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Flula Borg explains the rules (or lack thereof) around staring in Germany.
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[@aidanb.c.2325]

That dude is so quick-witted.

[@christophertownsend3820]

Quick witted in his 2nd language 🤔

[@Gnarfledarf]

​@@christophertownsend3820 Are you trying to imply that English is not Flula's mother tongue?

[@JaxLittles]

​@@christophertownsend3820 don't know much about other countries eh?

[@Pete_Finch]

Flula not only knows pretty much every pop culture and historical reference about the US, he knows other ways to refer to those references that are still accurate but slightly off to make them funny...and all in a second language. "Shout out Garden State" knowing it was a movie and is New Jersey's nickname when referring to Jersey Shore is just so many levels of knowledge deep

[@mulleygraves]

Flula is actually American. It's all an act. His name is Kris

[@karenmossbryan7932]

Natalie Port Man

[@MarcKloos]

Those remarks that guy wrote... "Hitler is Austrian", "laughing isn't against the law in Germany", "watching BDSM isn't forbidden" 😂

[@MISNM0]

How cool would it be to have Flula as a friend in real life. Everything I've seen of him speaks to someone who likes to enjoy the moment in a way most of us don't seem to. Always a treat to get to hear him.

[@kithranen1542]

I bet Flula would recommend more sky watching time in your daily life.

[@AndorranStairway]

“Shoutout to 1998” Hahahaha what a way to burn

[@dundundata7603]

🤣

[@cosmoframe3466]

I'm amazed how fast he remembered that date. If someone asked me when the Euro was introduced it would take me 30 seconds minimum.

[@Tommyr]

I love that guy. He's very quick and hilarious. The world needs more Flula Borg.

[@JJoeisCooking]

I lived in Germany over thirty years and never got used to people staring. 😆

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

That is because you never stopped accusing us of staring. If you in your thirty years living hear would have accepted, that we don't stare, you might have get used to it.

[@wWvwvV]

I live here my whole life and still can't perceive what the German stare might be. 🤔

[@BlankRami]

@@user-xk6jw3wi5u here* not hear

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

@@BlankRami Do you have OCD or r u just annoying much? Irregardless, great nontribution to the topic.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

@@BlankRami Do you have a compulsive disorder that you need to contribute with this much irrelelevance to a comment or u just annoying much. Irregardless, cool that you can distinguish between here and hear. I can as well. I here sounds and hear I am or perhaps I am their. Who nose?!

[@rajatjain1284]

The find an error guy was like a German Jordan schlansky!

[@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351]

I have actually checked the errors of the error-finding guy, and he made some errors. This is called 'Meta-German'.

[@jedinxf7]

​@@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 aka Swiss German

[@CousinWhatIsIt]

His improve is mind-blowing.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

Wow than you never have seen real and good improve.

[@TheOfficialDaBoogaloo]

It wasn't until I just Googled Flula Borg that I realized he's absolutely shredded! Glad to see all the staff had a great time filming Conan Without Borders! I just finished watching the Mexico episode and it's such a great series. (Tell Conan to continue it, please and thank you.)

[@pdfbanana]

6'4", shredded, great hair, bilingual, smart, hilarious. if i didn't love him so much i'd hate him

[@CorvusCorone68]

i believe he was in one of the Suicide Squad movies, some guy named Javelin

[@JaxLittles]

He creates and sells a calendar of himself each year

[@andrewarrondo1253]

I wish he had a bigger part in The Suicide Squad. He is hilarious in every role and tv appearance!

[@jeffreyvonstetten5852]

We need to see waaaaaayyyyyy more of Flula in movies and shows. He’s hilarious!

[@susanneosborne7861]

Always delightful. The sharpest wit ever. And in a second language!

[@mulleygraves]

English is his first language

[@OrangeAgent5]

03:35 "Lindenstraße" getting mentioned on Team Coco is as absurd as inventing a perpetuum mobile

[@MissLilyputt]

Flula is so funny! I hope they have him on again.

[@marialolesen8046]

Flula destroys the stereotype that Germans can’t be funny. I love that he has doesn’t let societal limits restrict his comedy.

