When Germans Try To Explain Their Past 🤣

[@Handleoriginal12]

“The Germans were misunderstood” is what I heard

[@rangerleaf1505]

That's not even close to what he's saying

[@lm1407]

​@@rangerleaf1505it's accurate though

[@smartfck4]

Germans were 100% misunderstood and the world is beggining to realize that

[@Cognitive_Fun]

Huh? What do you mean you said grab the juice?? oh shit

[@jm52995]

Look at Israel

[@theshackledgamer799]

I had a German friend in College, great guy, very fond of dark humor. One night, we were at a beer house in Nashville, flirting with some of the local ladies and one girl, who seemed a little dense, asked him why Europeans didn't just speak the same language like we do in America; he said, "well, the reason for that, liebling, is because Germany lost the war." 😂

[@josephrion3514]

Excellent.

[@lion2535]

If it wasn't for the US, all Europeans would be speaking Russian now.

[@Dutchman-2002]

​@@lion2535without US aid to the Soviet Union, they wouldve lost millions more.

[@Nuclear-Cheesecake]

@@lion2535 If it weren't for the US, many Americans could afford healthcare

[@rapiner]

​@@Dutchman-2002us aid was tiny to russian war efforts in ww2.

[@cripplingdepression981]

Polish guy is way too smart for his friend group

[@Hatman40]

He’s german

[@Brina.-gb6ib]

BS. Germany was seen by the US as an opportunity to have a reliable partner in an important location in Europe hence the Marshallplan. There is nothing superior about Germans. Nothing about their "work mentality" or whatever people wanna sell you. This concept is highly rascist and dangerous and I say this as a German

[@Brina.-gb6ib]

Not at all. US decided they want Germany as a reliable ally in Europe hence the Marshallplan. If they decided otherwise they could've act like they do towards countries in the Middle East and Germany wouldn't have recovered either. There is nothing superior or special about Germans. It was not there great "work mentality" or whatever bs people wanna sell. And frankly they did not learn anything from the past and I don't think Germany SHOULD have any power after WWII because f@s!sm never actually went away. I am German btw and I quite literally see every day the superior complex people still have. This is very real

[@Brina.-gb6ib]

Simple answer because US decided they want Germany as a reliable ally in Europe hence the Marshallplan. If they decided otherwise they could've act like they do towards countries in the Middle East and Germany wouldn't have recovered either. There is nothing superior or special about Germans. It was not there great "work mentality" or whatever bs people wanna sell. And frankly they did not learn anything from the past and I don't thinkGermany SHOULD have any power after WWII because f@s!sm never actually went away (I am German btw. )

[@lebenwielary7878]

Nah, it was just an unfortunate way of saying what he meant considering the situation and topic

[@iliketrains746]

We learned not to ally with italy again

[@DennisMacharia-gi9ts]

😂😂 should have known

[@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508]

Considering both of you are in NATO doesnt seem so

[@peterpanzer5058]

Accepting Italy while also having all of europes backing is a fair trade, Italy can't fuck all of us over xD

[@madmantis101]

As an Italian myself, I would also reccomend to never ally with Italy

[@loloverlord1664]

Goering wrote "We have the worst ally one could ever conceive..." He was talking about Italy. Someone told me Hitler said "With allies like Italy, you don't need ennemies to lose", but I think it's bullshit, I can't trace back this quote and found zero source about it.

[@erictheguapo]

"I'm Polish..." he says in a sterotypical German accent

[@dyto2287]

Nah, thats Polish accent.

[@nuthatch_gaming]

@@dyto2287 nope

[@hrodebrt]

@@dyto2287 I'm sorry but its the same thing

[@vexial12]

@@dyto2287it’s the same thing

[@erictheguapo]

@@dyto2287 You can't gaslight us you Germ

[@kordell8057]

"we know now how to do it better . Third time is the charm after all"

[@libraalibaba]

😂😂😂😂at the rate the world is going i hope so. We need some changes

[@marcin3879]

Yeah, you can’t conquer the world solo, even as a superpower. The U.S. learned that lesson. It takes alliances and cooperation to navigate global challenges.

[@yellow_flash813]

Nah, theyll get shut down quick quick if they try again

[@acosmicbeing3854]

​@@marcin3879Solo? Japan, Italy? These were German allies.

