@@Eva-ey8qv Und des Spülmittel trocknet dann auf dem Geschirr? Und wenn du dann was damit isst kratzt du es wieder mit der Gabel runter? Du isst es sozusagen immer mit🤢? Außerdem musst du des Geschirr ja auchnoch Handspühlen um überhaupt des Nachwaschen auszulassen zu können 😅?
@@GeoLuchse ich glaub es geht darum, dass du sowas wie Ketchup oder Tomatensoße, was oft festklebt erstmal einweichen lässt. Danach lässt es sich viel einfacher entfernen und dann kannst du den Teller ganz normal sauber machen
es geht doch "nur" um den schaum. manche machen ja 2 becken mit wasser, 1 zum spülen und das andere zum nachspülen um die seife zu entfernen. ich glaube das meinte sie damit, dass wir nicht mit klarem wasser nachspülen. und ich wüsste nicht wer das tut. in der schule haben wir das in kochen immer gemacht aber sonst kenn ich niemanden der überhaupt 2 spülbecken hat, außer meine oma.
I think literally anywhere (here in Germany) you can choose between salty and sweet. So Montana: You surely can eat popcorn the next time, just say "salty popcorn" :D
@@huawafabe It makes sense from the view of the government: Citizens have to pay for the government's propaganda which they neither watch nor want to watch.
@@c.norbertneumann4986 just that it is not propaganda, in fact its considdert the most neutral surce of information in europe and is not just informatione ither but also entertainment (A lot of satire shows who critizise the goverment are payed with that)
The thing is, some people do wash the dishes an extra time under clear water, either in an extra sink with clear water, or under running water out of the tap. And there are people who just let drop of the dishes to dry without any second wash with clear water.
I think I’ve tried salted popcorn only once, and prefer the sweet kind. It’s a bit funny, Americans are said to eat and drink so sweet, but popcorn is supposed to be salty. :)
The "Rundfunkgebühren" or "GEZ" used to be you only had to pay it, when you had a TV or radio. Now where there are already less TV's and Radios, every household has to pay.
@@blablub2402 WHO regards it as "one of the best (neutral) news sources of the world"? Only leftist ideologues do. In fact, it's more similar to "Antenne 1", the program of the TV channel in the former communist German Democratic Republic (DDR). Stop telling ridiculous fairy tales.
@@nikomangelmann6054 that's true, but still the claim made in the video isn't really true.. every movie or tv series in germany gets dubbed.. you have to purposely choose to watch stuff in english if you want too.. in general the german dubs are also good - decent.. even tho with netflix and the huge amount of new stuff coming over many dubs have gotten worse, especially when it comes to series.. just too much to dub and so the quality starts to suffer
@@huawafabe Yeah but the point was, that there are supposedly movies without a german dub, and these are extremely rare. And for every time a movie runs in English, it runs in German at least twice but probably even more.
We do not pay actual "taxes" for TV, but a license fee, which btw which is pretty common in all european countries, and GB (BBC). It covers the public broadcast, like TV and radio, and of course online channels now, as well. It has become really common, almost popular, to criticize these fees because many people who don't watch or listen to their programmes don't see why they would pay for it.
if it would be taxes, the money could be used for any purpose, while these fees are bound to be used in connection with broadcasting. if it would be taxes, only the government (and even worse, only the governing parties) would be able to dictate the program, or else would be able to simply cut money for any or all programs they don't like. and if there would be no such taxes or fees at all, they would have to earn all the money from doing commercials and thus become completely dependent on big companies (or rich parties or superrich individuals). yes, there are problems. and yes, lots of things probably could be done better. (eg they officially should broadcast lots of educational and cultural content, "niche" programs without being worried about ratings to base fees for commercials on them, and not need to spend millions for big movies/series or sports to get lots of viewers and good ratings) but without the current system, it would be much worse, we would have at least one station for every big party and every big set of companies, and watch commercials (and reports in favor of specific companies and/or specific parties) for at least as much time as real news and other program time. of course, skipping over all people who have opinions that differ and don't have enough money to buy a station and probably also wouldn't be able to buy the required licenses which then would be controlled by those few rich companies and parties. i would hate only being able to get information from extremely biased (or even lieing) sources who all have their own bubbles of viewers that only get confirmation for the prejudices they already have.
@@GeoLuchse ja klar aber ja nur als Ausnahme. Ich habs noch nie erlebt, dass mein einen kinofilm, der gerade aktuell rausgekommen ist, nur im Kino anschauen kann
9:23 Are you sure this isn't about beer? In the US the barkeep will often try to remove the foam from the beer, while the Schaumkrone is an important part of the presentation in Germany, since it proves that the beer is fresh.
After I saw a few news broadcasts from the USA, regard to the US election I cant value our "Öffentlich rechtlichen Rundfunk" (for which you have to pay the fee) high enough. There sits no Rupert Murdoch in the background and leads the way the reporting has to go. We having mostly a fair and objective journalism. And this is, at least in my opinion, the basis for a working democracy. Maybe the fee is to high, but we should appreciate the service who an independent press deliver for us.
Plus the ad-free public tv and radio. As a young guy I always made fun of the boring public broadcast services, but since I was in my late twenties I started appreciating less assault on my nerves and more quality journalism. Like DLF Nova (radio) without any (!) advertisements, yet still better music than most private radio stations... Amazing. And tagesschau beats any American news service hands down. In English language, I think the closest thing to our public broadcasting service is the BBC, which I believe is set up and paid for in a similar fashion?
This is - if at all - only true for the news. Everything else is often far worse than comparable content from the "free" market. 35 years ago the situation was different, but nowadays the system lies in ruins, while asking every year from more money. Completely insane what has happended during the last couple of years.
@@xwormwood well it is definitely true for the news, I mean listen to CNN or Fox News in the US, they’re just propaganda for their respective party. Also with Funk the German broadcasting system now supports a lot of really good RUclips channels, so they’re definitely looking towards the future. And you can also never forget the incredible popularity of Tatort, or the value of political comedy like the heute show. Of course a lot of the programs during the day are really stupid, but I don’t see how the private contenders do any better. You have watched RTL before, have you? Or the great Pro7 content of the simpsons, the simpsons or the simpsons during the day, and then some movie with more advertising then actual movie. I don’t see how that is better
I avoid ÖR like the plague. They are definitely far from neutral. They don‘t draw a line between personal opinion/ preference and an unbiased delivery of the facts. They call it „Haltungsjournalismus“.
I love watching BBC for the lack of advertisements. No ads with double the volume blaring at your face. Absolute bliss. Brits always complain about it, but it still is quite good after decades of Tory abuse. You won't hear much criticism against the government anymore though as it would use to have previously, which I find worrisome. Those who can recall Yes Minister or the adventures of Alan B'Stard and things like that will get my drift.
I feel you with the popcorn thing lol. When I went to the cinema in New Zealand for the first time I didn’t even know there’s another type of popcorn. Then sitting down and biting into salty popcorn was sooo disgusting . Also didn’t have anything drinkable on me and so I ended up throwing so much popcorn away :( It just sucked
You may be to young to know but prior to Malls and walmart stores were closed on Sunday. I have glass doors on my showers and you are welcome to clean them anytime you want since you seem to enjoy it more than me. Stay safe and healthy.
Fun Fact: Salty popcorn is standard in Austria and if you just order popcorn, you automatically get salty popcorn. Not every cinema even has sweet popcorn.
@@huawafabe Echt? In Nrw macht man das nicht, macht ihr das dann bei allen Worten die auf g enden? Winzig, riesig etc, das spricht man hier alles mit ch
Could someone explain to me why a mounted showerhead would be better? I just wouldn't feel clean if I couldn't move the showerhead to places harder to reach :D
yes, and the movable showerheads also don't simply hang from the wall, but usually there is a hook mounted to a pole at the wall so that you can use it just like a fixed mounted showerhead, as well as adjust angle and height of the mounting point, as well as detach it and use it freely. thus: Montana, what is the problem of not being restricted to one fixed position of the showerhead?
The fee is not just for TV, but also for radio. And you pay for it even if you don´t have a TV or Radio. Edit: Please don´t get me wrong, even with it´s problems, I am very happy about the ÖR, as it provides the best news, kids and science content in germany.
Because all of these programs are available on the internet as well.🤷♂️ I hate it...but i have to admit, after the last four year shitshow coming from the US...i actually stopped complaining completly.
In Austria you only have pay for TV if you are owning a TV with a tuner. If you own a TV without a tuner (GIS-free) you also don't need to pay the TV fee. But I think the radio part of the fee is mandatory (but much less than the whole fee).
Seit ich vor Kurzem erfahren habe, dass nur ein minimaler Bruchteil der Einnahmen des ÖR tatsächlich in Nachrichten und Reportagen/Dokumentationen investiert wird, sehe ich den ÖR mit anderen Augen. Das aller-aller-allermeiste Geld wird für Spielfilme, Serien und Sport ausgegeben. Und das, obwohl sehrwohl Werbung geschalten wird (gerne auch für BILD (soviel zu Unabhängigkeit) und sehr viel für Medikamente - was m.E. verboten gehört). Das geht meiner Meinung nach einfach gar nicht. ÖR ist wichtig für die Demokratie... aber diese Dinge haben mit Demokratie nichts zu tun. Mit dem Fokus auf (btw extrem schlechtes) Entertainment haben sie ihren Bildungsauftrag verfehlt. Die vergleichsweise paar Inhalte mit Bildungsauftrag sind oft ganz gut -- manchmal aber leider auch unterirdisch und gefährlich für Minderheiten, die mitunter schon ganz falsch dargestellt wurden. Das liegt auch am Kontrollgremium, das kaum bis keine Minderheitengruppen repräsentiert und stattdessen sehr kirchlich und (konservativ-)politisch geprägt ist (wo wir wieder bei der angeblichen Unabhängigkeit des ÖR sind). Und jetzt soll der Beitrag auch noch erhöht werden... wir haben schon mit Abstand den teuersten ÖR auf der Welt. :/
Privates Fernsehen ist genau wie Facebook, Google und Co. in Wirklichkeit nicht kostenlos, wir müssen uns Werbung ansehen und bekommen nur "gefilterte" informationen. Wer schaut sich schon die Nachrichten auf RTL oder ProSieben an, wenn er ziemlich "neutrale" aber umfassende Informationen in der Tagesschau und heute sieht?
@@quentinmunich9819 Nope they are not! If your bathroom was renovated after 2010, you most likely have one! We have 3 bathrooms in our house and each one has a large fixed shower head and a small removable one...
