Movie Scenes That Confuse Germans!!

[@schifty1809]

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[@romandg5029]

I will definitely give it a go! I visited your website and it looks promising, I really like those kind of games. Also, great voice acting in the McGyver-Scene :D

[@bazoo513]

Ah, so endearingly retro! My action gaming stopped at the original Wolfenstein (the precursor, I believe, to Doom franchise) some 3 decades ago, but I can see how playing this could be fun!

[@Pseudynom]

Most dangerous terrorist in the world.

[@Dembofant]

"You know what else German kids in high school probably aren't worried about?" Is it bad that "getting shot" was my immediate thought?

[@AggressiveEnte]

I have to agree

[@foreskinbiter]

same

[@FortniteGod69420]

Bruh ich bin fast verreckt

[@gecko2.617]

Oh yes! Absolutely!

[@andwhyheourple3774]

No

[@Robert-vk7je]

"Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu schlagen!"

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

- Walter Abriss

[@mute_ed984]

Just sending a message through morse code with your head....mmmhhmmm 😉

[@pixel3496]

XD

[@liasrehl8628]

alter das ist doch nur ne hand xD

[@LTC_Run]

@@liasrehl8628 sie könnte im Amerika aber umfallen

[@SofaKartoffelSchorsch]

As a German I actually never noticed that we don't have enough water to drown somebody in our toilets - I guess I was always thinking they where flushing at the same time. 🤣

[@raffaelspitzer2459]

Same here

[@gecko2.617]

That is exactly what I allways thought xD

[@robingeib7644]

Now I ask me how an American Toilet looks

[@gecko2.617]

@@robingeib7644 so you ask yourself what these toilets look like? They look like our toillets and just have more water in them xD

[@robingeib7644]

@@gecko2.617 But why is there so much water in xD that doesn't make sense xD Imagine your scrotum (testicle/egg IDK) hanging in the Water :D

[@TechnoEstate]

Here's what happens to nerds in German highschools: THEY GET GOOD GRADES. And that's about it.

[@lizcywen6245]

that's true. You don't get bullied for being nerdy. You might have a hard time because everyone wants the notes you took in the lesson earlier. But that's about it. They still might be bulling for 'reasons' like being smelly etc., though.

[@ThePuschkin1986]

@@lizcywen6245 Wrong, you get bullied for being nerdy. It happened to me in 5th grade, when I was a little nerdy, but not the top grader in class either. However the class bullies picked on me, verbally, for a time, but it never got physical. We became friends later, largely because of me (unintentionally) impressing them by drinking alcohol.

[@lizcywen6245]

@@@ThePuschkin1986 I can only speak from my personal experience. I never saw someone getting bullied just for being a little bit nerdy. That doesn't mean there was no picking on other kids. Just for other reasons. One of my classmates got kind of bullied for being 'weird' (he always sat alone, talking to himself and had a few odd habits like shaking his had for no visible reason etc. - we later learned he had a few issues at home and stuff. So apparently there was an explanation.) But the nerdy kids at my school weren't getting picked on. They just sat in their group and didn't really had much to do with the 'cool kids'. The only exception were exams. Then some would be extra friendly to get their notes and stuff. At least that was the way my school was dealing with this. - Still: Kids can be cruel, no doubt.

[@JanM2]

In my experience, it might happen in 5th grade in Germany, but in the 10th grade for example, people should be mature enough to not act like idiots

[@sleepysera]

I've never seen anyone get bullied for being a nerd in Germany. The guys just got along well regardless of which social group they belonged to and the girls would just stick to their own groups (popular girls with popular girls and studious girls with other studious girls and so on). Of course it probably highly depends on the type of neighbourhood the school is in, but in normal good schools, bullying is hardly an issue beyond ostracizing someone for being unpleasant to be around (which, tbh, is within their right, you can't blame them for not wanting to hang out with a creep) and maybe some mean verbal comments at worst. For example, from 5th to 13th grade, my class had a student who smelled really bad, ate glue all the time, smeared his boogers on every table he sat at, used every art class to put black watercolor in his hair to make it look darker and openly wrote his death book about us all with graphic descriptions of how he'd murder and rape us all. Telling him that he needed to change some of these things for people wanting to spend time with him didn't change his behaviour at all and the parents refused to do anything when the teachers suggested to see if maybe he needs help in some form, specifically mentally. So he ended up staying without friends almost his entire school life even though from time to time other students did try to reach out to him, were rejected when they tried solve at least the stench issue and gave up eventually. So yea, he was ostracized but I'd hardly call that bullying .-.

[@monicarodrigues985]

I'm portuguese when I first saw an American toilet I thought it was clogged. Our walls are made of bricks. Basically everything you pointed out is strange for every european people.

[@Hanmacx]

Germans doesn't have that sink problem because we have waste separation

[@johnp139]

Hanmacx does that apply to your toilets too?

[@ErnIIIV]

@@johnp139 Not sure what you mean with that, are you referring to the usual grey, brown and yellow water circulatory systems?

[@sammyauscux9529]

He probably means pee and poop

[@kruzex9532]

well we use a net to keep the scraps out of the pipes and just put them in the garbage

[@MrAronymous]

@@johnp139 Our toilets have more flushing power. They don't nearly clog as much. Most people don't have a plunger at home. Instead, there's a toilet brush...

[@meryuk]

I think it works like that not only in Germany but in most of Europe.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

A lot of topics in my videos can be applied to Europe and not just Germany :) but of course I only focus my content on Germany

[@uneviefrallemande]

@@Kellydoesherthing In France there are often paper walls as well :) Maybe not as bad as in the states but still 'shocking' to a german. I hate hearing everything that happens in the room next to me.

[@Gazer75]

Well, drinking in public is not legal in Norway. Police would ask you to empty the bottle (not drink it :P) or do it for you.

[@tubekulose]

Right!

[@jur4x]

@@uneviefrallemande When I lived in Latvia, my walls were made out of reinforced concrete. However I could still hear music in my neighbours flats. And sometimes conversations. Even though, most of the time, conversation sound was not clear enough to eavesdrop on it. And there is this terrible sound, when someone drills a hole to hang a picture, and accidentally hits rebar in the wall.

[@jamesrosemary2932]

You walk the street with a can of beer, "you're going to jail, sir!". You walk the street with a Glock in your waist, "have a nice day, sir".

[@tonyboea]

Apples and oranges. As soon as carrying a beer in public becomes an enumerated right, let us know.

[@fk80189]

I would really wish that for Germany too. That would be nice

[@ZorbaTheDutch]

The Founding Fathers forgot to put "The right to bear beer" in the Constitution!

[@hansherrman5147]

Are u sirious? Is this really illegal in the USA? Grüße aus Bayern

[@fk80189]

@@hansherrman5147 Ich glaube das ist von Staat zu Staat unterschiedlich. I think it is different from state to state.

[@mrmorello]

We germans have quite a history with strong walls ;)

[@MistedMind]

It took a while, but we were able to tear it down eventually :)

[@FelixAB88]

Uuuuuuuuh!

[@pixel3496]

XD

[@cyclingcycles7953]

Germans got bored one time and decided to challenge themselves to destroy the biggest one.

[@marcel2837]

And China wouldn't let us demolish their wall so we had to build one ourself

[@scaredychild4655]

*Me, a german girl, sees the thumbnail* : why the heck would you punch a wall?

[@MushroomCloudConfetti]

Easy answer. Be a man, be frustrated, drink alcohol = stupid things happen

[@teaartist6455]

Add "Don't know European walls" to that list, I've never heard of any European punching a wall like that.

[@31redorange08]

"I", not "me".

[@pixel3496]

Niemand hat die Absicht eine mauer zu schlagen! XD Erinnerungen an die ddr 🤣

[@maaxorus]

Because America has some pansy-ass walls.

[@sapkra]

I had a locker in my German school but they are really small - just for books and nothing else.

[@surenot9491]

we had a "locker" without a lock. just like a shelf with a door. you just placed the heavy stuff inside like the books you will not need for homeworks

[@TrangleC]

We had one too. It was big enough for gym equipment. About the same size as lockers you find in public pools. (Or used to find, don't know, because I haven't been in a public pool since my childhood.) Not big enough to cram a person in it. Interestingly enough, when I look back on bullying incidents, they tended to happen a lot near and in front of the lockers, so in that regard, things might not be all that different between American and German schools after all.