[@marcin3879]

@@acosmicbeing3854 Germany would’ve been better off if Italy had stayed neutral, like Switzerland. Instead of being a reliable ally, Italy constantly needed Germany’s help with logistics and strategy, forcing the Germans to fight on additional fronts. They lacked the patriotism and drive to be effective. As for Japan, they didn’t really contribute much to Germany. In fact, Germany gave Japan more advanced tech, like the Tiger I, Me 262, U-boats, and the MG42. Japan didn’t go to war with the U.S. because of some deep plan with Germany-it was more like, "Why not join them?" Their alliance was more symbolic than anything strategic.

[@muaddibles]

"If we didn't have World War 2, I wouldn't know not to hate ze Jews" was so quick from Will 😂😂😂

[@ThatDudeDeven]

Unless this was edited to be 5x the pause length between them saying either thing, you don’t know wtf “quick” means 😂

[@ForgedHorizons]

Its cool to be antisemitic again now so i guess not all things are learned.

[@siddxartxa]

It's a joke but it is actually the truth

[@Cameron-qc7yk]

The irony now everyone will say the same about Israel and Palestine, alot of people will have a quick change of their opinion when they find out how evil Israel actually are.

[@lutschilutschi10]

And so unbelievable stupid, and that’s from someone who lives in the country with the biggest slavery history of all time. And trump

[@YnnY_1]

Bro said "The only Ls we take are lessons. Germany in 4."

[@butlar265]

German in 4 is wild 💀

[@guy2006]

😳

[@reinsmano]

This time they’ll make the reich choice

[@andresp8037]

Lmao Germany at 4

[@roach1892]

Germany going for the sweep

[@ziroundefined5938]

Wasn’t ww1 a blame game and Germany was chosen to be the butt

[@wissenistmacht8930]

Yes. One big part why the nazis have rissen

[@Rayman-ie3ld]

Not really, after the assassination of the arch Duke Austria hungary gave an unreasonable ultimatum to serbia, as a pretext for war. When serbia rejected it, germany back their claim while the soviets sided with serbia, triggering the alliance with France. Germany greatly expanded the war with the rape of Belgium where they enlsaved many Belgians in forced labor camps, and executed many in the streets as reprisals for reticence to their invasion, dragging Britain into the war (who garunteed Belgian neutrality). Germany submarines also sank US ships trading with Britain, angering the Americans, and then asked Mexico to invade the US if they sided the Entente dragging America into the war. At almost every step the Germans escalated the war

[@cogahan]

Yup, you got it

[@roberth4395]

Hungary was sarificed for Germany's crime. Germany came out as the leader of Europe after the World Wars (-> European Union)

[@klamlk7466]

short answer: yes, you are correct. long answer, german militarism and nationalism was one of the main driving points of escalation. we pretty much were at least as guilty as austrians/brits/french/russian. but the central location and "might" of germany is the old problem of too big to be small, to small to be big. german ambitions at that time were very dangerous in the context of european politics

[@Odium16]

actually in germany "we really learned an important lesson in worldwar 2" is said in every history lesson for the last 3 years of school at least twice yeah

[@Monojoe]

I heard you guys are still giving them checks! xD What a sham.

[@62sy]

@@Monojoeit makes them look like the good guys… what’s a few million for the global: “this guys are COOL”

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@Monojoe That's called reperations and honoring contracts. Also i love it when people say "i heard". Yeah, that's all you did. Never actually looked anything up, but yaps around.

[@Monojoe]

@ngotemna8875 yapping the truth, apparently. You must be getting checks from your great, great aunt.

[@ismellpedo]

And yet the AfD is experiencing a surge in popularity amongst the German population… your schools must not be doing much by the way of teaching

[@BlazyWinters8366]

"I'm polish, but my grandparents are German veterans" 💀

[@tomtacker1457]

Actually, many Nazi fled to america because more were welcomed there than in Germany. Probably because of the freedom of speech.

[@alexl.7917]

Wheres the problem? Didnt u listen in history class m8?

[@RusskiyDatchanin]

@@alexl.7917you missed the joke Mr nerd

[@joeheart5808]

So you are half German not polish....

[@Damian.84]

​@@joeheart5808what? Im polish and live in poland and dislike germany does that make me german bc my grandparents were german?

