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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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  • @alberstar3256
    @alberstar3256 Год назад +768

    If you're not clearing and gritting the sidewalk Infront of your house and someone slips on the ice and hurt themselves they could sue you cause it's an obligation.

    • @SiqueScarface
      @SiqueScarface Год назад +51

      It is part of a larger scheme, the so called Verkehrssicherungspflicht. It means: If you are creating a danger, you are responsible for mitigating risks to others. If you have a construction site, you have to fence it off and warn others. Ways around or onto your property have to be secure to use. If your trees reach over a public place or to a neighboring property, you have to make sure no branch drops there (e.g. during bad weather) etc.pp..

    • @alexandergutfeldt1144
      @alexandergutfeldt1144 Год назад +9

      Obligation (a legal term) => mandatory or duty
      @Alberstar: mir ist klar, das Du weisst was das ist. Im Amerikanischen 'case law' ist dieses konzept anders geregelt.

    • @manub.3847
      @manub.3847 Год назад +2

      @@SiqueScarface After a long period of freezing temperatures and a bit of snow, we had received a note in our mailboxes on our residential street with the tasks according to the municipal code (city code). Some residents have not cleared their portion of Spielstrasse* of ice and snow.
      And about a year ago, many residents received the request to cut their hedge back within 4 weeks so that it does not protrude onto public paths.
      * in a play street it is often difficult to distinguish the footpath from the road and cars are not allowed to drive faster than walking speed.
      Traffic safety obligation, tree statute, municipal (or city) regulatory laws, etc.
      Only a few are exempt from the clearing and gritting obligation, but these pay additional property taxes as long as the street where they live is cleaned as a special main or connecting street by the municipality itself.

    • @caccioman
      @caccioman Год назад

      There is an insurance for that 😅

    • @hej.anneli
      @hej.anneli Год назад +8

      @@caccioman The insurance is not valid if you haven't cleared the front of your house. Because you are responsible to clear the snow and ice in front of your house and if you don't do it you risk injuring someone. If you act unresponsibly (fahrlässig) the insurance will use this against you and refuse payment. For example, if you leave your car unlocked and someone steals your car or you leave a window open and your house is robbed, insurance will not cover the loss.

  • @FredFromJupiter
    @FredFromJupiter Год назад +576

    Students at university knock to thank the professor for the lecture. It is kind of an applause.

    • @lorionblutkind4564
      @lorionblutkind4564 Год назад +37

      This is always a bit strange, even for German first-year students. From school, they are not used to applauding the teacher, and from concerts, etc., they are only used to clapping. And suddenly everyone is knocking on the lecture hall tables after the lecture.
      When the tradition first came up, knocking on the table was a form of criticism of a bad lecture. No one knows exactly why it has now become the custom of thanking people at the end of alecture.

    • @mushroom_of_doom2148
      @mushroom_of_doom2148 Год назад +18

      @@lorionblutkind4564 so you applauded people in school after they finished a presentation and didn't knock?

    • @lorionblutkind4564
      @lorionblutkind4564 Год назад +6

      @@mushroom_of_doom2148 exactly, in school, people applaud their classmates when they have made a presentation or something similar. That's how I know it.

    • @mel_ooo
      @mel_ooo Год назад +29

      @@lorionblutkind4564 we actually switched to knocking around 10th grade so it might be different for different schools or depending on how old you are it might be a generational difference idk

    • @asmodon
      @asmodon Год назад +8

      It’s the academic way to show appropriation.

  • @MtheHell
    @MtheHell Год назад +338

    "Mett" tastes much better than the description "raw pork" suggests, it also contains some spice and salt, too. It's not pure raw meat.
    I like it best with onion rings, of course and an extra dash of salt and pepper.
    There are also some variations of Mett at your local butcher like "Jägermett" e.g. where the added spices are different from the original. But always keep in mind: "Mett" isn't by law the same as "Gehacktes" (which basically means 'ground meat') even if it looks nearly identically. I heard from non-Germans who tried a little bit of ground meat in their home country to get the impression of what german Mett tastes like - but don't do it! It is definetly not the same (product and taste).

    • @KingLutti
      @KingLutti Год назад +55

      Mettbrötchen - the best thing ever!!!
      Greetings from Cologne

    • @kojote
      @kojote Год назад +68

      A life without a Mett Brötchen is possible but not worth living

    • @Sophie_Emilia_von_Zerbst
      @Sophie_Emilia_von_Zerbst Год назад +31

      Ground meat is not safe to eat raw - so please: don't do it
      Mett on the other hand is

    • @kaworunagisa4009
      @kaworunagisa4009 Год назад +2

      I would never try raw ground meat where I currently live -- the sanitary and vet norms are appalling here. I do feed my cats raw ground beef that I wash and grind myself, and it spends at least 3 weeks in the freezer before use, but, first, I'm not a cat (for one, I have far lower acidity in my stomach), and second, beef is slightly safer than pork.

    • @Capt.-Nemo
      @Capt.-Nemo Год назад +8

      This means Hackepeter, or for the Woman´s Hackepetra

  • @hape3862
    @hape3862 Год назад +339

    At German universities, students applaud not by clapping, but by knocking. It's an old tradition.

    • @derbassmussficken8153
      @derbassmussficken8153 Год назад +10

      Seit wann, gefühlt steh ich am einen Morgen auf und plötzlich klopfen alle aufn Tisch beim applaudieren. Ich hab mir damals nur gedacht WTF was hab ich verpasst.

