Oh, trust me, I blame you guys for Trump. He obviously got Hitler's attitude, but fortunately not his (relative to Trump anyway) intelligence. And yes, I know he's Austrian, but ultimately, that's just an extension of Bavaria anyway. (I think I found a way to annoy a German not covered in the video!)
@@Beliar_83 I am Bavarian and not annoyed about that at all. We are actually really close to Austrians. We just get each other! But I am from the south of Bavaria, I guess Franconians would probably not agree on this.
I was recently greeted with a strong bavarian accent at the Bundestag Beergarden in Berlin (no, it's not the actual name name, but it's the closest and that's where you will likely find your representatives I guess) I was a bit shocked, but couldn't help but order my beer in a bavarian accent in return. And I'm not even bavarian. (I've grown fond of wheat beer though over many years)
@@LetoxxIant Thats not entirly correct. Beiderseits der deutsch-dänischen Grenze wird moin (bzw. mojn) heute in allen ansässigen Sprachen samt deren Varietäten und Dialekten verwendet.[18] Mittlerweile hat der Gruß vom Norden ausgehend auch in vielen anderen Teilen Deutschlands Verbreitung gefunden. Es gibt allerdings regional unterschiedliche Konventionen zur Verwendung, was etwa die Tageszeit, den formellen Aspekt oder die Verdopplung („moin moin“) betrifft.[ Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moin#Herkunft In Berlin its almost exclusively used for "Guten Morgen" unless you are a student
I remember an American friend of mine got personally offended once because I made a joke about Poland. She has an Italian name and has never left the US, but apparently one of her grandparents was born to a family of Polish immigrants, so she's _basically_ Polish.
Reminds me of the German tourist in France checking in at the hotel filling out the registration form. Coming to the line „Occupation“ he writes: „No, holiday“.
It's so easy. Just pick a random queue in the Supermarket and start chatting with the cashier while people are lining up behind you. Then act surprised that you have to pay and start searching for your wallet or Payback card everywhere
If you go to some northern village where only old people remain, those people have probably worn leatherpants themselves. They were extremely popular boy's clothes afer WW2 and on the class pictures of my grandpa every boy was wearing leather pants. He grew up near the north sea. And if you think that's odd you should remember that this traditional style was actively made a tradition in the 19th century and ridiculed by bavarians at first.
@@christopherstein2024 Lederhosen were definitely still being worn non ironically in parts of Germany decades ago when I visited. So, at least within my lifetime if not yours. I'd see Germans wearing them in other countries as well.
I made the mistake 50 years ago in a Bavarian Biergarten by asking for a Berliner Weisse (they advertised over 100 different beers). I was very curtly told, "This is Bavaria, not Berlin".
@@j.a.1721Everyone always thinks the grass is greener on the other side which just isn't true, German trains for example most Germans believe they are the worst and yet Germany Is among the top ten countries in the world for trains. Its likely there are a number of Austrians who believe they'd be better off in Germany, things may appear better elsewhere but until you live there you don't know what it's really like.
@@j.a.1721 there is also the opposite theory to what I said, were a country believes it is the best america is a perfect example of this when in reality the country over emphasises certain characteristics to give a facade of greatness. Perhaps your right Austria may be better than Germany however I've never seen Austria appear on any statistic and yet have seen Germany plenty of times at the top in terms of positive things. I will have to research into this matter to see if this is the case. (North Korea is also another example they try there hardest to make there people believe they have it better and to hide away any trouble from the rest of the world)
ich bin sicher, du findest bestimmt Möglichkeiten in einem beliebigen Nachbarland. In ein Restaurant gehen und auf deutsch bestellen ist immer ein guter Anfang
Das nächste mal, wenn du in einem ICE mit 2 h Verspätung schmorst, lobe die deutsche Verkehrspolitik, deren geringe Bürokratie und deren Umgang mit der Bahn. 3 von 3 - Jackpot.
I prefer insisting on how German food and particularly German bread (all of them) or Käsespätzle are terrible non-foods while all of their neighbours actually have good food (comparisons to french bread are particularly welcome). Lumping them together with Austria, or, better yet, insisting on how Bavaria is the nicest German state and how bayrisch (or better yet Schweitzer deutsch) sounds way nicer than Hochdeutsch are also valid avenues, particularly if insinuations that everyone in Germany ought to speak those are made.
Don't forget to channel John Cleese from the 'Fawlty Towers' episode, 'The Germans', and end with: 'You have no sense of humor.' Although, a few Germans might actually find it very funny.
@@soundscape26it's even more astounding if you think about the fact that john cleese loves germany and the german language and the sketch was to poke fun at british people for obsessing over the war..
I have a bad habit of trolling Germans outside of Germany by talking to them about the importance of Towels on deckchairs or their opinions of ice in beer.
Actually, only the English care about 1966. When it comes to football, Germans care about Holland, not England, which is a great way to annoy the English, btw.
West Germany/Germany has won the World Cup four times and they've been runners up four times. Why do you think English people making silly remarks about 1966, means anything to them? It doesn't.