[@Killer-44]

bro when he said " im polish" I lost it

[@abilawaandamari8366]

"There's either winning or learning" goes kinda hard, just maybe not in this context 😂

[@Anakin_Ackerman]

Ngl it goes hard, but ur right lmao

[@turtle4llama]

It's an extremely Polish argument

[@tribson9788]

It does even in this context. They learned to bounce back and they learned to not let it happen again

[@nickklaver11]

they are learning for round 3

[@guyd7924]

He is Pole, they should know about “learning ”

[@Stak0]

that’s a different kinda nick laugh

[@surrealparadox395]

f'd up humor really gets to him

[@aku_mado]

the political joke laugh

[@wishes_._]

He likes the dark humor

[@Justin-eq5ok]

That’s his real laugh

[@WiseAlbatross]

“I’m Polish” is lowkey the funniest thing to happen in that house on that day

[@SundaraRamanR]

Unironically true - Europe as a whole was a lot more antisemitic before world war II. It was the popular thing to do in Britain too, until the war made it "the enemy side's stance" and so made it unpopular.

[@MightyKondrai]

*the world as a whole

[@pht9317]

Wonder what they did to make people that mad.

[@A4StringThing]

Surprise, it’s still. Also racism and hate against Muslims is pretty normal here

[@JITCompilation]

Same with the U.S.

[@Meowthix]

@@pht9317 Developed the current banking system. For much of history the Jewish actually had huge power when it came to economy.

[@cecropsttv]

That kind of answer he gave lowkey makes it seem Germany is trying to “learn” from their mistakes, so they’re plans aren’t ruined 😂

[@Enigmashoot]

There were no mistakes

[@ThuggNasty72]

"They're plans" 💀

[@cecropsttv]

@@ThuggNasty72 “ThuggNasty72” 💀

[@CG-xx2er]

@@Enigmashootclearly there was

[@benndarayta9156]

Or learn that war isn't the solution

[@benfletcher8100]

“There is either winning or learning” is such a great line

[@James-kv3ll]

Will looks like a stereotypical 80s action star on vacation with the hair, beard, and glasses combo.

[@Rossoneri2]

All that's missing is a mountain of coke

[@zackwarri]

@@Rossoneri2how do you theirs not… don don doooonnnm!

[@macsram9720]

Arthur is a good dude. Nick is lucky to have an uplifting personality/partner whilst dealing with a breakup.

[@riechen]

How u know they broke up

[@crowdpleasers6198]

​@@riechenNick tweeted it finally

[@Ben-he4jx]

@@crowdpleasers6198:(

[@vexial12]

@@crowdpleasers6198as a joke. For those reading she just moved to Norway

[@sama2086]

​@@vexial12 are u sure?

[@nickk4953]

Him being polish is the icing on the cake

[@Cryptati0n]

“i’m polish” had me rolling

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@oldgus01]

Whole country gets steamrolled by two superpowers united in hatred, and goes "it's not losing if we don't give up" until they win.

[@drakehansen8099]

“Winning or learning.” Poland has learned a lot

[@Yogiitey]

Truu

[@RmX.]

Yup, we learned that we can't count on our allies

[@qwerty-p6j]

Ah yes Poland >cuts Germany in half with the Corridor >the Corridor has many germans living in it >dismisses every peaceful offer of Germany to provide connection to east prussia >has beef with EVERY single neighboring country "Why are we being invaded" I mean, Poles don't like to admit that but we kiiiiiindaaaa asked for it

[@josephdoan1355]

ay yo

[@jaeyd4]

The answer is US backing in western Germany after the war. Much less sanctions after ww2, and simply not sticking to the sanctions after ww1 was also a big factor. Around the 50‘s to 70‘s the birthrates began to stagnate and there was a worker shortage, so they brought in migrant workers and the economy boomed. Solid social welfare and healthcare programs reduce the loss of the worker pool through poor health or not being able to financially recover from big financial troubles which stabilises the economy. That and the fact that Germany has had a fairly solid industrial base for the past 200 years or so which has largely been able to adapt with the market. It’s not a chip on our shoulder or a can do attitude. It was good management of the economy and a lot of external help.

[@212thfives8]

i think people are overestimating the role of the marshall plan in germany's "comeback". sure it was very important to kick start the economy, but we shouldn't forget that nearly every european country was psrt of the marshall plan. E.g. france and england received more than double the amount of financial aid than germany did, while there econemy didnt grew nearly as much as germany's did.

