Do foreigners think Germans are too direct?

We teamed up up with @EasyGerman for the first ever joint street interview.
We landed in Berlin to find out Do foreigners think Germans are too direct. Then Easy German does the reverse in German. This was a collaboration you guys kept asking so we did it.
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[@leitaochen8889]

Germans are direct, and they can accept people do the same to them. That's fair.😄😄

[@EverythingEuro]

Being direct is rude. It's not something to be proud of.

[@leitaochen8889]

@@EverythingEuro Agree to disagree. Although I’m not a German, I kind of appreciate their straightforwardness. On the other hand, faked politeness is rather annoying.

[@EverythingEuro]

Faked politeness got us so far as a species and separated us from Animals. Being straightforward all the time is considered uncivil, which makes Germans uncivilized.

[@EverythingEuro]

@@leitaochen8889 I don't understand why my original comment was deleted. In my opinion, not being straightforward sets us apart from animals and helps us progress as a species.

[@RobinFalkowski]

@@EverythingEuro youre weak pc woke p*ssy

[@daylightmoon7285]

"If you have a German friend, you have a true friend." This is very true.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

The word "if" is the catch. I know second generations born and raised in Germany with hardly any German friend. Germans hardly make any friendship with non Germans, especially across racial lines. Even their friendship otherwise, are entirely transactional. I help you with dog sitting, you help me with relocation.

[@sternleiche]

@@val-schaeffer1117 It is rather the other way around, from my experience.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@sternleiche What could be the "other way around" in this case? I do not know many Germans growing up in NIgeria and India, and struggling to socialise with the locals. Eh?

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@sternleiche Elaborate your bonker comment with specific examples, including ethnicity and social stand of the people involved. E.g. "Accepting" a blonde Hungarian does not carry same weight as Sri Lankan. Innit?

[@sternleiche]

@@val-schaeffer1117 From my experience Germans are very open to a mixed racial or cultural friendship but the non-Germans rather staying deliberatly within their own groups.

[@ptrcrispy]

Wait till they find out about the "Anzeigenhauptmeister" 1:50

[@gunwu9084]

🤣

[@sgschmidt]

er ist privatperson

[@InNOutmuncher]

What is that, sorry I’m American .

[@anonymousandauthentic8704]

Exactly what I thought ;D

[@leslieberwick7315]

@@InNOutmuncherhe’s a guy in Germany who as a hobby reports parking violations 🤣🤣🤣

[@holliecroft3536]

I'm a respectful, law-abiding person from the UK. I've been yelled at so many times since living in Bavaria - for shutting the gate too loudly, standing in the way, parking 1cm over the line etc. I don't mind being told I've done it wrong, it helps me get it right next time. But it could definitely be said without the anger! Contrary to popular belief, Brits do say what we think, the truth is just wrapped in politeness and sarcasm. Other Brits know what we really mean, though I understand it can be confusing if you're not used to it. I wish we could have a combination of the two cultures, honest but still polite!

[@neindanke3916]

*Say what you mean, but don't say it mean.*

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Germans use rules and discipline to arm twist you. You cannot get away pointing out a German slipping on discipline.

[@agn855]

...while the level of meanness lies in the eye of the beholder? Tough challenge.

[@neindanke3916]

@@agn855 Nor really. Just make sure YOUR words are sweet: you might have to chew and swallow them later on.

[@BlankRami]

DAAAAAAAAAAMN

[@neindanke3916]

@@BlankRami Ärger im Paradies vielleicht?

[@robfarol4246]

Hey man, I’m watching this from Denver, Colorado and I noticed that you constantly are doing videos, asking foreign people they’re experiences in the simulating into that country. However, you don’t ask the follow-up question and I think you need to so that you get off of this topic. A lot of rules yes. But do these people believe that they have an easier time going around their daily lives because of the rules and respect for one another and are they becoming similar because they know that that culture works well?

[@RobinFalkowski]

👍🏻

[@BlackAdder665]

Keep in mind that Berliners are very direct even for German standards, sometimes to the point of being downright rude. In German it's (euphemistically?) called "Schnauze mit Herz", i.e. roughly "big mouth, but big heart". The "policing" / social control is a thing throughout the country, I'd say, but it varies in intensitiy and frequency. Seems to be more prominent in the southern regions. The thought behind it is not as bad as the behaviour might seem to foreigners: we think the rules are there for the benefit of all. But to be of benefit everyone has to stick to them. So when someone doesn't we like to "remind" them. And some of our compatriots are grumpy fellas so it comes across accordingly. Those are the ones that stay in your mind, though. All the other ones, the normal, maybe even polite and friendly ones, are more quickly forgotten.

[@BenHatira]

"The "policing" / social control is a thing throughout the country, I'd say, but it varies in intensitiy and frequency. Seems to be more prominent in the southern regions. " what a bunch of nonsense ever been to BaWü ? But i guess you think the southern region of Germany is mainly Bavaria ..

[@BlackAdder665]

@@BenHatira What's your point? Are you saying BaWü doesn't have that?

[@akmalhassan]

Your videography device is awsome. Literally giving the best output.

[@yourtruebrit]

awww thanks man yeah glad you noticed, 10 bit raw Sony A7S3

[@MrWasLabberschDoo]

The stories in this video sound a lot like Berliner Schnauze to me. Berlin has 110% of directness and -10% of sugarcoding

[@amm287]

Das denke ich auch. Berlin ist eine Welt für sich. Nirgendwo ist es so, wie es dort ist.