I love the way Montana butchers the spelling of Church-Taxes, for me it sounds like there is a mandatory cherry-tax in Germany as she says Kirschen-Steuer instead of Kirchen-Steuer ;-)
In Switzerland we pay the TV tax too, and it's also very expensive. In the past you could avoid it by having a technician blocking the antenna socket but nowadays any device connecting to internet is considered the same as a TV or radio. The money is used to subsidize local media that couldn't stay afloat otherwise. Recently, we had the chance to get rid of it but most people voted in favor of the tax.
The Rundfunkgebühr finances the TV and Radiostations in Germany. You might remember ARD and ZDF? And the subdivisions of the ARD from the single states. This due to the fact that they have less advertising than commercial TV stations! Even if you do not have a TV or Radio you still have to pay if you have am internet-capable computer.
This would've been correct a few years ago. But by now it's paid per household and it doesn't matter if you own anything able to receive TV, radio or internet.
@@Oszilgath yes, because nowadays everybody has at least one of tv, radio, computer or smartphone(!) which all can be used to receive radio and tv. thus they stopped invading people's privacy (while trying to detect households who "illegally" own tv or radio without paying the fee). and in contrast to private stations, _öffentlich-rechtliche_ by law need to be available for free (eg cable provider may charge for providing the cable, and you need to buy something to receive those statuons, but there is no block, decoder card, or similar additional requirement for them)
@@Anson_AKB This is almost entirely true. But at one point you´re wrong. It´s not free. You have to pay the Rundfunkgebühr, so you´re paying for it. Many years ago the öffentlich-rechtliche at least were completely free of ads, because of the Rundfunkgebühr. You may be right that almost everybody owns a tv, radio, pc or smartphone (almost because I actually know a guy who doesn´t own any of these), but that doesn´t mean that everybody owning such a device is interested in using it to recieve their program. I wouldn´t complain if their program would be good, but in my opinion, it´s just as bad as the private channels. I haven´t watched TV for about 6 years now (neither private nor public channels) and sInce I prefer reading the newspaper over watching the tagesschau, I paid for nothing during the last 6 years.
Story time regarding to the topic that nealy "everything" is closed on sundays: Once when I was a a kid my parents bought me an electric RC-Car which could pretty fast for a toy (30 km/h). I needed a plain surface to join the full speed and sliding. So my father and I went to a mall/shopping center which is actually open on sunday 'cause of the cafés but the stores were closed. It was so much fun to speed through the whole empty center and the long and plain sidewalks.
The 'Rundfunkgebühren you have to pay, when you have access to TV, radio, or internet. It is a fee you have to pay for getting access to public information through electronic medias.
Pop corn arrived very late in german cinemas. When I was a child in the late 1970ies to early 1980ies there was no pop corn, only candy and ice cream. My guess: that is why pop corn started sweet in german cinemas. And only later on salt and taco and salsa or cheese sauce where added to maximise the profits.
Suds on dishes - We have a Franco-German TV station called Arte that has a weekly show about cultural differences. The question why some Germans just leave the soapy but clean dishes was asked by a Frenchman once. It turns out it all goes back to a German TV ad of a popular detergent back in the 60s that said you don't have to rinse the dishes, they're good as is. That sort of took hold. So now, when were done cleaning, we just leave the cups and dishes on the rack to dry instead of rinsing them all again when we have cleared the sink of the water with the detergent in it. This only applies to single person households as most people have electric dishwashers anyway.
I would never leave soup on my dishes and I never heard any german leaving it as well. I actually clean them with fresh water before I use the "dish towel" to dry them.
Ich wollte nur betonen, dass die Rundfunkgebühren für relativ neutralen Journalismus sorgen. Klar, ist auch mal was sehr unsachliches dabei, aber die brauchen halt keine Clicks und machen kein Clickbait.
In Deutschland gibt es spätestens seit den 2000er Jahren kaum noch einen ausgewogenen Journalismus in den öffentlich Rechtlichen, das sieht man z. B. an Themen wie CO2 und Klimawandel, Masseneinwanderung, Euro Rettung, Atomausstieg.
@@mautoban66 weißt du warum? Weil die gegen die konventionellen Journalisten arbeiten müssen und die gehen Bild nach, also immer krasser, immer noch einen drauf, die Fakten sind ganz unten im Text, die Überschrift dabei mega polarisierend, dagegen müssen die ankommen. Das die aber untschiedliche Meinungen vertreten sieht man immer wieder beim Thema Umwelt und Klimaschutz, da wiedersprechen sich teilweise Sendungen aus dem selben Sender.
@@mautoban66 warum habe ich das Gefühl, dass wenn ich sie frage was sie damit meinen...basierend auf dem verwendeten Foren nick...dass ich den üblichen rechten Nonsens zu hören bekomme?🤔😏
@@samfetter2968 Basierend auf dem von Dir verwendeten Schlagwort "rechter Nonsens" schließe ich darauf, daß egal was ich dir schreibe ausser einer lupenreinen Mainstreammeinung wirst du mich als rechten Schwurbler, Rechtspopulisten oder ähnlichem einordnen und aus der Schublade lässt du mich nicht raus. Dennoch lass ich dich wissen, daß ich weder links noch rechts bin, sondern zu jedem Thema meine ganz persönliche Meinungen vertrete, die sich in Zukunft auch noch weiterentwickeln kann. Rechts - Links ist nur eine Spielart von Divide et Impera. In Wahrheit geht es nur um oben und unten und die wenigen da oben reden den Massen da unten alles mögliche ein um zu spalten.
regarding the foam thing,... if you towel the dishes afterwards you dont need to rinse it beforehand because you dry it with the towel later and rub the foam off.... if you let it air dry you rinse it beforehand to get rid of the soap.. at least thats what i know from where i live
Ganz ehrlich Montana: Was Du machst ist echt super. Wahrscheinlich mag ich Dich jetzt noch mehr weil Du salziges Popcorn magst (just kidding but i like it too😂) Du bist eine wunderbare Verbindung zwischen US und Germany-Culture. Mach so weiter!!! Liebe aus Stuttgart ☺️
The "TV Tax (Rundfunkgebühr)", is not for having a "TV", every household has to pay that, even if they don't have a TV or cable. I would not mind if it was like a few Euros a month but it's like 17€ a month which is way to much and I don't watch TV or have one, but I have to pay that (I also don't have a Radio or anything like that, just a Phone so yeah)...
Es gibt aber sehr gute Deutsche RUclipskanäle, die von Funk unterstützt werden. Kurzgesagt wäre da ein Beispiel, die haben auch ein Video zu den öffentlich Rechtlichen gemacht. Und dafür zahle ich meine Rundfunkgebühren dann gerne, die Videos sind nämlich echt qualitativ sehr hochwertig
@@carlottaschmitz3441 Es gibt definitiv sehr gute Öffentlich rechtliche Inhalte, wie eben gewisse Wissens- und Kulturformate, deren Existenz ich gesellschaftlich auch für extrem wichtig halte, dennoch ist meiner Meinung nach die ganze Institution der ÖR viel zu aufgeblasen. Für eine grundlegende Versorgung braucht es keine unzähligen regionalen Formate mit jeweils sehr gut bezahlten Intendanten. Ebenso geht ein großer Teil des Geldes nur für Lizenzgebühren drauf von beispielsweise Fußball Übertragungen. Meiner Meinung nach sollte der komplette Kontent der nicht auf Nachrichten und Bildung ausgelegt ist in ein privates Angebot umgewandelt werden. Das würde der ursprünglichen Idee einer unabhängigen und für jeden zugänglichen Informationsquelle am ehesten gerecht werden und die Kosten deutlich senken. Das oftmals angebrachte Argument, dass man so ja keine Reichweite hätte und dies die Relevanz in Frage stellen würde, ist meiner Meinung nach nur eine Rechtfertigung, um eine Institution zu schaffen, die sich beliebig aufblasen kann ohne dabei einer kompetenten Kontrolle ausgesetzt zu sein bzw. den Regeln des Marktes unterworfen zu sein. Abgesehen von diesem Problem ist die Form eines Beitrages anstatt einer tatsächlich Steuer für so manche Person doch ziemlich unfair. So zahlen z.B. nicht wenige Studenten die kein Bafög bekommen und aber dennoch keine reichen Eltern haben den selben Beitrag, wie ein gut verdienender verheirateter aber kinderloser Unternehmer. Der prozentuale Einschnitt beim Netto Einkommen unterscheidet sich hierbei massiv durch den Beitrag. Das ganze sollte lieber vom Status dieses verpflichteten Beitrags in eine tatsächliche aufs Gehalt angerechnete Steuer umgewandelt werden inklusive Frei- und Höchstbetrag.
Sportveranstaltungen wie die WM, Olympia o.ä. wurden als öffentliches Interesse angesehen und dürfen daher fast garnicht hinter einer kommerziellen Paywall sein.
Concerning the „television tax“: It is 20$/month and every household (except for those of welfare recipients) has to pay it, regardless of the number of people and devices. This may seem a lot and is indeed heavily contested by some. However, they can offer you more from this money than some people perceive: There are the two big allround-telestations ARD and ZDF, but also eight regionally producing telestations (e. g. BR from Bayern) and several special-interest channels, such as six stations for culture and documentaries and a children’s station (Kika). All of them produce and show a broad variety of movies, series, documentary films, game and quiz shows, political magazines, talks and comedy, they air sports and concerts and produce newscasts on the local, regional, national and international level. In addition, all these stations broadcast mostly or entirely without commercials and you are able to (re)watch most of the stuff for weeks or even months in their free and ad-free online media libraries. Furthermore, there are two national and nine regional radio stations, which again divide into about five channels each, which differ massively in terms of style (e.g. Bayern 3 charts, Bayern 1 oldies, Bayern 4 jazz or classical) and produce news, reports, drama, comedy and so forth. All tele and radio stations provide content on social media, too, and some provide popular news-apps or podcasts on Spotify. For people our age, they support RUclipsrs from science, comedy, entertainment, culture, investigative journalism etc. to allow them to stay independent from commercials and provide high-quality-content. So it‘s not only about television anymore, but about a widespread offering on every possible platform, which aims to provide reliable, independent information and to entertain everyone, whether or not his/her interests are in keeping with the market. This means of course, that the majority of the programme does not appeal to me personally, but this should not be a reason for me to urge the abolishment, it‘s rather a good sign for the functioning of a system, which wants everyone to be able to find something, so I am glad that we have that here. 😊
The "sneezing" or "blowing ones nose"-thing is really interesting. When I worked in south america my pupils once in a while asked me to leave the room to clean their noses. Really weird for me the first time because I thought it is not a big thing. But in some world regions it seems to be. I had to let them do it outside of the classroom. By the way: If I clean my nose I always do it very discreet.But leaving the room? No. :-)
The article you quoted was apparently written by a German who once accidentally watched a movie with subtitles, and was bewildered and confused by the fact that that’s actually a thing that exists. We Germans are notorious for refusing to watch movies with subtitles, and even getting actively angry if someone suggests we should. Half of the movies on Amazon Prime legitimately don’t even offer the option of watching them in the original language. As a German who lived in Canada for many years, that was my biggest and most infuriating reverse culture shock when returning to Germany. I mean, trying to force me to watch Tomb Raider dubbed into German, what gives? Pardon the rant.