@@pf32900 English people making silly remarks” ?? - gilt das nicht heute als rassistisch? „… bedeutet ihnen etwas“ - für wen? Der DFB? Natürlich nicht, aber für einige sogenannte Fans bedeutet es dennoch etwas. Seit 1966 gab und gibt es Deutsche, die über das Ergebnis der Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1966 verärgert waren und sind. Dies trotz aller Siege der deutschen Fußballnationalmannschaft, vielleicht weil sie glauben, dass sie, die „Fans“, alles gewinnen sollten. Zugegebenermaßen stirbt die Generation, für die es etwas bedeutete, aus (es ist lange her), aber es gibt immer noch welche; Ich persönlich kenne 3. Nach ein paar Weizenbieren erwähne ich das „Wembley-Tor“ und lehne mich dann zurück, um den Spaß zu genießen. Ihre Verallgemeinerung ist also falsch, etwas, das Sie, wie die Fans des „Wembley-Tors“, möglicherweise nur schwer akzeptieren können. Ein kleiner Tipp: Ihr Ton wirkt hochnäsig und schnöselig, was Sie hoffentlich nicht beabsichtigt haben, aber bei Nicht-Muttersprachlern kann das passieren. Zumindest können wir uns wohl darauf einigen, dass wir Nagelsmann und den Jungs für die Zukunft viel Erfolg wünschen. Es besteht kein Grund zu antworten, da 1.) ich es nicht mag, Trolle zu füttern, und 2.) ich werde es sowieso nicht lesen. Alles Gute
#1, making a Hitler salute in front of German, because it's "funny" is definitely the best one, if you love ending up in a hospital. Complaining about Germany basically applies to every foreign country you are in. I might add, not being clear about whether or not you can keep a promise might get you in trouble with Germans. In many countries, saying "no" is considered rude - in Germany it's in many cases a good thing, because it helps the other person to plan ahead. It's rude _not_ to say "no" (just because you don't want to be "rude") and then letting the other person down. Happens to me as a German all the time, when I'm not getting a clear answer. Be direct to a German (in a kind way) and it will be appreciated!
Wait. Thats a culture Thing? I always thought those people we're just outright stupid and incompetent. Anyway, best to avoid such useless Folks. Not even able to communicate properly.
The train trick also works wonders in the Netherlands. They are far more punctual and affordable than the average Dutch person would have you believe, but don’t try and argue that. (Yes, I know there is plenty room for improvement. I can probably rattle off about 10 points, though many are mostly the result of ill-considered and stingy government policy rather than the railways themselves.)
That's wonderful! I'm sure many people can get great advice from that video and are now perfectly ready for their trip to Germany. 🙂👍 Though, speaking of "wonderful": what might quite effectfully add to the annoyance is using words like for example "wunderbar", thinking that they are absolutely modern words and used by Germans all the time and are the only word to express a certain feeling. Maybe use these words to make fun of a "very typical" German word. Also: tell the story of how you always felt mysteriously drawn to "the German culture" and "way of life", followed by several examples of stereotypes, then topped by the story of how you found out you had German ancestors, which is why your fondness suddenly made so much sense and explained just everything! Say that the Germans lost two wars like it were soccer games and it was really "our team" that lost. Claim that the Germans actually were victims all along. Or the opposite: that there is no reason to feel sorry for any German casualty during the war, not even children. But what will probably work best: explain our culture, language or history to others or even us and insist that you know all that for a fact.
@@D0MiN0ChAn ja, es wird schon benutzt, auch hier in Niedersachsen, aber irgendwie wird es halt in bestimmten Kontexten auch überstrapaziert, als wäre es das meistgenutzte deutsche, wenn nicht das deutscheste Wort, oder das einzige, um sein Wohlgefallen zu bekunden. Ich hab das in der Vergangenheit z.B. oft in britischen Medien gelesen. Da gab es auch mal einen deutschen Comedian in GB, der das Wort fast schon als Markenzeichen hatte/hat (keine Ahnung ob der noch aktiv ist). Klar, "wunderbar, das machen wir so" hört man hier auch. Aber eben gar nicht irgendwie besonders hervorgehoben. Und halt auch nicht öfter als "Toll, das machen wir so" oder "Sehr schön, das machen wir so". Und klar, manche Leute benutzen manche Wörter natürlich öfter als andere und dann kann das im deutschsprachigen Raum natürlich auch fast schon zu so einer Art Markenzeichen werden.
'The trains, the politicians and the beauracracy' finished me off. Worringly how many people will think this is a serious guide on how to do things in DE? Time to get a bier and go to the Winchester until it blows over. Love your videos and content :D
A nazi salute in public will most likely not result in a fine, but rather in a prison sentence. Particularly if you tell the cops that they are Gestapos. Just in case you wanted to do that stupidity.
@@user-ix3yh8yt7r There is actually a difference between the Roman salute (palm facing the other person) and the Nazi / fascist salute (hand pointing up in a 30° angle, palm downward).
@@user-ix3yh8yt7r I explained the difference to you in detail. If you don't care, just try your "Roman salute" in front of a German cop and see what happens.
Claim to be an expert on German dialects and call people in Badenia Swabians 😂 Also quite effective: mix up Swabians and Bavarians. Claim to have been in Upper Bavaria visiting Nürnberg. Call Thuringians Saxons. Mix up Düsseldorf and Cologne, Alt beer and Kölsch beer.
"Mix up Düsseldorf and Cologne, Alt beer and Kölsch beer." The funniest thing about this is that they made a blind test between Alt and Kölsch. And no one could tell the difference between them.
naaah, im sorry the "ah, youre flying to warsaw next week?.. do i need to call the UN?" is gold, that and similiar jokes are more then welcome with me as a german, if its subtle i wont care, if its subtle and funny, ill laugh, if its blunt and dumb i wont react, if its blunt and funny i'll laugh loudly, as long as were not out in public, in school my best friend was polish and many jokes were had, from "he is my best friend... though he didnt really have a choice in the matter" to "huh, i guess this is how it is to come to poland INVITED, that must be a first, right?"