[@akallstar5]

@@212thfives8Europe would be 25-30 years behind where it is now without the Marshall plan full stop. It’s most of the reason

[@hjalmar-zs2jj]

Yo Same with Japan. Also both were not allowed heavy military investments which left more money for civil infrastructure…

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

​@@212thfives8 France and England were in the process of losing their colonies, while West Germany was recieving large continuous support due to its position on the border of the iron curtain

[@James-ey3nr]

Germany‘s location in the center of Europe is extremely juicy for any economy. As long as there are no heavy sanctions etc. it‘s really not unexpected for the economy to do well.

[@RJam56]

I have never seen nick laugh like that 😂

[@iWeltenbummler]

American starts over 50 wars and act like this :

[@akallstar5]

Just to be clear, the US has absolutely, without question facilitated by far the most peaceful planet as global superpower than anyone else has ever. You do know that right? That the US has formed the largest global defense alliance, has calmed Europe down, and decolonized the planet? When all Germany ever did was purely attend to its own interests and perform a global holocaust?

[@RighteousInquisition]

There's either winning or learning

[@cihancelik4204]

@@RighteousInquisitionah achso ze americans learns nothing

[@Agentcoolguy1]

Typical loser attitude lmao. Cope and seethe.

[@xerts1]

@@RighteousInquisition The only thing America learns from losing is to spend more money on the military.

[@TheToonpimp]

"with your origin" "I'm Polish." Guy shut up real fast after that.

[@rockandrollrockandrollrock6930]

Glad to see will around more lately. He seems like an awesome fit

[@coolsquirtlesquad]

He seems funny in a non-forced streamer way

[@kuroyasha_ryu1353]

Will is like cyr. Amazing on other's stream . Meh on his.

[@oxsila]

@@kuroyasha_ryu1353 Same goes for pretty much 90% of these guys including Cyr unless it's like an event thing on their stream. When it's just them in their room they're obviously more laid back and not trying to be funny as they would in a group

[@semi6544]

I think Will lives in CA. When he is in Austin, he is visiting right? I don't think all of OTK are in Austin all the time.

[@Setsuna11]

That voice that will neff makes is hilarious can't stop laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Xtrendence]

You should watch the OTK murder mystery party then, it's like 5 hours of him doing the voice and it's hilarious the entire time.

[@rinfish]

the marco st marco 😂

[@kkuwura]

Especially considering that he has German roots

[@wallung1876]

You dont want to look into my German head, when "seven nation army" is playing

[@jonathannakintunde679]

He was actually dropping wisdom and Americans act like they didn’t abuse their power when seen as a powerful nation. Different is Germany learned and America did not

[@akallstar5]

Nahhhh, the United States used their power to establish the largest global alliance in history by far with unprecedented DEFENSE pacts (meaning we help allies defend, not go to war), unite Europe by our heavy hand after basically thousands of years of war, defeat communism and fascism, facilitate decolonization, AND doing so while serving Americas interests. Sorry bro America is not the same as prior superpowers from Europe as much as you want to believe they’re the same. Europeans are in no position to be dropping any “knowledge.” Germany and the whole of Europe recovered due to the Marshall plan which was free money from America to build Europe.

[@BasedHoliday]

The most intellectual take I’m surprised exists in this comment section lol.

[@TheBonecrusherz]

Did Germany actually learn tho? I wouldn't say so.

[@akallstar5]

@@jonathannakintunde679 What is America supposed to learn? America used their superpower status to establish the largest global defense alliance (not offensive) ever. They paved the way for the UN, decolonization, more countries in the Middle East than ever recognize Israel and trade with them, communism and fascism fell after WW2 and the Cold War respectively. The US rebuilt Europe with free money in the Marshall plan. We could’ve treated Europe like colonies. I’m sorry, the US and Germany aren’t the same, Germany and Europe used their superpower status purely for self gain, the US looked out for its own interests in a far more collaborative manner.

[@akallstar5]

@@jonathannakintunde679 America has used its superpower status for good, Germany for evil. The US has made some mistakes but by NO means has similar lessons to learn. They’re not the same sorry.

