What I DISLIKE About Living In Germany
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- As a half-Japanese and half-German person, I have lived the majority of my life in Germany. Although it's my home country, there are some aspects of German culture that I absolutely dislike. In this video, I'm gonna talk about the 5 things I hate about Germany.
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As a German I can confirm that these points you mentioned are true... One only realizes the difference when coming from another country, it can be quite a shock 😅
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@@maxyoko say something in Germany
Hey in German as a German
As someone who lives already 17 years in this country, I confirm that everything you just sad is absolutely correct and bothers me as well.
Keep up the honesty! 👏👍
Very interesting to hear that 👀
Wish you the best man!
- guy tells us germans complain too much
- reveals as german a minute later, then goes on to complain about germans
Ah, yes.
:)
Informative video. As a Bulgarian, that has studied and is currently working in Germany and has adapted to the german culture, ways of living and society and as a person that actually HATES to complain without a real reason (I like to be lighthearted, warm and positive) I have faced a lot of challenges in that regard until I learned how to surf this wave. To be myself as well as to be part of this society, that is. Quite the tough thing to so, but you really evolve as a person. Idk if I will stay my whole Life in Germany, since I like warmer and sunnier places and more relaxed Life(and better startup/freelance culture), but I do appreciate "The Ländle" for it's good qualities.. 😅
As a german I agree and see many of these traits on myself lol. As example I would never in my life cross a red light, even at 3am in the middle of the night when no car is nearby
years of German conditioning haha
I always blew through red lights at night. I never acted like a typical German in that sense. Funnily I ended up moving to America and a lot of my German friends from back then told me “ du warst doch schon immer fehl am Platz in Deutschland” lol
It's different in Berlin, did you know? In the metropolis the red lights are ignored by pedestrians as long as there's no immediate danger.
Speak something German dude 😂
As a German i would cross a red light at 3 am in the middle of the night with no car in sight cuz it´s efficient
So war! I’m half German too and getting told to ‘gib gas’ when I’m riding the bike calmly in Germany makes me sort of happy to live in Spain…
Uff yeah haha feel you!
Typical german talking about war under a criticising video
Wenn du schon auf Deutsch schreibst, dann bitte richtig… „wahr“ (true) schreibt man in diesem Fall mit einem „h“.
@@whitekek9020and thus the point is proven! Vielen Dank für den Tipp :)
an actual informative person covering everything about a topic, another banger vid!
Thank you, really appreciate it!
I like brutally honest people over polite.
A differnt perspective than the ones I've been seeing online. Good vid! 🔥Love this.
Thanks a lot! Love u 🫶
Amazing video man!! Very true to my experience as well othrr than the sueing part 😅.
Thanks for discord notifications, they really help with updates. ❤❤❤
Happy to hear that! You're very welcome :)
Holy... that was very informative video! gotta say man you are very underrated, Keep up the good work!
Much appreciated! 🫶
a nice example for the point that Germans love rules: There is §961 BGB in Germany, which describes who owns a swarm of bees that escaped from it's owner. As long as the owner chases the swarm, it belongs to him, and when he gives up, the swarm does not have an owner anymore!
duuude you made me laugh haha
Better than in UK law, where the logic is "when this happened last time, how did the court decide on the subject, we just do it the same way now".
I love it! 😊 Although German myself. I worked in a company which belonged to the civil service. That meant , if you did a business trip, you had to follow the strict rules of "Reisekostenrecht" , literally " travel-costs-law". I really felt insecure and wanted todo everything alright. Although not a civil servant myself. They had a library. I went to the library and told the nice elderly lady that I am interested in the " travel-costs-law ". She smiled and pointed to row of 2m of green books. I asked: Which? She answered: All! Got it? Our "travel-costs-law " alone means 2 m green books... and if you do a single mistake as a civil servant it may delay your promotion towards the next rank and cost you 10 thousands of € due to your lifelong pension!
A large chunk of people still live in 20th century. I dont know why? But still I love Germany because it has given me a chance to study and research here.
Fair, the system also has its benefits!