When discussing with Americans how bad Germany is, there is a secret weapon that will almost always win: Simply mention that we at least have affordable health insurance. 😂
except if that American doesn't like affordable health insurance and explaines why it's bad (in his opinion) ... which then again is very annoying (not only for us Germans)
I am lucky that I'm one of the few Americans that that point won't work with. I have insurance at least as good as I have one of the few good Union jobs left in America. So, I can continue to be annoying! America was definitely better than Germany the two times I visited Germany, but that was decades ago, and in 1973, you were still recovering from WWII, in 1982, you were definitely economically better off than in 1973, and the snottier attitude of Germans then proved they realized it. And, of course, Germany and every country better to live in than us are in that position because they are our allies, whether they are willing to admit it or not. And also, having a relatively small military budget because Vlad's not so bad after all helped, although in retrospect, that might turn out to be a bad decision. We probably were the best country in the world for most of our citizens until about the turn of the century. I wasn't paying enough attention to realize when other countries started to pass us, but there's no doubt that several are better now, and many are close. Oh, btw, I'm 1/4 German, and just to annoy Rewboss directly, I'm 3/4 different ethnicities from Great Britain and Northern Ireland! My name is British. 😁
@@drh3b West Germany had long recovered from WWII in 1973, but it was hit much harder than the US by the oil crisis. Now East Germany is a different topic.
That is too short. Because if we had all those sweet extra deals thatcher had gotten for the brits, we wouldn't have even started the idea of leaving, instead just looked at the swiss funny and laughed as we counted ALL the money.
As a Brit living in Germany, the thing I find that annoys me is when a German tries to tell me British food is stodgy and flavourless. From other cultures I'd take that, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...
Why does "that's a stupid idea. don't shoot yourself in the foot" take 2 hours? Though I have sympathy for Brits who are tired of the whole thing after over half a decade.
how to annoy a german: 1. make the most vile and hostile comment about german people, of course something that has to do with the nazis and the holocaust, and then say it was a joke 2. tell german people they don't have a sense of humor for not laughing about that
Or do it the American "I do not want to annoy you" way: Ask a question and start with a two hour "sorry for my existance and I do not want to disturb you and sorry again that I have a question and appologize....." - monologue before telling your Question (Do you know where the next trainstation is) itself.
Haha, I had a good laugh about that. Thank you! As half German half Austrian I lived for 5 years in Austria. I want to add another good tipp if you want to visit there. Insist that it is the same country as Australia! 😀
I'm like Andrew, a dual national (British and German - habe eine Deutsche Mutter) and spend about half my time split between the two countries. The one I still can't understand is the complining about the trains. You need to experience them in Britain! 😂😂😂
That's what I tell my fellow Germans all the time. To annoy a Brit (maybe): we're pampered in that regard. Our trains used to run better and more punctual.
Everyone globally thinks they have the worsed of everything or brags that they have the best. Clearly Germany in this case thinks they have the worsed trains which is very much the opposite of the truth German trains are within top 10 globally
@@AslanKyoya1776 the bavarians are almost all able to speak passable High German, but many still speak in their dialect that almost no German north of Bavaria fully understands. Unfortunately, some are also very stubborn in this respect, regardless of whether they speak to foreigners or not.
I've rarely heard an American say something clever about Germany. Even when it's an educated American, I'm always waiting for them to make a mistake and then I get really annoyed.
Always annoys me how smug they sound when they point something out that is blatantly incorrect, but then they still act like they've just made the best argument ever in their life.
I’m a second generation German American. (My Oma came from Berlin just after the war) Even as a kid in the mid 90s, I would still get jokes about my “Nazi grandmother” …and lame jokes about how the German language is “evil sounding”. …or how Germans “have no sense of humor”. It’s been the same 3 unoriginal jokes for 80 years now. 🙄
I think that this reply is the best here by far. I am afraid that it is nearly impossible to offend Germans, nothing of the said things will work properly on them.
A video basically describing every American tourist ever. I would likely be a billionaire if I earned a cent every time some American mentioned that they visited (or heard about) Germany (or any other country) and found out that everything in the US is better.
Any American saying that is either a) lying, or b) doesn't take trains, ever. For all that Germans moan about DB, holy crap do we make them look good by comparison.
@@Sandrylene Trains won't work as well in most of America because it's mostly more spread out. Doesn't mean they shouldn't work better. Of course, one of the best subway systems in the world is in NYC, but outside of that, it's pretty dire.
@@drh3b to be honest, even NY, which is definitely as good as we get, could be much better. So much of the system is not accessible. Stairs everywhere. Was strongly reminded of that last year, when my knee gave me some trouble, and I decided walking fifty blocks sounded more appealing than dealing with all the stairs.
You forgot the most important thing: tell a German, that he isn’t doing his job right. You can insult his family all you want, but the real question of honor is work related…
If you are American, tell us, that things that are good for Germany cannot work in the USA because Germany is so tiny in comparison and has only a fraction of people who are way less diverse.
Some of the things that work in Germany probably wouldn't work in the US. Namely, trains (outside of certain parts of the US) because cities are much further apart than in Germany. You have three big advantages over us, guns, the legacy of slavery, and you don't have a whole huge group of politicians(Republicans) actively working against the interests of most Americans. You have your psychopath conservatives, but they don't have nearly the power that our equivalents have here. We have at least two big advantages over you guys, which is natural resources, and no way to be taken over by conventional forces.
@@MegaBanane9 Sure, local transit, and in certain areas like the Eastern Seaboard. We have the largest freight train network in the world. If we had the political will, passenger trains would work better than they do, but it definitely makes more sense in Europe than here.