Kirchensteuer: If you are a member of the Catholic church, you do pay a membership fee no matter where in the world you are. In Germany the state just does the work for the church and pays the tax right out of your salary. It's a controversial topic because many people think it violates the separation of church and state.
Well, it really doesn't change much, you don't have to pay extra because of it. It just simplifies the process. And since such a large portion of Germans are catholics it does seem prudent to organise their fees through taxes. Honestly the only problem I see with this is the exclusivity to the catholic church. Any sufficiently large organization should have that privilege.
@@silkwesir1444 as far as i know, some churches and state have a contract, and churches pay the state to collect on their behalf. and this doesn't apply only to the catholic church but to other big churches as well, when/if they have such a contract! i heard that there once also were debates about such a contract for islam too, but they couldn't agree on all conditions (which branches should participate, and that many didn't want to officially declare their religion or which branch they belong to)
@@silkwesir1444 It's still something different if you have a day off where you can't run errands, where noone is mowing the lawn or vacuuming and where your family and friends are also at home or off work. It's supposed to be a day supportive for your mental health.
@@silkwesir1444 children are in school during the week and at home on the weekend, where the little ones have to get a babysitter while the mother is home on two days during the week and the father on yet two other days ... happy family life
I think, about 80% of the few people, who do still the washing up by hand (and not a dishwasher) let dry the dishes by air and not dry it with a towel or rinse it off with clear water, just to be fast. By the way: The German *mania of saving water* everywhere is such a stupid fad, such a tick that's coming from the 80ties environmentalism, what is really nonsense to "save" water in Germany, I can tell you as a pro in the field of water supply. But the parents told their kids and they continue this.
@@mattesrocket I think you simplify too much as far as the saving of water is concerned. Usage of water is relevant in several places: - the "production" and distribution of fresh water (Wasserwerke, Leitungsnetze, Netzüberwachung) - the "cleaning" of used water (Kläranlagen, Leitungsnetze, RÜBs) The tubing has been designed for a certain amount of water flowing through it. Both, less or more, is causing additional costs in maintenance as you know. But yes, Germany is a rich and lucky country and has enough water, despite the high population density. Still, being responsible as far as the usage of water is concerned is no "stupid fad",
@@wora1111 I am JUST talking about the German excesses of water saving (in daily life, lot of crap you can buy to reduce water consuption drastically in the bathroom etc., and all this annoying "don't use so much water" sayings with the typical German erhobenen Zeigefinger), and all this makes no sense because of the reason you described. I am not thinking that it is bad to look generally at the usage of water and behave environmentally and water-friendly like reducing chemicals, but using extra little water in the shower and all the things you hear frequently in many German families are rediculous.
in some towns, water companies nowadays need to "waste" some water sometimes to get enough fresh water into the pipes to prevent it from becoming stale and growing bacteria where people were "too successfull" in saving water and reducing throughput too much. problems also exist with waste water. people were told that phosphates and similar would be bad, but when (if) a town has modified their cleaning plants to take care of that, they may even get "reverse" problems when people suddenly use fewer of those detergents and thus get it out of balance again.
TV-Tax is not a Tv-Tax. You have to pay it, so we have some institutes (ARD, ZDF, etc.) which are Broadcaster-Services paid by this tax. So we can have a good neutral information source. (not just for tv) Not focused on profit.
The only thing, where the foam MUST stay on is bear. This is different to the US, where the fill up the beer to the top, but without foam. Therefore some foreigners feel „ripped off“, when their beer is not fully filled, but comes with 3 cm foam on top. (But of course the amount of beer is still ok, as the filling mark is way below the top of the glass...)
The Rundfunkgebühr is not for the TV program but for the "informationelle Grundversorgung". So something like a "foundational information care", so if you own a delivery device, you have to pay it, like radio, tv, computer, smartphone, etc. The country and individual states are funded to provide you with general information about all concerns of the citizens and regional information, which is relevant for locals. Also I think most people prefer salty popcorn and by default from my observation it is always salty, but they normally expect that you say additionally which type you want. I think almost all films release in cinema are dubbed, but increasingly more people prefer original language (like me). Even smaller films are dubbed, only arthouse films are typically for many reasons left in the original language with subtitles.
The TV tax makes a lot of sense, because then, the public broadcast stations are not dependent from companies/commercials anymore and can do research that is not bias. In America, where there is no Rundfunkbeitrag, you won't really find independent media. For example, CNN is rather democratic and FOX republican. And neither of them will ever say something bad about the companies, that show commercials - cause they need the money. And it's not only for TV, but also radio, the article you're going through in this video (DW is part of the public broadcast system in Germany as well). So in the end it makes research more neutral and it makes not only information, but also things like movies accessible for everyone, everywhere.
The problem with our mandatory TV subscription is that you have to pay it even if you don’t have a TV. They say since nowadays everybody can access the content online. Therefore it is nearly impossible to get rid of the fee.
Yes, the soap thing is so true. I am a foreigner born and raised in Germany and since childhood I saw this with a lot of different German families. Instead of rinsing the soap before using a towel to dry the dishes they left the soap on and used the towel. It always blew my mind. I talked about it with Spanish friend recently and she observed the exact same thing. We couldn't wrap our heads around it.
@@piccadelly9360 Me too. If I only saw it one, ok. But whenever I visited friends families in the past almost 40 years, and we did the dishes, it was always the same. It was so foreign to me.
not for the employees who can spend the weekend with their entire family, instead of everybody having a day off on different days. too bad that some "essential workers" like police, medical personel, firefighters, and even restaurants and other tourist destinations can't all stay home too.
even if you only have a computer in germany and no TV you have acces to german television and radio. So you would still have to pay. its very common i europe to pay for having non comercial television stations that way. In germany its ARD and ZDF + all the regional chanals ther are. in other european contrys the don pay Rundfunk gebühf. that fee is insted included in thats contrys normal taxes. in the US you have one chanal that is payed for that way through taxes and donations.
Re Soap on the dishes: (I'm not German, I'm Swiss) We would do that in my parents home (War generation) BUT: dishes were not left to dry. You would dry them with a towel. So you'd fill the sink with soapy water, do the dishes, set them to the side, and somebody (usually one of us kids) would wipe them dry. Today I'm not that frugal anymore; I have the tap running and rinse the suds off. I make a point of not filling more than one sink full of hot water, though.
When I do the dishes, I put the plates in a "Geschirrständer" vertically for the soapy water to run off. I never rinse them to actually save water and there is no reason for rinsing at all. My US based host family kept yelling at me all the time "YOU GOTTA RINSE EM" during my exchange year.....
@@piccadelly9360 Nope, there's no soapy flavor at all. I think the habit of rinsing the dishes is a typical American one. I personally don't know anybody here in Germany who actually does it
@@butenbremer1965 Die Spülmaschine macht das auch . Und den rest von Europa . Ich habe immer gehört das so ein Gebrauch in Deutschland sei , ich wollte nicht glauben .Aber jetzt habe ich die Bestätigung das es tatsächlich so ist
Regarding the soap on the dishes: 2 years ago me and some friends (mostly Austrian, but one German and one Dutch) were on vacation in Hungary in a cabin. The Dutch guy was confused when he watched me rinse the soap off the dishes, he said it was not necessary, as food safety regulations banned any toxic stuff in the dish soap; he would never rinse off the soap (and supossedly at least some other Dutch people don't to either). We others (including the German) rinsed off the soap when we did the dishes and were confused by his behavior. Maybe it's not so much a country-specific thing, but rather region-specific (or even family-specific). Personally I rather rinse the soap off the dishes. It might not be toxic or unhealthy, but I don't want to eat soap in my next meal.
Interestingly, "With notable exceptions such as the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal and the Netherlands; most countries in the developed world require TV owners to have a licence." (from a the guardian article).
Haha, I think these days most people have a dish washing machine. In former times it was a habit to rinse the dishes with fresh water or dip it in a separate sink with fresh water. But these days many singles or couples tend to live in smal apartments with only 1 sink and little space. The rinsing always takes extra effort and time, so I rinse my dishes before hand washing them and use only a very small amount of dish soap that there is no foam. Afterwards I put the dishes on a special think that the water runs away quiekly. The Iet the rest dry by the air. You only have to take care that no big amounts of oil or fat gets into your sink, for example you wipe a fatty pan with kitchen paper towel before you wash it in the sink or you can do that and wash fatty parts extra first... You have to create your system. ;)
Church tax is always 9 % of your income tax. E.g. if your gross salary is €3,000 per month, your income tax (tax class 1 for unmarried persons) is approx. €400, and church tax is an additional €36 in this case. However, church tax is only deducted if you are member of a christian church (protestant or catholic). If you are member of another religion, nothing is deducted.
we also have videos on youtube made from the big companys who receive the TV tax, this is why we also have to pay for it, although not having a TV or Radio.
You have to pay the "Rundfunkgebühr" (20 € a month) no matter what, even if you don't have a tv. The "öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender" and many online sites are funded by this, so they aren't dependent on sponsors. This is especially important for news :)
The Rundfunkgebühren are not only for the often mentioned ARD/ZDF, but also for many radio stations (DLF, local stations) or docu and culture channels (3sat,..). Here is a list: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_%C3%B6ffentlich-rechtlichen_Programme_in_Deutschland I think you can argue about details of Rundfunkgebühren, but I really love the concept of everyone paying a bit to provide mostly neutral information together with education and culture. This way, there is a valuable choice of programs for everyone, not only for those who can afford it. It may be not perfect, but it's certainly better than having only private stations that need to have a popular program for their audience rating.