[@Thiesi]

We also had lockers, big enough for books and also your gym clothes (or "Turnbeutel"), but in all honesty - who would ever want to keep their sweaty gym clothes in a locker for days?

[@GerHanssen]

@@surenot9491 Just like in the Netherlands. All schools have small lockers for books, not more than that.

[@dasy2k1]

My locker in my UK school was about 30cm x 30cm by about 60cm tall, so not big enough for anything but a bag of PE kit (gym/sports kit) and that stupidly heavy 2kg textbook from science class

[@mizapf]

Two more things that always puzzled me as a German: 1. Giving someone a "wedgie". Not sure about the current situation (things may indeed changed over time), but at least when I was at school or university, no one *ever* would have dared to touch someone else's underpants in *any* way. Yuck! 2. Lemonade stands. Long ago, when we spent our time with home computer programming, people wrote programs about managing a lemonade stand. I always wondered why kids would try to sell self-made lemonade (instead of drinking it by themselves or with friends).

[@SamWinchester000]

I'm German, when I was in elementary school the other boys always smacked my underwear in the locker room prior to PE. Of course I hated it.

[@stelliform]

On number 2 it’s kind of a way kids show entrepreneurial spirit.

[@jonsnor4313]

There are self made drinks, but they are hopefully done by bars and restaurants who know what they are doing well hopefully, who would like them from children?

[@HDreamer]

I also learned only recently that "lemonade" is not the same thing as "Limonade". I always wondered how kids would even produce it.

[@Anvilshock]

Hey, I remember that game!

[@dominikfittschen2955]

"Hit the wall " erinnert mich wieder mal an unser schönes deutsches Sprichwort: "Der Klügere gibt nach". Idiot gegen Wand, die Wand gibt nach.

[@gaia9020]

Im Umkehrschluss: Wir sind klüger als unsere Wände. Deshalb versuchen wir erst gar nicht uns mit unsren Häusern zu prügeln :D

[@undogmatisch5873]

Wenn der Klügere stets nachgibt, enden wir irgendwann in einer Diktatur der Dummen. Die USA probieren das gerade aus.

[@gaia9020]

@@undogmatisch5873 nicht nur die USA auch uns Europäern macht das spaß. Unsere AfD, die Regierungspartei in Österreich und wen man so will kann man ja auch mal die Türkei nennen und Russland und Nordkorea und China ABER Skandinavien ist geil die sind super, die mag ich alle samt :D

[@undogmatisch5873]

@@gaia9020 Ich wünschte, ich könnte widersprechen. Naja, abgesehn von den Skandinaviern; da würde ich gar nicht widersprechen wollen.

[@dr.richardtrager9323]

XD diggi ich kannte mal jemand der hat sich die hand gebrochen weil er gegen eine feuerschutz türe geboxt hat XD die türe hatte nicht mal einen kratzer

[@DrGromov]

i'm german and learned this thing with the american walls when i accidentally knocked a hole in one of my host family's walls with my elbow. i was so confused and felt so bad haha

[@leroylowe5921]

I helped install drywall in the past. You have to use *extreme* caution when handling this stuff. It breaks if you look at it wrong. (It's basically chalk.)

[@jules-u4p]

Another thing: Judges don't have hammers and you don't call them your honor. More: Wearing shoes inside. Even ON THE BED. Only to see it makes me uncomfortable.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Julius Siegfeld make sure you see my next video! I talk about your second topic

[@stelliform]

I’ve only been in a courtroom a few times, and while I don’t remember a hammer, I definitely remember everyone referring to the judge as your honor.

[@jules-u4p]

@@stelliform I am in a workers council and a court a few times a year. You never say "Euer Ehren" (this would be the translation of your honor) you say "Herr Vorsitzender, Frau Vorsitzende" (Mr. Chairman / Mrs. Chairwoman), never heard anything else. See also a lawyer on this very topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGO9nHZtjd1qfKs

[@jules-u4p]

@@Kellydoesherthing Looking forward to see it :) - oh, just saw it's up today

[@annieabsorbsaqua5793]

The hammers are actually called gavels.

[@kimkatze4223]

As child watching american movies with desperat characters drinking from paper bags, I allways thought they were so beaten down they were to lazy to even remove the bottle from the bag before drinking. My mother explained to me what was going on and I was really confused how "unfree" the people in "the land of the free" actually were...

[@shadowkitty56]

There is a reason drinking in public laws stand. First off, nobody is going to hassle you if you are having a picnic on a date and have brought some nice white wine and a litttle romance. That is fine. So is having a beer at the Fourth of July Parade: no cop is going to consider it worth it if all a man is doing is having a beer and waving his little flag, whistling Yankee Doodle. It is a special occasion. Alcohol in the USA is just a nice thing to have, and usually for a special occasion (for a large chunk of history wine could not even be grown here. It was expensive to import. So enjoy that champagne for your girlfriend, and snuggle up in the park. She'll love the chocolate covered strawberries you brought, too.) But frankly Americans don't want and don't like having the streets filled with a bunch of drunks puking their guts out, disturbing the peace, acting belligerent, and causing mayhem. (That, and so many cars in the USA with a country that is 3,000 miles wide+drunks=DANGER. YOU CANNOT ALWAYS TAKE THE TRAIN HOME. DANGER, PEDESTRIANS, DANGER!!) I don't like to put them down, but in this case the British do this A LOT. Puking everywhere. No sense of how they look to others and often making asses of themselves, not to mention starting fights in the streets. Some drink to the point they pass out and need to go to the hospital to get their stomachs pumped. Football matches are a nightmare in England; here most sporting events are family oriented, with tiny babies going to the games. (Hooliganism is often fueled by drinking. Most bartenders won't let you take the drink with you and outside beer is not welcome in the stadium.) Nobody wants to see their little baby crushed to bits by overaggressive men who obviously have had too much. The overall message is, "Drink at home or inside." Fascist, you say?-Nope. People still get drunk at baseball games, but it is CONTAINED. Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day where a YUUGE amount of people will be at the pub, but it is CONTAINED. There is a cop around who can say, "Okay, pal, you look like you have had enough. Get in the back of the car-you are going to the drunk tank to dry out and then pay a fine for puking on my shoes." There is also a cop around when there is some lunatic drunk around raving about the other team at the baseball game and ruining a family's outing with their little boy in his tiny tiny Philadelphia Phillies hat, making the tiny child terrified and cry.

[@JaniceHope]

@@shadowkitty56 And the brown bag actively keeps people from drinking in public? Does it whisper and plead "Don't do it"? Yeah, no, I don't think so. And if you paid attention we were talking about drinking alcohol in public... not being drunk, puking and harassing people. Apples and Oranges. There're more than two modes (sober/out of control drunk) when it comes it comes to drinking alcohol as you yourself mentioned (picnic). And why do Americans almost always get pissed when their habits/laws/views get just a tiny bit questioned and hypocrisy pointed out?

[@TheMirowGamer]

@@JaniceHope good argument😂👍

[@MistedMind]

@@shadowkitty56 So drinking one beer automatically will make you drunk and will rob you of your control? Or are you implying that all US-Amercians have no control whatsoever when it comes to public alcohol consumption? But surely a paper bag will help them by miracle? Your argument is nonsense, as is the paperback law.

[@shadowkitty56]

@@JaniceHope >And why do Americans almost always get pissed when their habits/laws/views get just a tiny bit questioned and hypocrisy pointed out? Why do Europeans get snobbish and overbearing when an American dares to defend himself? Sorry, but that is not the way the world works. Never dish out what you cannot take back, and btw, despite the stereotype, just enough of us can speak a foreign language to hear what you say about us when you think you are alone. All the world loves a clown to laugh at when they are trying to prove their sophistication and wit to their friends. It is not so funny when the clown is on to you, dares to have a different opinion, and tells you point blank to shut it. >And if you paid attention we were talking about drinking alcohol in public... not being drunk, puking and harassing people. Apples and Oranges. I was paying attention. When you get drunk, you lose your ability to make higher level decisions. You lose coordination. You can lose your lunch. You can also pass out somewhere and die of alcohol poisoning if you are really going for it and because your brain is impaired you can commit other crimes that are far more serious. Being drunk itself is not illegal. But having to deal with the after effects of those who do bad things while drunk and can't or won't stop themselves, bellowing it is their right and calling a cop a fascist for demanding better behavior, well, I don't know what to say except the bill for things like ambulances, cops, and so on is much, much lower. Rates of alcoholism are lower in the USA. So is liver damage. >And the brown bag actively keeps people from drinking in public? The brown bag is a loophole in the law. The cop often can't demand you take it out. It works in certain jurisdictions and not others, meaning that in other jurisdictions there is no need. You say there are more than two modes-true. But one way gives assholes what they want and the other one doesn't. One way cuts down a lot of municipal bills and the other one increases them. You want an open beer in public? Great, fab. But there is no practicable law that can be made that can say how many you can have in public and no method to stop someone who has had too much.