[@teckyify]

Yeah, I don't actually know this mentality from south Germany. Also I question if the people they met are all Germans or East European.

[@stevthethief]

The word is sugarcoating, not coding ;-)

[@vladtheinhaler3793]

People in the Ruhrgebiet are as direct as Berliners. No BS in the Ruhrpott.

[@Ben-bb8mo]

Berliner Schnauze does not exist anymore in the areas expats/foreigners live. It's mostly people from the South of Germany. The "police" mentality described in the video - mostly Swabians.

[@Winona493]

"Are you hobbylos?"😂 Natürlich gleich mit 5 Sternen bewertet. Who knows what I mean?

[@camanou1430]

"If you ride a bike in a sidewalk..." then you're in the wrong f@cking lane "brother"!! Check yourself Alter 🙄

[@Moe5Tavern]

People complaining about Germans sticking to the rules don't realize that the reason they want to live in Germany is because people there respect the rules and therefore also enforce them when others break them. It makes society work. They are so ignorant it's sad. Nobody wants to live in an unstable country where rules are just suggestions, but everybody complains once you have to adapt to the rules.

[@gunwu9084]

Right. Clean streets, clean houses, quiet rental flats were not possible if ppl would not stick to the rules. In some cultures they throw the garbage right out of the window and don't care about it. Complaining a neighbor had complained they were being too loud is "intruding their life", obviously it does not occur to them that it was vice versa: they intruded into the life of their neighbors when being too loud.

[@KlePhys]

Love your comment, and it's also the reason I want to live in Germany:)

[@elesendar]

Indeed. This is why I always wished to live in germany.

[@Moe5Tavern]

@KlePhys @elesendar If you ever come to Berlin you will see that by now many people with the attitude that some people in the video have, have created a culture of more neglect and less consideration. In smaller cities it's still the norm though or generally in the south of the country :)

[@linajurgensen4698]

I mean Berliners are considered direct and rude even for German standards. When will easy German ever do a survey outside of Berlin? It doesn’t represent Germany at all.

[@teckyify]

Do they always make their videos in Berlin? Wtf, it's like taking Alabama as a representative for the US 😂

[@rcrinsea]

Where in Germany are people not as blunt as in Berlin? I lived in Rheinland Pfalz in the 70's and they were hella blunt!

[@EasyGerman]

We actually produce videos outside Berlin regularly, but we aren't journalists and our goal is not to find accurate representation for every question we ask. Our goal is to provide useful language learning content. :) But even if we tried to find accurate representation for the German speaking world, Berlin is still a good place to conduct interviews. We often ask the people we interview where they are from and they are from all over Germany and even Switzerland and Austria. You can check out our video on this topic and will see that most people we interviewed aren't actually from Berlin. They speak about how they had a culture shock with Berlin directness themselves.

[@BETOETE]

true, I'he heard comments of Germans in Berlin after coming back from sugary Latin American speech that they fee reprimanded in the street for their behavior!

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@EasyGerman it doesn’t matter if you think it’s not for representation, if you like it or not, foreigners will take the things people say and do in your videos seriously and about 90% of your videos are from Berlin. You’re also cooperating with a person that does representative content which is not regarded to language learning purposes.

[@kellymcbright5456]

Directness is an attitude of Germany in general (as the Netherlands, too). But that does not have to be rude; it is just honest and frank. The rude way to express something is an attitude of Berlin's culture.

[@ftdecastrolondon]

Horrible. I could never live in Beriin. Actually there is nothing special there.

[@plerpplerp5599]

The English are too polite to be honest. The Germans are too honest to be polite. 😂

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Try being honest with Germans. Here is a dose of honesty: Germans are rude, racist bullies, who use language (and their stout stature) for the purpose of exclusion and arm twisting.

[@saba1030]

​@@val-schaeffer1117 Are you talking about yourself?!!

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@saba1030 I am neither German nor British nor Australian.

[@saba1030]

@@val-schaeffer1117 And? Still doing German bashing on virtuell every comment here? The attributes you're spouting about Germans rather fit yourself...whatever nationality you might have...

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@saba1030 Germans are not exactly a lovely cuddly fluffy bunch. Are they?

[@SA-gu3ed]

In all other countries where people are more indirect, people will say one thing to your face but do another, plus they will talk shit behind your back. In Germany at least they say it like it is.

[@Oderoderuchte]

Jenau hier fühle ich mich nich ,,betrogen‘ ansonsten hab ich gar nicht oder zu spät bemerkt(in Polen zB) dass jemand böse Absicht hat das liegt leider an mir:(

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Directless is bullying if it is ONLY Germans spewing "diectness". Try being direct with Germans. E.g. in ICE Ruhebereich when Germans are loud, try telling it on their face.