[@somnolentverve2183]

I've lived in Germany for about a year, and I'm still not used to the staring thing. I thought it was bc I look different, but no, it's just a German thing lol. It's pretty jarring when you're socially anxious, but eh, the train system is pretty cool.

[@hmvollbanane1259]

The problem is that many people not accustomed to what they perceive as being starred at act either uncomfortable or become angered which of course causes even more unwanted attention. The stereotypical sentence of a Turkish immigrant looking for trouble is "was guckst du?" - "why are you looking?" and growing up pre-internet and only knowing my only culture I believed for the longest time that it was some weird Turkish habit/ saying they just carried over to Germany, it was not until I encountered anglophone expats on KZbin complaining about getting "starred" at all the time in Germany that I realized that they actually meant it the way they said it

[@somnolentverve2183]

@@hmvollbanane1259 That's so interesting bc I always thought of turks as being more or less integrated, and that the Germans are used to seeing them, so they don't really get stared at. From an outsider's perspective, I can understand why they get upset haha, it can be a bit much sometimes. Personally, I don't get angry, just very anxious and I pretend not to notice when I'm being stared at 😅.

[@hmvollbanane1259]

@@somnolentverve2183 oh everyone is getting looked at ^^ I am 1,95m tall so no matter what I do I will always have people looking at me as my physique gathers attention if I want it or not. It's just that it is normal to us Germans and hence we don't really care/ feel secure with it (there is no safer place on earth than a rural small town with its grandma-surveillance-system). On the other hand if people look passed me, avert their eyes when I notice them or avoid eye contact I get anxious as that is a really bad sign in Germany (took me quite a bit of getting used to when I lived in Canada as an exchange student for a year)

[@somnolentverve2183]

@@hmvollbanane1259 Oh woww I never would have considered that averting eye contact would garner more attention and that it'd be considered suspicious and anxiety inducing to strangers on the street. Staring where I'm from is considered more threatening and more invasive. I think it's true that the people staring are usually secure and feel at ease with their environment. If you lived where I'm from, you'd get looked at for sure bc of your height (congratulations sounds weird to say, but yeah). I'm like 156cm, so sometimes I get looks from very tall people. It's funny bc we both can't wrap our heads around the obvious vertical size difference lol.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

@@somnolentverve2183 Most importantly it's not staring (when you are in Germany). It's the normal awareness of our surroundings. And yes it is really obvious when someone is not aware of their surroundings or worse tries to avoid looking into it. It's considered rude, like you try to dodge us. Most likely it won't be perceived suspicious but for sure awkward. But normally we don't look at anyone particular just recognising that someone is present. It's common curtesy. When we start to stare (that what is called "starren" in Germany and the direct translation to "stare" is way more intense than "to stare" is. People who stare "starren" are really impolite and cross social boarders. For you it most likely would feel like they try to pierce your soul. It's really bad. What you consider staring is looking for us, and what we consider staring is only describable in English.). So don't feel bothered. Start to look at people, we not only don't mind, we actually are glad when you do. Because when you don't you radiate the feeling of unpredictability.

[@abuabusevic5704]

Germany loves Conan!!!

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

Eh, not really. But he is known.

[@cosmoframe3466]

@@user-xk6jw3wi5u By some people who watched NBC international in 1999.

[@asynchronicity]

"I'm taking you in like a delicious Gatorade"😂

[@lalva5898]

I PRAY Conan brings back the travel specials to different countries! 🙏🏽 ❤

[@voyance4elle]

I love it he is so quick with his wit.

[@treborretsnom6186]

Love this stuff, more ❤

[@germagic2]

love him. he needs his own talk show

[@oOBubbleStreamOo]

I'm german and can confirm that staring in GER means nothing else but "hello, my eyes are open"

[@BetoAzamar]

I love his personality

[@mylesw3909]

Flula is the best

[@12coco100]

U like watching these even after I listened to the podcast, especially editing in all the clips of conan walking

[@bustercherry8734]

I love that band One Erection.

[@jccathc2640]

Conan should do a show with HBO that comes out maybe once every quarter or whatever where he does a new Remote segment like this.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

I love Flula, he's a legend. 😂

[@JonesJr876]

Flula: everywhere, it's universal, like donuts in America 😂😂😂

[@neuvisean1739]

Correct Direction

[@Lucifronz]

"When you're here, nobody cares. Keep staring." - German Motto

[@CalimehChelonia]

Irgendwo muss ich ja hinschauen!