[@retmarut4499]

What generally drives me nuts in American movies is that they always have shoes on indoors. I don't know if this is a real thing in America or if this is just laziness on behalf of the producers but I would go bonkers if someone ran around my flat with their shoes on.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

This is coming in a future video :) I talk about it a lot in this video though kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYHRop2BadBjaKM

[@808Fee]

You'd love Hawaii then. I was so surprised that visitors automatically take their shoes off. Had a plumbing issue once, the guy immediately took his shoes off before stepping into my apartment. I said he didn't have to, but he insisted. I was amazed!

[@Fenrizan]

To be honest, I'm German and I do it as well. When I moved to Southern Germany I learned it isn't a common thing but I have never seen any of my childhood friends walking around in socks while they were home. My parents, my friend's parents, my grandparents, my uncles and aunts, my cousins... All are wearing shoes inside their homes in Northern Germany. My wife is from Thuringia and she taught me to put my shoes off when I enter the apartment. In the first moment I was confused and we made an arrangement that I can wear carpet slippers. I really feel uncomfortable walking around in socks.

[@retmarut4499]

@@Fenrizan for reference I come from Upper Austria. So you can compare it to Bavaria. It's not like we run with socks indoors. Almost all people I know use some sort of slippers, except for some children.

[@IISheireenII]

I would be upset if someoone would not wear their shoes in my home Dirt from outside? fine I can deal with that. Exposing potentially stinky socks and possibly spreading foot fungus spores or wart pathogens around my house? not a chance Ich bin aus Deutschland und wo ich lebe machen nur Zugezogene aus anderen Gegenden so einen Unsinn

[@nosdregamon]

Tom & Jerry cartoons really confused me as a child. How can a mouse live inside a solid wall? Or why do people hide in the fireplace in case of tornados. Because its the only solid build part of some houses with thin wooden walls, but hey as a child you didn't know/understand.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol good points!!!

[@JHowesitgoing123]

Hide in a fireplace? wha

[@starandfox601]

Rats and mice have the ability to chew through concert and metal.so even solid walls stand no chance against a rodents powerful teeth. Also I really don't understand hiding in a fire place either.Considering homes built in tornado prone aeras normally have some place to hide like a basement.

[@legendary_igel_master]

"because that's how strong german walls are" I now have flashbacks of Berlin, 1989

[@reptiloidmitglied2930]

There is this german saying "Der Klügere gibt nach" (the smarter one gives in/yields). And the Wall gave in to David Hasselhoff :D

[@twagon8854]

Having flashbacks of the limes lol damn romans

[@legendary_igel_master]

Timur Ga are you allergic to citrus fruits?

[@twagon8854]

@@legendary_igel_master not the fruit, the wall build by the romans

[@CFilmer]

Trump: Builds a wall Mexican: Punches a hole in it

[@armasxd]

Trump: Excuse me wtf Wall company: am i a joke to you?

[@AdeptusChiller]

Mexican get shot by trump supporters. That's the real end dude 🤐

[@PrincessYolda]

Germany: Builds a wall Also Germany: That wall lasts nearly 30 years, and the ossis payed for it.

[@AdeptusChiller]

@@PrincessYolda Ost Germany isn't Germany that's the same I say Mexicans are American people. That's the difference. And building a wall is actually a American problem 30 jears ago Ost Germany build a wall what lern America from it oh it was a horrible fail und u copy it after 30 jears. Nice..... Lern about fails. 🤣👍

[@vaxrvaxr]

@@AdeptusChiller Right. Completely the same thing.

[@Hanmacx]

In German, walls punch you

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol!!!

[@thebluespiderlily2394]

No this only works in Russia

[@AndreasDelleske]

_Toxic-Speepaints_ In Soviet Russia. In Russia, the wall is Putin’s bare breast.

[@scifino1]

In German there's this saying: "Der klügere gibt nach" (="The smarter one gives in"). Apparently american walls are smarter than the average movie-american.

[@Llortnerof]

Nah, they mostly just ignore you. They aren't always made of concrete, though. In fact, many are built from sand-lime bricks, especially in family homes. Concrete is usually reserved for parts that can't be easily fitted with bricks or buildings already mostly made of concrete anyway. Still can't punch through, though. Germans do know drywall, though. Modern german drywall is typically made from a metal frame, oriented strand boards and gypsum plaster boards on top, mostly used when renovating or when brick walls are to heavy. Still not something should should punch unless you hate your hands. They tend to be double-sided, as well, so even if you manage to punch through the OSB, you still got another of those before you actually get to the next room.

[@Pewtah]

My most confusing tropes: * sheriffs driving alone in police cars (in Germany every police car has two police (wo)men) * Baseball and American Football (and no soccer) * extreme prudity when someone is naked (in Germany/Europe nudity is seen as more natural) * open space offices with half-height walls (like in "All the President's Men"), never saw those walls in a german company

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks for these!

[@Halberdin]

@Pewtah There are no sheriffs in Germany. :^) Police is primarily under control of the state (Bundesland) except for the Bundespolizei that is responsible for borders, federal railways and airports. Prudity: It's extremely unusual to see completely naked people or exposed genitals in public. You will usually get in trouble with police if you do that. Exceptions are sunbathing at specific places (certain beaches, lakes; often inofficial, but tolerated) and public sauna (I heard, never was in one), and even then it's mostly topless women. Small children may be naked, depending on weather. Of course, locker rooms, showers and related rooms allow nudity, they are gender-specific. Public depictions of nude people are also not accepted except for pieces of art, which are protected by the constution even if they can be perceived as pornographic or offensive. So, lots of nudes as sculptures made of wood, stone or metal. You seem to mean cubicles. I am not sure how much they are used, but workplaces have to (or had to) follow strict rules, like having sunlight. Open-plan offices for many people are widespread, depending on type of company. P.S. For houses, a concrete main structure with additional walls made of bricks are typical. Office buildings tend to provide large open space with only pillars, to be adapted by stable drywalls. Buildings with only one floor have rather lax building codes. P.P.S. Have you heard of "Flachspüler" toilets? They can still be found in old buildings. I hate them.

[@Niki91-HR]

@@Halberdin I think what the person meant with nudity as well is that we in Europe don't have much problems with it in movies and TV shows ....we don't freak out when we see some titties...or even a penis...even if the second is more rare than titties xD

[@agn855]

I've worked for an USAmerican company in Germany. Having "cubicles"/an open space office environment has become quite common all over Europe. But everyone hates it, bc. it's too noisy AKA unhealthy, and even that people can see each other they communicate less, instead, they're sending eMails/messages to their colleagues, who are sitting at the table to the left, instead of talking to them directly. Inefficient. Sucks.

[@Pewtah]

@@agn855 I worked in several open spaced offices in Germany. The whole room has desks and chairs (as seen e.g. the movie " The Intern" or in "Wolf of Wall Street"). But I did not see any cubicles, half-height walls etc.

[@FlorianGuitar85]

When you asked what else German kids aren't worried about at school, except toilet bowl swirls, I was SO expecting to hear "getting shot". But yeah, the locker thing fits as well 👍

[@mandyneuhaus2544]

Yaass :'D but since you grow up halfway with american tv shows you get influenced. We had a psychatry next to the school and because these influences our 11 to 13 year old minds created that fear or played around with that thought. Years after that we all knew that a psychatry isn't about the tv monsters. Mostly about normal people with heavy issues that they cannot change by themself at home or only with therapy. If you try to comprimise it.

[@edstar83]

So Germany is the new Detroit? Thanks globalists.

[@edstar83]

Nevermind I misread your comment. I'll go back to sleep. Goodnight.

[@LukaVegan]

In the States you can protect yourself with a gun, in Germany, and most of Europe, you'll just get stabbed by some migrant, and you can't do anything about it......