What I think would actually be funny though: if someone from another country, let's say the US, tried to impress people in Northern Germany maybe in some village close to the Danish border with a Schuhplattler that person learned just for them. Maybe as a way to connect with their "new found family" after tracing their ancestry back to that place. If someone made a film containing things like this (Comedy? Mockumentary?), I would probably watch it!
Sadly, in some parts of germany, complaining about modern day germans having grown soft and the country being full of immigrants and muslims will not make you unpopular at all...
I can vouch for the one where I complimented the train systems in Germany. As I am from Egypt, I don't know any better really. But my German friend went on a full-on rant about how bad the trains are 😂
Spot-on - including the pun on the British by mis-labeling rubbish as "garbage". How come that I always have the feeling that this channel is a must-see to Americans?
@@Parciwal_Gaming Please don't force me to go there... I'm already doing my best to acclimatise to Germany and I even live in Freiburg, this is the best it will get. xD
Another one: pronounce German words as harsh as possible, just like any good Hitler impersonator would. Keep going without realizing you're the only one doing it and that it's not the way native speakers talk and that a native speaker talking like this regularly or even constantly might eventually get checked up by a psychiatrist. Instead have a lot of fun taking like you believe Germans do and make sure to be completely oblivious to the native speakers around you frowning upon your behaviour and/or being just super annoyed or even offended.
when I saw the title, I thought at first of something like: Giving him a glass of "Stilles Wasser" ("ohne Kohlensäure") - instead of Sprudel (mit Kohlensäure) - and after that, throwing the empty bottle into a blue trash bin... or maybe instead of the water, offer him a glass of beer with a lot of crushed ice ...
I had worked at the VW Chattanooga plant in the US for the first few years. We had several people from Emden while launching the plant, and one person in my group had a "Van" in his last name instead of "Von". So just to get in a poke I said that this is a Dutch name, right?
I am missing the most annoying sentence: „Germany is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe“ That gets right to the point! Germans will agree that your country has better education, higher moral integrity, and admirable sophistication.
The most annoying tourist i ever met was a young american backpacker making fun of the Döner salesman for not speaking english. I placed his order for him, but then told him, that the guy speaks two languages, turkish and german, fluently minimum (likely also chunks of arab) and asked him for his count on that. He blushed.
other easy methods: - drive 50 or less on inter-city roads - drive in the middle of three or left of two lanes on the Autobahn - drive "like a foreigner" in general (driving slow in cities, changing lanes last second / taking unexpected turns as if you didn't know where to go) - write a post in English on r/Ichiel - try to do small talk with strangers on any public transport, especially effective between 8pm and 10am - throw away garbage in the wrong can or right beside one - try to enter any public transport before the people dropping off have a chance to get out, also hesitate right in front of the door for a few seconds - try to convince anyone that american football or any other sport for that matter, is better than soccer. Another good one is Nascar and F1. - take pictures in public without giving people a chance to notice and get out of frame - pretend to be an activist or interviewer and just start talking to randoms on the street that clearly have to be somewhere - compare us to the French - ignore any arrows found on the ground, be it in malls or bicycle lanes
1. Tell them how german cars are not good at all 2. Tell them that you have drunk better beer in other EU countries (especially Holland, Belgium or Czech) 3. Tell them that "Berliner donuts" are not anything special 4. Complain that their language is not so precise when it comes to grammar or just complain about precision in every day life
tell them that their front garden hedge is not absolutely straight/level and is 3mm above the given law for the area - and there is a cig but on the path in front of their gate
my grandpa was born east of Silesia and of cause the whole by the Polish deported from their property in 1920 which was owned about 4 centuries by the family. And every one voted for who would bring their homes back , the whole Knights Gut , and of cause Adolf Hitler. Never ask why someone voted for Hitler
One day I will try your tips but my experience is that it's enough to sneeze louder after 1pm during Miittagsruhe and it's enough to make some of my neighbours annoyed.
Until today, I thought living in Germany has made your British gone. With this video, you proofed it's still there. Really funny, thank you for making and sharing.
One thing that works magnificently: move from one part of Germany to another and tell the locals that their dialect makes them sound stupid
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The complaint about lack of drivethroughs in Germany was in my top ten of annoying things to hear. Followed by the "nobody speaks English here" while being in the tiniest town or in the countryside.
I do wonder - did you hear these complaints in East Germany? Because for most of the older generations, English was not a mandatory language - Russian was.
I once was in Croatia back in 2001 when Internet cafés were a big thing. One gangly American youth was proudly displaying his tech-savviness by uber loudly scypeing with an other US American back home. He was the only one doing a call, the only loud person and his voice reached obnoxious levels. But that was the least of his offences: he kept going on at length about how "backward" the country was, how "boring" the culture was, how it was a s*thole etc. Completely oblivious of course, that most people in Croatia learn several languages at school and everyone present was able to understand him. The tension was palpable, apart from his braying voice you could have heard a pin drop. I had never before seen anyone with so little situational awareness. Yet, out of politeness, noone said anything. I sat exaactly behind Mr "I'm a quarter American", thinking if I should give him a hint, but he was oozing so much conceit and entitlement, that I just watched him embarrass himself further and further.
I'm suddenly reminded of the press conference where Trump said "I have German in my blood." and Merkel next to him almost burst into full on laughter.
Oh, trust me, I blame you guys for Trump. He obviously got Hitler's attitude, but fortunately not his (relative to Trump anyway) intelligence. And yes, I know he's Austrian, but ultimately, that's just an extension of Bavaria anyway. (I think I found a way to annoy a German not covered in the video!)
@@drh3b Austria, Bavaria, makes no difference when you are from a bit further north.