@@maxyoko Certainly. It has benefits too.
Underrated RUclips channel thanks I don't know why but father have the exact description literally of everything you said btw he works 12 hours a day on a regular sometimes whole day just saying
I feel like many people feel the same way I did
All your videos are great, I'm moving to Germany this month, for University of applied science in Koln, and I'm learning a lot for Germany from your videos :D keep up the great work, and subscribed 💪
That's dope! Wish you the best man
@@maxyoko Thank you mate, wish you all the best as well, and I hope your channel has a lot more subscribers in the future!
I've lived here less than a year and I confirm your points.
Learn to appreciate what you have. Living by rules and suing each other better than bashing someone's head by baseball bat over parking lot argument. Believe or not but people in some countries get killed because of it.
I live in Germany and can confirm many of these points but what I noticed it's mostly just phrases.
I heard people say they gonna sue for this and that but never really got sued. Once the people get home and want to go through the process of e-mailing etc. they realise how not worth the effort it is and call it a day.
The weather fcks me up though even though I love winter.
I usually split my winter though. End of November, mid Jan and beginning March I fly to South East Asian countries for 2-3 weeks.
So my winter is relatively "short" duo to the interuptions.
During Covid I was forced to stay here and it was horrible but found a spot in Sauna Culture and since then I love winters. But I do try to shorten the winter season by leaving the country for a little bit. It's nice coming home in December with a tan.
The only thing that is stopping me from comng to Germay is unfriendliness or cold attitudes that Germans have (according to the internet),What about the young generation of Germany, like college students. Are they possessed with those manners and personalities as well ? 😢
The young generation is pretty open to new things. And don't worry too much, there are also nice people everywhere. Not everyone is a stereotypical grumpy German
If you are conventionally attractive it won't be such a struggle for you. Saying that after comparing my experiences and other foreign friends.
If people interested in you romantically they switch to much nicer mood
In Germany we don't say... we make friends... that means.... we find friends. :-)
FYI being frugal with money is spellend stingy but pronounced "stin-gee".
A bee could be considered a stingy animal, if stingy (from stinger) is a real word, which i don't know.
ohh hell nah mate you're doing so good keep up💪
I had to get this video out haha
It has been bothering my soul for too long
I have been living abroad for many years now, but I must say you summarize the classic German characteristics in the midst of which I grew up very well. Some things change very little :). Despite these annoying traits, it is a great country. Funny videos, and very useful for international students! Keep going.
True true true
I‘ve been to Japan this summer and it was like visiting the future while Germany is still in the medieval times 💀
Just open the damn supermarket. They say: Oh but sunday is a special day for us catholic people. Well guess what. Currently living in Portugal (way more catholic than germans) the stores are open on Sundays.
And many germans are so pressed and passive aggressive it’s unbearable.
And disrespectful also. They are talking loud in trains and busses and eating and just throwing their trash somewhere.
Just ignorant.
I much preferred living in Japan. Normal people who are actually polite and thinking about others.
And it’s true. The winters are cold, dark and depressing in Germany. I would suggest coming only in summer or just go to Japan if you want a nice time.
Hope you are enjoying Portugal!
Future plan is to spend the summer in Germany and the rest of the year in Japan :)
Good stuff ×13
Big thanks :)
Dude just can’t miss🙌🏻
at some point, it needed to get out ;)
As an indian living in india never gone to Germany , i CAN CONFIRM THIS THINGS ARE TRUE IN GERMANY
haha if you know you know
@@maxyoko 😂😂
Ha, ha.... in India you are treated like shit... if you belong to the wrong "Kaste "? No?
Stay there
As someone who lives in Russia complaints about German winters dont intimidate me
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Die Sache mit dem Neid ist leider sehr wahr. Ich selber spüre auch Neid aber ich versuche es dann in Inspiration für mich selbst zu konvertieren. Deswegen aber missgünstig zu reagieren ist einfach nur schwach.
speaking facts!
Consider somebody an idol, would be the positive thing.