[@gulliverthegullible6667]

I have been living amongst British and Australian people for more than a decade and only recently realised that I don t understand them at all. Their coded language is something that needs special instructions. It is supposed to be polite, but does nothing positve for me. 😢

[@SA-gu3ed]

@@gulliverthegullible6667 Brits are master manipulators. Don’t listen to what they say but observe more or less what they actually do. Let me give you an example: 100 years ago they filled up ancestors of Australians on ships and left them in the shores of Gallipoli to fight a war that Australians has nothing to do with. Imagine the travel time on a ship from Australia to Turkiye under the conditions of 1900s. And now imagine what images Brits must have painted to manipulate Australians. Always keep this in mind when you are interacting with British people.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@gulliverthegullible6667 Widely off topic. German "directness" is only partially meant to dispel misunderstandings. Unless Germans accept others being direct to them, it is basically ways to assert dominance in MY COUNTRY.

[@caro35able]

Im Ruhrpott sind die Leute auch öfter direkt, sprechen dich einfach an, ob du willst oder nicht ... geben zu allem ihren Senf dazu, aber nicht ganz so hart wie in Berlin. Leute ausm Pott mischen sich auch gerne ein, wenn sie helfen können, ungefragt. Ich find's toll :-) Und wenn man weiß, wie die Leute in einer Region oder Stadt drauf sind, braucht man sich auch über die Frechheit nicht ärgern, sondern kann drüber lachen :-)

[@coffeelover.9]

Keep it up bro

[@aluuusch]

1:50...yeha well, just don't ride your bike on the sidewalk unless you are a kid under 10. There is mostly a bike lane available. :)

[@deepblue188]

Do Germans stare??? Oh, are they??? Really??? It’s unbelievable!!! I've been three times to Germany but nobody stared at me when I was walking. I found Germans cold and aloof but respectful.

[@miri-dz9oy]

As a German, I agree. We usually don't stare and would usually consider it to be rude. I wouldn't say we are cold. Most of us just need some time to warm up to a stranger and it doesn't matter if that stranger is a German or someone from another country. I've noticed that to be true the further north you travel in Europe actually. And there is also quite a difference between large cities and small towns or rural areas I would say.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9443]

I'm a bit surprised. Firstly, directness is equated with rudeness and then I got a lesson in directness when I read the comments about Germans.

[@luvjourdan]

“Asking foreigners if Germans are direct” and the dude just goes and interviews non-white germans 💀💀💀

[@val-schaeffer1117]

I spotted only a single Black German who was adopted by German couple as a child. Rest of them appear to be all first gen foreigners.

[@Maria.Ortega55]

I live in Dresden in Germany and I have realized that I am also very direct. I am from Latin America but I grew up in a very “honest” family (no filters) 😅 so I was very used to directness. Sometimes I have the feeling that I am way more direct than the Germans I have met 😅.

[@KlePhys]

I am from Greece. I prefer the German directness to some other countries' fakeness trying to act polite. This way, you really know if something is OK or not. Also, I think the young German generation is not so direct. The older more. But not so much that's it's bad. In my point of view:)

[@vmoses1979]

Telling someone they smell and they should take a shower is just rude. Whereas if a friend cooks something and you tell them honestly it wasn't good - that's fine. Directness has a time and a place.

[@toomuchinformation]

​@@vmoses1979Doesn't it depend on who it is? Surely you'd tell your spouse or family member if they smelled bad. You wouldn't do that to a stranger on a train, but try to move away.......

[@yannickingermany]

The problem with this video is Definition. What is German, who is german. Easy German did a video a while back asking Germans what does it mean to be German and it was clear that people found it easier to explain what it meant to be from XYZ region or what it meant to be European but found it really difficult to explain what it meant to be German. I live in Freiburg and i don't experience none of the things in this video on regular occurrence. No one stares at me in public transportation. Once in a blue moon you see people eat in regional train but never in trams or buses. And one pedestrian has yelled "das hier ist kein Fahrradweg" at me in 3 years. Point being maybe the video should be directness in Berlin?

[@davidbraun6209]

I found the perspective of the Mexican man comparing Germans with the "elephant in the room" (Yewknighted Staitsians) just north of him interesting. Yes, American here, from North Florida ("Nawth Flawduh"), two generations removed from Oberpfalz/Bayern.

[@timoreiswolf3313]

Probably, Berlin is not exactly the right spot to jugde Germany. It has been split and surrounded, if you remember.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Friendship is a very precious thing, it's not only for hello-goodbye blabla or hanging around dtinking beer. A friend will be always on your side, in dark phases of your life and he will always try to tell the truth - if you want to listen. Easy to conclude, that everybody looks twice before he even think about friendship with other people. It's a fallacy of foreign people to think it would be different for locals.

[@devoutin]

I am born and raised in the „Ruhrgebiet“ it’s a place in Nord-Rhein-Westfalen and the Densely populated place in Germany and when you are not directly,you will „lose“ an conversation 😂… so everything what the people in the video tell you is the truth.

[@hmvollbanane1259]

6:45 of course they are angry. It's not their job to teach you, it's your job to inform yourself before moving to another country. And especially the usual suspects like noise and especially proper garbage disposal can get really annoying, especially if you have a high fluctuation of house mates e.g. due to students. Them talking directly to you is being nice as they could as well call the cops on you and/or complain to the landlord and communal stuff like the garbage disposal is just in their very own interest as our collection service will seal up your bins and refuse to service your entire house if you mess it up. My elderly neighbour who is hosting multiple international students just had his sealed for the 3rd time and now has to drive all the garbage himself to the dump

[@toomuchinformation]

I hate noise and anti social behaviour with a passion. However, in terms of informing yourself before moving to another country, yes you'd expect people to do that, but there is only so much you can learn in advance. You can't expect people to know every little thing. Some aspects can only be discovered whilst you're there. Don't Germans complain when they go to less "civilised" countries?