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@@drh3b Honestly, you'd mostly annoy Bavarians and are more likely to make the others happy (or at least smile/laugh)
@@Beliar_83 I am Bavarian and not annoyed about that at all. We are actually really close to Austrians. We just get each other! But I am from the south of Bavaria, I guess Franconians would probably not agree on this.
Most importantly: say 'Grüß Gott' in Berlin and be proud of yourself for knowing so much about German colloquialisms.
Every Time somebody says 'Grüß Gott' I always answer: 'OK, when I see him !' (even on telephone).
Or greet someone in southern bavaria with "Moin, Moin" in the afternoon.
@@rafaelvarga8185 Moin (or Moin Moin wich is almost a complete and already way to long conversation) does NOT mean Guten Morgen!
I was recently greeted with a strong bavarian accent at the Bundestag Beergarden in Berlin (no, it's not the actual name name, but it's the closest and that's where you will likely find your representatives I guess)
I was a bit shocked, but couldn't help but order my beer in a bavarian accent in return. And I'm not even bavarian. (I've grown fond of wheat beer though over many years)
@@LetoxxIant Thats not entirly correct.
Beiderseits der deutsch-dänischen Grenze wird moin (bzw. mojn) heute in allen ansässigen Sprachen samt deren Varietäten und Dialekten verwendet.[18] Mittlerweile hat der Gruß vom Norden ausgehend auch in vielen anderen Teilen Deutschlands Verbreitung gefunden. Es gibt allerdings regional unterschiedliche Konventionen zur Verwendung, was etwa die Tageszeit, den formellen Aspekt oder die Verdopplung („moin moin“) betrifft.[
Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moin#Herkunft
In Berlin its almost exclusively used for "Guten Morgen" unless you are a student
I remember an American friend of mine got personally offended once because I made a joke about Poland. She has an Italian name and has never left the US, but apparently one of her grandparents was born to a family of Polish immigrants, so she's _basically_ Polish.
Reminds me of the German tourist in France checking in at the hotel filling out the registration form. Coming to the line „Occupation“ he writes: „No, holiday“.
It took me a few seconds, but once I got it, I literally laughed out loud, which I don't do often sitting here alone.
Aaah, yes, that's exactly my kind of humour! :-D
Could you please explain that for me?
@@noidea5597 Sure, this is a sarcastic pun with the word occupation (profession vs. occupying a country). Nazi Germany has occupied France in WWII.
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I am german and I feel annoyed by the fact that annoying us seems so easy...
Well done, you didn't create a paradox
It's so easy. Just pick a random queue in the Supermarket and start chatting with the cashier while people are lining up behind you. Then act surprised that you have to pay and start searching for your wallet or Payback card everywhere
Or go to a local farmer's market, christmas market or fair and just assume you can pay everything with your credit card.
You guys are having a deathwish ? Doing such things in any market is bound to incite a riot of no small scale . 😅
@@michaelstramm2366Riot is such a big word for just a swift summarily decapitation with an available ridged bottle cap😂
@@Cornu341 Uhmm thats whats called imediate riot suppression ??? 😎
@@michaelstramm2366 I would phrase it as calming down the population by swift justice instead of riot suppression 😏
The Lederhosen and Dirndl trick is particularly effective if you are far away from Bavaria, so try that in the north somewhere for best effect.
If you go to some northern village where only old people remain, those people have probably worn leatherpants themselves. They were extremely popular boy's clothes afer WW2 and on the class pictures of my grandpa every boy was wearing leather pants. He grew up near the north sea. And if you think that's odd you should remember that this traditional style was actively made a tradition in the 19th century and ridiculed by bavarians at first.
@@christopherstein2024 Lederhosen were definitely still being worn non ironically in parts of Germany decades ago when I visited. So, at least within my lifetime if not yours. I'd see Germans wearing them in other countries as well.
non ironically... lol can you even English
@@drh3b😳
I made the mistake 50 years ago in a Bavarian Biergarten by asking for a Berliner Weisse (they advertised over 100 different beers). I was very curtly told, "This is Bavaria, not Berlin".
I asked for a "Cuba Libre" in Cologne and got told that I was in a "Kölsch" pub and not in a cocktail bar.
This is SPARTA , you cant come here and order a Berliner Weisse in BAVARIA . 😉
@@eisbombenterror Kölsch is horrible though...
You don't have to say how bad things are in Germany but instead say how things are MUCH better in Austria/Switzerland. LOL
I mean, that's just the truth though....surprisingly none of my German friends ever got offended by me praising Austria.
nobody cares as long as you do not start wars...
@@j.a.1721Everyone always thinks the grass is greener on the other side which just isn't true, German trains for example most Germans believe they are the worst and yet Germany Is among the top ten countries in the world for trains.
Its likely there are a number of Austrians who believe they'd be better off in Germany, things may appear better elsewhere but until you live there you don't know what it's really like.
@@helmetmcbarin in this case the grass is greener on my own side though, I am Austrian :)
@@j.a.1721 there is also the opposite theory to what I said, were a country believes it is the best america is a perfect example of this when in reality the country over emphasises certain characteristics to give a facade of greatness.
Perhaps your right Austria may be better than Germany however I've never seen Austria appear on any statistic and yet have seen Germany plenty of times at the top in terms of positive things. I will have to research into this matter to see if this is the case.
(North Korea is also another example they try there hardest to make there people believe they have it better and to hide away any trouble from the rest of the world)
Now I feel sad that I'm German and can't use these techniques myself.
ich bin sicher, du findest bestimmt Möglichkeiten in einem beliebigen Nachbarland. In ein Restaurant gehen und auf deutsch bestellen ist immer ein guter Anfang
Das nächste mal, wenn du in einem ICE mit 2 h Verspätung schmorst, lobe die deutsche Verkehrspolitik, deren geringe Bürokratie und deren Umgang mit der Bahn. 3 von 3 - Jackpot.