[@maikewicht3208]

@@LukaVegan happens to me everyday, can't do anything about it

[@Pewtah]

My next tropes: * the character enters a house and is immediately in the living room. No house in Germany is contructed like that. In a (common) german/european house first there is the hallway (corridor) with the wardrobe and the stairs, then the other rooms follow. * court scenes: in Germany there are no jury and no bailiff (usher, crier) and no stenotype court reporter. In Germany you hardly find a stenograph machine at all. When I saw that scene for the first time I did not understand what the jury's role was and thus what the judge's competences were.

[@agn855]

As USAmericans keep their shoes on by default it doesn't matter. And bc of that "clean coal"-myth it won't make any difference if heating energy gets blown out the door. So what?

[@Pewtah]

@@agn855 Most Germans keep on their shoes, too. "Hausschuhe" is a culture in southern Germany, and there not in every household. Where is the wardrobe for jackes, coats, gloves, umbrellas, hats etc. in an US house?

[@rey6708]

@@Pewtah most germans keep their shoes on? never saw that and most of the people i know would kick you out if you do that.

[@Pewtah]

@@rey6708 Not in every region of Germany are Hausschuhe common sense. Mostly in northern Germany Hausschuhe are rare.

[@leiniie]

@@Pewtah huh? I live in northern Germany and basically everyone wears either just socks or "Hausschuhe". Wearing shoes in the house is pretty rare, at least from what I've seen.

[@albertapicobella9717]

Of course we have lockers in german schools... but I think they aren't big enough to fit someone in there 😅

[@redwolfexr]

Most US lockers are not that big either.. usually 3 or 4 in the space of that one on the show.

[@Hardafari]

A former co-worker of mine went to the US and drank a beer in public. He was just sitting there, minding his own busines, when a police car stopped infront of him, two officers walked over to him, put him on the ground and handcuffed him. He had no clue what he had done to deserve such a treatment. Luckily, after they found out he was german, they explained that drinking in public is illegal in the US and let him go.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Ohhhhhhh shit. Wow...yeah...what a mess. Glad they used common sense though and let him go

[@beatsteak22]

Next time you drink beer in public in the US, pretend ur german ^^

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

So in some States you can openly carry around your gun, but not a bottle of beer?

[@ulipeterson6112]

isnt that quite an extreme reaction by the police for such a minor deliquency?

[@Stef6788]

Oh wow! I wasn't really aware of this being a thing until I went to savannah, GA with a US friend and he got super excited about being allowed to drink on the street. So he made me carry my drink around. I did not get the appeal at all having grown up in germany.

[@Rodrianius]

4:17 " - probably aren't worried about?" *Me: "getting sho-"* "Getting stuffed in a locker!" "-sho.. ocker. yes... stuffed into a locker"

[@MissRobynWatson]

my exact thoughts! xDDD

[@deckeroful]

I was thinking the same hahah

[@lynnb2562]

Again, man media has done a real number on you folks... We are not afraid of getting shot! It isn't nearly the thing the news makes it out to be. It is super rare for our population size.

[@marcexner1631]

If you make another video about movie tropes please talk about how everybody is always knocking on doors and nobody uses the doorbell.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

That’s a good one!

[@johnp139]

My doorbell doesn’t even work.

[@jackallen6261]

What door bell? I've never lived in a house with a door bell, lol. Seriously.

[@Steve-Richards]

haha

[@abelfaber4457]

well i disconnected my door bell also, very peacefull. but maybe american appartment buildings do not have doorbells ?

[@rzu1474]

No wonder entire towns vanish after a tornado... THERE IS BARLEY A TOWN TO BEGIN WITH.

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

@osp80 Bricks obviously do withstand. All you see still standing after a tornado are the fireplaces! Ever noticed that? Tornados, earthquakes, floods, fires - the house is completely in ruins, except for the fireplace, which seems to be the only thing about a house not made of cardboard...

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

There is this nice children's tale about the three little pigs and their houses...

[@ProfDrBaum]

Americans dont build houses, They build Cardboard boxes

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

No wonder that every little storm leaves hundreds homeless, every fire is devouring house after house or that the tiniest earthquake males whole cities crumble! Why on earth do Americans build such lousy houses? Geez, most US citizens proudly claim their European ancestors - but Europeans do not build cardboard houses... So where does that strange way of building houses come from?

[@kessas.489]

Na ja, wenn man in Deutschland eine braune Tüte mit sich herum trägt, heißt es, dass derjenige in einem ganz speziellen Laden war! ^^

[@schifty1809]

that thought didn't even cross my mind

[@kessas.489]

@@schifty1809 If you go to a Sex Shop in Germany and buy something there, you always get a brown plastic or paper bag...

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I thought they were usually black plastic bags?

[@kessas.489]

@@Kellydoesherthing Black or brown, something not transparent...🤷🏼‍♀️

[@KPICBFG]

Also bei Beate Uhse bekam man so ein stylisches ganz schwarzes Plastiksackerl. :D

[@furzkram]

The carrot bomb. LOL. That was a good one. Of course bombs always have a visible countdown in movies.

[@jur4x]

But this one, was totally unrealistic, by Hollywood standards. Bombs that been defused entire 4 seconds before going off? Oh C'mon! You can only defuse one when timer hits 1 second before detonation

[@sugoruyo]

Always. Big bright red display, loud beeping sound.

[@Sizzlik]

And you can bet..if you cut the wrong cable..the timer suddenly runs faster

[@frankfahrenheit9537]

Don't forget the beeper which makes it easier to locate the bomb.

[@mimacl1356]

and don´t forget the individual signature by doing unnecessary knots into wires or notching your tag into some parts

[@LordBunnyBone]

No no no no no! Don't tell them the truth, I would love to see an american try to punch a german wall xD The curious thing about american walls for me always was how strong they really are. Can you just mount a shelf anywhere in your apartment or put a nail in the wall to hang a painting?

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lol! I was going to talk about this in a future video because it’s another thing Misha is terrified of happening - that all of the photos I’ve hung on our walls will just fall down with the slam of a door haha yes you can hang these sort of things but it’s best to use dry wall anchor screws, etc if whatever is being hung is over a certain weight

[@hvirus1]

For heavy things like bookshelves, large storage cabinets that need to be nailed for safety or wall mounted TVs , they are fixed to studs which are the vertical wooden members in the wall. Oh and American walls are not strong but they are better than concrete walls when it comes to insulation.

[@LordBunnyBone]

@@hvirus1 I also imagne that it is way cheaper to build them. Personally I like my concrete walls better xD

[@FactoryofRedstone]

@@hvirus1 A lot of German walls in smaller houses (outside the big houses in cities) are actually not concrete, it's brick. Brick has still some air enclosures so insulation is better then concrete, in addition to that, German houses have to have extra insulation.

[@LordBunnyBone]

@@Kellydoesherthing I can totally understand him ^^ In Germany and Austria you don't hurt walls, walls hurt you. I want to say that it sounds like a hassle but then I remember that we need to drill a hole in the wall with a power tool if we want to mount anything bigger that a painting or something like that. o.o"

[@DerBeppone]

Isn't it, that in the US the students usually change rooms for each class? If so, the main difference is basically, that in german schools the class room is actually the room for the class, which means, that in each lesson hour the teacher comes to the students, rather than the students would have to change room. The only external rooms, that are used, are gym hall, nature sciences, music and courses, we choose in the later school years.

[@Seelenschmiede]

Only in Haupt- and Realschule (which is now the same). In Gymnasium, pupils changes the rooms, depending on courses.

[@hannahsteininger9128]

@@Seelenschmiede uhm, i went to Gymnasium, and we rarely had to change rooms except in grades 11 and 12, where we no longer had a "class" and instead had an individual scedule like in high school movies. From grade 5 to 10, we had all classes in our room except Music, Physics, Chemistry, Sports and Religious Education (there are mostly two RE classes, one for catholics, one for protestants, as well as an eithics class for those that are neither catholics normprotestant. Obviously, only one of them could hold class in the classroom).

[@letsplayleo]

@@hannahsteininger9128 Well that is a lot of changing already^^ Although ofcourse the actual classroom-teaching seems to be more a german thing... Also, in 10-12/13 you have no classroom anymore and you start changing classrooms too.