My parents do that thing with the soap on the dishes! Apparently, the soap contains a chemical that speeds up the drying process? So you don't have to dry the dishes with a towel and you don't have to let them sit on the drying rack for as long as you would if you rinsed the soap off... That's what my parents told me anyway. I can't say if it's accurate or not because I don't do it, lol.
Being used to sweet popcorn my whole life I went to a theater right across the Dutch border and ordered popcorn. I had the same reaction as you did. But I was expecting sweet popcorn and was disgusted with the salty popcorn. Nowadays you can usually choose between sweet or salty popcorn in German theaters.
Every Movie is getting dubbed in germany. it's because of a variety of foreign students or for Movie-purists, that there are more and more movies in OV (original Version) available. But those are more a service to foreign speakers. They still exist in a fully dubbed version.
Every household or even company for each office has to pay the Rundfunkbeitrag when able to receive the content. Because you are able to receive the content via internet nearly everybody has to pay it. But there are some exceptions like student or people without income. It's to provide the people with independent news and information but very expensive though.
I can assure you that people used to not rinse off the soap of their dishes 😁 - but those were the days when everyone would dry up the dishes immediately after cleaning with a towel. Times have changed and since most people that still do their dishes by hand put them in a plate rack to let them dry will rinse their dishes with clear water. But I can also assure you that there are exceptions (students, older people, lazy ones.....) 🤪
The Rundfunkgebühr is not bound to you having a TV, everybody has to pay it. But it has a good effect that those Media doesn't need to attact any advertisment. This makes them more fact based
The TV tax thingy isn't just for TV though. It's also for radio and even for a RUclips channel network called "Funk". In Germany there are public TV channels and private TV channels. The tax is for the public ones because they usually don't show ads and have a more serious content like news and documentaries whereas private channels are more meant for entertainment. It still sucks because it is 17,50€ per month and per household. So a household of 5 pays the same amount as someone who lives alone. Hence, the individuals in a bigger household pay less than someone living alone.
I'm from the US but live in Germany, and the soap thing is true! I don't know if it's to save water or what, but I work in a cafe in the kitchen, and the Germans often don't rinse the soap off of things all the way and just either let it dry like that or dry it with a towel like that. I found it to be so weird! I also find it strange that they wash dishes and hands with cold water, not hot or warm. I also can't stand the sweet popcorn and love to get the salty popcorn at the theater. 😁
@@lumina9995 Yes, they do. But some things don't fit in the dishwasher, like the large baking sheets for the oven, cutting boards, large containers that hold the Brötchen, other large serving trays, etc.
I like popcorn only in the sweet version, because many years ago there was no other option. When the salty one comes up I tried it and I find it disgusting, because "salt is the wrong sweet", what I was used to. It is the same with you, only the other way around.
Government owned television is common in foreign countries, and a fee for everyone is levied. At one point it was only for households with TVs, but they found it too expensive to police who did and didn't have TVs, so just made it for everyone.
I learn several word that I didn't know the meaning and do the google translate. Thanks for your sharing. New word for me ( I am not native English speaker) : - disgusting - sneezing - squeegee - suds Thanks google for English captions (auto generated) 😄
German movies where a very big thing in the US, because before World War 1 25% of Americans learnt English. After World War One it wasn't that important anymore, but they still were a big industry. After World War Two it started to collpas entirely. But it seems like it started to recover again. Especially because of Netflix
Not only in Germany do you pay TV / radio taxes. In most European and many other countries you have to pay TV / radio taxes. The "öffentlich/rechtlichen Sender" (ARD, ZDF, Deutsche Welle) are partially financed from these funds. Lots of people are against this tax. But they forgot that with these taxes a lot of cultural things, for example music concerts supported, too. Some ARD radio stations have big bands and symphony orchestras, which also cost a lot of money. An other point that always mention is the independence from private companies. So in commen, the tax makes sense.
how can someone dislike sweet popcorn? i`ll never understand. Back in the day, when i lived in the us, cable tv was around 130USD/month...so by faaar more expensive than the 17,5€/month "tv tax" and around 20€/month for private tv, internet and phone
I am living in an expensive neighbourhood but my parents can afford the rent because the church owns the house where we live and with the church taxes they can keep the prices low. Also a lot of social projects are paid with the church taxes. I think that is good because helping others is a central part of the Christianity.
people also should learn that the "church tax" is no tax that the government themselves asks for. they only collect it on behalf of those few big churches that have contracts with the government to collect it for them, and the government even gets payed for that collection service. but churches seem to like that method better than to ask their members for donations. if someone is asked about his religion/church by the government, it is only to fulfill that task of collecting this specific tax and assign it to the proper church (and thus can be answered with "other" for all churches that have no such contract). if someone doesn't like paying that tax or answering questions about his religion/church, he should complain to his own church to have negotiated that contract.
When you say sweet popcorn, are you talking about caramel popcorn? Caramel popcorn is a big thing by me, especially when you get the cheese and caramel popcorn mix. Yum!
The Rundfunk Gebühr ist not only for TV... Also for radio and internet. The government produces tv show on free channels (ard, zdf, kika) with less advertising. They also produce. youtube contact. If you want to know more, search for "Funk".
most movies get translated for German theaters. sometimes they keep phrases in the original language when it makes sense in the story or if they really want to show the movie in the original language but help understand though nearly every movie gets fully translated. German film industry is actually pretty good at synchronizing movies! oh and for the soap - I don't do it but I have seen someone do it. I kind of can imagine this to be a german thingy :D
We don't just pay for the cable. We pay for some TV programs financed by this Tax, so they don't send ads in the mid of the film and much fewer ads in total. We wouldn't need so much criminal programs and maybe have some more good films. They would be more for adults because our neighbours from the Netherlands make very, very good films for kids (Mister Twister is so cool).
Some things you mentionend are not common in Germany or very regional Almost all foreign movies are dubbed in Germany, but some are shown in the original/subtitled version (usually in smaler movie theatres) You were lucky to have showers with glas walls/doors. Mostly they are curtains like in the US. Sweet lunch or supper isn't very common in Germany in general. Kaiserschmarn is more common in the south (and not german but austrian in fact). But you're right it's awsome! "Der Schaum bleibt dran" ??? Igitt!!!
The Kirchensteuer is a thing, because the state deligated some of its tasks to the churches, like building hospitals and schools and preschools and old people's homes and stuff like that. Since they do those things for the government, they get paid by them through taxes.
Well the dishwashing thing is from the past. Today most Germans have dishwashers. But back in the days of our grandparents when everybody did it by hand, the dishes were washed in a bowl of soapy water, then put on a rack for dripping out and then dryed by towel. Rinsing the dishes with fresh water before drying them, wasn't done by everyone.
Around 1980 there was an ad for dish washing soap, that you needn't dry your dishes because the soap makes the water drip of completely. I never trusted it and rinse my dishes.
No we don't leave the soap on the dishes😂😂
I do lol but I don’t know why. I just did it haha
@@Eva-ey8qv Und des Spülmittel trocknet dann auf dem Geschirr? Und wenn du dann was damit isst kratzt du es wieder mit der Gabel runter? Du isst es sozusagen immer mit🤢? Außerdem musst du des Geschirr ja auchnoch Handspühlen um überhaupt des Nachwaschen auszulassen zu können 😅?
@@GeoLuchse ich glaub es geht darum, dass du sowas wie Ketchup oder Tomatensoße, was oft festklebt erstmal einweichen lässt. Danach lässt es sich viel einfacher entfernen und dann kannst du den Teller ganz normal sauber machen
@@Steff-bm8ze ach so einweichen. Jaa wenn was angebrannt ist und festklebt dann weicht man es schon ein bevor man es in die Spühlmaschiene tut.
es geht doch "nur" um den schaum. manche machen ja 2 becken mit wasser, 1 zum spülen und das andere zum nachspülen um die seife zu entfernen. ich glaube das meinte sie damit, dass wir nicht mit klarem wasser nachspülen. und ich wüsste nicht wer das tut. in der schule haben wir das in kochen immer gemacht aber sonst kenn ich niemanden der überhaupt 2 spülbecken hat, außer meine oma.
In our cinema you can choose between sweet and salty popcorn. But the sweet one is still way more popular.
Same, they always ask sweet or salty. But everyone picks sweet so...
I think literally anywhere (here in Germany) you can choose between salty and sweet. So Montana: You surely can eat popcorn the next time, just say "salty popcorn" :D
Ich kann mir garnichts vorstellen das salzige Popcorn schmeckt.
@@Exwhy73 ist halt echt so
Süßes Popcorn gibt es aber irgendwie auch nur in Deutschland.
In Österreich ist es immer salzig
"Fun"-Fact: You have to pay the "TV-tax" even if you do not own a TV.
because every electronic device can give you ARD ZDF etc., so it makes sense
Welcome to pretty much any country in the world, lmao. Don't even get me started on NHK. :>
@@huawafabe It makes sense from the view of the government: Citizens have to pay for the government's propaganda which they neither watch nor want to watch.
Yes it's expensive
@@c.norbertneumann4986 just that it is not propaganda, in fact its considdert the most neutral surce of information in europe and is not just informatione ither but also entertainment (A lot of satire shows who critizise the goverment are payed with that)
Never seen someone here has leave the soap on the dishes. I never did it.
The thing is, some people do wash the dishes an extra time under clear water, either in an extra sink with clear water, or under running water out of the tap. And there are people who just let drop of the dishes to dry without any second wash with clear water.
I think I’ve tried salted popcorn only once, and prefer the sweet kind. It’s a bit funny, Americans are said to eat and drink so sweet, but popcorn is supposed to be salty. :)
The "Rundfunkgebühren" or "GEZ" used to be you only had to pay it, when you had a TV or radio. Now where there are already less TV's and Radios, every household has to pay.
because every electronic device can give you ARD ZDF etc., so it makes sense
@@huawafabe and the GEZ also pays a lot of RUclipsrs
@@huawafabe Many people do not want this kind of "gifts". The "Runfunkgebühren" are an unconstitutional tax for government propaganda.
@@c.norbertneumann4986 Except it´s not propaganda, because it´s regarded as one of the best (neutral) news sources in the world.