[@alice-elizabeth]

I quite like the directness, but there is a fine line between being direct and just being rude. When I lived in Germany, sometimes I found what Germans said to me to be downright rude. But other times when they just say things how it is, I liked that. But the staring I found rude too, as a Brit staring is rude in our culture. I never understood why I was getting stared at so much in public, like at cafes or on the bus - am I that ugly? 😆I usually just smile or look at them before looking away, but then I still feel their eyes on me and I'm just sat there thinking 👀 ma'am... what's the problem? 😆

[@yourtruebrit]

How‘s life in England, I saw on your channel your job searching has been hard. How’s it going now ? 🙂

[@alice-elizabeth]

@@yourtruebritWell... not exactly going to plan at the moment. 😅 I'm wondering if I should've just stayed in Germany. 🙃

[@yourtruebrit]

you can still come back right on a job seeker visa right? :) @@alice-elizabeth

[@alice-elizabeth]

@@yourtruebritI kind of wish I applied for the job I saw on LinkedIn for yourtruebrit now 🙃 But I saw it when I had already moved back to the UK.

[@yourtruebrit]

But your highly skilled right. I think austria would be a great place for you and the work you do in mountains :) @@alice-elizabeth

[@anonymousandauthentic8704]

I am very direct but mostly with people who would understand, cause some swiss, japanese people etc. could easily get it wrong. We are serious but it doesn't mean it's heartless. Our language is direct but doesn't have to be heartless. Open your mind and it will bloom.

[@AsifSaifuddinAuvipy]

Germany is different state to state

[@LiteralyNils]

iranian dude sounds like morty with an accent😂

[@lhall8637]

I'm American, live in the US, and have German roots... I wonder how much of this directness is hardwired in our genes and how much of it is cultural - everyone in my family on the "German side" has always been extremely direct with others and we are often labeled as abrasive or rude but also direct and honest.... I feel like spending in time in Berlin the next time I travel to DE could be really refreshing!

[@linajurgensen4698]

I’ve met Americans that claim to be of German decent and they are all as American as one can get and they would probably consider 50% of customs in Germany weird or old fashioned in some way. I do think it’s more about with what you grew up with. And if I was you I would consider a different place/city when visiting Germany bc the city itself is quite ugly and the people are considered rude even for German standards.😅 Anyway let me know when your plans are finalized, I‘d love to make some suggestions for places to visit.😊

[@Richard-xu8to]

Naw not really. I was raised in the Midwest, from places with lots of German heritage. But people were never on the level of directness/rudeness of Germans. Nope, never saw that anywhere. Now a few people i knew were cheap/frugal though.

[@tinghan3779]

I think, most of the time Germans are direct in a nice way ;)

[@zhongsheng-yuan5277]

As an asian I recognize the Japanese hand shake accompanied by a slight bow immediately, its so cute!

[@kleokleopatra3536]

sehr interssant !!! danke.

[@myriamgraff6073]

Soy de Argentina y estoy tratando de aprender alemán. Conozco algunos alemanes y creo que la mayoría es directa, dicen lo que piensan ( acá diríamos sin filtro o sin anestesia jajaja). Le guste o no a su interlocutor. Eso a veces no cae muy simpático y a los latinos no nos gusta mucho ese trato. Pero reconozco que muchas cosas serian mas simples si fuesemos mas directos...Muy buenos los videos de Easy German! Cary und Janush sind serh sympatish: Danke!!!🤩

[@EasyGerman]

Muchas gracias 😍

[@godsowncountry3605]

riding with your bike on a side walk is an absolute "no go" except you are a child. This is considered extremely impolite, dangerous and provokative. The same if you walk on a bike lane or park your car on it.

[@labor4]

please dissect Switzerland. would be interested.

[@MariaO22]

Japanese girl’s description at 6:19 is extremely cute but accurate unfortunately 😂 I usually don’t comment on things but whoever you are bless your heart really

[@malcolmnicholls2893]

Keeping order . We need it in the UK.

[@alexspata]

I lived in Nürnberg for a year and now for 6 months I moved to Hamburg, my experience it's not at all like described by these individuals.. especially if you struggle a bit to learn German, so maybe that's like a Berlin thing. Oh, and I also find the Spanish people annoying when talking loud all the time and "expressing" their feelings, that's rude, not a "cultural" thing... I feel like the majority of expats forget that they're in an other civilized country and are not thankful at all for the good things they got here, they don't want to integrate, and others suffer from a perceived inexistent feeling of being discriminated (I forgot the exact word)

[@toomuchinformation]

"They don't want to integrate", but foreigners (and some Germans) say that it's hard to make German friends. Shouldn't it be a two way thing?

[@SanaiGaming]

As an german myself im experiencing berlin people also as rude. The directness has even a special name called "Berliner Schnauze" (Berlin snout). Overall berlin is really a special place and not representative for germany as a whole. But other germans are also quite direct compared to other countries. Most of the time we are just used to it and it we feel like it's honesty. And yes, some people are just dicks. 😂 But i guess you have that at most places, in germany they are just more direct and don't talk behind your back.