[@juandesalgado]

Depends on what kind of staring. I'm old and my vision is not very good; on some occasion I saw a figure I could not make sense of, so I walked closer and stared intensely trying to figure out what was I seeing... it turned out to be a breast-feeding lady looking back at me in anger.

[@AS-yo2xz]

😂😂

[@protolexis]

I’m currently in Hamburg right now and my very first day here I was so confused why people were staring at me, I felt so judged; but now that I know this it makes a lot more sense! I also found it strange how Germans literally do not jaywalk. They’re honestly a bit weird.

[@LyricalDJ]

Fun fact: jaywalking is something invented by the US car industry to blame pedestrians rather than cars for unsafe situations. Sorry, been watching a lot of infrastructure-type videos recently.

[@pahwraith]

@@LyricalDJ its sweeping the nation. Having an opinion on infrastructure is like having an opinion on Kid A in 2001.

[@raistraw8629]

@@LyricalDJ Fun fact: Jaywalking was invented to hide the fact that the earth is flat.

[@77cns]

Like a Bette Midler from a distance 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TigburtJones]

I was losing the Conan feeling; but Flula has showed me what he’s doing-finding and revealing great comedians and being hilarious with them. Thanks Conan! Thanks Flula!

[@Cheefoo124]

Flula's amazing. I can't tell how much of this bit is pre-meditated, made up on the spot, or actually true.

[@davinnicode]

I love that Flula is pretty much unknown in Germany compared to his popularity level in the US.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

Yeah because when you watch him through German eyes, you only see a pretending guy that understands his audience (America) but is in reality flat. Like he is what the earth in reality is not. He has a quick mind though, I have to give him that.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@user-xk6jw3wi5ui mean he plays up a lot of stuff i assume, all the german accent and mispronunciations becuz thats always been a big comedic factor in the US, i mean Sacha Baron Cohen knows that as a suave British dude known for the wackiest of accents

[@Scraggledust]

Time to move…lmao. I hate guesstimating if I’ve “stared” too long😂. Now I know where to move when I’m kicked out❤

[@susanreinhardt9391]

This is true, and I never got used to the staring! Cultural difference 😂

[@Mediados]

I like how he's 100% fluent but doesn't even try to hide his accent in the slightest

[@CChissel]

His accent isn’t real lol

[@danielmartin2000]

seems like his entire schtick

[@aznthy]

that's not what fluent means, you fool.

[@e.o.486]

He's doing it on purpose! It's not even a real german accent.(german myself) it's really weird...

[@wking8]

Hate to also break it to ya, the deaf frat guy is neither deaf, nor in a frat.

[@gemmaguenther5578]

Such a joy

[@psychochicken9535]

So many of Flula's jokes were lost on these people.

[@sharkulashairstylist5505]

Flula is a running riot of humor! He's so funny! Thanks for this

[@ksjanna]

Flula knows "from a distance" my favorite bette midler song. And its been years since i "met" anyone else who knows it. Flula is amazing!!!!!

[@lachauntiswashington231]

very good

[@ileana8360]

Americans don't stare, they film you without asking with their Iphone

[@krampus225]

I just love Flula.

[@justjokes-shorts9239]

Conan ought to collaborate with HBO on a program where he does fresh Remote segments on a regular basis, say once every three months or so.

[@ginogarcia8730]

this dude always in character haha

[@JonesJr876]

Do people bring their own mustard? Flula: do you mean BYOM? 😂😂😂

[@chrismofer]

conan is definitely a tall redhead from correct direction

[@LycanLink]

Conan says people always ask him if Jordan is real, but my question is if Flula is real. He seems like such a caricature. 😂

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

Yeah that's because he is.

[@jkob8245]

Correct Direction is my Favorite Band dude!!!