[@stelliform]

In the US the students change rooms. Often the classrooms will be outfitted for the subject. (Lab gear for science, large maps for social studies, etc...)

[@GentlemenAtPlay]

In German schools it depends. Some have the "Klassenraumsystem" (class room system), where every class has it's own room and does only change for certain subjects (like science, arts etc.), other schools prefer the "Lehrerraumsystem" (teacher's room system), where the classes change the room according to the subject/teacher. Both systems have their advantages and weaknesses, so that's why there is no "standard" any more.

[@Caildyn]

Hitting through a wall isn't possible with German walls, true. But not all of them are made of concrete, that's usually used for Skyscrapers or larger buildings with a great number of flats for rent. Many, especially older Houses here were built by masons. Brick on brick on brick with a concrete like mass in between to hold them together. That's expensive, sure, but also extremely durable. No offense intended, but how the heck do ppl in the US's Tornado Alley think that a house built from wooden frames that are nailed together would stand after a f2 or higher goes through their town..? Always sorry to hear when a whole town was wiped out by a tornado, but the damage would be much lower if they'd build their houses the way we do here in Germany..

[@liorana3366]

Hört sich an wie die drei kleinen Schweinchen..... Es fehlt nur noch einer mit Stroh

[@leandrog2785]

It seems to me that building walls of concrete would be far more expensive than of brick and mortar (mortar is usually cement, which is the "concrete like mass" you mentioned). Unless of course the building is very big and thus used large equipment in its construction.

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

@osp80 Dream on.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

I hope the little skits in the beginning weren’t too cheesy for you guys! Haha They were a way for me to comply with Fair Use while still demonstrating what i was talking about

[@Mastacheata]

Isn't that how bombs work in the US? I mean you still have problems with bombs not planted by americans, but you should at least be safe from domestic terrorists now :P

[@EngelinZivilBO]

I love it :D was your friend a volunteer or was he forced to join your clips? :D

[@KalevHaga]

Those scenes are confusing not only Germans, I think those scenes are confusing for major part of Europeans.

[@silkwesir1444]

Wow, I was a little taken aback by your comment about German attitude towards criminals. Isn't that a basic principle of all modern, Western law systems, called "non bis in idem" or "double jeopardy"? It's just that for some people that is not enough and they want more... usually not realizing what terrible implications it would have if their suggestion was actually implemented widely. Did I misunderstand you?

[@TheSwedishRider]

I'm curious, how exactly do these scenes help to comply with YT's Fair Use Policy? Your content is original and when you take other content like movie scenes, you comment them.

[@mayo2877]

When people carried their drinks in a brown bag in movies I always thought that it was because they were drug addicts and didn't want people to know.

[@montitaz]

Not quite. It's about the American double standard. You're not allowed to carry or drink open beverages containing alcohol unless you hide it in an opaque wrapping i.e. the brown bag you get handed for free in the store you bought your beer to go. Never mind that everyfuckingbody knows what's in that brown bag, the law is the law.

[@mayo2877]

@@montitaz I just couldn't fathom another reason why someone would have to hide their drinks. It was either sex or drugs. So basically it was drugs or they were literally too lazy and tired with life to even remove the paper bag with which they bought their stuff. I remember this movie scene where this highly respected attorney got a drink in a bag, and someone told him, that he shouldn't do that in public, even if it is in his off time. And I felt so sympathetic because I thought he was resorting to drugs because his case was too stressful. I was really concerned he would get caught and pulled of the case because surely doing drugs won't help it.

[@mayo2877]

@@montitaz Oh man, I'm seriously glad I found out another way than you now.

[@deamon6681]

I'm kinda confused why anyone would think that brown bag would work. I'm german, so I don't even know how the law is worded, but my guess would be when a law is about not drinking in public (which makes sense to me), then hiding the dring still doesn't change the fact that you are drinking in public. If the law is explicitly only about not openly showing an alcoholic beverage in public, then I would question the reason it exists.

[@jefflewis4]

@@deamon6681 The brown bag works because it allows the Police to ignore it. Were it not in the bag it would be in plain sight and the Police would be compelled to deal with each and every violation consuming their day. The police don't want to waste their time with this. The bag works both ways.

[@hageneber3381]

I'm a German and the last Fakt is one of the things that I and my friends make Jokes about because you aren't allowed to drink alcohol in public but you are allowed to care a weapon and I think that's strange

[@einsfuffzich]

Germany: No hurricanes and no tornadoes -> concrete houses USA: hurricanes and tornadoes -> wooden houses WHYYYYYYY?!?

[@mitori]

because it's easier to rebuild wooden houses than concrete ones. I don't know for sure, but that would be my guess.

[@notAshildr]

@@mitori Thing is... if you have a concrete house there will be no need to rebuild it because it just wouldn't budge in the first place.

[@starandfox601]

debris going at high speeds can still knock down a concrete building and so can high speed winds.so better to build out of paper and wood so when your house does get knocked down you are not crushed to death by your own home.then to build your home out of concrete and falsely believe it will stand up to the weather. also cause of cost,damage from ice and damage from the house sinking into the ground cause some areas of the us have very soft ground.

[@francisrinsche]

@Xasxornas That is not true at all. Kyrill is the only tornado we had the last years. If you look it up there us maybe one every ten years.

[@nouvAnti]

@@francisrinsche No, you forgot that on 5th October 2017 there was a storm which caused Berlin S-Bahn, overground U-Bahn, busses and trams to stop their service.

[@theTrigant]

A very confusing trope as a german: Open hospital "rooms" only fenced in by a curtain. Why doesn't get a patient a bit of peace after the stress of injury or sickness? To be exposed to the noise of the emergency room seems to me not very helpful in recovering...

[@johannesruf5903]

Well, not all our walls are made of concrete, it can be concrete, bricks, wood (like log houses) and even clay, as a kind of eco-friendly building material, has made a comeback of sorts. What they all have in common is that they are super solid and, as you said, you'll break your hand trying to punch through it. We do use sheetrock or drywall but generally more to cover ceilings (e.g. to hide beams) or to split up existing rooms. It is also a nice option for rental apartments as you can easily divide rooms or create new ones and you don't even need the approval of your landlord seeing that they can be taken down easily and without damaging any structures if you plan to move out. Drywall construction is so widespread, we even have a 3-year apprenticeship for drywall mechanics (Trockenbaumonteur).

[@Llortnerof]

German drywall still wouldn't be something you can just punch through if built properly, though. And much thicker than the wall shown in that movie.

[@johannesruf5903]

@@Llortnerof Doubt it. The drywall I've worked with could be punched through if you know where the studs are and hit between them. Drywall isn't meant to withstand a tremendous amount of force...

[@Llortnerof]

@@johannesruf5903 Simple drywall isn't. Oriented Strand Boards(OSB) are. Additional advantage is that you can just screw or nail things directly to it without bothering with drywall fastenings. And, if it is between rooms, you have two OSB plates to punch through before getting anywhere.

[@johannesruf5903]

@@Llortnerof So your claim that German drywall can't be punched through is based on the assumption that German drywall is a combination of OSB plates and drywall? I agree with you that OSB plates can't (easily) be punched through but not everyone uses them. I was just talking about simple drywall.

[@jonsnor4313]

It depends if you have a simple office buildings, that often uses not the most solid of walls inside, because its cost effective. And inside rental apartments, Those can be damaged if you have a strong orce behind it. I saw someone kicking holes in such a hole, to other 2 holes in an rented office building. Depends on what you use it for

[@everose602]

I am German and in my school you could rent a small locker, it was just big enough for a backpack so nothing you could stuff a person in.

[@doesntmatter919]

I’m german and our schools sometimes do have lockers.They are just pretty small

[@balduran]

And usually there are not lockers for everyone, because not everyone want or need lockers. So in my school ...(holy thats already over 10 years ago...) we had maybe 200 lockers for around 1000 pupils.

[@Steve-Richards]

I have also a trope! i saw in a lot of american movies, a boy riding a bike and trows the news paper in everyone's garden xD this was a completely mind blowing thing as i saw that by my first time :3

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Paperboy. Something so american, they made a videogame of it.

[@Steve-Richards]

:D

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Steve Richards In Europe, paperboys must use the mailbox or the slot in the door.

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 Often, they put the newspaper right on your front door within apartement buildings. No one here throws a newspaper at your house.

[@quasarone3083]

Not allowed to drink in public.....WHAT?!!?!!?