@@blablub2402 WHO regards it as "one of the best (neutral) news sources of the world"? Only leftist ideologues do. In fact, it's more similar to "Antenne 1", the program of the TV channel in the former communist German Democratic Republic (DDR). Stop telling ridiculous fairy tales.
i have never seen a movie which was not dubbed in germany
ther are some english theaters in bigger cities in germany
the main big movies run in English at least once a week in bigger cinemas
@@nikomangelmann6054 that's true, but still the claim made in the video isn't really true.. every movie or tv series in germany gets dubbed..
you have to purposely choose to watch stuff in english if you want too.. in general the german dubs are also good - decent.. even tho with netflix and the huge amount of new stuff coming over many dubs have gotten worse, especially when it comes to series.. just too much to dub and so the quality starts to suffer
@@huawafabe Yeah but the point was, that there are supposedly movies without a german dub, and these are extremely rare.
And for every time a movie runs in English, it runs in German at least twice but probably even more.
@@MD-mk3lh that is true
Yeah, we pay a TV tax, but we get our Mainzelmännchen for it! 😃 ( I never leave the soap on the dishes)
We do not pay actual "taxes" for TV, but a license fee, which btw which is pretty common in all european countries, and GB (BBC). It covers the public broadcast, like TV and radio, and of course online channels now, as well. It has become really common, almost popular, to criticize these fees because many people who don't watch or listen to their programmes don't see why they would pay for it.
if it would be taxes, the money could be used for any purpose, while these fees are bound to be used in connection with broadcasting.
if it would be taxes, only the government (and even worse, only the governing parties) would be able to dictate the program, or else would be able to simply cut money for any or all programs they don't like.
and if there would be no such taxes or fees at all, they would have to earn all the money from doing commercials and thus become completely dependent on big companies (or rich parties or superrich individuals).
yes, there are problems. and yes, lots of things probably could be done better. (eg they officially should broadcast lots of educational and cultural content, "niche" programs without being worried about ratings to base fees for commercials on them, and not need to spend millions for big movies/series or sports to get lots of viewers and good ratings)
but without the current system, it would be much worse, we would have at least one station for every big party and every big set of companies, and watch commercials (and reports in favor of specific companies and/or specific parties) for at least as much time as real news and other program time. of course, skipping over all people who have opinions that differ and don't have enough money to buy a station and probably also wouldn't be able to buy the required licenses which then would be controlled by those few rich companies and parties.
i would hate only being able to get information from extremely biased (or even lieing) sources who all have their own bubbles of viewers that only get confirmation for the prejudices they already have.
Omg I absolutely love sweet popcorn, how could you🥺😭
YES.
I'm a weirdo and love the sweet AND salty kind.
@@gwahli9620 you have to mix them, it adds some change(?) to the flavor
I have never watched a movie with German subtitles.
Just documentation sometimes are with subtitles
Primären sind öfters mal in Englisch im Kino.
@@GeoLuchse ja klar aber ja nur als Ausnahme. Ich habs noch nie erlebt, dass mein einen kinofilm, der gerade aktuell rausgekommen ist, nur im Kino anschauen kann
Yes, the most watch just in Englsih, no need for subtitles
9:23 Are you sure this isn't about beer?
In the US the barkeep will often try to remove the foam from the beer, while the Schaumkrone is an important part of the presentation in Germany, since it proves that the beer is fresh.
American beer is dishwater! ^^
Kaiserschmarrn is from Austria, but it is common in Germany.
I never saw someone to leave the soap on the dishes.
I wouldn't say it's common in Germany. It may be known, but not common.
Ich habe noch nie Kaiserschmarrn gegessen
It is common in Bavaria
After I saw a few news broadcasts from the USA, regard to the US election I cant value our "Öffentlich rechtlichen Rundfunk" (for which you have to pay the fee) high enough. There sits no Rupert Murdoch in the background and leads the way the reporting has to go. We having mostly a fair and objective journalism. And this is, at least in my opinion, the basis for a working democracy. Maybe the fee is to high, but we should appreciate the service who an independent press deliver for us.
Plus the ad-free public tv and radio. As a young guy I always made fun of the boring public broadcast services, but since I was in my late twenties I started appreciating less assault on my nerves and more quality journalism. Like DLF Nova (radio) without any (!) advertisements, yet still better music than most private radio stations... Amazing. And tagesschau beats any American news service hands down. In English language, I think the closest thing to our public broadcasting service is the BBC, which I believe is set up and paid for in a similar fashion?
This is - if at all - only true for the news. Everything else is often far worse than comparable content from the "free" market. 35 years ago the situation was different, but nowadays the system lies in ruins, while asking every year from more money. Completely insane what has happended during the last couple of years.
@@xwormwood well it is definitely true for the news, I mean listen to CNN or Fox News in the US, they’re just propaganda for their respective party. Also with Funk the German broadcasting system now supports a lot of really good RUclips channels, so they’re definitely looking towards the future. And you can also never forget the incredible popularity of Tatort, or the value of political comedy like the heute show. Of course a lot of the programs during the day are really stupid, but I don’t see how the private contenders do any better. You have watched RTL before, have you? Or the great Pro7 content of the simpsons, the simpsons or the simpsons during the day, and then some movie with more advertising then actual movie. I don’t see how that is better
I avoid ÖR like the plague. They are definitely far from neutral. They don‘t draw a line between personal opinion/ preference and an unbiased delivery of the facts. They call it „Haltungsjournalismus“.
I love watching BBC for the lack of advertisements. No ads with double the volume blaring at your face. Absolute bliss. Brits always complain about it, but it still is quite good after decades of Tory abuse. You won't hear much criticism against the government anymore though as it would use to have previously, which I find worrisome. Those who can recall Yes Minister or the adventures of Alan B'Stard and things like that will get my drift.
Everyone says our showers are weird. Reminds me of The Hunger Games when Peeta said the capitols showers are weird. 😅
Their eating habits are much weirder. 😹
I feel you with the popcorn thing lol. When I went to the cinema in New Zealand for the first time I didn’t even know there’s another type of popcorn. Then sitting down and biting into salty popcorn was sooo disgusting . Also didn’t have anything drinkable on me and so I ended up throwing so much popcorn away :( It just sucked
You may be to young to know but prior to Malls and walmart stores were closed on Sunday. I have glass doors on my showers and you are welcome to clean them anytime you want since you seem to enjoy it more than me. Stay safe and healthy.
Fun Fact: Salty popcorn is standard in Austria and if you just order popcorn, you automatically get salty popcorn. Not every cinema even has sweet popcorn.
"König der Löwen" was on point, you even said "KöniCH" a very German accent thing to do.
"Könich" ist die richtige Aussprache, so steht es auch im Duden
@@carlottaschmitz3441 im Süden (wo Montana war) sprechen wir es mit g.
@@huawafabe Echt? In Nrw macht man das nicht, macht ihr das dann bei allen Worten die auf g enden? Winzig, riesig etc, das spricht man hier alles mit ch
@@carlottaschmitz3441 Ja machen wir bei jedem Wort, das auf g endet :)
@@carlottaschmitz3441 ich wohn auch in NRW und sag es mit einen g
Could someone explain to me why a mounted showerhead would be better? I just wouldn't feel clean if I couldn't move the showerhead to places harder to reach :D
yes, and the movable showerheads also don't simply hang from the wall, but usually there is a hook mounted to a pole at the wall so that you can use it just like a fixed mounted showerhead, as well as adjust angle and height of the mounting point, as well as detach it and use it freely. thus: Montana, what is the problem of not being restricted to one fixed position of the showerhead?
I like both.
When you wait for the RUclips ad to offer a "close ad" button, you actually think lovingly on the service fee for public broadcasting service! :-D
The fee is not just for TV, but also for radio. And you pay for it even if you don´t have a TV or Radio.
Edit: Please don´t get me wrong, even with it´s problems, I am very happy about the ÖR, as it provides the best news, kids and science content in germany.
Because all of these programs are available on the internet as well.🤷♂️
I hate it...but i have to admit, after the last four year shitshow coming from the US...i actually stopped complaining completly.
In Austria you only have pay for TV if you are owning a TV with a tuner.
If you own a TV without a tuner (GIS-free) you also don't need to pay the TV fee.
But I think the radio part of the fee is mandatory (but much less than the whole fee).
Seit ich vor Kurzem erfahren habe, dass nur ein minimaler Bruchteil der Einnahmen des ÖR tatsächlich in Nachrichten und Reportagen/Dokumentationen investiert wird, sehe ich den ÖR mit anderen Augen. Das aller-aller-allermeiste Geld wird für Spielfilme, Serien und Sport ausgegeben. Und das, obwohl sehrwohl Werbung geschalten wird (gerne auch für BILD (soviel zu Unabhängigkeit) und sehr viel für Medikamente - was m.E. verboten gehört). Das geht meiner Meinung nach einfach gar nicht. ÖR ist wichtig für die Demokratie... aber diese Dinge haben mit Demokratie nichts zu tun. Mit dem Fokus auf (btw extrem schlechtes) Entertainment haben sie ihren Bildungsauftrag verfehlt. Die vergleichsweise paar Inhalte mit Bildungsauftrag sind oft ganz gut -- manchmal aber leider auch unterirdisch und gefährlich für Minderheiten, die mitunter schon ganz falsch dargestellt wurden. Das liegt auch am Kontrollgremium, das kaum bis keine Minderheitengruppen repräsentiert und stattdessen sehr kirchlich und (konservativ-)politisch geprägt ist (wo wir wieder bei der angeblichen Unabhängigkeit des ÖR sind). Und jetzt soll der Beitrag auch noch erhöht werden... wir haben schon mit Abstand den teuersten ÖR auf der Welt. :/
@@jessali_ ja genau, ein Beispiel ist z.B. "Wie Rechte die Gaming-Kultur unterwandern" - frontal 21 (ZDF)
Privates Fernsehen ist genau wie Facebook, Google und Co. in Wirklichkeit nicht kostenlos, wir müssen uns Werbung ansehen und bekommen nur "gefilterte" informationen. Wer schaut sich schon die Nachrichten auf RTL oder ProSieben an, wenn er ziemlich "neutrale" aber umfassende Informationen in der Tagesschau und heute sieht?
Glad to see that you're OK. I was a little worried, because you didn't release a video last week.
Ive never seen a shower without a showerhead attachment in Germany tbh
The thing is: Is the showerhead fixed to the wall / ceiling or ist it moveable. Fixed ones are very rar in germany.
@@quentinmunich9819 Nope they are not! If your bathroom was renovated after 2010, you most likely have one! We have 3 bathrooms in our house and each one has a large fixed shower head and a small removable one...
@@NKKBerlin OK, but in the US you'd have ONLY the fixed one. I'd surely miss the ability to properly wash down under.