[@BenHatira]

Listen kids as we all know Berlin = the whole of Germany ! So don't forget to make up your mind about stereotypes for 80+ million people living in a country while visiting their capital ! Makes sense ay, next let us do the London or New York version of this pls ...

[@TJ-hs1qm]

It's the opposite with the Brits. You'll never know what they think, until you hear their heart felt apologies for being put at gun point 🤣

[@anonymousandauthentic8704]

I don't need to know what you think cause I can see what you feel. Especially when it's a hairless giant with a chelsea tattoo on his back sitting at the hotel pool bar to drink all the german beer that we exported mainly for ourselves - because I accidentaly did cast a glance on his daughter in the pool😋 But not sure if it wasn't an expression of curiosity. Maybe he would be happy about it cause he keeps to many guys at a distance. lmao

[@andreas1416]

He looks like the slimmer little brother of @AbroadinJapan

[@pattygucci7]

Description.😂 man, you need to take a bath😂

[@yourtruebrit]

😆🤣

[@jaejae9605]

Ich habe schon seit 2 Jahren in Schwabenland gelebt und habe das Gefühl, dass meisten Leute hier sehr freundlich und hilfbereich sind. Aber Ich kann leider es oft nicht verstehen, was sie sagen wegen der Akzent

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Weil die Ostasiaten unterwürfig sind und zeigen gebeten mentalität gegenüber den Weissen. Und warum schreibst du auf Deutsch? Um zu zeigen, wie "integriert" du bist?

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Wenn die Deutschen so gerecht sind, warum sind dann 90% der deutsch-asiatischen Beziehungen sind zwischen alten geschiedenen Männern und jungen ostasiatischen Frauen? Ich habe fast nie eine blonde Frau mit einem ostasiatischen Mann gesehen.

[@thorstenjaspert9394]

Da geht es dir wie viele andere Deutsche auch. Schwäbisch ist für viele Muttersprachler schwierige zu verstehen. Dafür muss man nicht aus dem Ausland kommen. 😊

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@thorstenjaspert9394 Ausgrenzung der Einheimischen ist keine Legitimation. Gegen Ausländer, das ist doch Rassismus.

[@zymelin21]

was denn mit sächsish @@thorstenjaspert9394

[@godxx_so]

I need German friend's 😅

[@dani.alvaro9280]

The man from Iran is a good example of why people from Arab countries find it difficult to integrate in Germany.

[@GilgameschUruk]

Exactly. If you want to live in someone’s house, you better follow their rules. When in rome, do as the romans do

[@negardeylami6039]

yo Iraninans are not Arabs!

[@MuwahidAmazighi]

Dumbass, iranians are not arabs but persians.

[@countvertigo5869]

And if you think " Anzeigenhauptmeister" is bad ... try "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän" !!!😂

[@ijlalrizvi9856]

Weird enough, this video kind of gives "United against German vibes" :p ...Doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Just an eye opening to some

[@yourtruebrit]

British Humor 😅😂

[@val-schaeffer1117]

And German character has nothing to do with that, eh?

[@vermithraxplays1615]

@@val-schaeffer1117 you really have an axe to grind, don't you?

[@Gwaycee]

Yes, it was like a forum to complain about Germans, especially the Iranian guy. I can assure you though, that German directness is much easier to deal with than British snobbery.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@Gwaycee Then why are British Indians are so much more rich and successful than German Turks?

[@rjesus2343]

being direct is good and I personally like it, but being rude a different story ...

[@ProjectArclite]

Buckee's Shirt detected! Heck yeah, love that cheeky beaver.

[@soaresdiego333]

I could'nt let this pass. At 0:07 she said she is from brazil... than, at 5:59 the caption (the country referece in the video) says she is from spain... As a Brasilian I'm truely offended with that audacity. We don't speak spanish! hahahahah🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just kiding (maybe haha), great video btw. I came from easygerman video. ✌

[@YouArchTube]

Oh it's nice to hear "Heil dir im Sigerkranz" as musical intro and outro. 😁kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ-pqJV7oa6Eg5Y

[@thejelico]

You know, thanks god we have rules and regulations in Germany to impede a total chaos in our country. People from other countries and habbits should not complain about it, but should accept that .. if you travel to Japan, Singapur, Saudi Arabia, to Scandinavia or whereever, you have to accept their rules. Why does everybody think, coming to Germany means doing whatever I want ? 😏🙂

[@toomuchinformation]

Do they though? If people are asked then they'll have their gripes like anyone else, but most people are just trying to get by.

[@olivermeineke9707]

Well, as hardly nobody learns and respects the norms of the Germans in their country, some directness is absolutely suitable if not even needed. Finally most people, who come to Germany want to benefit from a civilised system, that makes living together beneficial. So you have to follow the rules.

[@toomuchinformation]

Don't they? In what way?

[@EverythingEuro]

Being direct is considered rude, which goes against the principles of being civilized. It's important not to equate a country's economic success with the quality of its entire culture, as this is not necessarily true. Being blunt and straightforward is not something to take pride in.

[@olivermeineke9707]

@@EverythingEuro a shy or insecure person might think that way but being straight forward is a more effective way to communicate. As long as there is respect for each other, this is superior to whobbeling around. Civilisation means durably transforming the enery and motivation of the libido into culurally wishful behaviour and productivity by norms and institutions. Being straight forward just means to be sure, that most persons in your country don't feel insulted easily - which is definitely a sign of civilisation.