[@JustHi3132]

Bro this new nick arc is so hype ngl man much love to everyone involved

[@holymosey2556]

Most "out of pocket" joke ever made by them 😂

[@DvornyashkaDiaries]

There was a Holy Roman Empire before Germany, before WW1 there was The Germany led by Bismarck that became largest industrial country in the world. Germans are just ahead of a curve.

[@erickariuki6842]

It was the USA. The US become the biggest NATIONAL economy by the 1820s...it's been like that ever since

[@tegridyfarms6197]

The HRE as a german state is kinda redicilous man... You can make calims for 1814 with the pongress of viena and the clear seperation of other nations from the areas that became later germany. Other wise you just as confusted as Alexander Gauland or unable to read...

[@MG10224]

⁠​⁠@@tegridyfarms6197why? Literally the third reich hitler proclaimed was meant to be the successor of the first (HRE) and second (Pre WW1). The HRE however wasn’t comparable to countries like France, England, Russia. It was a nation, but it wasn’t until Bismarcks time that German nations ever really were united. They even fought themselves through centuries. The formation of a national state was always the biggest fear of France and England, as they knew a united German state will have huge potential to outscale them (which it did immensely).

[@DrEcKiGeRDaN88]

​@@MG10224 And the EU is the fourth reich. Take a closer look in the bible. The beast from the sea.

[@Officialnorio]

We actually do walk around and say "wow. We really learned an important lesson in ww2." Nearly our whole history teaching is about this and we also have a name for it: "erinnerungskultur" It means something like "remembering culture". We dont want to forget what happend and dont want anything like this ever happen again. I know, the point of the video is sth different, but i think more countries need an individual "erinnerungskultur".

[@Enigmashoot]

Thats how they keep you in check

[@Enigmashoot]

Fake shame, wake up

[@Officialnorio]

@@Enigmashoot if you think that education keeps you down, you should start reading some books. We think our education system is bad, but its gold standard in comparison to the US.

[@Enigmashoot]

@@Officialnorio Grow some fucking balls Hans you are pathetic

[@juliasteam2077]

​@@Enigmashoot you're confusing shame and humility.

[@1Zkorpio]

Any war is a lose/lose situation

[@curtiszyr]

Morally speaking yes , but materialistically speaking there’s always a winner

[@pablopastenesrojas378]

​@@curtiszyr Not really most of the time It brings economical crisis so maybe in the long run but in the short one not really

[@DudeNamedDude1776]

Hahahahaha Will cooked him up like a professional chef 💀

[@bolshevi3187]

If only history was this neat and straightforward

[@etherospike3936]

That's comedic gold, right there !

[@NTDang]

Dude this actually a good point!

[@aiwili2bh]

Nick laughing is one of the happiest things

[@partydudeify]

Bro this was one of the funniest things ive ever seen 😂😂

[@thomastw6757]

Honest answer? It is a combination of engineering and geographic. I mean german engineering doesn't need to be explained, but combined with a position right in the centre of Europe, with a template climate, big coal reserves, open plains for farming and the big population of NRW it is no wonder. Also the marshall Plan helped a lot.

[@pascaltomasovic3586]

you forgot culture in your example

[@punani_slayer4209]

Germany is pretty impressive when you think about it like that

[@radimmeduna5764]

Kinda yes but also kinda not. Before 1935 Germany was not very strong economically or army wise. They just built a lot of weapons and tanks in secret for some years but it wasn't that much stronger than most even smaller european nations, it was only cause of appeasement that they got A LOOT of resources, manpower and equipment by literally just asking UK and France. After WW2 they didn't really have to pay that many reparations, at least compared to what they were supposed to be paying after WW1. The Allies even helped quite a bit to stabilize West Germany.

[@chanesy_]

Thank you ​@@radimmeduna5764

[@TimeFadesMemoryLasts]

@@radimmeduna5764 It was very wise of the allies to stabilize West Germany. It made sure to not repeat the same mistakes after WW1 once again.

[@marvinlangohr7104]

​@@radimmeduna5764germany is paying reparations to this day what are you talking about

[@tomj1676]

@@radimmeduna5764 You're just wrong, it was an industrial powerhouse. Not that it's cool what happened, to be clear, but that's why. Very strong infrastructure, education, research, and technological innovation. Strongest in key industries like steel, chemicals, and machinery. But i agree that a lot can be prevented by not appeasing. Greetings from Germany.