I love the way Montana butchers the spelling of Church-Taxes, for me it sounds like there is a mandatory cherry-tax in Germany as she says Kirschen-Steuer instead of Kirchen-Steuer ;-)
Like it A LOT more than the "Körkenstuah" you's expect from you average native English speaker. She practiced an came far and that's what matters.
The most films videogames etc. are very good translated. In Germany we don't have a good or big film industry but the synchronization is very good.
The noise you made with regard to sweet popcorn I make with regard to salty popcorn. UUUUARGH :D
In Switzerland we pay the TV tax too, and it's also very expensive. In the past you could avoid it by having a technician blocking the antenna socket but nowadays any device connecting to internet is considered the same as a TV or radio. The money is used to subsidize local media that couldn't stay afloat otherwise. Recently, we had the chance to get rid of it but most people voted in favor of the tax.
The Rundfunkgebühr finances the TV and Radiostations in Germany. You might remember ARD and ZDF? And the subdivisions of the ARD from the single states. This due to the fact that they have less advertising than commercial TV stations!
Even if you do not have a TV or Radio you still have to pay if you have am internet-capable computer.
This would've been correct a few years ago. But by now it's paid per household and it doesn't matter if you own anything able to receive TV, radio or internet.
@@Oszilgath yes, because nowadays everybody has at least one of tv, radio, computer or smartphone(!) which all can be used to receive radio and tv. thus they stopped invading people's privacy (while trying to detect households who "illegally" own tv or radio without paying the fee).
and in contrast to private stations, _öffentlich-rechtliche_ by law need to be available for free (eg cable provider may charge for providing the cable, and you need to buy something to receive those statuons, but there is no block, decoder card, or similar additional requirement for them)
@@Anson_AKB This is almost entirely true. But at one point you´re wrong. It´s not free. You have to pay the Rundfunkgebühr, so you´re paying for it. Many years ago the öffentlich-rechtliche at least were completely free of ads, because of the Rundfunkgebühr.
You may be right that almost everybody owns a tv, radio, pc or smartphone (almost because I actually know a guy who doesn´t own any of these), but that doesn´t mean that everybody owning such a device is interested in using it to recieve their program.
I wouldn´t complain if their program would be good, but in my opinion, it´s just as bad as the private channels.
I haven´t watched TV for about 6 years now (neither private nor public channels) and sInce I prefer reading the newspaper over watching the tagesschau, I paid for nothing during the last 6 years.
For the record your "König der Löwen" was very much on point
funny thing about the TV tax is that you have to pay it even if you dont have a TV.
But it is not only a TV tax. You can see the program online or here it in the radio.
Wer zahlt den Müll denn ?
it's simply modern state highway-robbery
Nice video again 🌻
Story time regarding to the topic that nealy "everything" is closed on sundays:
Once when I was a a kid my parents bought me an electric RC-Car which could pretty fast for a toy (30 km/h).
I needed a plain surface to join the full speed and sliding. So my father and I went to a mall/shopping center which is actually open on sunday 'cause of the cafés but the stores were closed. It was so much fun to speed through the whole empty center and the long and plain sidewalks.
The 'Rundfunkgebühren you have to pay, when you have access to TV, radio, or internet. It is a fee you have to pay for getting access to public information through electronic medias.
Pop corn arrived very late in german cinemas. When I was a child in the late 1970ies to early 1980ies there was no pop corn, only candy and ice cream. My guess: that is why pop corn started sweet in german cinemas. And only later on salt and taco and salsa or cheese sauce where added to maximise the profits.
Liebe Montana, der Schaum bleibt (natürlich) nicht dran! Ich spüle mein Geschirr vor dem Abtrocknen mit klarem Wasser. 😉😊
Suds on dishes - We have a Franco-German TV station called Arte that has a weekly show about cultural differences. The question why some Germans just leave the soapy but clean dishes was asked by a Frenchman once. It turns out it all goes back to a German TV ad of a popular detergent back in the 60s that said you don't have to rinse the dishes, they're good as is. That sort of took hold. So now, when were done cleaning, we just leave the cups and dishes on the rack to dry instead of rinsing them all again when we have cleared the sink of the water with the detergent in it. This only applies to single person households as most people have electric dishwashers anyway.
I would never leave soup on my dishes and I never heard any german leaving it as well. I actually clean them with fresh water before I use the "dish towel" to dry them.
It wasn't about soup, it was about soap.
I think what is meant is what is called "Nachspülen", which some people do, some people don't.
Ich wollte nur betonen, dass die Rundfunkgebühren für relativ neutralen Journalismus sorgen. Klar, ist auch mal was sehr unsachliches dabei, aber die brauchen halt keine Clicks und machen kein Clickbait.
Und da durch können die sich auch länger mit Themen beschäftigen, als es eigentlich finanziell sinnvoll wäre.
In Deutschland gibt es spätestens seit den 2000er Jahren kaum noch einen ausgewogenen Journalismus in den öffentlich Rechtlichen, das sieht man z. B. an Themen wie CO2 und Klimawandel, Masseneinwanderung, Euro Rettung, Atomausstieg.
@@mautoban66 weißt du warum? Weil die gegen die konventionellen Journalisten arbeiten müssen und die gehen Bild nach, also immer krasser, immer noch einen drauf, die Fakten sind ganz unten im Text, die Überschrift dabei mega polarisierend, dagegen müssen die ankommen. Das die aber untschiedliche Meinungen vertreten sieht man immer wieder beim Thema Umwelt und Klimaschutz, da wiedersprechen sich teilweise Sendungen aus dem selben Sender.
@@mautoban66 warum habe ich das Gefühl, dass wenn ich sie frage was sie damit meinen...basierend auf dem verwendeten Foren nick...dass ich den üblichen rechten Nonsens zu hören bekomme?🤔😏
@@samfetter2968 Basierend auf dem von Dir verwendeten Schlagwort "rechter Nonsens" schließe ich darauf, daß egal was ich dir schreibe ausser einer lupenreinen Mainstreammeinung wirst du mich als rechten Schwurbler, Rechtspopulisten oder ähnlichem einordnen und aus der Schublade lässt du mich nicht raus. Dennoch lass ich dich wissen, daß ich weder links noch rechts bin, sondern zu jedem Thema meine ganz persönliche Meinungen vertrete, die sich in Zukunft auch noch weiterentwickeln kann.
Rechts - Links ist nur eine Spielart von Divide et Impera. In Wahrheit geht es nur um oben und unten und die wenigen da oben reden den Massen da unten alles mögliche ein um zu spalten.
regarding the foam thing,... if you towel the dishes afterwards you dont need to rinse it beforehand because you dry it with the towel later and rub the foam off.... if you let it air dry you rinse it beforehand to get rid of the soap..
at least thats what i know from where i live
Ganz ehrlich Montana: Was Du machst ist echt super. Wahrscheinlich mag ich Dich jetzt noch mehr weil Du salziges Popcorn magst (just kidding but i like it too😂) Du bist eine wunderbare Verbindung zwischen US und Germany-Culture. Mach so weiter!!! Liebe aus Stuttgart ☺️
The "TV Tax (Rundfunkgebühr)", is not for having a "TV", every household has to pay that, even if they don't have a TV or cable. I would not mind if it was like a few Euros a month but it's like 17€ a month which is way to much and I don't watch TV or have one, but I have to pay that (I also don't have a Radio or anything like that, just a Phone so yeah)...
Es gibt aber sehr gute Deutsche RUclipskanäle, die von Funk unterstützt werden. Kurzgesagt wäre da ein Beispiel, die haben auch ein Video zu den öffentlich Rechtlichen gemacht.
Und dafür zahle ich meine Rundfunkgebühren dann gerne, die Videos sind nämlich echt qualitativ sehr hochwertig
but you watch Kurzgesagt, checkmate
@@carlottaschmitz3441 Es gibt definitiv sehr gute Öffentlich rechtliche Inhalte, wie eben gewisse Wissens- und Kulturformate, deren Existenz ich gesellschaftlich auch für extrem wichtig halte, dennoch ist meiner Meinung nach die ganze Institution der ÖR viel zu aufgeblasen. Für eine grundlegende Versorgung braucht es keine unzähligen regionalen Formate mit jeweils sehr gut bezahlten Intendanten. Ebenso geht ein großer Teil des Geldes nur für Lizenzgebühren drauf von beispielsweise Fußball Übertragungen. Meiner Meinung nach sollte der komplette Kontent der nicht auf Nachrichten und Bildung ausgelegt ist in ein privates Angebot umgewandelt werden. Das würde der ursprünglichen Idee einer unabhängigen und für jeden zugänglichen Informationsquelle am ehesten gerecht werden und die Kosten deutlich senken. Das oftmals angebrachte Argument, dass man so ja keine Reichweite hätte und dies die Relevanz in Frage stellen würde, ist meiner Meinung nach nur eine Rechtfertigung, um eine Institution zu schaffen, die sich beliebig aufblasen kann ohne dabei einer kompetenten Kontrolle ausgesetzt zu sein bzw. den Regeln des Marktes unterworfen zu sein.
Abgesehen von diesem Problem ist die Form eines Beitrages anstatt einer tatsächlich Steuer für so manche Person doch ziemlich unfair. So zahlen z.B. nicht wenige Studenten die kein Bafög bekommen und aber dennoch keine reichen Eltern haben den selben Beitrag, wie ein gut verdienender verheirateter aber kinderloser Unternehmer. Der prozentuale Einschnitt beim Netto Einkommen unterscheidet sich hierbei massiv durch den Beitrag. Das ganze sollte lieber vom Status dieses verpflichteten Beitrags in eine tatsächliche aufs Gehalt angerechnete Steuer umgewandelt werden inklusive Frei- und Höchstbetrag.
@@soziologeek3340 Alle Zahlen das Selbe, damit reichere Menschen keinen größeren Einfluss haben. Ob man das jetzt gut findet, ist eine andere Frage.
Sportveranstaltungen wie die WM, Olympia o.ä. wurden als öffentliches Interesse angesehen und dürfen daher fast garnicht hinter einer kommerziellen Paywall sein.