[@aaana2003]

I like this honest bike man 😂

[@tomasm.4928]

5:44 hahaha

[@ML-hm8tg]

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[@lynnsintention5722]

The thing is, you have to remember that most people don't want to be seen on camera saying what they really think! LOL

[@tos9412]

What is the problem? If you do not like it in Berlin or Germany go some place else. Pretty simple.

[@yagruumbagaarn]

Your opinion has been filed into the 'provincial' box. Thank you for participating.

[@vagot]

This vid had such a nice vibe. Grüsse aus Berlin 😊

[@vonsauerkraut]

I'm also of English descent, as they say, if it doesn't fit here, you're welcome to move on

[@toomuchinformation]

Except they need foreigners because their birth rate is too low.

[@j1212a]

💩💩💩

[@yoohoo246]

Boo. Diversity and differences can lead to necessary improvements.

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@yoohoo246 in Germany it led to chaos and destruction.

[@Klaus-hz7ib]

I ask 100 germans what they like and they answer, amina koim doner mit allem.

[@michaeluhlenbruck5593]

Leider wird vieles Missverstanden, ich gebe mal ein Beispiel : Als ich vor einigen Jahren mal wieder im Ruhrgebiet war (wo Ich Geboren bin) ging ich zu einem Friseur um mir die Haare schneiden zu lassen. Ich kam ins Geschäft und die Friseuse fragte mich, was sie für mich tun könnte, meine Antwort. Können sie an diesem Kopf noch etwas retten (mit einem Lächeln9, Ihre Antwort. die haare können wir Ihnen schneiden, mit dem Gesicht müssen sie leben (ebenfalls mit einem Lächeln9. Mann könnte das jetzt als "Rude "oder aber als "Ehrlich" empfinden und beleidigt sein, oder aber man versteht den Scherz bzw Humor dahinter ! Oft sind es kleine Scherze über die man Lachen sollte. Wer allerdings Regeln nicht einhält bzw nicht wirklich Willens ist, diese zu verstehen und ein zu halten, der sollte sich nicht wundern, wenn Menschen Ihn/Sie zurechtweisen, auch im Harschen Ton, wenn man schon Öfters darauf hingewiesen wurde !

[@Godson555]

liebe von Kerala, Indien. Und ob er malayali ist? oder...

[@Charly471000]

Why so many immigrants choose germany to stay or live ?

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Great standard of living, low crime rate, comprehensive health service, clean environment comes to mind.

[@yk.7053]

Just stare back. But most of them are super sweet.

[@miri-dz9oy]

That's exactly my go-to strategy as a German if somebody stares at me.😂 Thank you for calling us sweet.😊🥰

[@janajacoby3391]

In my experience germans are not more direct than others, quite the opposite. I have had many experiences with people from the UK, the US and Nepal where people have been very direct and also rude. But people in Berlin, Germany in general maybe, tend to be rude more often than in other countries. But that's something different than being direct. By the way: I think it's strange that the iranian guy took it as an offense that someone told him not to forget his belongings in the train and his collegue talking to him. That's rather nice things. And the person who told him to ride the bike on the street was right: The sidewalk is there for pedestrians, accept you are or are with a child on a bike. Often times cyclists race over the sidewalk ruthlessly and almost run over people. That's not okay. My mom had her leg severely broken because of one of these cyclists who run her over. She's still having trouble walking more than 12 years later.

[@jurgenhaflinger1188]

Schon speziell hier .

[@yourtruebrit]

😅

[@aubergine1236]

Hab von Engländern noch nichts anderes gehört und sie lieben ihren Brexit

[@SonyaUsmanova2020]

Rude or direct??? Große Frage

[@jakobschmitt7642]

Berlin is not Germany! I live in Berlin for all my life now and to be honest I can’t really tell what Germany is. Only thing I’m for sure is that Berlin is not representing Germany appropriately. There isn’t much Germany left in this city…

[@stephenbamforth1514]

I am English and lived in Sweden for a couple of years. I suspect this behaviour is dependant on geographical latitude to some extent compare Mediterranean people compared to northern latitudes for example. Also I wonder if Germans have always been like this or is it to some degree a result of the historical consequences of the two world wars.

[@markusk6169]

Trust me, they've always been like that. Read Dostoyevski's "The Idiot". In this novel Dostoyevski describes German attitudes in the 19th century, bewildering and confusing international visitors in a German Spa town. You just cannot reform the Germans. Rules are rules and need to be adhered to. If you don't, people will let you know. Just for the record, I am one of them and I will unambiguously let you know if you trod off the beaten path of righteous behaviour. There will be no misunderstandings, my dear Englishman.

[@Richard-xu8to]

Yeah, but the Brits aren't direct/rude.

[@gulliverthegullible6667]

​@@Richard-xu8to the brits are so indirect that you need a special course to understand their coded language. I think this passive aggression is far worse than German directness.

[@mikebegonia6134]

Yes, you are English. Always thinking about the war....😵‍💫

[@cosimawagner7831]

@@Richard-xu8to The Brits are fake and filthy!

[@user-ro8ez7dl4c]

日本人いた

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

Americans sugarcoat, Berliners lace with acid.