[@drebeck2542]

The amount of humour in this video is gold

[@MrGodPowered]

They learned what not to do wrong next time 😂

[@marvinlangohr7104]

i mean it's funny cause if you talk to (at least west) germans about ww2, the most common train of thought would be something about "i hope we learned our lesson, things are moving in the wrong direction again"

[@KF-mg4ix]

Yes. Sadly, from the voting results you can see the plague spreads to the west.:(

[@lisamirako1073]

Things have been moving in the wrong direction with increasing speed since 2010. But more and more people are now realizing this, thank goodness!

[@mariusd.396]

Do not point out eastern Germany like that. Sure there are 30% voting for the AfD here, but 70% are not. And I hardly believe Bavaria learned anything from the past. The problem of many people voting for the AfD here is western Germany pissing on the east in multiple ways (e.g. economy, political representation) and not fantasies of conquering the world again.

[@7empestGaming]

if Nick googled that question, he wouldn't like the answer lmao

[@Sir_Bearwhisperer]

German here. War creates Creatitvity and Ideas . thats why . After being occupatied by Sovjet forces , many Sovjets stole all kind of machines and ideas (small and very big ones) from germans . Many of this huge machines works so good they even used today .

[@foolishgenius]

It's like people forget German engineering is one of the greatest things on planet Earth they make the best cars them and Japan ironically it's very easy for them to bounce back

[@cykeok3525]

Maybe there's some similarities between genocidal world domination and making good cars and machines. As nations, they gave up on trying to do the first, so they just did the second instead.

[@afteritsallsaidanddoneisti9285]

Small nation + Massive U.S funding. japan's constitution was even written by an Americans.

[@mane4209]

this is the right answer.

[@samuelbekele3601]

Geography and economics too. The West wanted Germany on their side. Japan also has an important position and being allies with them has allowed the west to control the Pacific. Tons of money got pumped into those two countries and we've mutually benefited from it.

[@A4StringThing]

@@mane4209lol no it isn’t

[@wuziproductions4900]

“I’m polish” Well you win 😂

[@collinspatrick-nwika6307]

world war, adolf's door, europe's poor germany in 4

[@NoHacksTSR]

“There is no winning and losing only winning and learning “ says the kid who always got the participation award 😂

[@hotdog9262]

the US did not win major conflicts between 1945 and 1991. plenty of participation awards

[@raphaelalexandreyensen6291]

@@hotdog9262 eh we won the cold war

[@hotdog9262]

@@raphaelalexandreyensen6291 its just a label. not a war^^

[@Luggaster]

hey we may have only gotten participation reward but our holliwood villain industry is boomin ever since

[@robdimino8220]

Ive said that all my life, Arthur is the MAN. There is no winning or losing, there is winning or learning.

[@cheezygordito7627]

Their engineers. Other countries didn’t let that go to waste. They just came to an agreement, made it look good & eventually helped the Germans get back on their feet. Same with the Japanese. Unless you can help the allies you’re just a throwaway country that’s more valuable being destabilized, especially if those countries are resource rich like many South American and African countries.

[@olska9498]

But destabilized countries don't extract their resources in any efficient way. That's just uneductaed BS that you wrote.

[@riggsmarkham922]

It's multifaceted: 1. Many countries after losing wars/suffering disasters have horrifying damage to their infrastructure and huge portions of their population dead or disabled. Germany didn't really have this after WWI (although it did a bit after WWII) 2. Many disaster-stricken countries have years and years of civil wars and coups and warlordism that make effective governance basically impossible. Germany didn't really suffer this (ok, they did a *little* bit after WWI, but not that much). 3. Most countries don't get tons and tons of money and help rebuilding after wars and disasters. (West) Germany did.

[@hadhamalnam]

Yeah, in general the biggest asset a country can have economically is not its infrastructure or resources, it's its people with their education and skills. If you maintain that, even after destruction of physical infrastructure you can recover (although as a caveat international relations are of course also vital, because if the people who conquered you decide that you are going to stay destroyed, then you cant do much about that.)

[@olska9498]

@@riggsmarkham922 What do you mean "they did a bit"? There were literally several coups and a civil war after WW1 and the majority of German cities lay in ashes with a huge population dead after WW2. Both things you mentioned literally happen to Germany, not " a bit" but in extreme forms. And West Germany got LITERALLY 1/1000th of the devloping aid after WW2 as African countries got in the last 30 years. 1/1000th, that's 0,1%!