[@balduran]

It's called country of freedom. Just kidding. I think, they mistaken it with europe. :D

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

Americans also don't show nudety in public! Magazines wich depict nudety, especially breasts, will be sold und er the counter! No way will these be put up with all the other magazines. In the other hand: much much more teenage pregnancies in the US than in Europe... Coincidence?

[@il7101]

4:12 i really thought she would go on to say that they aren't worried about getting shot in a school shooting 😅

[@samfetter8191]

And now you made me think about what in US movies might not fly as much in Germany as in the US. First thing that came to mind was highspeed car chases on the highway with 120mph...cause that is how fast my mom used to go in our old Mitsubishi when she was in no hurry. 😏😄

[@cmdrratzass7305]

Sam Fetter 193 km/h? Schneller wird die Karre vermutlich auch nicht gefahren sein.

[@samfetter8191]

@@cmdrratzass7305 220kmh wenn es drauf an kam 😏 Mein Vater mochte schon immer schnelle Autos 😁 Und meine Mutter hatte da nix dagegen. Im Vergleich sind ihre zwei Söhne eher gemütlich unterwegs 🤣 Schneller wie 160 fahr ich eigentlich nie. Meistens.😏

[@cmdrratzass7305]

Sam Fetter Kann ich verstehen. Auf der Autobahn find ich bis 160 eigentlich auch ganz angenehm, wenn man denn überhaupt mal so schnell fahren kann. Meistens bin ich aber sowieso nur auf der Landstraße unterwegs und dort sind 160 schnell genug. 😅

[@samfetter8191]

@@cmdrratzass7305 hust 🤣

[@FelixAB88]

Hervorragend! Wieder jemand, der Arbeitsplätze im Rettungsdienst und der Bestattungsbranche sichert! 👍

[@DarkLion1989]

The one that I always thought was confusing was the whole "opening a door with you credit card" thing. I tried it once as a child, obviously without any success. I only later learned that doors and doorways simply were built differently in the US

[@FelixAB88]

You can do it in Germany as well, but you need a plastic card or piece, which ist more flexible. And you need some practice. ;-)

[@StYxXx]

It's possible with some (older) doors :D

[@SonikChaos]

I have actually done this in Germany when I forgot my keys

[@FelixAB88]

@@SonikChaos Makes you feel a lot safer in your flat, right? 😆 Didn't you lock your door when you left?

[@Dunkelelf3]

@@FelixAB88 works better with a piece of thick wire like from a cloth hanger.. bend it into a z shape.. used this a lot when i lived in a dorm cause every week someone locked himself out..

[@natehill8069]

A good rule is pretty much dont believe anything you see in a Hollywood movie, regardless of the culture. Falling cars dont explode very often, and certainly not before they hit the ground. Guns cant fire 10,000,000 shots without reloading, but hiding behind a car door wont stop the bullets that do come out. You cant zoom in on a single pixel of a satellite photo, press a button and suddenly have the clear text of the Gettysburg Address and lightbulbs dont explode when there's a short circuit. I love your carrot bomb though.

[@arned3901]

There are lockers in german schools, but their width is like 30x40x100cm

[@dietertubeyou]

Or smaller 30x40x40cm

[@arned3901]

@@dietertubeyou jup

[@gov2260]

What's a cm? Some countries like the metric system others have put a man on the moon:)

[@arned3901]

@@gov2260 r you sure you want a fight?

[@happygimp0]

@Mason Matthews They also used the metric system to fly to the moon.

[@ElRackadusch]

Okay, you have never seen someone putting a nerd into a locker, but have you seen a nerd getting flushed? Is tis really happening in the U.S.? I always thought it was a movie myth.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

No, I haven’t seen that either. I honestly didn’t really see any of the physical bullying you see in movies. I’ve heard of fights happening in my high school and I know there was verbal bullying, but no locker stuffing, swirlies or even knocking someone’s books off their desk; etc

[@ElRackadusch]

@@Kellydoesherthing Okay, so the U.S. isn't as bad as the movies make us think^^

[@tonys1636]

@@Kellydoesherthing If you went to School in the 60.s in England bullying was rife, physical bullying common, if you were lucky a Teacher or Prefect spotted it and the bully ended up before the Headmaster for a caning, yes we had corporal punishment.

[@tomo0086]

Just discovered this channel. I love your US perspective on Germany/Europe! You are so friendly and respectful about everything too.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw thank you! :) I’m happy you’re enjoying my channel!

[@erictaylor5462]

8:00 There is also no law that requires sex offenders to tell neighbors in person about their crime. Some states have letters sent, but most just have websites.

[@opinionatedoliver3680]

I want to mention the use of language in movies. For example there was this movie called Heat. That police officer, I think that'd what she was anyway, a little chubby. She swore the whole time in very explicit ways and while it wouldn't have surprised me in the original version, I was not pleased to watch the dubbed version in German, where they translated everything directly to German. Very inauthentic because nobody would talk like that here. The words wouldn't be used in such a way, especially not by a police officer or someone with a similarly high education. When I lived in New Jersey, I got used to some terms being used in everyday language that I would've never used at home.

[@golem5809]

Well, there you have it: - "especially not by a police officer or someone with a similarly high education." What are the average requirements and training time for police troopers in the US?

[@malicia2935]

In Germany bullies try to stuff you into the large garbage bins.

[@PinHeadSupliciumwtf]

I read it as large garbage disposals

[@MushroomCloudConfetti]

confirmed.

[@SlimTony]

Can confirm, I like a slimmer one though because they can't turn if you put them in head-first

[@malicia2935]

In the shorter bins they just stuff you butt first.

[@extremehightech]

Depending on how worse you were off you were either thrown into the paper waste or in the residual waste :D

[@Krokostad]

Interesting video-idea! Recently I heard a joke in an American Late Night Show, that Trump will have to go from door to door soon and I didn't get the joke. Now I do! Thank you. Wie Otto schon sagte: Again what learned!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks! I’m happy to hear it was useful for you :)

[@bilvotel3119]

The only people that go from door to door in Germany are Jehovas witness

[@KPICBFG]

@@bilvotel3119 And Michael Mittermeier used to joke that since one Sunday morning he opened the door wearing a mask and shouting HAIL SATAN at them they no longer visit. :D

[@MarkusAtUMa]

Otto is a German comedian. His English sentences must be translated word by word into German to make any sense out of it. "Again wat learned!" means "I learned something new!"

[@FelixAB88]

@@KPICBFG You totally fucked up that great joke. 👎

[@paulringo7799]

My school actually had lockers! They are a lot smaller though. Its enough for books and clothes, but no person could fit in there.

[@cold.raviolis]

I feel like a lot of Germans will really like this video 😄

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Thanks! :)

[@Aki-tu2pu]

You`re actually right

[@Steve-Richards]

i looove it, Yes :D

[@NiliMoto]

To answer your question what happens to nerds in german schools: i got punched, thrown to the ground and kicked alot in school so i would have actually preferred the locker treatment.

[@derfinsterling]

I remember going to the US for the first time and after landing wanted to use one of the toilets at the airport. Only after seeing the standing water in the third bowl did I realize: No, those are not clogged.

[@2712animefreak]

In Croatia a number of cities passed ordinances banning public consumption of alcoholic beverages as well. Though, as many laws in Croatia, this isn't very strictly enforced and the police only fines you if someone complains (or they have a bad day and just feel like it).

[@Seelenschmiede]

Bad day = short on money ;)

[@sourcererseven3858]

It's actually the same in Germany, there's no federal law, but communities can pass their own ban on alcohol. I lived 8 years in Munich until I learned that public drinking in the city center is banned, and not for the lack of opportunity to be fined ;) As long as you behave yourself, police won't bother you. (Maybe depends on ethnicity, I don't know, I have the luck to be visibly from Germany and a young male...) But anyway, I believe it's just so they have something solid, easily provable, to pin on you if you're being disruptive/loud in public even without anyone actually reporting you.

[@2712animefreak]

@@sourcererseven3858 Most of the cities in Croatia that did that are on the coast, so I'd assume they were motivated by misbehaving tourists who don't realize that their tourist attraction is someone's neighbourhood.

[@sourcererseven3858]

@@2712animefreak Very well possible, like it's now forbidden to drink alcohol at the beach on Mallorca. Understandable rule.