    • @joajojohalt
      @joajojohalt Год назад +15

      @@derbassmussficken8153 an den unis war das eigenlich schon immer so. ist nen bisschen elitär aber hat sich halt gehalten.

    • @darkenemy42
      @darkenemy42 Год назад +3

      I remember throwing paper planes at the professor or hiwi was a thing at my university

    • @harbingerofevil
      @harbingerofevil Год назад +3

      ​@@joajojohalt Elitist? Imagine a full lecture hall with 200 seats, when (after the lecture) everyone is clapping that will be very *loud*.

    • @lunamorgenstern9107
      @lunamorgenstern9107 Год назад +1

      @@darkenemy42 Are you joking? What type of University was that?

  • @TheHornoxx
    @TheHornoxx Год назад +185

    ...4:32 this Englishman satirises us Germans so well 🤣 - Birkenstock sandals always in combination with white tennis socks are another cliché engraved in stone for us! (and he is not completely wrong 🤣)

    • @Kolenya90
      @Kolenya90 Год назад +6

      Yes, I like his videos so much!

    • @HenryLoenwind
      @HenryLoenwind Год назад +7

      Satire? Maybe it was meant that way, but plenty of people have a pair of sandals on hand as their "garden" or "walk to the mailbox/trashcan" shoes...

    • @memyselfandi3202
      @memyselfandi3202 Год назад +1

      An no one mentions the Hoffs picture on the phone?

    • @vomm
      @vomm Год назад +2

      The only problem is that he is absolutely not funny. The channel of the Chinese woman is 6:53 much funnier but also not really funny.

    • @TheHornoxx
      @TheHornoxx Год назад +1

      @@vomm ...funny! and not a problem at all because all the RUclips gag publishers are either funny or not but too unimportant to become a problem. - Concerning the Chinese (or Vietnamese?) woman for me it's the other way round. Fortunately we are all different! (but also I don't like everything he does either)

  • @snowvannight
    @snowvannight Год назад +31

    "He is speaking half English half German.." welcome to your introduction to Denglisch.

  • @kerstins.8448
    @kerstins.8448 Год назад +188

    In german universities we knock instead of clapping to show respect and gratitude to the professor, we call it "academic Knocking" . It's not really clear were the tradition comes from but one explanation could be, that students used to only have one hand free because the other was holding a quill, wich could not be put down casually without spilling ink everywhere. So they knocked on the table instead of clapping. Even now, where most students use laptops, the tradition has carried on and everyone does it in every german university :)

    • @reinhard8053
      @reinhard8053 Год назад +14

      And outside at least in technical areas. If we have a presentation or some training course in the office, knocking is usual. But nearly everybody there was at a university or a similar school. Even at club meetings it is done if somebody did a speach.

    • @Alias_Anybody
      @Alias_Anybody Год назад +5

      Pen (or quill) in the other hand makes the most sense, but I once heard someone say it's done because you don't have to put your beer down. 😛

    • @MiaMerkur
      @MiaMerkur 6 месяцев назад

      In the north we also greet people in a pub or at a party by knocking on the desk instead of goid evening everybody.
      We even say "Ich mach's mal so" ( I do it this way), knocking on the desk and looking around the faces instead of giving everybody the hand.
      (See first film of north german director Detlef Buck).
      Also at home at least on farms.
      I guess it happend because a lot of men just come in for a tea & cake/bread break especially in the winter without extensive hand washing each time.
      I did it in pubs or bistros or in the Mensa when I started to study in Hessen but got only plain faces. 😅
      It seems a special north german thing (outside academical circles).

  • @ShredAstair
    @ShredAstair Год назад +46

    bread is probably 1 of the bigger cultural differences. people dont mind if the bread has a harder crust here. krustenbrot(darkish bread that has a hard crust) actually has a big fan base because of the roasty flavours and most bakeries offer at least 1 type of krustenbrot.

  • @xNimroder
    @xNimroder Год назад +82

    the final 5 minutes of the video truly were peak enterntainment

    • @NephritduGrey
      @NephritduGrey Год назад +21

      I don't know was a bit too much of dark comedy there for me.

    • @osthollandia8510
      @osthollandia8510 Год назад +3

      @@NephritduGrey It was Ryans version of "waiting for Godot" 😁🤣

    • @SushiElemental
      @SushiElemental Год назад +4

      Not reacting to nothing - what a concept!

    • @larskrutsch7979
      @larskrutsch7979 Год назад +2

      That was way too political for me

    • @tobiasr3792
      @tobiasr3792 Год назад +3

      Hello Darkness my old friend...

  • @pyrointeam
    @pyrointeam Год назад +40

    You would have received a package from Germany if there was a postbox address to send it to.🤣

    • @lookingforthemeaning
      @lookingforthemeaning Год назад +4

      I want to send one to but no reply from my email.
      probly a good idea to all get together so he doesnt get things twice of´r three times (send separtely)
      US customs could be a pain in the ass aswell

    • @travelmedusa4803
      @travelmedusa4803 Год назад +1

      I would do the same :)

  • @aphextwin5712
    @aphextwin5712 Год назад +39

    Since bread was mentioned, I’d suggest the video by Johnny Harris “How The U.S. Ruined Bread”. While it uses French bread and bakeries as the counter example, many of the points also apply to German bread. Germany just additionally has a much wider variety of bread than France, with darker and more whole grain varieties.