[@treborretsnom6186]

"CRIME SCENE CLEANER"....BEST GERMAN TV, EVER...use to be on DW...?♥️

[@jedinxf7]

his GTL is calisthenics, exchange rate manipulation, and staring. shout out to garden state. lmao he's amazing

[@iDard3n]

I can see flula wearing a bring your own mustard shirt

[@tsuikagura]

Love Flula. And love how about at most 10% of the information in any conversation with him is factual :D

[@NanaYawAforo]

"Correct direction" 😂😂😂😂

[@Kitylz]

6:27 Why did Sweeney shut down this golden opportunity?🤣 @flula you’re such beautiful silly silly man! We need more flula!😍

[@sydneymartin8665]

I cringed at that part. Why invite a comedian on the podcast if you're going to shut down their jokes right before the punchline 🤦

[@davidhurtado2725]

Goodness me he's SO fast

[@jessicachernak8699]

It sucks that they killed off Javelin. With Shazaam a big hit I don't see why Flula can't get himself a DC series, maybe reprise Nightcrawler, Blitzkrieg, Maverick etc. I want to see more Flula

[@stefanmarraccini8646]

Flula for President! The Borg in 2024! Good stuff, good stuff. Thanks!

[@williambell6611]

The number of American pop culture references this guy throws out is mind blowing.

[@berlinpeople142]

In America if some says I found a lot of errors and pulls something out of his pocket, most people run.

[@masterxyr]

her headphones have the colours inversed

[@FutureAbe]

“I found a lot more arrows… errors..”

[@asdfjkl7430]

He has to me a similar comedic style as that of the late Robin Williams --a little corny, very quick witted, at times tiringly hyper, very slapstick, but in the end, endearing.

[@Wolfdings]

Fränkisch für Anfänger!!

[@mustyshitlap]

So absurdly funny

[@masterxyr]

yeaaah imma gonna need a vastly wider German feedback on the staring situation though

[@nullakjg767]

geramns always look at you like they are looking to identify you for some sort of list or camp.

[@athmaid]

Maybe we do look at others a little longer than the average european but I wouldn't call it staring. And I certainly wouldn't advise to actually stare people down. That's reserved for grumpy old locals and could get anyone else into trouble

[@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351]

I think the point is that we have different definitions of staring. When you are casually walking down the street in Germany, you will probably make short eye contact with the persons you encounter. From my experience, this is what Americans already will consider 'staring'.

[@hmvollbanane1259]

It's true. Though starring is also considered rude here there is a world of a difference in what we would consider starring. Looking at people, starring wholes into the air, being interested in your surroundings is indeed normal and gets many foreigners boiling for no apparent reason to us. The stereotypical sentence of an angered Turkish immigrant rushing at you for no perceivable reason is "Was guckst du?" (Why are you looking?) and most of us take it as a weird Turkish phrasing they carried over into Germany as to us it is just the most normal and natural thing to do

[@masterxyr]

@@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 fantastic username :D yea that to me isn't staring, it's just being aware and alive and taking in your surroundings. In Southern Western Europe, heck, you could look someone in the eye for say perhaps a whole 1 second, and nobody would think anything of it. There indeed variations but all in all, it is human behaviour. Except Americans, of course.

[@Bane97659]

I guess I don't watch this enough, but who are the people talking to Flula? It's not even in the description.

[@hankochai]

“Like a Bette Midler - from a distance.” He has a bottomless well of American cultural references.

[@marcuscrassus5034]

"you heard me, dont play dumb" DAAAAAMNNN

[@spaceo8568]

I love Flula, but where is Conan?

[@sergioventura2595]

Inside Conan is a podcast where they talk about Conan and tells stories about him

[@jacobpaint]

Flula is always fun but there is something special when he's with Conan. Im not sure why it works but Im sure Flula could come up with an obscure misspoken reference/analogy to explain it perfectly.

[@joejohnson6327]

Könan, we haf great chemistry because we tickle with a little pickle each öther's brain rubber duckies in an arousing, but tötally nonsexual way.

[@arjuninsane]

You guys should invite the elementary school kids Conan sang blues with. The No Chocolate on Sundays kid or the Softballs girl. They are all probably grown up now.

[@tylerbrown4171]

Oh, that German stare thing was the worst! As Australians, my husband and I were unaware of this strange phenomenon, and it was on trains, in laundromats, cafes, and eyes were always on us. The woman on the train, with her family, was the worst. Stuck in the little cabin with her being opposite me, and only one metre away from me, staring straight into my eyes for three hours straight. I didn't know if we were having a blinking contest that I wasn't told about, or whether to laugh or cry! Totally insane.