[@giulioceresini1435]

Germany's war debt is frozen. Once the UN decicede that it is time to pay it up, the economy won't be that strong. Also the value the euro was calculated based on the german mark, so during the transition to euros Germany was basically the only country that didn't get fucked in the conversion.

[@Despicable_G]

They were the strongest economy in Europe before both conflicts

[@bobbobert9379]

They also benefitted from massive industrialization efforts built up for the wars beyond both wars.

[@gabagoooooooooool]

After he said yeah in the beginning he farts 😂😂😂

[@pano3232]

Arther says one line and breaks Will and Nick. 🎉

[@Kay0Bot]

My take on "winning or learning" ....Germans will just keep trying till they win

[@gmsimon]

the clip got even better and better. XD

[@Nico-mu7pv]

in Germany we say alle guten dinge sind 3

[@benjaminkramer3607]

Richtig

[@mamsf3]

Germany losing was bad though.

[@luchi850]

Same thing with Japan - this is what happens when you don't need to spend money on your Military. All the money went into social infrastructure and business development. They literally grew themselves into economic powerhouses with full investment. The upside of losing a war is you are demilitarised and the victors take charge of your national defence, such as the USA.

[@Yummycapcake]

Also they got huge fundings and loans just because they became allies with the US

[@zandrazoo2112]

Don't forget the marshall plan

[@leefswgoh7558]

@@zandrazoo2112 the usa really benefitted the most from wwII.

[@OhDearTheBier]

As a German that last joke with 'If we hadn't had World War II we wouldn't have learned not to hate Jews' is HILARIOUS!!! xDDD Dark humour at it's finest, well done sir!

[@Zenterer]

We learn out of mistakes and accept them instead of pretending they don't exist... america...

[@Despicable_G]

@@Zenterer fuck you for perfectly summarizing us

[@princesswhite9377]

yeah, we actually do that tho. honestly, never heard a german say „we lost the war“, it’s just a whole lot of „we learned from it“, „it really taught us a lot“ etc

[@JacobStrife]

"I just saw a tiktok yesterday" all we needed to know😂

[@CaptainKrunchh]

Its because we work our asses off!!!

[@nook9814]

Andddddd a ton of assistance from the US to rebuild the western part of the country

[@MV-ri7zu]

​@nook9814 Same as japan, but both would have bounced back anyway, because of their robust culture, education and skillset. How much money have various african countries received and they are going nowhere lol

[@nook9814]

@@MV-ri7zu Ummm no because if the USSR would’ve taken control of Germany they wouldn’t be in the situation they are today. Which African country? There are many that are well off. Also the ones that are going through turmoil right are main cause of corruption which money can’t fix

[@kinglizard3406]

@@nook9814 aah coruption again, well after ww2 lots of people who suport nazi (teachers, doctors and so) didn lost jobs even usa and brits left them alone or work with them.. in 1960-1970 lots of Germans students start protest and remove ex nazi from position, by that they remove coruption that was left after ww2

[@buuhan6808]

​​​@@nook9814the money the US gave wasn't that much but the key to a rapid economic rise of Germany we call "Wirtschaftswunder".

[@jordynensor2081]

honestly i get what he means. he didn’t say germans are misunderstood btw he said that the definition of losing is being misunderstood. having any kind of nazi memorabilia or speaking in favor of nazis at all in german is an extremely serious crime. honestly germany is more ashamed and angry at their own past than the united states is at it, and that’s not even going into how the united states feels about ITS own past. i don’t think germany could have survived if it wasn’t for the steps they took to completely and utterly without question denounce the actions of their past, while not denying them either. idk if ive heard of a single other country doing that as well as germany has

[@sko1beer]

Mean while Japanese government has doubled down teach the children at school we was on the good guys team in ww2

[@LightningBugInTheSwamp]

They didn't do all that lmao you fell for german pr there's antisemitic monuments still on church's and swastika memorals inside for lost soldiers in Russia. they've buried a well known neo nazi ontop of a Jewish man in the same grave, they've elected literally nazis and had them heavily in government positions post war, hindered Jewish victims seeking reparations, citizenship and so on. Just some examples. Don't fall for propaganda.