[@2712animefreak]

@@sourcererseven3858 Yeah, in the US they have Florida Man, in south Europe we have British Tourist.

[@Tenajeh]

"Modern" apartments in Germany are usually equipped with interior drywalls. It's hecking annoying when you want to hang up a heavy shelf or cupboard.

[@LunaBianca1805]

Older houses' walls might not be built as dry walls, especially not if they are load bearing - BUT in newer buildings (mostly for the none - load bearing ones) walls might get build as dry walls usually with OSB/MDF/ Particle board or plaster board on either a wooden or a light metal frame and with an insulating infill. These are especially common in office buildings or cheaper residential buildings, especially if the load bearing struction is a skeleton construction, where these walls make it possible to change ground plans if needed

[@Jonathan-kraai]

the two worst things i see in american movies that really make me shiver are: - walking in their own homes with streetshoes. even going to bed with them D: - brushing teeth without watering the brush. also not cleaning the mouth with water when done. *yikes

[@elfenbeinturm-media]

Actually, it's one of the things we don't understand in Germany. Every single year hurricanes strike the USA, every time all these paper-houses are messed up like shit. And we just shake our heads in disbelief and ask ourselves: "Why the hell don't they build their houses using concrete?!" Feeling sorry for these people feels kind of like feeling sorry for a guy having a tiger as a pet and getting eaten by it. /Alex

[@MaliciousMarvel]

Maybe they expect the next hurrican to arrive so soon that building up again with concrete doesn't seem worth to them.

[@tuschman168]

I personally think it's kinda weird to take off your shoes at someone else's place and I would never expect it from anyone coming to my house, but a lot of my friends insist on it when they come to visit me and I want them to feel comfortable at my place so I'm fine with it. And of course I do it at their places because they want me to. I didn't grow up with it though. People dragging dirt into the house never really was a problem. I think people overestimate how much dirt that would actually produce. If your shoes are really muddy or something, yeah, you'd take them off or find a way to clean them before entering but in most cases proper use of a doormat would suffice. It's not like you usually run through a muddy field right before you visit friends. That's what paving is for.

[@dasrazzul]

You cleraly never were in charge of cleaning the floors - or you do not share the common standard of how clean a house should be in germany. Just because you don't see it it does not mean it is not there. Also...if you wear the same shoes all day (at home, to school, at work, again at home) your feet will not stay healthy for long. And let's not start to talk about what happens to their skin, with all thats trapped bacteria and moist in the same shoe all day...Bäääääh. The shoe taking off habit is not only about the clean floors, but also about healthy feet.

[@tuschman168]

@@dasrazzul I could do without the presumptuous tone, thank you. My floors are clean! My feet are healthy! You do you. Let me do me.

[@sarahvonnissen5733]

To wear comfortable house shoes or fluffy socks is so nice 😍 also I like to use the floor for excercices - I can‘t understand people who wear street shoes at home, how do they feel comfy at home? 😰I find it disgusting to visit a house where people wear their street shoes - sorry! 😅

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

Wooden foor means that potential little rocks under your shoe could cause damage. Apart from the dirt, that would be a nightmare for me.

[@JoacinoDaGona]

Drywalls are fairly common in Germany too, but mostly in big appartment houses. That said, they are stronger than the wall in the movie scene. Metal framing elements and double layers of drywall on both sides are commonly used.

[@abbat9454]

Germans know how to build walls ~Berlin wall takes credit

[@angelafriedemannnecef6984]

Abbat We had walls centuries before THAT wall even existed - no credit given. And while we're at it: the WALL was built by East Germany!

[@gamerdrache6076]

@@angelafriedemannnecef6984 yeah the commis

[@johngill6290]

Stuff like "it's three blocks away" made no sense to me for years until I learned what the street grid is.

[@nicolaiveliki1409]

Don't punch walls. In General. Even if you don't get injured, it's more trouble than it's worth. Also, we occasionally do have internal dry walls in Germany, but they are filled with Rigips (plaster plates) for sound and temperature insulation, and they're really not easy to punch through (though it is possible, I've seen it done in person, but it did cause some swelling)

[@moredistractions]

Great video, Kelly! Another very common trope in Hollywood movies: In a horror or action film after the final fight when the monster or bad guy has finally been killed, just as the heroic victors are about to let their guard down, the defeated enemy always comes back to life for one final attack. P.S. The MacGuyver thing was hilarious!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw thank you! I’m happy you liked it :) especially the MacGuyver part hahah

[@rcbif101]

- ya, Stranger Things with Bob. Saw it from a mile away, painfully predictable.

[@Magdalena-gw4kj]

The windows... Why the heck are the windows so easy to open from the outside. Like when someone breaks in through the window and they just push up the window. That does definitely not work here at all

[@S_Black]

Drywall does exist in Germany. It's often used to subdivide existing rooms. I have a walk-in closet made with plaster boards And lockers in school are a thing too. The difference is that in the US everyone has one, while in Germany it's more of an optional thing. You also don't necessarily need one as for a lot of the lessons you're in the same room instead of moving around all the time

[@TheMadaccountant]

They exist but mostly in offices I think.

[@johnp139]

Closet, in Germany? What is that?

[@Agnostic_Asi]

One example I can think of is in the last Harry Potter Movie. At the end when it is revealed that Snape loved Lilly, Dumbledore says "He has her eyes". The problem is that "hers" translates to "ihre" which is also the formal version of "yours". So a lot of people who didn't read the books think that Snape is the father of Harry. This lead to a whole theory online.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

I'm sorry, but this just screams huge lack of language knowledge to me. I think it's quite clear even in this particular scene that Dumbledore is referring to Lily and not Snape. If you were 9 years old and pretty stupid, sure, but why would you watch this movie at an age this young? Other than that there's no excuse for such a huge misunderstanding in my eyes. Also, everyone who just watched the movies and didn't read the books is a huge moron anyways -- the movies omit so much more background information and so many more characters that it's almost impossible to understand them properly.

[@Agnostic_Asi]

@@D0MiN0ChAn Yeah.. most of the people that just saw the movies are you stereotypical morons :D

[@ja_go_25]

"German Highschools are nit equipped with lockers"... that's not true, some are. They are a lot smaller though

[@neleabels]

I am using your films as teaching material in my English classes, here in Germany. I hope that's ok. with you. They're great! :)

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Aw that is awesome!! I hope it helps :) thanks for the support!

[@alexanderroth1427]

There is a differents between "self" build houses and the ones buil by construction companys in germany. My parents build there house with there own hands brick by brick this resulted in so insane walls that you needed arround 10 minutes to drill a hole in it for a screw...thats not made up...i sweared at the wall like crazy everytime i needed to drill a hole in it.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Hahaha yeah I didn’t even try to hang up stuff in my German apartment if it was more than a little nail

[@alexanderroth1427]

Also in the most german houses i think its a construction law..all cables inside the walls need to go either horizontal or vertical so the chances of hitting a electric cable while drilling are reduced to a minimum.

[@daytonde]

@@alexanderroth1427 max 30cm off corners/doors/windows and max 30cm away from ground or Ceiling and always horizontal or vertical. Some exceptions for kitchen and bathroom. These are so called "installation zones"

[@johnw.3270]

@@daytonde ... and these rules make a *lot* of sense.

[@HB-gt6cq]

You probably used the wrong tools.

[@user-zn5gw3uk9q]

"So now I'm starting to wonder what happens to nerds in german highschools" We don't bully them maybe lmao At least in my school, there of course is sometime "drama" or some stuff & I'm not saying there isn't any bullying (bc I don't really think there is any highschool without bullying) but pretty much everyone is minding their own business

[@lapuck7018]

There are many reasons that walls are made of wood framing, availability, price and time of construction, it takes 6 weeks to build a wood frame house. There are legislation limiting wood framing from being use in large appartement buildings, or simple offices before of fire norms instead they will use metal framing in partitions or simply concrete. Also the US is more prone to disaster areas and even concrete doesn't resist well to those and are harder to repair.

[@frankhooper7871]

As a native speaker of English, I had to Google the meaning of 'trope' - not a word I'd ever encountered in my 65+ years of living both in the USA and the UK LOL - Our High School lockers in California definitely weren't big enough to put a person inside; at a guess, they were about 3' high (double-stacked) and about 1' wide.