Adapt some of those when travelling abroad. They will work a charm in other places as wall. 😄
es gibt genügend andere länder, in denen man varianten probieren könnte.
Siehst'e, es hat funktioniert!
I prefer insisting on how German food and particularly German bread (all of them) or Käsespätzle are terrible non-foods while all of their neighbours actually have good food (comparisons to french bread are particularly welcome). Lumping them together with Austria, or, better yet, insisting on how Bavaria is the nicest German state and how bayrisch (or better yet Schweitzer deutsch) sounds way nicer than Hochdeutsch are also valid avenues, particularly if insinuations that everyone in Germany ought to speak those are made.
oh shit i can here the triggerdness through this comment.
We would take a dump on our trains any day, but don't you shit on the Uckermarker.
Chapeau 😭🙌🏻
I think by lumping together Germany and Austria you will mostly offend us Austrians...
@@j.a.1721 Austria, Bavaria - pretty much the same thing to most Germans.
Brötchen are fantastic here, but why can they not extend that brilliance to regular bread; I've eaten dry wall that's tastier than that
Don't forget to channel John Cleese from the 'Fawlty Towers' episode, 'The Germans', and end with: 'You have no sense of humor.' Although, a few Germans might actually find it very funny.
dOn't mEntIoN ThE WaR!
Faulty Towers aired a mere 30 years after the end of WW2 now that I think about it.
A German joke is no laughing matter!
@@soundscape26it's even more astounding if you think about the fact that john cleese loves germany and the german language and the sketch was to poke fun at british people for obsessing over the war..
Rewboss woke up today and chose violence! 😂
That's awesome....
If one has not seeing it here on UA-cam one would'nt even believe it being possible!! 😃
Spitze! Man merkt, du bist wirklich schon länger hier 😀
Now you know our secret: We're _always_ annoyed, even when nothing has been said or done. 😂
Being a German, this annoys me
Loving it.😂 You nailed it.
I have a bad habit of trolling Germans outside of Germany by talking to them about the importance of Towels on deckchairs or their opinions of ice in beer.
You missed the easiest one - "Of course that goal in the 1966 cup final was valid; the ball was over the line!"
Actually, only the English care about 1966. When it comes to football, Germans care about Holland, not England, which is a great way to annoy the English, btw.
West Germany/Germany has won the World Cup four times and they've been runners up four times. Why do you think English people making silly remarks about 1966, means anything to them? It doesn't.
@@pf32900 English people making silly remarks” ?? - gilt das nicht heute als rassistisch?
„… bedeutet ihnen etwas“ - für wen? Der DFB? Natürlich nicht, aber für einige sogenannte Fans bedeutet es dennoch etwas.
Seit 1966 gab und gibt es Deutsche, die über das Ergebnis der Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1966 verärgert waren und sind. Dies trotz aller Siege der deutschen Fußballnationalmannschaft, vielleicht weil sie glauben, dass sie, die „Fans“, alles gewinnen sollten.
Zugegebenermaßen stirbt die Generation, für die es etwas bedeutete, aus (es ist lange her), aber es gibt immer noch welche; Ich persönlich kenne 3.
Nach ein paar Weizenbieren erwähne ich das „Wembley-Tor“ und lehne mich dann zurück, um den Spaß zu genießen.
Ihre Verallgemeinerung ist also falsch, etwas, das Sie, wie die Fans des „Wembley-Tors“, möglicherweise nur schwer akzeptieren können.
Ein kleiner Tipp: Ihr Ton wirkt hochnäsig und schnöselig, was Sie hoffentlich nicht beabsichtigt haben, aber bei Nicht-Muttersprachlern kann das passieren.
Zumindest können wir uns wohl darauf einigen, dass wir Nagelsmann und den Jungs für die Zukunft viel Erfolg wünschen.
Es besteht kein Grund zu antworten, da 1.) ich es nicht mag, Trolle zu füttern, und 2.) ich werde es sowieso nicht lesen.
Alles Gute
#1, making a Hitler salute in front of German, because it's "funny" is definitely the best one, if you love ending up in a hospital. Complaining about Germany basically applies to every foreign country you are in. I might add, not being clear about whether or not you can keep a promise might get you in trouble with Germans. In many countries, saying "no" is considered rude - in Germany it's in many cases a good thing, because it helps the other person to plan ahead. It's rude _not_ to say "no" (just because you don't want to be "rude") and then letting the other person down. Happens to me as a German all the time, when I'm not getting a clear answer. Be direct to a German (in a kind way) and it will be appreciated!
Wait. Thats a culture Thing? I always thought those people we're just outright stupid and incompetent.
Anyway, best to avoid such useless Folks. Not even able to communicate properly.
The train trick also works wonders in the Netherlands. They are far more punctual and affordable than the average Dutch person would have you believe, but don’t try and argue that.
(Yes, I know there is plenty room for improvement. I can probably rattle off about 10 points, though many are mostly the result of ill-considered and stingy government policy rather than the railways themselves.)
German trains are only good compared to Dutch trains, but these things would fail anywhere in the developed world.
@@-haclong2366sure?!
That's wonderful! I'm sure many people can get great advice from that video and are now perfectly ready for their trip to Germany. 🙂👍
Though, speaking of "wonderful": what might quite effectfully add to the annoyance is using words like for example "wunderbar", thinking that they are absolutely modern words and used by Germans all the time and are the only word to express a certain feeling. Maybe use these words to make fun of a "very typical" German word.