[@clonetrooper730]

​@@sko1beerHonestly its fucking crazy to me how much Japan plays the victim after the shit they did.

[@sko1beer]

@@clonetrooper730 it also shows how the germans did regret what it did compared to the Japanese's

[@leefswgoh7558]

wir haben es nicht gewusst

[@optimus7276]

this guys German impression was so good XD

[@dufusfriends3593]

Third times the charm maybe???

[@AnimaChronix3]

They'll probably be an ally next time

[@mariolukas584]

​@@AnimaChronix3I mean it's still a world war and once we are at it why stop

[@Greg_Stache]

I cried laughing “Maybe if we didn’t have WW2 I wouldn’t know not to hate 😂😂😂😂 I’m crying

[@AppImage]

"no one loses in war" is certainly a very interesting take

[@Piccohan123]

Ein drittes Mal verlieren wir nicht

[@marvinlangohr7104]

ohhh pass auf was du hier schreibst

[@RTHLSS]

third time's a charm. go for it 😎

[@maximilian2843]

Sag das Putin

[@kinglizard3406]

@@maximilian2843 bcs Putin conquer Ukraine, ooo wait they didnt

[@Blaag92]

Stimmt, weil wir beim dritten mal hoffentlich nicht mit machen. Hab kein bock auf so ein Scheiß

[@Siddhartha92]

To be fair, when Germans aren't trying to take over the world, they do and make incredible things

[@MV-ri7zu]

Id argue they did pretty good at both their allies just werent on their level.

[@wobblegong]

Like poop porn

[@iiREYteoii]

They got big help tho

[@kinglizard3406]

they paid reparation and pay back help they got and become power again, show me country that achieve that..

[@Damian.84]

​@@kinglizard3406poland

[@sgtigerj]

There’s no losing, there’s only regrouping.

[@sgtigerj]

Look at japan and germany. Look at Russia.

[@monkeyprime7193]

German here, in the wars they tried to take from others. Now they take from there own people. Like prices and taxes are crazy and old people have to beg on the streets...

[@Marct5f]

Come to France buddy if u think taxes in Germany are crazy. You guys just won, that's why you're running the EU. Even France is your bitch, which is crazy as the 2nd power.

[@AldjinnTV]

French here. Pretty much the same except they keep taking from the colonies

[@glenstortroen1286]

The most serious ive ever seen Cyr be lol

[@holz2808]

Das Alpha Industries Shirt darf nicht fehlen 😂

[@__Black_Sheep__]

Hey Siri, play "the Nazis are not so bad" from the musical spies are forever.

[@richardlamarre3610]

"survive the learning curve" classic

[@xoliswamphuti1320]

That last line was a killer 😂😂💔

[@waffleMccoy]

"Im polish" best punchline ever😂😂🎉

[@jojojojoseph]

Remember mountain dew's name our new drink voting competition? lmao

[@mastalive]

Why did the sunglasses guy immitate jim carrey 😂

[@samiahmadi6862]

when you think you’re smart but your friends remind you you’re not 😂

[@LurkyTurkey_]

They got a schnitzel on their shoulder

[@mattgreen5800]

"I'm Polish." Germany: "For now."

[@felixsasdasd83]

He is right there is no loosing if u learn from mistakes😊

[@l.w.j.pendergast6756]

As a german i daily go around saying that ro myself 😂😂😂

[@StickyButtercup]

Bros defense was “I watched a TikTok video”💀

[@dawidwojacki5049]

"I'm polish" got me, lmao 😂

[@smallhands4348]

Good education - smart leadership - hard work - making sacrifices. That was the whole secret. Best regards from failing Germany!

[@Dopeydude326]

German school: Okay kids what did we learn about "Art" today?

[@PA_Sword]

"I'm Polish" actually killed me

[@tigerwoods2814]

We learned "the Peacemakers are Not the Peacemakers "

[@niklasra669]

He‘s so right tho, loosing is not learning from your mistakes

[@aku_mado]

this is the funniest thing Will have ever said 💀

[@enriquer4506]

Why does Will laugh like a dog coughing and why is it so funny lmao

[@Ace_Mobile]

"Im Polish" man safed himself

[@purpurwonderful]

in a war, you either win or learn.... notice "learn". unironically