Concerning the „television tax“: It is 20$/month and every household (except for those of welfare recipients) has to pay it, regardless of the number of people and devices. This may seem a lot and is indeed heavily contested by some. However, they can offer you more from this money than some people perceive: There are the two big allround-telestations ARD and ZDF, but also eight regionally producing telestations (e. g. BR from Bayern) and several special-interest channels, such as six stations for culture and documentaries and a children’s station (Kika). All of them produce and show a broad variety of movies, series, documentary films, game and quiz shows, political magazines, talks and comedy, they air sports and concerts and produce newscasts on the local, regional, national and international level. In addition, all these stations broadcast mostly or entirely without commercials and you are able to (re)watch most of the stuff for weeks or even months in their free and ad-free online media libraries. Furthermore, there are two national and nine regional radio stations, which again divide into about five channels each, which differ massively in terms of style (e.g. Bayern 3 charts, Bayern 1 oldies, Bayern 4 jazz or classical) and produce news, reports, drama, comedy and so forth. All tele and radio stations provide content on social media, too, and some provide popular news-apps or podcasts on Spotify. For people our age, they support RUclipsrs from science, comedy, entertainment, culture, investigative journalism etc. to allow them to stay independent from commercials and provide high-quality-content. So it‘s not only about television anymore, but about a widespread offering on every possible platform, which aims to provide reliable, independent information and to entertain everyone, whether or not his/her interests are in keeping with the market. This means of course, that the majority of the programme does not appeal to me personally, but this should not be a reason for me to urge the abolishment, it‘s rather a good sign for the functioning of a system, which wants everyone to be able to find something, so I am glad that we have that here. 😊
There are people who leave the soapsuds on the dishes, but I don't think it's because they want to save water. They're just lazy.
The "sneezing" or "blowing ones nose"-thing is really interesting. When I worked in south america my pupils once in a while asked me to leave the room to clean their noses. Really weird for me the first time because I thought it is not a big thing. But in some world regions it seems to be. I had to let them do it outside of the classroom.
By the way: If I clean my nose I always do it very discreet.But leaving the room? No. :-)
Maybe such behaviors have something to do with the Spanish Flu? Like, some things stuck, out of habit.
In Asia it is more polite to sniff than to blow your nose
The article you quoted was apparently written by a German who once accidentally watched a movie with subtitles, and was bewildered and confused by the fact that that’s actually a thing that exists. We Germans are notorious for refusing to watch movies with subtitles, and even getting actively angry if someone suggests we should. Half of the movies on Amazon Prime legitimately don’t even offer the option of watching them in the original language. As a German who lived in Canada for many years, that was my biggest and most infuriating reverse culture shock when returning to Germany. I mean, trying to force me to watch Tomb Raider dubbed into German, what gives? Pardon the rant.
A German confused by subtitles? What?
Sometimes I wish that stores would open on Sunday. But I also believe that we need a break from consumerism one day a week.
Kirchensteuer:
If you are a member of the Catholic church, you do pay a membership fee no matter where in the world you are.
In Germany the state just does the work for the church and pays the tax right out of your salary.
It's a controversial topic because many people think it violates the separation of church and state.
What argument could be made that it does _not_ violate the separation of church and state?
Well, it really doesn't change much, you don't have to pay extra because of it. It just simplifies the process. And since such a large portion of Germans are catholics it does seem prudent to organise their fees through taxes.
Honestly the only problem I see with this is the exclusivity to the catholic church. Any sufficiently large organization should have that privilege.
@@silkwesir1444 as far as i know, some churches and state have a contract, and churches pay the state to collect on their behalf.
and this doesn't apply only to the catholic church but to other big churches as well, when/if they have such a contract! i heard that there once also were debates about such a contract for islam too, but they couldn't agree on all conditions (which branches should participate, and that many didn't want to officially declare their religion or which branch they belong to)
People working in stores also deserve a day off, that's another reason for the closes on Sundays.
Well, those who would come into work on Sunday could get another day off, like Monday or Tuesday.
@@silkwesir1444 It's still something different if you have a day off where you can't run errands, where noone is mowing the lawn or vacuuming and where your family and friends are also at home or off work.
It's supposed to be a day supportive for your mental health.
@@silkwesir1444 children are in school during the week and at home on the weekend, where the little ones have to get a babysitter while the mother is home on two days during the week and the father on yet two other days ... happy family life
A lot of Germans I know do leave the soap on the dishes. However, I personally don't since I don't want to eat those chemicals 😂🙈
Ewww, what? I don't know anyone who does that 🤢
I think, about 80% of the few people, who do still the washing up by hand (and not a dishwasher) let dry the dishes by air and not dry it with a towel or rinse it off with clear water, just to be fast.
By the way: The German *mania of saving water* everywhere is such a stupid fad, such a tick that's coming from the 80ties environmentalism, what is really nonsense to "save" water in Germany, I can tell you as a pro in the field of water supply. But the parents told their kids and they continue this.
@@mattesrocket I think you simplify too much as far as the saving of water is concerned. Usage of water is relevant in several places:
- the "production" and distribution of fresh water (Wasserwerke, Leitungsnetze, Netzüberwachung)
- the "cleaning" of used water (Kläranlagen, Leitungsnetze, RÜBs)
The tubing has been designed for a certain amount of water flowing through it. Both, less or more, is causing additional costs in maintenance as you know.
But yes, Germany is a rich and lucky country and has enough water, despite the high population density. Still, being responsible as far as the usage of water is concerned is no "stupid fad",
@@wora1111 I am JUST talking about the German excesses of water saving (in daily life, lot of crap you can buy to reduce water consuption drastically in the bathroom etc., and all this annoying "don't use so much water" sayings with the typical German erhobenen Zeigefinger), and all this makes no sense because of the reason you described. I am not thinking that it is bad to look generally at the usage of water and behave environmentally and water-friendly like reducing chemicals, but using extra little water in the shower and all the things you hear frequently in many German families are rediculous.
in some towns, water companies nowadays need to "waste" some water sometimes to get enough fresh water into the pipes to prevent it from becoming stale and growing bacteria where people were "too successfull" in saving water and reducing throughput too much.
problems also exist with waste water. people were told that phosphates and similar would be bad, but when (if) a town has modified their cleaning plants to take care of that, they may even get "reverse" problems when people suddenly use fewer of those detergents and thus get it out of balance again.
Montana - you lived in Bavaria - most do NOT eat Kaiserschmarn for lunch - thats a weekend desert. Not many germans would like sweets for lunch
TV-Tax is not a Tv-Tax. You have to pay it, so we have some institutes (ARD, ZDF, etc.) which are Broadcaster-Services paid by this tax. So we can have a good neutral information source. (not just for tv) Not focused on profit.
The only thing, where the foam MUST stay on is bear. This is different to the US, where the fill up the beer to the top, but without foam. Therefore some foreigners feel „ripped off“, when their beer is not fully filled, but comes with 3 cm foam on top. (But of course the amount of beer is still ok, as the filling mark is way below the top of the glass...)
The Rundfunkgebühr is not for the TV program but for the "informationelle Grundversorgung". So something like a "foundational information care", so if you own a delivery device, you have to pay it, like radio, tv, computer, smartphone, etc. The country and individual states are funded to provide you with general information about all concerns of the citizens and regional information, which is relevant for locals.
Also I think most people prefer salty popcorn and by default from my observation it is always salty, but they normally expect that you say additionally which type you want.
I think almost all films release in cinema are dubbed, but increasingly more people prefer original language (like me). Even smaller films are dubbed, only arthouse films are typically for many reasons left in the original language with subtitles.
The TV tax makes a lot of sense, because then, the public broadcast stations are not dependent from companies/commercials anymore and can do research that is not bias. In America, where there is no Rundfunkbeitrag, you won't really find independent media. For example, CNN is rather democratic and FOX republican. And neither of them will ever say something bad about the companies, that show commercials - cause they need the money.
And it's not only for TV, but also radio, the article you're going through in this video (DW is part of the public broadcast system in Germany as well). So in the end it makes research more neutral and it makes not only information, but also things like movies accessible for everyone, everywhere.
The problem with our mandatory TV subscription is that you have to pay it even if you don’t have a TV. They say since nowadays everybody can access the content online. Therefore it is nearly impossible to get rid of the fee.
Yes, the soap thing is so true. I am a foreigner born and raised in Germany and since childhood I saw this with a lot of different German families. Instead of rinsing the soap before using a towel to dry the dishes they left the soap on and used the towel. It always blew my mind. I talked about it with Spanish friend recently and she observed the exact same thing. We couldn't wrap our heads around it.
That is really strange, I live in Germany but with foreign roots and we always rinse the dishes from the soap
@@piccadelly9360 Me too. If I only saw it one, ok. But whenever I visited friends families in the past almost 40 years, and we did the dishes, it was always the same. It was so foreign to me.
Shops closed on Sunday is a major nuisance.
not for the employees who can spend the weekend with their entire family, instead of everybody having a day off on different days.
too bad that some "essential workers" like police, medical personel, firefighters, and even restaurants and other tourist destinations can't all stay home too.
even if you only have a computer in germany and no TV you have acces to german television and radio. So you would still have to pay. its very common i europe to pay for having non comercial television stations that way. In germany its ARD and ZDF + all the regional chanals ther are. in other european contrys the don pay Rundfunk gebühf. that fee is insted included in thats contrys normal taxes. in the US you have one chanal that is payed for that way through taxes and donations.
Re Soap on the dishes: (I'm not German, I'm Swiss) We would do that in my parents home (War generation) BUT: dishes were not left to dry. You would dry them with a towel. So you'd fill the sink with soapy water, do the dishes, set them to the side, and somebody (usually one of us kids) would wipe them dry.
Today I'm not that frugal anymore; I have the tap running and rinse the suds off. I make a point of not filling more than one sink full of hot water, though.
When I do the dishes, I put the plates in a "Geschirrständer" vertically for the soapy water to run off. I never rinse them to actually save water and there is no reason for rinsing at all. My US based host family kept yelling at me all the time "YOU GOTTA RINSE EM" during my exchange year.....
How can you just let the plates dry without rinsing them, that's disgusting, you eat food, with dish soap flavor
@@piccadelly9360 Nope, there's no soapy flavor at all. I think the habit of rinsing the dishes is a typical American one. I personally don't know anybody here in Germany who actually does it
@@butenbremer1965 Die Spülmaschine macht das auch . Und den rest von Europa .
Ich habe immer gehört das so ein Gebrauch in Deutschland sei , ich wollte nicht glauben .Aber jetzt habe ich die Bestätigung das es tatsächlich so ist
Regarding the soap on the dishes: 2 years ago me and some friends (mostly Austrian, but one German and one Dutch) were on vacation in Hungary in a cabin. The Dutch guy was confused when he watched me rinse the soap off the dishes, he said it was not necessary, as food safety regulations banned any toxic stuff in the dish soap; he would never rinse off the soap (and supossedly at least some other Dutch people don't to either). We others (including the German) rinsed off the soap when we did the dishes and were confused by his behavior.