Also: tell the story of how you always felt mysteriously drawn to "the German culture" and "way of life", followed by several examples of stereotypes, then topped by the story of how you found out you had German ancestors, which is why your fondness suddenly made so much sense and explained just everything!
Say that the Germans lost two wars like it were soccer games and it was really "our team" that lost.
Claim that the Germans actually were victims all along.
Or the opposite: that there is no reason to feel sorry for any German casualty during the war, not even children.
But what will probably work best: explain our culture, language or history to others or even us and insist that you know all that for a fact.
Also im Rheinland sagt man oft wunderbar 🤔 oder, ganz im Stile von den Horsten Schlämmer/Lichter: „wunderbärchen (Schätzelein)“
@@D0MiN0ChAn ja, es wird schon benutzt, auch hier in Niedersachsen, aber irgendwie wird es halt in bestimmten Kontexten auch überstrapaziert, als wäre es das meistgenutzte deutsche, wenn nicht das deutscheste Wort, oder das einzige, um sein Wohlgefallen zu bekunden. Ich hab das in der Vergangenheit z.B. oft in britischen Medien gelesen. Da gab es auch mal einen deutschen Comedian in GB, der das Wort fast schon als Markenzeichen hatte/hat (keine Ahnung ob der noch aktiv ist). Klar, "wunderbar, das machen wir so" hört man hier auch. Aber eben gar nicht irgendwie besonders hervorgehoben. Und halt auch nicht öfter als "Toll, das machen wir so" oder "Sehr schön, das machen wir so". Und klar, manche Leute benutzen manche Wörter natürlich öfter als andere und dann kann das im deutschsprachigen Raum natürlich auch fast schon zu so einer Art Markenzeichen werden.
wunderbar is a very beautiful word!
@@D0MiN0ChAn😱
Sounds wurry amurrican...
'The trains, the politicians and the beauracracy' finished me off. Worringly how many people will think this is a serious guide on how to do things in DE? Time to get a bier and go to the Winchester until it blows over. Love your videos and content :D
Better than the other way round!!
A nazi salute in public will most likely not result in a fine, but rather in a prison sentence. Particularly if you tell the cops that they are Gestapos.
Just in case you wanted to do that stupidity.
@@user-ix3yh8yt7r There is actually a difference between the Roman salute (palm facing the other person) and the Nazi / fascist salute (hand pointing up in a 30° angle, palm downward).
@@user-ix3yh8yt7r I explained the difference to you in detail. If you don't care, just try your "Roman salute" in front of a German cop and see what happens.
Claim to be an expert on German dialects and call people in Badenia Swabians 😂
Also quite effective: mix up Swabians and Bavarians.
Claim to have been in Upper Bavaria visiting Nürnberg.
Call Thuringians Saxons.
Mix up Düsseldorf and Cologne, Alt beer and Kölsch beer.
Or calling Alt and Kölsch beer outside of the areas where you drink that piss.
That's not annoying Germans - it's inciting a civil war!
"Mix up Düsseldorf and Cologne, Alt beer and Kölsch beer."
The funniest thing about this is that they made a blind test between Alt and Kölsch. And no one could tell the difference between them.
@@QuotenwagnerianerSeriously?!
@@B.Ies_T.Nduhey Yes.
naaah, im sorry the "ah, youre flying to warsaw next week?.. do i need to call the UN?" is gold, that and similiar jokes are more then welcome with me as a german, if its subtle i wont care, if its subtle and funny, ill laugh, if its blunt and dumb i wont react, if its blunt and funny i'll laugh loudly, as long as were not out in public, in school my best friend was polish and many jokes were had, from "he is my best friend... though he didnt really have a choice in the matter" to "huh, i guess this is how it is to come to poland INVITED, that must be a first, right?"
When discussing with Americans how bad Germany is, there is a secret weapon that will almost always win: Simply mention that we at least have affordable health insurance. 😂
And tuition-free university.
And mandatory paid vacation from the job.
except if that American doesn't like affordable health insurance and explaines why it's bad (in his opinion) ... which then again is very annoying (not only for us Germans)
Another one, for Republicans: Just mention that Adolf Hitler managed a Coup d'etat, unlike Donald Trump.
I am lucky that I'm one of the few Americans that that point won't work with. I have insurance at least as good as I have one of the few good Union jobs left in America. So, I can continue to be annoying!
America was definitely better than Germany the two times I visited Germany, but that was decades ago, and in 1973, you were still recovering from WWII, in 1982, you were definitely economically better off than in 1973, and the snottier attitude of Germans then proved they realized it.
And, of course, Germany and every country better to live in than us are in that position because they are our allies, whether they are willing to admit it or not. And also, having a relatively small military budget because Vlad's not so bad after all helped, although in retrospect, that might turn out to be a bad decision.
We probably were the best country in the world for most of our citizens until about the turn of the century. I wasn't paying enough attention to realize when other countries started to pass us, but there's no doubt that several are better now, and many are close.
Oh, btw, I'm 1/4 German, and just to annoy Rewboss directly, I'm 3/4 different ethnicities from Great Britain and Northern Ireland! My name is British. 😁
@@drh3b West Germany had long recovered from WWII in 1973, but it was hit much harder than the US by the oil crisis. Now East Germany is a different topic.
Oh, you forget the best one: Insult their language and speak with that fake accent, you know which one.
How to annoy a British? Easy, only one please in a 2 hour monologue, staring, and explaining in detail, how Germany would have made Brexit work.
That is too short. Because if we had all those sweet extra deals thatcher had gotten for the brits, we wouldn't have even started the idea of leaving, instead just looked at the swiss funny and laughed as we counted ALL the money.