[@SelfReflective]

Wow, that's strange.

[@666rsrs]

We're just looking

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@666rsrsinto our souls

[@666rsrs]

to be real though, the reason why germans find these comments about the "german stare" so confusing is because for us looking at strangers is just a completely normal form of communication. on the other hand small talk is a lot less common than it is in the us, so this comment is as if i panicked after visiting the us and wrote "why the hell won't people stop talking to me, this is insanity!" after having to engage in small talk

[@skybuilding5182]

Oh my gosh. Lol. I can not beleive how much they were not laughing at this guy's jokes. I could stop laughing. Maybe it was intentional. Gold stuff either way

[@rebeccahowe8842]

Conan would have let out some deep belly laughs at his jokes for sure.

[@kisschicken]

I feel like they forgot he's doing an act.

[@zenbabe69]

I had to watch this. I was at a German festival with my infant daughter. I found a mostly secluded spot where I could sit alone to breastfeed my baby. A man sat down a few tables over and stared openly and unflinchingly when I gave him the stink eye. so, I turned my back to him. I wondered if it were cultural or if he were an unabashed pervert.

[@timgutjahr3254]

100% pervert

[@TallicaMan1986]

This is why we generally don't let people stare in North America. Dude could be a full blown pedophile, but he hasn't done anything wrong because staring isn't a crime so it's best to not let anybody stare for any reason. What I see a lot is Old dudes staring at high school girls.

[@blub2121]

Yeah that was a creep. Universal in all countries. The audacity to even think that Germans are like that in general. Wtf. Talk about the stereotype of Americans having a simplified world view. Also remember Flula is a comedian so ofc. he will overstate and exaggerate things. What is true though is that Eastern Germany isn't as multicultural as the west so by percentage foreigners may get more stares than say e.g. in Western Germany or the US. Doesn't necessarily mean that they are racist or creeps, but mostly that it is something new / unusual to them in the same way that I got stares and comments while living in Eastern Turkey as a German.

[@greenjacketman9321]

Definitely a pevert. There might be a cultural difference in what is considered staring but there is no difference in what is considered appropriate to look/stare at. And staring at a stranger breastfeeding is definitely inappropriate.

[@t.n.7771]

"a walk like I know my IMDb score is pretty low" 😂😂😂

[@armyaj]

I might've been too young at 11 but I was in Bavaria for a month and I don't remember any staring lmfao

[@costeris35]

I’ve been to Germany many many times,I’ve never noticed any staring. Am I just not interesting enough? Do Dutch people do it too, so it seems normal to me? I would certainly stare at Conan. Who could help it?

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

Yes that is because it is not staring. Americans misjudge looking as staring. And it's very likely that most countries around as do it in a similar way. You Dutch I am mostly sure do the same.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

No dutch ppl dont stare any more or less than other europeans. And as a dutch person ive never heard ppl talk about how we stare like Flula talks about the Germans doing so. We’re very different from the Germans in many ways, you’d find a lot more in common with Dutch and Belgians, ik the Netherlands is Germanic but it couldn’t be further apart in cultural aspects

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

@@GuineaPigEverydayIve been to the Netherlands many times and got some dutch friends, and everytime im there or talk with them its seems very familiar as a german, I never noticed any cultural differences besides the language. Got nice people, rude people, generous people, mean people, idiots, smartasses, forthcoming people and reserved people just like anywhere else in the world. How are we cultural so far apart as you say? I doubt you could name any outstanding differences that are not bs preconceptions or cliches.

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

@@GuineaPigEverydayAlso germany is not like one monolithic thing. I bet north german/frisian culture is closer to dutch culture then it could ever be to south or east german culture for example.

[@YodatheHobbit]

The more videos I was of Flula, the harder it becomes for me to till if he's ever saying something serious.

[@dancarpenter2526]

This guy is sterling! Still baffling to me how many people don't get it.

[@Prolific_Troll]

Flula is a national treasure. I'm not sure which nation, but a treasure nevertheless.

[@currykingwurst6393]

Definitely not Germany, since nobody knows him here.