"Neid" ist immer ein sehr willkürlicher Vorwurf. Die Deutschen sind mit sozialer Verantwortung groß geworden und das hat nichts mit Neid zu tun, sondern ist ein wichtiges Standbein der deutschen Kultur und Wirtschaft.
Es ist vielmehr sehr überheblich Leuten Neid zu unterstellen, ohne sich mit den richtigen Beweggründen zu beschäftigen. Aber die Unterstellung von "Neid" liegt ja gerade im Trend. Gibt allein dafür Klicks, leider.
You should move to Berlin. Less rules, more chill. 😎
Keep it up
ayo definitely!
This is very fascinating and I can say that I've encountered some of these characteristics of Germans during my time spent there. Like you mentioned, the obsession with rules, being too straightforward where they come off as blunt and rude, the sad, dreary winter months, and being closed-minded. Like last year during my research grant, I remember taking my seat on the Deutsche Bahn one evening, and then this opa boarded and sat down next to me and scolded me for sitting in his assigned seat. I checked my seating assignment and saw that he had the window seat and I had the aisle seat, and I jokingly asked him if it made any difference? He wasn't rude or anything, but he firmly stood by his assigned seat and saying how he paid for it with his own money and therefore wished to have the exact seat which was assigned to him. 😂A very minor thing, but I thought it was kinda funny.
On that note, during my bachelor's studies, I also studied Japanese and had the chance to spend a year studying abroad in Japan, so I can attest to your comparisons between the German and Japanese mentalities. I agreed about Japanese shops remaining open and just how convenient it was. Whereas I could never really get used to German shops being closed on Sundays, or major holidays too for that matter (plus they have so many holidays in Germany, and sometimes without my knowledge I'd go to the store to stock up on groceries, only for it to be closed). I always made it a point to load up on snacks, ingredients, and quick meals whenever I could just to ensure that I'd always have something to eat at home on the days when the shops were closed.
5:26, the brackets, brilliant 😂
Some of this is spot on, like the jealousy and closed mindedness. Others I'm not so sure about.
Yes, German winters are dark, but have you met Sweden?
Germans save quite a bit, but the Chinese save 3 times as much (as a share of household income), Switzerland twice as much.
The part about big cooperations is something I really don't get. Germans aren't super excited about entrepreneurship, but the country is kind of famous for it's midsized companies. It certainly isn't anything like South Korea and its Chaebols.
The directness is certainly true, though I think Israel and the Netherlands can give us a run for our money.
To my surprise Germany really is the country with the most lawsuits per capita in the world. Maybe its because many have a legal expense insurance?
The rule thing is a mixed bag for me. I don't think I have ever been yelled at for crossing a red light or paying with a large bill, but violating siesta certainly got me yelled at a couple of times, and numerous parties were disbanded because someone called the cops for violating nighttime peace.
Companies stay midsize, due to unrisky behaviour. Familiy business bosses know everything in their company. They stick in their hometown, don't like to have more than 500 people ... also there simply aren't more people to hire, so they get specialists in a very narrow field. Unlike Siemens, lot of capital is buying, buying buying companies.
And employees ... either it's passionate engeneers looking for a challenge .. or it's safe well paid job searchers. Both exist, but people tend to "love" their jobs, they don't just work for the money, it gives them a meaning in life.
Yes, but the Chinese don't have a pension system! Got it?
@@holger_pYes, Germans love their jobs! A German Ingenieur (for example) does his hobby and is happy to be paid for it.😊Even on regulary terms!
So true!
bro make a series on counties compression
Good idea, I might compare Japan and Germany in the future, since I have lived in both of them
OMG! Everything he said is so true!
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Good thumbnail
Thanks a lot 🫶
Me as a german almost living 17 years ( im almos 17 thats why ) in here ive never been able to visit an other country. I rlly want to do a Exchange Year after my Abitur (end of School in Germany). I really dislike the culture here it feels for me here like being stuck. I mean his point of complaining about thing is true just look at me complaining. But i love how this videos is just true. I really would love to go to japan but i cant speak even one word haha. Probably im going to the USA or try to get there just because i know i would be able to comunicate. I can imagine visiting Germany is all in all a worth try for Exchange for example just because of these different cultures but for me it feels like other cultrues are just bertter than the cultur in germany. Great Video and Great Points
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Maybe you don't wanna come back after the exchange year haha, most of the people I know felt that way 👀
German winter....as an African, i think you judt described my personal favourite weather. Strange, right?
