about 20 years of experience watching rather too much German t.v. and never noticed German *apartment doors* generally working how you describe them to do. Also, aren't student loans becoming more of a thing today in Germany? For living expenses instead of tuition, housing, etc.? So you can still finish university or vocational college in debt.

[@schifty1809]

The maximum amount of debt you can accumulate with a federal loan for college is 10.000 Euro, even though they might have given you 4 times that money over the course of 5 years. The loan is interest free and therefore far away from 'crippling student dept' that some might experience in other places. The door at 7:34 was my old apartment in Mainz. Most, maybe all German Wohnungstüren can't be opened without a key from the outside, but can be easily opened using the handle from the inside.

[@miralyse.3846]

Every flat I've lived in so far (in Germany) locked automatically.

[@5onnenschein]

Well... I (German) get your point and would say, you're both half right :) There's this lil difference between "closed" and "locked". German doors (apartment and house) can have 3 states of "lock" 1. Totally open from both sides. There's something kind of similar to a knob - not round but oblong shaped - on both sides. You can open the door from inside and outside. 2. The door has that knob-thing only inside, but outside there's just the handle. Means: Once you close that door, you can only open it from inside, but not from outside. So from inside it appears only "closed" while it seems "locked" from outside. 3. You use your key to really "lock" the door. 》Nobody can open it - not from outside, nor inside. This works for both upper described door types.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@schifty1809 I am glad to hear what you told me about student loans in Germany. €10'000 interest free (at least it is interest free forever) should be manageagble in the vast amount of cases. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) I am in no way an expert and I don't have personal experience with it but I have read that you can go into a maximum of CHF 45'000 (Swiss Francs) student loan dept in Switzerland. For the first 12 or 18 months or so it is interest free. But it seems like you're not likely to have this high a student loan approved. Through a news article I know of someone who studied law who went the aforementioned CHF 45'000 into student loan debt. It sounds like it's hard to get any student loan approved here. Maybe this mostly or only applies to people who haven't even started universitiy (or something similar) yet. I guess it's easier to get the student loan you need approved if you're maybe a year from graduating. But again, I am no expert. I know door how you describe them as "safety doors" within apartment buildings. It is normal to have a door that leads from the apartment building itself to the garage underneath the building that needs to be unlocked with a key to be opened from one side but not the other. Every apartment I lived in so far I could only locked myself out of by locking it manually when leaving and then forgetting my keys at work for example. Never by just closing the door from the outside with my keys inside the apartment. Thanks for the answer.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@miralyse.3846 Interesting. Sounds like a special safety door to me.

[@cdnest]

In Germany it is not forbidden to escape from a prison. We believe that the desire for freedom is a natural need, one must not be punished for it. BUT it is of course not allowed to hurt anyone. You can be punished for that.

[@ElRackadusch]

And you are not allowed to destroy anything and noone is allowed to help you. So it's nearly impossible to escape without breaking a law.

[@schwarzermeister3985]

9:10 that´s not correct we have a privet company wich reserve every day their buss for students to bring them to their villages and their town in the town (in the city were the school is where you have to use public services or walk /drive by your own)

[@jana_phobia]

your eating cut scenes in this video are cringy af 😂

[@frankhooper7871]

Yep - I agree; even more cringe-worthy than wearing shoes to bed LOL.

[@alexandrorocca7142]

The most peculiar fact about German prisons is that escaping from them isn't a crime if you don't harm someone in the process.

[@johnp139]

Alexandro Rocca that’s stupid, if that’s the case then it isn’t prison.

[@arrgghh1555]

@@johnp139 How is it not prison? You are still confined and escaping doesn't erase your previous sentence. If you are caught you are sent back, it's just your sentence can not be increased for escaping. Under German law it is a fundamental right to seek freedom. If you break any other laws while escaping (damaging property, assault, bribery etc.) they can all be charged to you, but the actual act of escaping is not a crime.

[@thomasstehmann4277]

Das Tomaten-Frischkäsebrot...😂😂😂 Kelly, Du bist echt eine Kanone...👍Toll, nun habe ich Hunger auf ein Tomaten-Frischkäsebrot😋 Your friend can certainly translate😬🤗

[@schifty1809]

my fav

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol thankfully I’m able to translate what you said by myself :) I’m learning ;)

[@leDespicable]

I attended a Realschule at a "Schulzentrum," so there were 3 big schools in one spot. And we actually had buses dedicated to picking up and bringing home students. They used normal public transport buses for that tho.

[@mustang6172]

I will never understand why anyone thinks shoes are dirty.

[@afe31]

Nice video, thanks. In germany if the students need to go somewhere for school events the school is renting a bus. It's just a public bus, but on the display is written "Schulbus" (school bus) and the school bus symbol (two kids). Another confusing thing are fines for passing a school bus while waiting at the bus station. In germany there is only one law: If a bus (every bus) has its hazard lights on you have to pass in very low speed.

[@johnp139]

afe31 in the US people are required to stop as school buses are loading or unloading because kids are not taught to be responsible for their actions or their lives.