Maybe it's not so much a country-specific thing, but rather region-specific (or even family-specific).
Personally I rather rinse the soap off the dishes. It might not be toxic or unhealthy, but I don't want to eat soap in my next meal.
Interestingly, "With notable exceptions such as the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal and the Netherlands; most countries in the developed world require TV owners to have a licence." (from a the guardian article).
Haha, I think these days most people have a dish washing machine. In former times it was a habit to rinse the dishes with fresh water or dip it in a separate sink with fresh water.
But these days many singles or couples tend to live in smal apartments with only 1 sink and little space. The rinsing always takes extra effort and time, so I rinse my dishes before hand washing them and use only a very small amount of dish soap that there is no foam.
Afterwards I put the dishes on a special think that the water runs away quiekly.
The Iet the rest dry by the air.
You only have to take care that no big amounts of oil or fat gets into your sink, for example you wipe a fatty pan with kitchen paper towel before you wash it in the sink or you can do that and wash fatty parts extra first... You have to create your system. ;)
Church tax is always 9 % of your income tax. E.g. if your gross salary is €3,000 per month, your income tax (tax class 1 for unmarried persons) is approx. €400, and church tax is an additional €36 in this case. However, church tax is only deducted if you are member of a christian church (protestant or catholic). If you are member of another religion, nothing is deducted.
we also have videos on youtube made from the big companys who receive the TV tax, this is why we also have to pay for it, although not having a TV or Radio.
even without youtube you would be able to go to their websites with any browser or app on computers and smartphones and watch tv there.
You have to pay the "Rundfunkgebühr" (20 € a month) no matter what, even if you don't have a tv. The "öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender" and many online sites are funded by this, so they aren't dependent on sponsors. This is especially important for news :)
The Rundfunkgebühren are not only for the often mentioned ARD/ZDF, but also for many radio stations (DLF, local stations) or docu and culture channels (3sat,..). Here is a list: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_%C3%B6ffentlich-rechtlichen_Programme_in_Deutschland
I think you can argue about details of Rundfunkgebühren, but I really love the concept of everyone paying a bit to provide mostly neutral information together with education and culture. This way, there is a valuable choice of programs for everyone, not only for those who can afford it. It may be not perfect, but it's certainly better than having only private stations that need to have a popular program for their audience rating.
Germany has had the removable shower wand on the adjustable height rod for a long time.
Ich mische immer das Popcorn. Unten süß und oben salzig. 😄
My parents do that thing with the soap on the dishes! Apparently, the soap contains a chemical that speeds up the drying process? So you don't have to dry the dishes with a towel and you don't have to let them sit on the drying rack for as long as you would if you rinsed the soap off... That's what my parents told me anyway. I can't say if it's accurate or not because I don't do it, lol.
Being used to sweet popcorn my whole life I went to a theater right across the Dutch border and ordered popcorn. I had the same reaction as you did. But I was expecting sweet popcorn and was disgusted with the salty popcorn. Nowadays you can usually choose between sweet or salty popcorn in German theaters.
Every Movie is getting dubbed in germany. it's because of a variety of foreign students or for Movie-purists, that there are more and more movies in OV (original Version) available. But those are more a service to foreign speakers. They still exist in a fully dubbed version.
Every household or even company for each office has to pay the Rundfunkbeitrag when able to receive the content. Because you are able to receive the content via internet nearly everybody has to pay it. But there are some exceptions like student or people without income.
It's to provide the people with independent news and information but very expensive though.
I can assure you that people used to not rinse off the soap of their dishes 😁 - but those were the days when everyone would dry up the dishes immediately after cleaning with a towel.
Times have changed and since most people that still do their dishes by hand put them in a plate rack to let them dry will rinse their dishes with clear water. But I can also assure you that there are exceptions (students, older people, lazy ones.....) 🤪
The Rundfunkgebühr is not bound to you having a TV, everybody has to pay it. But it has a good effect that those Media doesn't need to attact any advertisment. This makes them more fact based
The TV tax thingy isn't just for TV though. It's also for radio and even for a RUclips channel network called "Funk".
In Germany there are public TV channels and private TV channels. The tax is for the public ones because they usually don't show ads and have a more serious content like news and documentaries whereas private channels are more meant for entertainment.
It still sucks because it is 17,50€ per month and per household. So a household of 5 pays the same amount as someone who lives alone. Hence, the individuals in a bigger household pay less than someone living alone.
I'm from the US but live in Germany, and the soap thing is true! I don't know if it's to save water or what, but I work in a cafe in the kitchen, and the Germans often don't rinse the soap off of things all the way and just either let it dry like that or dry it with a towel like that. I found it to be so weird! I also find it strange that they wash dishes and hands with cold water, not hot or warm.
I also can't stand the sweet popcorn and love to get the salty popcorn at the theater. 😁
They don't have a dishwasher?
@@lumina9995 Yes, they do. But some things don't fit in the dishwasher, like the large baking sheets for the oven, cutting boards, large containers that hold the Brötchen, other large serving trays, etc.
@@smrfettsneon And from someone in a cafe not rinsing their baking sheets, you conclude that Germans don't rinse their dishes after washing them?
I like popcorn only in the sweet version, because many years ago there was no other option. When the salty one comes up I tried it and I find it disgusting, because "salt is the wrong sweet", what I was used to. It is the same with you, only the other way around.
Government owned television is common in foreign countries, and a fee for everyone is levied. At one point it was only for households with TVs, but they found it too expensive to police who did and didn't have TVs, so just made it for everyone.
I learn several word that I didn't know the meaning and do the google translate. Thanks for your sharing.
New word for me ( I am not native English speaker) :
- disgusting
- sneezing
- squeegee
- suds
Thanks google for English captions (auto generated) 😄
I rinse the soap foam. For saving water, a dishwasher is the better option over manual washing anyway.
German movies where a very big thing in the US, because before World War 1 25% of Americans learnt English. After World War One it wasn't that important anymore, but they still were a big industry. After World War Two it started to collpas entirely. But it seems like it started to recover again. Especially because of Netflix
Not only in Germany do you pay TV / radio taxes. In most European and many other countries you have to pay TV / radio taxes. The "öffentlich/rechtlichen Sender" (ARD, ZDF, Deutsche Welle) are partially financed from these funds. Lots of people are against this tax. But they forgot that with these taxes a lot of cultural things, for example music concerts supported, too. Some ARD radio stations have big bands and symphony orchestras, which also cost a lot of money. An other point that always mention is the independence from private companies. So in commen, the tax makes sense.
how can someone dislike sweet popcorn? i`ll never understand.
Back in the day, when i lived in the us, cable tv was around 130USD/month...so by faaar more expensive than the 17,5€/month "tv tax" and around 20€/month for private tv, internet and phone
I am living in an expensive neighbourhood but my parents can afford the rent because the church owns the house where we live and with the church taxes they can keep the prices low.
Also a lot of social projects are paid with the church taxes.
I think that is good because helping others is a central part of the Christianity.
people also should learn that the "church tax" is no tax that the government themselves asks for. they only collect it on behalf of those few big churches that have contracts with the government to collect it for them, and the government even gets payed for that collection service. but churches seem to like that method better than to ask their members for donations.
if someone is asked about his religion/church by the government, it is only to fulfill that task of collecting this specific tax and assign it to the proper church (and thus can be answered with "other" for all churches that have no such contract). if someone doesn't like paying that tax or answering questions about his religion/church, he should complain to his own church to have negotiated that contract.
When you say sweet popcorn, are you talking about caramel popcorn? Caramel popcorn is a big thing by me, especially when you get the cheese and caramel popcorn mix. Yum!
The Rundfunk Gebühr ist not only for TV... Also for radio and internet. The government produces tv show on free channels (ard, zdf, kika) with less advertising. They also produce. youtube contact. If you want to know more, search for "Funk".
most movies get translated for German theaters. sometimes they keep phrases in the original language when it makes sense in the story or if they really want to show the movie in the original language but help understand though nearly every movie gets fully translated. German film industry is actually pretty good at synchronizing movies!
oh and for the soap - I don't do it but I have seen someone do it. I kind of can imagine this to be a german thingy :D
I think the Kaiserschmarrn ist vor allem in Bayer zu finden als Lunch... 🙈
In Austria we prefer salty popcorn. I don't like sweet popcorn at all.
Sweet popcorn is gross!
We don't just pay for the cable. We pay for some TV programs financed by this Tax, so they don't send ads in the mid of the film and much fewer ads in total. We wouldn't need so much criminal programs and maybe have some more good films. They would be more for adults because our neighbours from the Netherlands make very, very good films for kids (Mister Twister is so cool).
"TV-Tax" we pay so the Broadcasting is independent from the politics and interest groups. So you get quality content not financed by advertisment etc.
Some things you mentionend are not common in Germany or very regional
Almost all foreign movies are dubbed in Germany, but some are shown in the original/subtitled version (usually in smaler movie theatres)
You were lucky to have showers with glas walls/doors. Mostly they are curtains like in the US.
Sweet lunch or supper isn't very common in Germany in general. Kaiserschmarn is more common in the south (and not german but austrian in fact). But you're right it's awsome!
"Der Schaum bleibt dran" ??? Igitt!!!
I don't know anyone who leaves the soap on the dishes :D
The Kirchensteuer is a thing, because the state deligated some of its tasks to the churches, like building hospitals and schools and preschools and old people's homes and stuff like that. Since they do those things for the government, they get paid by them through taxes.
I love sweet popcorn but being at an movie theater I'd probably would go with salty popcorn just because it adds something American to the experience
Well the dishwashing thing is from the past. Today most Germans have dishwashers. But back in the days of our grandparents when everybody did it by hand, the dishes were washed in a bowl of soapy water, then put on a rack for dripping out and then dryed by towel. Rinsing the dishes with fresh water before drying them, wasn't done by everyone.
I don't like kettle corn. Though do like caramel corn. So not sure about the sweet corn. Wasn't common when I was there.
I've been living in germany my whole life and I've NEVER heard of leaving the foam on the dishes... sorry but ya, its probably fake. definitly hahahah
Wäre ja auch ekelhaft, des trocknet dann da und später isst du es wieder mit.. 😂
@@GeoLuchse true hahahah....
Me too. Never heard before.
Around 1980 there was an ad for dish washing soap, that you needn't dry your dishes because the soap makes the water drip of completely. I never trusted it and rinse my dishes.