  • @KingLucasOfficial
    @KingLucasOfficial Год назад +235

    It's so weird to see somebody like you reacting to Germany and not knowing something that is completely normal here.🤣

    • @rakat2746
      @rakat2746 Год назад +29

      Thats the main reason, because I watch this.
      It`s so interesting, what other people think about things, that we take for granted. ^^

    • @Galhara
      @Galhara Год назад +9

      😄I say only Metbrot. 😄 Americans learn never to eat raw meat. It is only a thing in their mind.

    • @SofieLKF
      @SofieLKF Год назад

      I think that sums up the whole purpose of these kinds of videoa

    • @tna7565
      @tna7565 Год назад +1

      @@Galhara Yeah but go to a BBQ and you find meat and stuff with mayo etc sitting in the heat for hours. Go figure....

    • @tna7565
      @tna7565 Год назад +1

      @@rakat2746 I saw the guy with sandals and socks in the snow and instead of thinking about Germans back home, it reminded me of people here in Oklahoma ( except we don't have sidewalks and noone cares about clearing the snow). 15 C and people walk around in shorts, T Shirts, blue shower sandals and tube socks pulled up to their knees. 40 C and u see people in shorts and hoodies?!?! I know a lot changed back home but I remember my mother coming over here, bought a purse and something was broken and she was upset until I told her we just exchange or return it ( it was like 30 years ago but she didnt think u could just do it). I dont think I have ever seen anyone open chips and eating them while shopping. Let's not even start with people suing places cause they ' burnt' their tongue on hot coffee🤣. Guess 'hot' should have been a clue.

  • @MaguireGOAT4Ever
    @MaguireGOAT4Ever Год назад +76

    This dude from 10:25 is being so German by just doing the half English/ half German talking thing

    • @PH079x
      @PH079x Год назад +1

      but he‘s american

    • @MaguireGOAT4Ever
      @MaguireGOAT4Ever Год назад +4

      @@PH079x Yes, I know.

    • @sarahwelling4354
      @sarahwelling4354 Год назад +14

      he is truly living the german experience. speaking denglish during normal conversations xd

    • @blackphoenix_02
      @blackphoenix_02 Год назад +4

      Like I myself really have to try to just speak german, because I often talk denglish without realizing it. Being surrounded by english all the time through media, I also started to think in english 😅

  • @KingLucasOfficial
    @KingLucasOfficial Год назад +66

    5:16 Every House owner needs to clear the walkways in front of the house in winter by law. If anybody gets hurt (because of Slipperyness, etc.) on that bit of walkway you can get taken to court.

    • @MiaMerkur
      @MiaMerkur 6 месяцев назад

      But often is is not the owner but who rents it by rental paper.

  • @mikakilian4830
    @mikakilian4830 Год назад +59

    Me, in germany, obsessed about watching videos of an American RUclips talking about Germany

    • @LitCprick
      @LitCprick Год назад +3

      True, and further: we are watching a guy watching other videos, instead of just watching those videos

    • @voyance4elle
      @voyance4elle Год назад

      Yup

    • @Taurus11.05
      @Taurus11.05 Год назад

      Same 🤣

    • @lookingforthemeaning
      @lookingforthemeaning Год назад +3

      and we are writing English instead of German 😀

    • @Taurus11.05
      @Taurus11.05 Год назад

      @@lookingforthemeaning true 😂

  • @user-ti8on9zb6y
    @user-ti8on9zb6y Год назад +80

    That's no "tradional" german breakfast. That's a great snack for inbetween. :D

    • @Humpelstilzchen
      @Humpelstilzchen Год назад +6

      Yes 9am breadtime at work 😁👍

    • @Blazeor2
      @Blazeor2 Год назад +3

      Especially if you come from bed (with this special taste in your mouth) or fresh brushed teeth (minty or such toothpaste), Mettbrötchen (aka Gehacktesbrötchen aka -semmel etc.) tastes awful... better have a normal Meal ( Breakfast with Coffee or Cacao) some time before.

    • @brentlowert2839
      @brentlowert2839 Год назад +11

      And actually Mett is called *Maurermarmelade* which means jam for bricklayers.

    • @Simon-sw4ov
      @Simon-sw4ov Год назад +2

      I can’t be the only one that finds the consistency disgusting though, right?

    • @Humpelstilzchen
      @Humpelstilzchen Год назад +5

      @@Simon-sw4ov For my part i don't care about consistency tbh. I mean when ice cream melts in your mouth it's basicaly like slime but it still taste good or when you chew a sausage, Schnitzel etc. it's the same mess in your mouth soooo. 😅

  • @armitage9204
    @armitage9204 Год назад +8

    Funny people answer "Alles, was Beine hat" if you ask them "Was geht?". It means "everything with legs" 'cause "was geht" can be literally translated to "what walks?"

  • @spielpfan7067
    @spielpfan7067 Год назад +38

    In German speaking countries people don't clap, they knock after a university class.

  • @chinesischesser
    @chinesischesser Год назад +12

    4:47 wearing socks in sandals is THE German stereotype

    • @Oligo26
      @Oligo26 Год назад

      Yeah! He made this for the tiktok!

  • @Takimon
    @Takimon Год назад +81

    Dear ryan, even if you say you do have all the haribo available in your country, i can guarantee, the original taste is a whole new experience. for a while i worked in bonn where haribo originally comes from, they got a store with many of their international variants, and i bought some out of curiosity. even the non-special gummy bears from other countries did taste differently.