[@habicht6]

Germany.... LOVE IT or LEAVE it... hahahaha

[@IIIOOOUS]

The Graffiti kind of looks cool, but there is also a lot of meaningless and lewd scribbling.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

That's still human, the "Anzeigenhauptmeister" will immediately secure evidence and report you to the public order office. There is no access to the bike path, not even a centimeter. One centimeter is one centimeter too many. He measures exactly and Advertisement.

[@gulliverthegullible6667]

that shitty attitude exists here in Australia as well, it is certainly not unique to Germany. I have yet to find the laidback Aussies as described in the stereotype.

[@i.a.2247]

Well, he is autisic.

[@cosimawagner7831]

@@gulliverthegullible6667 Remember during Covid...people turned on each other, dobbing in people for not doing the RIGHT thing.

[@gulliverthegullible6667]

@@cosimawagner7831 and you think that is uniquely German? A lot of Germans think so, but they are mistaken. Other nations have people just as shitty as Germany. I don't even think that Germany has more shitty people. Admitted, Germany had a surprising amount of antivaxx idiots.

[@vincentlacroix2815]

I was bought a drink to leave a group I was talking with in a bar. Like I don't care ultimately but BROOOOO this is crazy to me

[@juliagoncharenko5689]

I didn't see Germans in this film.....

[@GilgameschUruk]

Look at the title of the videos. They are only asking foreigners

[@shuben6020]

as a German myself, ... after living and working abroad since 20y , i explain the method of working with Germans to my colleagues as "German tank style" 😂😂😂

[@BO-kh1iz]

What a bullshit.

[@mrsandmrbutterfly]

Mein gedenken sind frei!

[@saba1030]

Gedenken = remembering Gedanken = thoughts 😊

[@mrsandmrbutterfly]

@@saba1030 danke;)

[@amm287]

Berlin is a world of its own. Nowhere else is it like that. To measure the whole country by that is wrong. You should go to the north and the south, to the west and the east, to the big cities and the villages, and only then can you talk about the whole of Germany. Or you should at least go to a city like Düsseldorf, which can be seen as more representative. But even then you have to look for a city in the east that isn't Berlin. I've seen much better videos on this channel. This one is very modest and doesn't even try to give the whole picture. That is a great pity.

[@yourtruebrit]

This was the first for us going to Berlin. We’re going to as many areas around Germany :)

[@cbus12ll27]

Directness is everywhere in Germany XD. You do not to have to visit every little town before you can have broad idea of how people generally behave in a country. People inside a country might always think there is this HUGE gap between Berlin and Munich or east and west for example. Because we focus strongly on subtle differences like accents or some cultural variations but for the most part it is pretty much the same.

[@amm287]

@@cbus12ll27 The basis is the same. We are all human beings. That is true. But when you start generalizing and talking about Germany as a whole, you have to be careful. And although we Germans have some things in common, there are also differences in small things that one might not even notice. I live on the outskirts of Hamburg. 2 kilometers further south you are in Lower Saxony. There, people smile and say hello. In Hamburg, where I live, people don't do that. Not because people in Hamburg are rude, but because there are too many people, you can't know everyone. But there are some things we all have in common, like this thing about berating our fellow human beings. I heard it particularly often in Baden Württemberg. But they weren't directly rude. They didn't smile and the tone of voice was unhappy with what you didn't know, but they didn't shout and they didn't insult you or even get personal. They just told you the facts in an advisory voice like the police. I heard that less often in North Rhine-Westphalia, perhaps because people are quicker to forgive children than adults and I was a child there. And now that I live in the north, I occasionally hear other people berating their fellow human beings. But as I said, they are either loud or rude.

[@amm287]

@@yourtruebrit About Berlin. I haven't lived there. I can't say from personal experience, but from what I've heard, Berlin is a world unto itself, a melting pot for everything, like New York or London. All these cities are parts of their countries, but they are also something else, a world of their own. In my opinion, they are not really representative of their countries as a whole. I can be wrong, of course.

[@baconpancakes8899]

Hahahahah this video is fucking funny

[@lolololol98]

I'd really like to be friend with the Iranian guy.

[@alexspata]

yeah he complains a lot

[@cosimawagner7831]

Guess he had a fight with 2 bricks ,.....hence the voice!

[@non_appetite]

Germans are not direct :D

[@HieuNguyen0611]

The Ghana lad sounds black and german at the same time noiceee

[@alenaallesklar]

Die armen alle überfordert mit der deutschen Kultur

[@praayashmore711]

I don't think people from Japan or Spain are poor

[@alenaallesklar]

Lerne Deutsch ich habe nicht geschrieben das sie arm sind

[@Julia-kg5vu]

Dieser Iraner hat nur was zu meckern aber die anderen Leute waren okay

[@alenaallesklar]

@@Julia-kg5vu findest du ?Wenn die alle diesen kritischen Blick auf ihre eigene Kultur hätten,würden sie weniger anspruchsvoll sein

[@cosimawagner7831]

@@praayashmore711 Klappe aufmachen aber nichts verstehen = hirnlos

[@emiliajojo5703]

Yes,we know.

[@ca6bal4]

this guy from Iran must stop spreading nonsense from Iran! WTF!

[@mango4ttwo635]

my favourite German word: Hilfsheriff

[@alexsoccer1196]

They haven't met the Anzeigenhauptmeister yet 😶😶

[@ottoreitstock2465]

what's that?