I also love winter haha 🤝
It seems like this video was made by your German half, as you are quite straightforward in it. 😀Keep it up!
I’ve been to Germany several times, always enjoyed it. Yes, some traits I recognize here, but they were not too pronounced. Maybe because I like the rules and efficiency…In many ways, I think that European countries are opposite to the US in many ways. You just need to be prepared and not to expect people change their ways for a foreigner.
What you described is literally me, but I've never been to Germany. This qualities are considered antisocial in my country, so I'm struggling a lot😥 maybe I should move to Germany. I don't like super polite people, for me they seem fake. I don't like fakeness
As a German i agree that I hear people complaining about smt
Brother which city has more business startup culture after studying Berlin Frankfurt Hamburg Munich?
Berlin and Munich
@@maxyoko So What is the importance of Frankfurt people say it's a business city big buildings etc?
@@SulmanMalik yes a lot of banks, investment firms, etc.
I'm in last smster of my degree so ppz tell me when i'll start my process for germay study visa
I would say as fast as possible
I thought those things were just stereotypes, but they turned out to be true lol
pretty much haha
Another German confirms: True.
Everything what you said is on point. But also many Germans are very sweet at the same time. ❤
Hi , you can help me about apply in any university there in germany !
I can recommend you join our discord community, there are many people who are talking about studying in Germany
no cap no cap! keep it up!
Appreciate it! 🫶
I feel like the jealousy thing is everywhere
In this aspect I won't get any culture shock lol I'm from Sri Lanka and jealously is top notch over here😂
haha then you'll do fine here ;)
Also Winter wird unter Deutschen eigentlich nicht als depressive Phase angesehen, zumindest in meinem Umkreis. Auch das Einnehmen von Supplements kenn ich so nicht. Vielmehr passiert wieder die typische Projektion dieser Probleme auf nordischere Länder, wie Norwegen und Schweden,„wo alle im Winter depressiv werden“ xD. Aber sonst ne sehr gute Analyse unserer Gesellschaft hahaha
Ich kenn schon viele bei denen die Winterdepression kickt, im Oktober fangen viele Leute an miese Laune zu bekommen wegen dem Wetter und das zieht sich bis so Februar/März durch haha
Aber kann schon sein dass das nicht überall so ist
I think that the video will be better without music
Hi bro love From Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Much love ^^
@@maxyoko Love you too🤗
As an American, I think I would actually like more straightforwardness 😅 maybe not to the same level as the Germans, but in my opinion, Americans would solve so many problems if they were just more straightforward.
A lot of people here will develop problems with you and expect YOU to know what THEIR problem is with you, without them explicitly saying it. They will smile at you, act all polite and respectful of you on the surface, but deep down they have so many problems with you and are happy to gossip and complain about it you behind your back until all their friends think you're a piece of shit. These things never end well, especially in relationships.
So much drama is like this in the US and it's always irritating. People will do everything but say why they're annoyed or offended with someone. I've had people actually try to ask what to do with a "problem person" and often my blunt answer is just... "just communicate with them."
Same here in India 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣 the stories in this video
you might have experienced that as well haha
whenever i see one of these videos and hear the red traffic light thing i almost get an aneursym - its not true, guys. sure, its definitely less common here than elsewhere and some super old lady might shoot you a look but people do it all the time, me included. nobody's going to "insult" you for it.
This may be true but there's always a second interpretation: Germans are indeed straight forward but they're usually honest. There's no hidden agendas or double meaning. You can take most things a German says at face value. Yes, us Germans follow the rules but sh*t just works. It's consistent and predictable. German supermarkets are closed on sundays because everyone wants a rest day with their families.