    • @sorvahr8761
      @sorvahr8761 Год назад +6

      oh I didn't even know they taste different.. i always thought only the different variations that are available in other countries are different. Thanks for mentioning it ^^

    • @Takimon
      @Takimon Год назад +7

      @@sorvahr8761 na, You can't even make the same meal with the different ingredients available in the countries. Sugar from the US tastes different than sugar from Germany, and the recipes are slightly modified due to regional regulations.

    • @sorvahr8761
      @sorvahr8761 Год назад +4

      @@Takimon even the sugar tastes different? Wow

    • @fabianstiefel1586
      @fabianstiefel1586 Год назад +4

      @@sorvahr8761 well in the US the sugar probably comes mostly from corn syrup whereas in other parts of the world it would come from sugar cane, sugar beet or other sources. All those different kind of sugars have a different sweetnes and taste

    • @sorvahr8761
      @sorvahr8761 Год назад +1

      @@fabianstiefel1586 yea i know that finished products taste different because of different sweetener. Like a Coca Cola from the US would taste different because of the corn syrup. But i got it from Taku, that even the pure ingredient, the crystalline white stuff, would taste different?

  • @tenkdkme
    @tenkdkme Год назад +12

    Räum und Streupflicht is a law that means that you have to clear snow from the sidewalk that is next to your house. If you dont do it and someone get injured because of it they can sue you. Also we dont call it salting because in a lot of areas it is forbidden to use salt to clear the snow and ice because its bad for the environment if the salt gets into the ground water. Instead we mostly use grit stones.

  • @Melanie-qm6yj
    @Melanie-qm6yj Год назад +26

    In Germany, we have a song with the verse: "Jetzt wird wieder in die Hände gespuckt, wir steigern das Bruttosozialprodukt." It means like: „Let‘s go, we let the GDP grow.“ 💪 I think that shows quite well how we Germans are. 😂

    • @thetallestdwarf7041
      @thetallestdwarf7041 Год назад +2

      I think it mostly shows how old that song is...

    • @robopecha
      @robopecha Год назад

      it shows that you did not understand what that song is about.

  • @cyberfux
    @cyberfux Год назад +14

    Clearing is not a "slogan" - it's a law!

  • @JakobFischer60
    @JakobFischer60 Год назад +17

    You are responsible to clear the sideway in front of your house. If you don't and someone gets injured, he can sue you.

  • @jackychamber534
    @jackychamber534 Год назад +8

    when they sing a little bit this "Katjes, yes yes yes" , this is from a very well known advertising. 😅

    • @Simon-sw4ov
      @Simon-sw4ov Год назад +1

      Similar thing to McD‘s „I‘m lovin’ it“

  • @ilisan
    @ilisan Год назад +10

    my take (TX-DE) on the culture shock clip
    1. In the US, it's normal to hop from one heated space to another (house-car-work-...) while in DE most people walk to some places, like a bakery
    2. The US has "real", fresh and tasty bread, but it is more expensive and harder to find. Most US bread would not be classified as bread but as cake based on its ingredients, in DE
    3. excessive disclaimers, probably out of fear from these ridiculous lawsuits the US is known for. DE has two common signs for noise and food
    4. ?
    5. DE is crazy about recycling and "world champion" of waste collection (quality is another topic though). In the US, we had one giant container and a garbage disposal. Some even burned garbage in their backyards. All that sounds insane to a german. In DE, you need at least four (+ many optional) containers of a certain size, know the rules about glass, scrap, electronics, etc disposal and undertand the science of the almighty "Pfand" and its influence on the economy of homeless people. All this might sound insane to an american.
    You could make an entire video about it (all your favs covered it).

  • @pyrointeam
    @pyrointeam Год назад +20

    14:46 gave me goosebumps

  • @RakkiOfficial
    @RakkiOfficial Год назад +4

    the knocking thing already starts in "highschool" here, where we just go along and don't question it and leter on learn that it is just the "polite way" of applause for university, but ask a "highschooler", they'd be like "I dunno, everyone just does it, so I'll tag along"

  • @psilovecybin5940
    @psilovecybin5940 Год назад +11

    While we have shoes for everything, the Birkenstock-Sandals are the shoe for everything XD Take out the trash? Birkenstocks! Grilling outside? Birkenstocks. Go visit your nextdoor neighbors? Birkenstocks! Everyone has them, and no german dad outfit is perfect without the long white socks, shorts the shirt and the Birkenstock sandals. Mom wears them, dad wears them, little Tom naturally needs a pair of his own. It's German culture XD

    • @reinhard8053
      @reinhard8053 Год назад +3

      I wore them this morning for putting something in the trash outside (we have snow). But that was the pair for outside. Now I wear the pair for inside 🙂. And we have some for ESD protection in the office (paid by the company).

    • @Salige150
      @Salige150 Год назад

      Here in austria:Birkenstock plus white socks=reason for divorce🤣

  • @paulludwig4634
    @paulludwig4634 Год назад +73

    Hi Ryan, I tried Metz for the first time recently by accident and had the same reaction as you when it was served. It was really tasty and way better than I expected. I had to get over the ‘raw pork’ voice going through my head before I tried it.

    • @hape3862
      @hape3862 Год назад +17

      *Mett

    • @stefanwagner2262
      @stefanwagner2262 Год назад +3

      Hallo Paul, its called Mett, Mettbrötchen.