[@markusk6169]

oh, you just don't wanna meet him. Avoid the Anzeigenhauptmeister at all cost. @@ottoreitstock2465

[@markdc1145]

I just learned of an individual in Germany whose main purpose is to report to the Police as many people possible for parking violations. Only in Germany do people have the nerve - and enough free time - to do this kind of nonsense.

[@cosimawagner7831]

Never been to Australia....have you?

[@Edgar2023ES]

Could it be that in this direct German way of being there wouldn't also be something less noble, such as using an immigrant to vent one's bad mood?

[@countvertigo5869]

"Everybody in Germany is like Police"... comes mostly from people who have severe problems the stick to the rules and can't cope with when they are told this and that is against the rules or the law. I can see that this kind of structure is unusual and new to them ...given that some of them came from countries with an total lack of rights , rules and laws. But isn't that one of main reasons they came ? A better life ..based on rules and laws? So what has to be adjusted here the rules themself...or their attitude towards the rules.

[@songsaboutj]

Berlin doesn't represent Germany as, in my view, its the most laidback international city in this country. But anyways, loved the video as always and yh, I must agree with the guy that said that every German is like a policeman!!!! so true!!!! They are know-it-alls and are always just waiting to 'tell you off' or 'teach you something'! They can't help it, its unbelievable! And always angry, so true! Lol

[@samuelmatheis]

I m German, I live in Hamburg (big city). Yes, sometimes you notice, you ve been stared at in your face in a Bus for a long time. You look the person in the face and smile and nod a bit nicely to greet and you get no friendly/polite reaction. In supermarkets sometimes I stand on one side settled and focused reading some ingrediences on a package and someone suddenly askes me to move aside, because they want to hurry through the alley the short cut although there is plenty space behind me already. Waiting before the cash register or a public transportation door is hard sometimes. People push and crowd up too close on u and often overtake the waiting line. Often germans yell throu you to others. they suddenly yell very close to your ear. and there is often no free passage in the crowd on stairs in trainstations. you will miss your tight train connection because of crowds blockage. at view blocking corners people just run into you. they literally physically crash into you. pairs of people on sidewalks use the whole width and not give space for single persons especially ignore, what is coming from behind. dogowners letting their dogs shit, bark, jump and lick all over you, many keepers dont even try to spare you and dont even say sorry. If you want to cross a street without using the pedestrian traffic light, have your fingers ready to shut your ears because car drivers honk like crazy when they see the pedestrian on the street a bit outside the control frame. Be aware of doctor assistant ladies who make the appointments and receptions behind the counters. They can appear as if they start fights with you out of nowhere like blame you, because u should give them your insurance card already and so on. or you have them on the phone and they sometimes seem to compulsively say "no" "nee, also däas geiht ja schon mal goahnich" in the most rejecting way possible when you suggest a date for appointment. A lot of negations in Hamburg "nee, alles gut. Doah nich füäah". And because most Germans are so shy, stiff and non romantic, they often need to get drunk at night and weekends and then they dont accept when the sober people dont want to join in their unnatural openness and outgoingness. ok besides bad moods and rude traffic behaviour living in Germany is very nice

[@toomuchinformation]

Those micro aggressions sound like VERY hard work.

[@samuelmatheis]

@@toomuchinformation haha nice user name! ...Agressions on who's side? Mine? Yes. Others? Both? Probably yeah. But really, what exactly do you mean? Very interesting I find

[@toomuchinformation]

@@samuelmatheis Here's one definition of micro aggressions: "brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership". The persons making the comments may be otherwise well-intentioned and unaware of the potential impact of their words or actions". From Wikipedia. I travelled through Thailand many years ago and in some places got stared at intensely. To counteract this I used to smile to disarm people. It worked, but damn it was tiring. My face ached when I left the country.☹️☹️☹️☹️

[@samuelmatheis]

@@toomuchinformation ah so you had to put a lot of stress when dealing with the staring in thailand? I found it tiring too to be polite in public Hamburg, because you rarely get an answer or polite answer. yesterday I let a car driver cross my pedestrian way, because he would have had a bit trouble turning onto a parkinglot. As I stopped for him and waited for him to pass, I contacted his eyes in a friendly manner for a few seconds. while he passed me, he stared at me with a worried buffled face for the whole time. So I said, what are you staring for? I didnt mean anything else but let u through." then he asked me to repeat, because he didnt understand, I said, "u seemed to not understand that I just let u through politely" and he replied, "oh yes, i am sorry, i didnt notice that you had stopped for me" that is a perfect example for Hamburg traffic. People want to do things correctly, but their minds are so occupied and not seeing what exactly is happening with the people around them. Compared to the countryside in Germany or India there is fewer comunication between people in traffic. More emphasis on Traffic lights and cool car outfits and enjoying your own isolated world like listening to music. is my impression. But that s ok. It is what it is. For people like me, it s a bit difficult not to call alarm about it. I am usually worried, our culture spoils down to unnecessary misery and usually hope it would help to call it all out loudly to ring a bell

[@toomuchinformation]

@@samuelmatheis Yes, it was stressful travelling in certain parts of Thailand. Is there a divide between the cities/towns and countryside? Cities are impersonal places which makes public discourse and interactions less polite and considerate. My expectations would be that the smaller the place the more congenial public life is.