Pls,is there any African schooling in TU Munich,free university of Berlin or University of Freiburg,if you are one or have contact with one(any African),I will need your help to prepare myself,I'm looking forward to study mechanical engineering.
Thank you.
7:40 gave me mini-heart attack
we all have PTSD from this
@@maxyoko Yep. I was watching the video on PC with full screen. It felt so real.
Next video talk about what you dislike about Japan I'm waiting for it
great idea, is definitely coming in the future
Complaining is a national sport in germany. Also the straightforwardness is the thing that I like about germany.
haha that's great 🫡
I can't believe any of these. Or they must be old stereotypes. Germans seem very accepting of refugees. The police don't care about security, as you find young men loitering at night, harassing females, who aren't given protection.
Germans never complain nor are straightforward with all these migrants who don't follow German customs. And the authorities very seldom follow the rules and deport those whose asylum applications have been rejected.
Complaining is the first step to improvements. It can be a good thing, to say "this could be done better". Except the second step, the improvement, often is omitted.
How are the men towards women ? And how is dating in Munich?
Depends on the generation but in my generation dating is very modernized (dating apps, hookup culture, etc.). The same goes for Munich
I would say, almost everything. And I am so glad that I am leaving very soon. Yay.
Japanese are angels compared to Germans.
And in case you are not a Japanese Person then let me say that you don’t know much about Japan’s history.
I agree , i live in germany since my birth
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You are a typical German, with a German accent and complayning all the time about Germany. 😂😂😂
Being straightforward in germany is not meant to be impolite, we can and will be very polite and respectfull given certain situations. We, mostly, value the perspective and ideas of others and value honest reactions higher that fake politeness.
Has it's pros and cons :)
I like that about Germany (and other parts of the world). We all have our issues with others and pretending we don't just makes the problem worse. I think honesty is the best policy and can save people a lot of time and energy.
I am glad i dont live in Germany i live in Indonesia
For this video, you being German, complaining about German people.😂
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Bro Entschuldigung für die Störung
Bist du in Deutschland geboren??😊🤔😁
yess so ist es
If you look different you‘ll always get this question
Щикарно
appreciate it!
you must be living in München....try Berlin for the better LOL
But you already know that Germany's economy consists mainly of medium-sized businesses!? I think it's great that the shops are closed on Sundays. Most of the people who work there are mothers!
Yeah I think there is a deeper reason why they are closed, I just had to get used to it :)
Since it's also mothers who do the shopping, this really can't be a reason. Who has time to shop, also has time to work ;-)
@holger_p You know that children don't have school on Sundays? Parents should be able to have time with their children.
All absolutely true!!!!
Straightforwardness seems refreshing as an American
7:30 but isnt it the same in japan?
people are gonna stare but won't insult you
Mmmh. I'll probably sue you ;)
In the end, the lawyer fees are on you ;)
@@maxyoko :D
Hi! Well, being straightforward is not a bad thing, it`s not something to digest easily either, but it can work very well especially when you deal with stupid and annoying people, which you can find quite easily in most Balcanic countries, for example, often their percentage can be higher in smaller cities. Of course, not all people are the same and I must say I`ve also encountered a less direct approach in China, I guess if a Chinese guy/partner tells you: "It`s gonna be very difficult..." you f... know he/she is not going to do business with you, academic exchanges or whatever. It`s his/her way of telling you "Ich habe satt mit dir, du Ar..ch.". Complaining can also be good, I guess, if it involves the quality of service, punctuality, seriousness, diligence, obeying civil rules and legislation, where Germans can funk someone pretty well if that person tries "jaywalking" in their culture, but, of course, it can be tiresome if it involves the color of one`s T-shirt, and so on. I am a great admirer of Germans as I`m partly from Transilvania, which was for a long time under Austrian-Hungarian rule (the Austrians "played the first violin", anyhow, and modern-day Hungarians may well be at least 40% German), and... now it`s been going down for the last 100 years and so on... But, of course, no matter how you like a country (it can be Germany, Japan, Canada), there is no perfect country.
I hate to complain I get annoyed from myself lol
Really feel you!