    • @tigeriussvarne177
      @tigeriussvarne177 Год назад +4

      Metz is a city in France, it's Mett. ;D

    • @mrsirkosky7618
      @mrsirkosky7618 Год назад +6

      @@tigeriussvarne177 I guess, it was autocorrect that changed his Mett to Metz

    • @tigeriussvarne177
      @tigeriussvarne177 Год назад +2

      @@mrsirkosky7618 Seems like the most obvious reason

  • @sigourneyburton3387
    @sigourneyburton3387 Год назад +13

    Ryan, we really need your postbox adress. I would definitely send a a package as a little thank you for your entertaining videos.

    • @Oligo26
      @Oligo26 Год назад

      I reallly want to send him some Mett, but it will not be good anymore if he get the package.
      And I really know, what you are thinking. I would send him a package too. :D

  • @veve9919
    @veve9919 Год назад +14

    The knocking on the tables after a lecture is a university thing here in Germany. In every other setting most people would clap but in university the students knock instead.

    • @HolgerNestmann
      @HolgerNestmann Год назад

      maybe because its more quiet?

    • @lIIest
      @lIIest Год назад +3

      @@HolgerNestmann no, because its not a theater and it is also not exclusive to university

    • @dansattah
      @dansattah Год назад +5

      @@HolgerNestmann Originally, it was done so the students could complete their notes while the lecture ends. Knocking only requires one hand instead of two.

  • @olli1068
    @olli1068 Год назад +6

    That problem with not being able to practise your foreign language skills - I just know it too well! Had exactly the same experience when me - German - learned a bit of Dutch. Went on vacation in the Netherlands and tried to speak a bit of Dutch. But everybody responded in German because their German was much better than my Dutch.
    I guess that is just normal. You switch to the language you think is the easiest for the other person.

  • @wildnis5219
    @wildnis5219 Год назад +1

    Crocs and sandals are common when clearing snow in front of your house because you can put them easy on and off.

  • @Carol_65
    @Carol_65 Год назад +14

    I'm literally on the subway right now to buy things to send to you. Glad you posted this!
    Edit: any food allergies?
    Our rental contract says you have to clear the walkway/driveway by 7 am.

  • @SasukeGER
    @SasukeGER Год назад +1

    "Räum- und Streupflicht" shortened. If I walk on the pavement in front of your house and I slip, you can get sued because you havent sprinkles Salt to prevent Pedestrians from Slipping.

  • @pikkozoikum8523
    @pikkozoikum8523 Год назад +12

    I think 2:59 is about ,that in USA you probably leave the house to walk to your car, and then move to your destination to leave the car and enter a building. While in Germany, you might go more outside, more on a walk, or even use the bicycle.
    I don't own a car, so for buying groceries, I walk or use the bike e.g.

    • @not_that_person
      @not_that_person Год назад

      My first thought was that in Germany most people will likely keep their infant car seats in the car as they leave, instead of leaving them behind, which begs the question why people in the USA leave the seats at the daycare.

  • @looony
    @looony Год назад +4

    P1: "There's nothing here" - P2: "Doch!"
    it's like "Yes, there is" (without the "there is")
    Basically a disagreeing yes.

  • @Human-uv3qx
    @Human-uv3qx Год назад +1

    The knock instead of applausing so they have a free hand for writing shit down

  • @Iskarot1435
    @Iskarot1435 Год назад +1

    10:45 "was geht alter!!!" "alles was zwei beine hat und nicht springt"

  • @KingLucasOfficial
    @KingLucasOfficial Год назад +6

    12:14 Thats normal food and tastes really good.

  • @SimonJPFuhrt
    @SimonJPFuhrt Год назад +1

    Mett with onions is the best thing right after north sea-shrimps.

  • @KingLucasOfficial
    @KingLucasOfficial Год назад +5

    13:44 Why is there 5 Minutes of pure darkness?

  • @sekborg5757
    @sekborg5757 Год назад +1

    How can anyone not like Mett ? On a bread roll with salt, pepper, garlic and onions. It's fantastic

  • @juweinert
    @juweinert Год назад

    The last 5 minutes are absolutely riveting!

  • @ENTE-METAL
    @ENTE-METAL Год назад

    Mahlzeit. There is nothing better in the whole wide world than Mett-Brötchen for breakfast. Greetings from Bochum/Germany. Keep up the great work.

  • @tramper42
    @tramper42 Год назад

    10:49 „was geht (ab)?“ ..what‘s going (on)… I will use that from now on EVERY American asking me ‚How are you?‘ not expecting an answer, but using this a greeting 😂
    And if he confused want me to be a little more specific, I can ask the SAME request - that’s BRILLIANT.

  • @eastfrisianguy
    @eastfrisianguy Год назад +2

    Mett is really safe to eat here, you won't get sick from it - except you carry it around all day in summer 😜I had Mettbrötchen (Mett on a breadroll) as breakfast today, almost every saturday. There is also a variant that can be kept longer, it is then available in the supermarket. Unfortunately, however, not as tasty as fresh. We unfortunately don't have a butcher in my village anymore and am too lazy to drive 5 miles after getting up for Mett.

  • @dekjet
    @dekjet Год назад +1

    Americans tend to freak out when it comes to Mettbrötchen (raw pork rolls) but it's totally fine. German butchers know how to prepare it safely and you won't get sick. It's a traditional hearty breakfast for workers and some people have it everyday. I don't eat Mett often but it's tasty.

  • @cjane_world
    @cjane_world Год назад +3

    If you haven't cleared your drive way and the sidewalk in front of your house, you have to pay damages to someone, who gets injured from slipping in ice.