[@m_soko]

There are different circumstances to which the stop applies in the US. If there is no median you must stop both directions as the students may have to cross the street in front of or behind the bus. If there is a median, only the vehicle going in the same direction as the bus has to stop. This is due to the bus having to go around the median to go the opposite direction and drops of the kids.

[@shibolinemress8913]

Great video! One little correction: there are special school transports here in Germany (at least in the Munich area where I live). They aren't standardised busses, but rather smaller busses or vans that mount a standard sign of a girl and boy in a window to show that they are transporting children right then. However, most older children who live in the city do use regular public transport to get to and from school.

[@thekrupa4899]

I love your video's Kelly. Did you a video where you speak German? Greatings thekrupa Oliver

[@thekrupa4899]

Hausschuhe, Schlappen, Pantoffel typical German thing 😂

[@jonathanlewis4077]

Thanks for sharing your awesome stuff again so interesting

[@Pendragon667]

Wearing shoes inside? That's a no-no; i do love my Birkenstocks :-) Granted, those won't win an award for The Best look Shoe but they are one thing: practical. During summer, one feet get enough air (circulation) minimizing the risk of the feet getting damp. The feet won't get cold (i have a tiled floor in my apartment) and the floor stays relatively clean.

[@tallflguy]

Ready for part 3!!

[@sheilalund4859]

Love your videos, which are very accurate (loved my 12 years in Germany, working for a German company)

[@Dragonfyre137]

I have to correct you on one point: University in Germany is NOT free. Up to a couple of years ago, students had to pay tuition fees (Studiengebühr), which, depending on the university, would be 300 to 500 € each semester. In addition to that, all universities still demand the payment of a semester fee (Semesterbeitrag), which is an additional 300 € each semester. The latter increases if you don't finish university within the regular period of study. While there is a federal programme to finance students whose parents can't afford to put them through university (Bafög), applying for it is very time consuming and the pinnacle of German bureaucracy. In addition to that, you only get funded for the regular period of study. So if you don't manage to finish university in time, you're out of money. Oh, and did I mention it's also a form of loan? Granted, there's no interest on it, but you still have to pay it back, which leaves German students with debts of up to 10.000 € after they graduate.

[@Stadtpark90]

Dragonfyre137 well Bafög is meant to help you with your cost of living, so that you actually have time to study: you still need to have an apartment and need to eat and drink, pay your bills (phone etc.). Since you are not paid for studying (unless you have a Stipendium) you would still need to work on the side (- or have your parents pay for your living; some might even continue to live at home / study near home, because they can’t afford to study / live in an expensive city on their own, I would imagine. (I don’t have experience myself, but I think my brother had Bafög in the 1990s, and had to pay back half of it iirc, something between 10-20k DM maybe? - I don’t remember exactly... - depended on the wealth of the parents wether you needed to pay back 50% or 100% iirc.)

[@sophietitz4206]

University in Germany is nearly free and you get half of BAföG for free. In the US you pay more then 20000€ per year at a real University and the cost of living is not even included.

[@nicki419]

There are some private bus companies in Germany too. In fact, I'm using one (and gotta pay 140€/month to get to school...)

[@gwaptiva]

On top of the front door thing, I am always stunned that nobody appears to have a hallway; they walk straight into the living room. I guess that's just a movie thing, though. Also, how normal is it to walk into a someone elses kitchen and dive into their fridge?

[@johnp139]

gwaptiva depends on how well you know them

[@MarianneExJohnson]

Front doors that open right into the living room are quite common in the U.S.

[@m_soko]

It depends on the style of house and there are MANY in the US. A door inside of the front door isn't common by any means BUT a opening to kick off shoes, jackets etc and a foyer or hallway to reach the rooms of the house is not uncommon at all!

[@chrisn4315]

In addition to the thing that anybody who wants to burst into your home by simple turning the doorknob, there's another difference between US and german appartments and homes: in the US, when you enter the appartment, you usually stand right in the living room. That is unthinkable for germans, too, because whereever you enter a home in germany, behind the front door, you will find yourself in a hallway with a couple of extra doors leading to the other rooms of the home. You will have a lot of difficulty finding a home where the living room leads right outside via the main (front) door.

[@dizerfleed3068]

Well done Part 3

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks!!

[@cold.raviolis]

Where I'm from in Germany there aren't any school buses. You just take the regular bus, which sometimes takes an hour for a 10 minute route because it drives through a bunch of small villages. And if the bus is full you just wait an hour for the next one. Sometimes I walked home because it took just as long

[@loritodorovic5621]

I personally don't have that type of like in my apartment. The door is either locked or not locked so if the door is not locked you can open the door both ways

[@nitwitnik]

Where I live in Germany (südlichster Süden Hessens) we actually have dedicated schoolbuses. But they also only drive on fixed times and not even close to regular (for ex: 6.50, 6.55 and 7.50 in the morning and that's it. In the other direction there are buses later after school but even then only 3 or 4 times a day.