[@DOSkywalkR]

@@currykingwurst6393 well his humor doesn't really work in Germany 😄 as a German I find him funny, but his whole thing is acting like a clueless German with over the top accent who gets everything wrong, that really just plays to an English native speaking audience (or at least people very in tune with English like myself for example). ^^

[@pahwraith]

@@DOSkywalkR this is how every immigrant in america learns to survive, so dont hold it against him.

[@robertabugelis3962]

​@@pahwraith Can confirm. It seems humor goes a long way when you think your English is not the best. And humor really helps open doors.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

Not German treasure. I am very sure about that. He is not only unknown to most here, he also is quite boring in regards of actual comedy. He has a quick mind, I have to give him that and he understands America as an audience, so all yours.

[@Smoses_senpai]

Correct direction is such a better name😂

[@hushlittlegracie933]

Where's Conan?

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

This podcast is just Conan writers, not the Conan podcast. He might drop in on occasion but usually no

[@BigButtPaperWings]

as a swiss, even after watching this, i have no idea what they mean by staring lol... people should visit china if they want to know what staring is :D

[@IO_gao]

"Lindenstraße" is the closest as I ever got to the Holocaust experience.

[@reilly6688]

I lived in Germany all my life and never knew germans staring is a thing. I sometimes notice people kind of watching me but I just assume they think I look interesting or that they recognize me, never crossed my mind that's it's specific to germans. Do Americans avoid looking at strangers?

[@sug1733]

It is not only weird for Americans to stare at people, it is literally weird for the whole world except in Germany. I've been an expat in several Western countries and Latin America, and believe me, Germany is "etwas anderes" 😂!

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@sug1733can u explain how staring is seen in those places besides america?

[@CoachMischa]

I'm German, never heard of this dude.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

I heard the first time of him as he was making a joke that it's logical that Germans are always the bad guys, because have you wikiedia'ed German history. Big bummer in America, really boring for Germans. He is quick witted, but that is kind of everything he has to offer. He's chewing stereotypes as they come and present them with his overly artificial German accent. It seems to be people pleaser over there.

[@kithranen1542]

Flula is so much more confident and easy with his responses in this interview. Is he intimidated by Conan? Is that why he's hesitant when Conan is present? Or is it a more sexual thing?

[@nelson-haha89]

Flula's mind is so incredibly fast. I have to imagine he hears something in English, translates it to German in his head, comes up with the right thing to say in German, translates to English, and then translates the English to slightly fucked up but funnier English. All in a split second.

[@kanagawakenji7]

That's not how speaking a second language works.

[@mirhurta77]

When you’re fluent in another language you instantly understand just like your first language. Interpreters typically work while the person is speaking.

[@user-xk6jw3wi5u]

You don't speak a second language, do you? Because then you would know that you actually never translate into your native language. You actually understand the second language.

[@rolanddeschain6089]

I have to say something now. This "German Staring" thing has kind of gotten totally out of proportion on the internet. I never noticed that in Germany there is an unusual amount of staring. Honestly. Most people on public transport ect. rather avoid eye contact. Sure, you can meet strange people, but overall I would say it's not even a "thing" there. I don't even know where the rumor came from? Especially if you've already been to India, for example. That's no comparison at all.

[@bluemountainw1789]

Canadians and Americans are so uptight that eye contact for more than 2 seconds is considered staring

[@SelfReflective]

@@bluemountainw1789 And we have an Australian in the comments who was stared at for three hours on the train. I guess Australians are uptight too.

[@fifthhoven]

It is rude and annoying as hell, just nobody would care about anyone complaining. "Little" difference to "why it is not rude"... The same as rude driving, which is very common. (Or the trend of buying these fat tank-like black boxes of SUVs which in itself is a toxic statement and which makes the behaviour very predictable.) The existence of it doesn't mean it is anything else than rude. And I never liked "cheesifying" of something obnoxious to justify it, which is also one of the commonest things on the internet. 4:39 At least he admits that part, it truly is a mystery... The starers probably have an instinct to automatically avoid it.

[@carlosfrostygreen6855]

Universal comedy" Conan is well known for a historically record around the world. All years of his career.☘️🍀❤️😃👨‍🦰

[@DJ-ov2it]

one of the direction boys... aw yeeeaaah