[@HoergeraeteInsider]

One of your best videos. Viele Grüße aus Bayern

[@Tzar_van_Bla]

Lass mich raten, irgendwo aus Oberbayern her?

[@Kellydoesherthing]

thank you!! Greetings from DC!

[@maintenance45]

Hi Kelly. I thoroughly enjoyed this Movie Scenes video and would enjoy more of them. I am so impressed with your ability to communicate your thoughts. You are so articulate, and so genuine. Keep up the good work.

[@Kellydoesherthing]

aw thank you!!

[@pmoO0]

American power outlets scare me. (They really do) I also find it hard to believe that cars explode immediately when they have an accident.

[@ErikB605]

The second is more of a general movie trope.

[@richardbostan4286]

Considering that American power outlets are restricted to about half the voltage of European outlets, they really shouldn't scare you. European outlets probably kill more people.

[@Xiph1980]

@@richardbostan4286 not at all. It's impossible to touch live pins in schuko outlets.

[@annikakolb6667]

I have got a locker in my school (in Germany) and I use it to store all my books I don't need and gym clothes and my violin that I don't want to carry around all the day until I need it. So mine is big enough to store two instruments (I share it with my sister), two gym bags and two sets of books

[@aregularhuman4776]

in fact we do have lockers in school. they’re just smaller

[@PeterPetermann]

why does there need to be something happening to nerds?

[@ramblingmillennial1560]

Because bullies are mean lol

[@miriam7779]

Because bullies are the exact opposite of smart people.

[@annibee17]

We actually do have lockers, but they are quite tiny. 🙈 And bot every house has only concrete walls. We do have dry walls, too. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Ferodra]

Also got some drywalls here. But there's no way you could ever punch through them

[@davidh.4649]

Gotta admit, your carrot "bomb" made me spit my drink! 🤣🤣 As for the walls in the US, you can punch a fist through the sheetrock but if you get unlucky and hit right where a stud is, you'll break your hand as well.

[@michielvoetberg4634]

How does this apply to doors? I've seen Americans punch through those, which is impossible in the EU.

[@Ph34rNoB33r]

@@michielvoetberg4634 Depends on the door. Some doors here in Germany are just wooden frames covered by a thin sheet of wood on each side (usually with some supporting structures inside). Makes them very light and cheap. Meant to be used inside apartments only, one of the cheapest used to be my apartment door when I was a student. Had a few dents and a hole on the inside, where you could look into the void. I'd assume there must have been *some* supporting structure (with some injury potential) inside, hole wasn't large enough to see very far, and I did not happen to have an endoscope.

[@Markle2k]

@@michielvoetberg4634 This is only possible with "movie set" doors. Real doors and real sheetrock are quite stiff and tough for something as large as a human hand. When you see someone punch through a wall or a door in a movie or tv show, those structures were built flimsy or purposely weakened to allow the actor to be able to do that for several takes in a row without injuring themselves. Part of the humor of the clip Kelly showed was that this big hulk of a man actually managed to punch straight through the wall.

[@insightsbyjackie]

About locker, my daughter’s school (Gymnasium) has lockers which aren’t owned by the school, therefore the students have to pay a yearly rent. I got one for my daughter, but she didn’t use it much (Geld aus dem Fenster geschmiessen, as what they say in Germany). They aren’t as big as the locker showned on your video though.

[@harrybgoode]

About interior walls: we also have a type of wall, which is somewhat easy to punch through. I tried it myself and I'm neither crazy nor an athlete. These walls I talk of are drywalls made of plasterboard. Walls of these type are found in some homes, but more typically in office buildings.

[@001looker]

I thought in Germany teachers changed classrooms and students stayed in the same class all day

[@beckyontour7417]

Both. Students have their own classroom but for many subjects they still have to change classrooms. Teachers change all the time.

[@bi0530]

This is actually true in many schools with the exception of arts or sciences, where special equipment is needed.BTW. we did have lockers in School (in Germany), but they were very small and none of us would fit in those.

[@001looker]

@@bi0530 wow totally different from usa. Btw someone told me in Germany students do classroom cleaning like in Japan is this true?

[@beckyontour7417]

@@001looker Haha, that made me laugh out loud! No, they absolutely don't! Some classrooms look horrible at the end of the day.

[@Mastacheata]

That depends on several factors: #1 There's obviously classes that need special rooms: PE, Chemistry, Biology, Geography (at least it used to for the big maps, but that might have changed in the last 12 years), Music (usually at least a piano should be in that classroom and you probably don't want this to be next to the other "normal" classrooms), Art (it gets dirty in there real quick), Religion (Catholics, Protestants and if the school is large enough Muslims will each have their own Religion classes) #2 It also depends on which grade you're in. Pupils in the higher grades will still have the concept of a class of 20-40 other kids with whom they share the majority of subjects, but will have different choice courses in grade 7 and 9. Also if you're going for Abitur at Gymnasium or Gesamtschule or if you're going for Fachabitur at a school for a specific subject (i.e. there are economics shools and tech schools and probably a few more in larger cities) you will have completely different schedules and classes from your coeds in grades 11-12/13.

[@Riddler0603]

Yes, these tropes wouldn't work in any german movie or tv series, but we are fully capable of understand these tropes, while watching US movies etc. So i wouldn't say it confuses the German audience, because we saw these things happen so often in a lot of movies, that we are very familiar with them 😎

[@steffenlib1382]

Yeah we watch everything Hollywood since we are really terrible at making movies.😁

[@saammmy7]

The garbage disposal in the sink did actually confuse me until I looked it up.

[@oh0stv]

German walls are not made out of concrete. In fact, we almost never use concrete to build residential buildings. They are either made from bricks, double planked drywall or wooden frame walls. But your hardly able tu punsh through any of them .

[@xaverlustig3581]

It depends on the building, the era it was built in, and if it's a structual wall or not. Of course there are buildings made of steel reenforced concrete, I'm living in one.

[@oh0stv]

@@xaverlustig3581 that's why i said almost. I probably should have added that I talk about single family homes and not multy storey concrete slap building. But concrete as a general wall even if load bearing is not very common in (new) building.

[@markuss.1528]

Our House (Build 1991) is complete concrete. Some Rooms has Walls by gas concrete stone (20cm)

[@Gigator]

A lot of newer buildings (residential ones even) I see get made out of steel reinforced concrete these days. After a certain size, it seems to become more economical.

[@kidcat7864]

@@xaverlustig3581 Me too.

[@PeterPan-dz7mu]

We usually don't have lockers in school (though one school type "Gesamtschule" usually has them) - but the classrooms have a "Kreideschrank" a chalk closet. In it, stuff for cleaning and supplies like chalk is stored and it can be abused in a similar fashion as the lockers in the USA, especially since it's not uncommon that students have unsupervised time in the classrooms.

[@elind.378]

5:03 German Schools do have lockers, but they are smaller. In my school there can fit in DIN A 1 Block of Paper completely

[@keinnarutofan13]

I had never heard of that garbage disposal thing in the sink. I always thought that there was some kind of creature dragging them into the sink :D I know what's going on, thank you!

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Lolol!! I’m happy to share the information and clear it up for you :) I wonder what sort of things happen in German shows and movies that I wouldn’t understand what’s going on

[@abendstern782]

@@Kellydoesherthing I do not know if it is used in movies, but whats creeps me out in reality, are big holes opening on highways were hole cars just sink in. That is thanks to the mining history in my area, I do not know if that happens in the U.S. too. What else do we have, getting stopped by the police because you have not the right emission sticker on your car/ or outdated 'TüV' sticker? Well you can get into a lot of trouble with your car in germany, nearly everything out of the ordinary is not allowed, for example a signal-horn with a melody, or fake fingers at your trunk lid, or wrong coloured lights or tinted frontwindows.

[@tammo100]

I think it is not the mindset on criminals but the mindset on privacy that is different

[@gwaptiva]

Also, in Europe, we tend to see it as the state's responsibility to protect ALL of its citzens, so exposing people to potential harm by identifying them explicitly as sex offenders is a nono.

[@H3RTZ0G]

Honecker and consorts were very proud of their walls!

[@jannip]

In movies, Americans never shut or lock the door when leaving the house, like "Yeah I come back later, so why closing it" that's just horrendous

[@Kellydoesherthing]

Probably because the director doesn’t want to waste the time showing them locking their door as it would waste 5-10 precious seconds that could instead be used to further the plot/develop the story