  • @neps7469
    @neps7469 Год назад +1

    Ah yes the good old "Mettbrötchen mit Zwiebeln" my German ancestors would be proud

  • @Eviliothemad
    @Eviliothemad Год назад +16

    the humidity is lower in the usa and canada in europe wie have a higher humidity. it feels reasonable colder in europe, i made holidays in canada and only needed a few layers of clothing and it was -35c° outside to walk around. in Germany i would have used at least 7 layers + wintercoat. ^^

    • @blatterrascheln2267
      @blatterrascheln2267 Год назад +2

      I think she meant she spent most of the time in cars or undoors. Same with the car seats outside of daycares. People in Germany thought she meant because they're so expensive in the US that parents have only one when one parent drops the kid off and the other picks it up, but she means like infant carriers, since no paid parental leave means having to get kids into daycare basically a few days or weeks after birth. 😄

    • @maramau2485
      @maramau2485 Год назад

      Interesting, i didn't know that!

  • @LythaWausW
    @LythaWausW Год назад +2

    Now that you've seen this you won't be able to experience the total disorientation when it first happens when you find yourself in a room of people rapping on the table as loud as an earthquake. It's not just at school, it's at a company meeting with a guest speaker.

  • @D1rtySp00n
    @D1rtySp00n Год назад

    i just found this channel cuz youtube showed you up randomly at the first page ^^...so to answer some things here :
    1 : at 4:45 maybe not everyone wear sandals at home but its common to wear "Hausschuhe" you just wear at home or maybe a fast walk to the trash bin.
    2 : at 5:15 yes it is an obligation mostly for house owners or on your own property because if anyone slip right on your property he can sue you if you didn t move the snow away and the sentence is expensive af
    3 : at 8:00 in german university its common to knock on the table instead of clapping....it also work as a sign to say goodbye if you are at a bar you just knock on the table say goodbye (or just knock without saying anything cuz everyone knows the sign) and everyone is fine
    4 : at 10:50 you can see it from people under 30 there is mixed language since there are words you use more often in english than in german so we call it anglicisms...and because todays german kids grow up with atleast 2 to 3 languages it's understandable
    5 : at 12:15 come to germany and taste it...you can t describe how delicious it is with some onion and salt and pepper on it just a dream.

  • @Djegosandra
    @Djegosandra Год назад

    Liam is one of the best German/British/Bretoteutonic/Teutobretic tiktokers out there. His English humour really points out the little secrets and oddities about Germany. Socks in sandals are the cliché about the German tourist and of course he has to make fun of that by exaggeration, or else there would be just the obligation to keep people from harm outside of your doorstep. It's also considered in Germany that everyone has to put effort into public welfare and not just let the state do everything. In my muncipalty I'mblicated to keep the gutter clean to lessen the stress on the maintenance personnel and the waste water disposal facilites. Also no water must run from your property onto the street, or you have to pay a fee for the public taking care of the water that is caused by the sealed surface on your private property.
    The woman with the 5 culture shocks probably deliberately omitted the context to make it a quiz. The thing with the freezing temperatures could point to the C/F difference? But it makes no sense in this direction.
    Peanut allergy can be so severy that affected person's can't even take public transport with soemone eating nuts, so maybe there actually are buildings that ban nuts for those extreme allergics?
    Infant car seats stay inside the car 24/7 in Germany, there's no reason to remove them. They have to be in the backseat anyways, because of passenger aribags.
    "With throwing something away" she probably means really trash and not put into the according recycling bin. Actually, except for hygiene products I put nothing into the trash bin. All the rest is either plastic, glass, metal, paper or organic waste and has their own respective container.

  • @judaydreamer6109
    @judaydreamer6109 Год назад +1

    Your „ch“ is getting so much better in every video!!! Congrats!

  • @emiliajojo5703
    @emiliajojo5703 Год назад +2

    For knocking, only one hand is needed,which doubles the efficiency.

  • @PausDinNRW
    @PausDinNRW Год назад

    the knocking is like an more quiet applause. Clapping is for great moments, knocking is a kind of respect, that the prof did his job right, or the other student who did a presentation well. It's a respectful sign, but not overwhelmed by the perfomance

  • @Auvas_Damask
    @Auvas_Damask Год назад

    Among colleagues, "what's up" really just means a greeting, but among friends say that to actually find out how a person is doing.

  • @OrkarIsberEstar
    @OrkarIsberEstar Год назад +1

    1) in some areas of germany it can get pretty darn cold. if you live there youll think that freezing point when ise is jsut forming is actually kinda warm. i sw people wearing t shirts when it was legit snowing. also i was one of them. you can also google this - in austria its an actual custom to sunbathe, in a bikini or shorts...ON A GLACIER. you dont put your towel on the sand of a beach but on literal snow and ice

  • @RustyDust101
    @RustyDust101 Год назад +1

    "Was geht?" is pretty exactly "What's up?" In English. It's similarly noncommittal, similarly slang, and similarly chill. I have my suspicion that it was pretty much translated from the English phrase as well.

  • @Faerin_DeVir
    @Faerin_DeVir Год назад +1

    About the gritting obligation. In most areas in Germany its not allowed to use Salt so we use small stone chips (German: "Splitt"). Also if you dont do it and someone slips in front of your house you are liable for any damages. If you dont have a sidewalk in front of your house you are expected to make a small pathway on the street. You have to have cleared the area until 7 am and have to keep it save to walk on until 8 pm, except on Sundays where you can start 2 hours later. Keep in mind that every county and sometimes even village has a different set of rules regarding this, but those are the most common.

  • @RobloxmitJAROmehr-ok9ei
    @RobloxmitJAROmehr-ok9ei 5 дней назад +1

    11:50 you can also say "gib gas" what is "give gas" like explosive gas

  • @Brauiz90
    @Brauiz90 Год назад +1

    You're wondering why Germans are not dropping their car seats off at daycare? Why should you take the car seat out when you have to put it back in the same day? You take the kid out of the seat, bring it in the daycare and when you pick it back up, you put it in the seat... it's easier this way
    The raw meat bread roll is named "Mettbrötchen" in some parts of Germany and it's great when everything is fresh. I only get them at the butcher store, not in the meat departement of a supermarket (they sell them sometimes too, like in "Globus")

  • @martinlutz5446
    @martinlutz5446 Год назад

    Räum- und Streupflicht means that in cities the owner of a house (or sometimes the tenants of a larger building) is required by law (Pflicht= obligation, duty) to clear (=räumen) and salt (streuen= [lit.] to scatter, to strew [the salt]) the portion of the sidewalk adjacent to his property.

  • @AP-RSI
    @AP-RSI Год назад

    In German universities, you don't clap after class, you knock on the table as respect! Old German tradition!

  • @looony
    @looony Год назад +1

    Mett is extremely tasty, and it's the second most precisely regulated food after water.

  • @Timinator0815
    @Timinator0815 Год назад +5

    Please react to "Jolly" when they tried German food in Cologne 😂

  • @cactusmuffinwarrior6589
    @cactusmuffinwarrior6589 Год назад +1

    Mettbrötchen with Zwiebel and Salz und Pfeffer is the best Frühstück I can think of. It's verdammt Lecker, and once you had one where the ingredients used are all prepared right before eating, you most definitely want a second one.

  • @benlee6158
    @benlee6158 Год назад +1

    Baumkuchen is much more than "a little cake in a box".

  • @alishakennon1970
    @alishakennon1970 Год назад

    About the car seats: we have daycare nearby and don't drive everywhere. We walk or bike so no car seats lined up anywhere. Even if you drive, you leave the seat in the car

  • @AthiHusky
    @AthiHusky Год назад

    An appropriate answer to "Was geht" would be "Ja, es geht!"

  • @ezraabbadon5082
    @ezraabbadon5082 Год назад

    2:58 that has a lot to do with humidity and wind. German winters tend to be wet and cold, and if you don't got a proper coat the humidity will get through it. Cold wind only adds to that
    4:06 especially in East Germany, you rarely throw stuff away. It's either recycled in some way, sold, repaired or stored until you find a use for it. Throwing away is the last option
    4:56 those are house shoes. You wear them in the house because especially in old buildings the floor isn't heaed. It gets cold

  • @Kioko_spl
    @Kioko_spl Год назад

    At the part of Germany that I'm from, sometimes we even knock on the tables to say "Hello" or "Bye".

  • @riccardocoletta2398
    @riccardocoletta2398 14 дней назад

    In German lessons you don't applaud, you kock the table to demostrates approval

  • @Kawaiilolrofl
    @Kawaiilolrofl Год назад +1

    "Just doesn't sound like it would taste good"
    Let me tell you, mett is the only reason why I could never live in a foreign country.
    It's the pinnacle of meatiness, the greatest way to start the weekend and quite possibly the best food in the entire world.

  • @Jumper1155
    @Jumper1155 Год назад +12

    Mett tastes f-in dope! Certainly one of the most unique things about German cuisine though. I've eaten it hundreds of times, over my entire life and never gotten sick once. You put a good load of butter under it, fresh onions on top and a good amount of salt and pepper. It's basically pork tatar without the egg.

    • @Fisch_96
      @Fisch_96 Год назад

      No, don't use butter, only creeps put butter under the Mett🤣

    • @Jumper1155
      @Jumper1155 Год назад

      @@Fisch_96 To each their own I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @Fisch_96
      @Fisch_96 Год назад +1

      @@Jumper1155 I had it one time and it was disgusting to me. It was a joke, you can eat what you want and with whatever you want. But I know no one, who put butter under it and everyone would say, don't do it.😉🤣

  • @JensE95
    @JensE95 Год назад

    I need this „Mein Krampf“ video xD

  • @noemielege9496
    @noemielege9496 Год назад +1

    fun fact: my american friend who recently moved to germany says that she was really surprised at how much we actually eat here because the stereotype is that americans eat alot and are fat but we here in germany eat more. while there is the normal three meals, "frühstück, mittagessen and Abendbrot", there is also "Znüni and Zwieri" (these are the swiss words because i dont know the german ones but basically its a meal in-between Breakfeast and lunch and tea-time) where we also pretty much eat another sandwich or some cake. so we eat more here but my friend actually lost alot of weight, the reason simply being that the quality of the food is much higher here but its still very affordable. so for example when you buy 6 freshly baked multigrain rolls with good quality ingerdients you have to pay 2-3 euros. usually there is also a deal for buying 6 bread rolls with lowers the price but even without that it costs maybe 4 euros

  • @robfriedrich2822
    @robfriedrich2822 Год назад

    10:40 "Was geht" = What goes...
    - the ski diver after his leg is healed
    - the car driver after he was driving a car under alcohol
    - the employee, after calling his boss an a*hole

  • @oliverwtell
    @oliverwtell Год назад +1

    Quote of Ryan about bread roll with raw meat and onion 'I'll take the pretzel.'
    WEICHEI ! 🙂

  • @kate066
    @kate066 Год назад

    "Räum- und Streupflicht" is actually a law we have here in Germany. If anything happens and you have not cleared a certain wide area around your property (it is even a part of all lease contracts if you lease an apartment of a bigger building and usually shared by all tennants), you are at fault for any damages and/or if anyone walking by hurts themselves.... it's a very serious matter here and you have to get up at a certain time because it has do be done before the usually "time most people leave their house to go to work" ;)

  • @harziwarzi7593
    @harziwarzi7593 Год назад

    The right answer to the question "Was geht?" (literely "Whats going?") is "Alles was Beine hat, außer Tische und Stühle." ("Everything that has legs ecxept chairs and desks.")

  • @Station-Network
    @Station-Network Год назад

    Raw meat also call it "Hackepeter" and you have to try it..... Damn, now I have to go and get with rolls and hackepeter. I love it.

  • @uebelgunne
    @uebelgunne Год назад

    "Mett" is usually seasoned and it is important to eat it with raw onions. Then it tastes really great

  • @maximnoize8760
    @maximnoize8760 Год назад

    If someone asks was geht?->Whats going (up)
    You can answer alles was beine hat -> everything what have legs.

  • @miztazed
    @miztazed Год назад

    Also in "Kneipen" (Bars or Pubs) instead to shake the hands of 30 people you know good. You just knock on their table (2-3 times) to greet all on the table with just one gesture.

  • @gwendolynsnyder463
    @gwendolynsnyder463 Год назад

    In Germany, the babyseat just stays in the car at all times. It's more efficient than taking the seat out and put it back in all the time.

  • @ESCLuciaSlovakia
    @ESCLuciaSlovakia Год назад

    4:04 About the guilt when throwing something away. I'm not a German, but we do separate waste in a similar way in Slovakia and for a few days my family couldn't separate the biowaste = food scraps. It felt terribly wrong to throw it to our normal bin! I would feel guilt too putting all waste in one bin without separating it, it just doesn't feel right.

  • @00Jess_M
    @00Jess_M Год назад

    The knocking instead of clapping is also a work place thing, not only a university thing. When somebody does a presentation in a meeting you applaud by knocking on the table.

  • @blondkatze3547
    @blondkatze3547 Год назад +2

    He`s right in Germany there is a clearing and gritting obligation in winter, when it`s slipeery or there`s snow. But going outside with bare legs and slippers isn`t such a good idea then you have frozen legs and can quickly slip.😅😂💜

  • @S1lentSt0rm
    @S1lentSt0rm Год назад +1

    Mett is the best thing ever. You need to try it. Use plenty garlic, salt and some pepper with onions.

  • @alexmares2984
    @alexmares2984 Год назад

    Raw pork, plus an egg, plus onion, plus salt, pepper and Paprika! May BE plus garlic at the Weekend. Named in Eastern Germany "Strammer Max"

  • @ItsRayful
    @ItsRayful 3 месяца назад

    "was geht" is more like a "whats happening" than a "whats up".
    While still used for the same greeting, you wouldnt answer a "whats happening" with another "whats happening" but rather "not much, how bout you" which is also what you would typically answer to a "was geht" "nicht viel, bei dir?"

  • @lucvincentmetz8144
    @lucvincentmetz8144 Год назад

    For her point at 2:48 my guess would be the way cold weather feels over here. In Germany when it's cold it's also often very humid but slightly above freezing temperature. This however feels way more unpleasant than just cold, dry air. Depending on the area of the US you're in, the climate might be less influenced by the sea and more continental, so it's much colder but less humid during winter. From my personal experience I can tell that -10 degrees celsuis (=14F) can actually feel much more comfortable than higher temperatures combined with more humid air.

  • @markus4032
    @markus4032 Год назад +1

    Räum und Streupflicht *Clearing your drive way and side walk* is not just an "obligation" in germany its kind of a law of kind, cause if somebody slips on "your" walkway he can sue you for neglagence.... kind of a serious thing in germany and everybody hates it, and nobody woud sue anybody about this stuff but there is allways the one karen -.-
    edit: also Mett the Raw Pork, its safe to eat and absolutly delicious, the onions give it a bit of a bite and a "spice" taste normaly there are also herb with in or some kind of seasoning but noting strong mostly just salt pepper, paprika sometimes and sometimes a little bit of onion or garlic power its really good. Sorry for my half broken english :D

  • @vidarmonia
    @vidarmonia Год назад +1

    We leave the carseats in the car and I think it's not having waste separation, that makes her feel bad with throwing things in the trash...

  • @beosor4234
    @beosor4234 Год назад

    Put a bit of Mustard on that Mett Brötchen and it's fine 😂

  • @hendrikwiekenberg
    @hendrikwiekenberg Год назад

    We have our "Mett-Day" at work (on business) every thursday with the colleagues. This has already become a tradition with us. It may seem strange to non-germans, but it really tastes fantastic.

  • @Nekomancer1983
    @Nekomancer1983 Год назад +1

    Regarding the Räum- und Streupflicht.
    First, the sandals are kinda a meme regarding Germans wearing Sandals with socks, which there is some truth to it. Doesn't have anything to do with winter itself.
    Second, the Räum- und Streupflicht is pretty much a law requiring you to make sure the pathway along your ground is cleared and passable. You are legally liable if someone slips and has an accident and you didn't properly clear that area.