A faster way is asking them why they speak American instead of an european language 😂
As a Brit living in Germany, the thing I find that annoys me is when a German tries to tell me British food is stodgy and flavourless. From other cultures I'd take that, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...
Why does "that's a stupid idea. don't shoot yourself in the foot" take 2 hours?
Though I have sympathy for Brits who are tired of the whole thing after over half a decade.
@@domstafford1894I'm with you. Best British and German food: Go to an indian restaurant.
how to annoy a german:
1. make the most vile and hostile comment about german people, of course something that has to do with the nazis and the holocaust, and then say it was a joke
2. tell german people they don't have a sense of humor for not laughing about that
I could have sworn that Basil Faulty already did that? Great vid!
Here's how to annoy a Swiss: find something Germany does better and tell them about it.
Or do it the American "I do not want to annoy you" way: Ask a question and start with a two hour "sorry for my existance and I do not want to disturb you and sorry again that I have a question and appologize....." - monologue before telling your Question (Do you know where the next trainstation is) itself.
You can see that Andrew has had to gain a lot of experience in his years in Germany. 😉
Haha, I had a good laugh about that. Thank you! As half German half Austrian I lived for 5 years in Austria. I want to add another good tipp if you want to visit there. Insist that it is the same country as Australia! 😀
Haha, I really liked how annoyed you seemed to be about all of this yourself. Good job.
Ah, Andrew, so you had some visitors over the weekend?
I'm like Andrew, a dual national (British and German - habe eine Deutsche Mutter) and spend about half my time split between the two countries.
The one I still can't understand is the complining about the trains. You need to experience them in Britain! 😂😂😂
That's what I tell my fellow Germans all the time. To annoy a Brit (maybe): we're pampered in that regard. Our trains used to run better and more punctual.
Everyone globally thinks they have the worsed of everything or brags that they have the best. Clearly Germany in this case thinks they have the worsed trains which is very much the opposite of the truth German trains are within top 10 globally
@@helmetmcbarin*worst 🙏🏽
@@B.Ies_T.Nduhey nobody likes the Grammar police. Also why are you pretending to be German?
@@helmetmcbarin Oh, am I?!
"I'm 1/8 german! Bud Light tastes like water to me" - definitely agree on this one
Thanks for not mentioning the current state of our Football National's team.
Real football (⚽ not 🏈) is a thing no American has the faintest idea about. Thank God.
@@berulan8463 I think they know there's a World Cup every few years. Like we know Superbowl is in February. ;)
@@berulan8463 Some of our women do.
@@berulan8463that's why we call the other thing Handegg.
@@berulan8463 A portion of them follow the MLS. And they'll have Messi now and all.
LOL This was hilarious!! What a great Vid! Thanks for the laughs!!
I think my attempts at speaking German, annoyed the Germans in Munich.
Your first mistake was thinking Bavarians speak German
they dont speak the high german you used!
@@ArltratloFeli from Germany grew up in Munich and said most people there speak High German with a Bavarian accent.
@@AslanKyoya1776 the bavarians are almost all able to speak passable High German, but many still speak in their dialect that almost no German north of Bavaria fully understands. Unfortunately, some are also very stubborn in this respect, regardless of whether they speak to foreigners or not.
IT was Munich. Beeing annoyed IS pretty much part of this wannabe-capital city😉
Sehr lustige Zusammenstellung. 😊
1:35 as if americans know what the holy roman empire was :D
Now I know what
to annoy
means.
You're the best English-teacher.
I've rarely heard an American say something clever about Germany. Even when it's an educated American, I'm always waiting for them to make a mistake and then I get really annoyed.
Always annoys me how smug they sound when they point something out that is blatantly incorrect, but then they still act like they've just made the best argument ever in their life.
I’m a second generation German American. (My Oma came from Berlin just after the war) Even as a kid in the mid 90s, I would still get jokes about my “Nazi grandmother” …and lame jokes about how the German language is “evil sounding”. …or how Germans “have no sense of humor”.
It’s been the same 3 unoriginal jokes for 80 years now. 🙄
He is an English-born german citizen
@@computerfan1079 I was not talking about him
Like the ”german cake”, which is not german and doesn’t exist in Germany. The guy’s name who invented it is German. Ppl still think it’s german.
Finally, r/Germany that I can put on repeat
the 1st one is 100% true im german and when poeple call me a nazi I WILL BE SO MAD
You goddam Nazi!
The German Oak is not concerned with the boar rubbing its back on it.
I think that this reply is the best here by far. I am afraid that it is nearly impossible to offend Germans, nothing of the said things will work properly on them.
A video basically describing every American tourist ever.
I would likely be a billionaire if I earned a cent every time some American mentioned that they visited (or heard about) Germany (or any other country) and found out that everything in the US is better.
Any American saying that is either a) lying, or b) doesn't take trains, ever. For all that Germans moan about DB, holy crap do we make them look good by comparison.
@@Sandrylene Trains won't work as well in most of America because it's mostly more spread out. Doesn't mean they shouldn't work better. Of course, one of the best subway systems in the world is in NYC, but outside of that, it's pretty dire.
@@drh3b to be honest, even NY, which is definitely as good as we get, could be much better. So much of the system is not accessible. Stairs everywhere. Was strongly reminded of that last year, when my knee gave me some trouble, and I decided walking fifty blocks sounded more appealing than dealing with all the stairs.
depending on the person, i would say most of those would probably work on me. very funny video, nicely done!
Also, trying to insult a German for being cheap may backfire! Here, frugality is a national sport.
You forgot the most important thing: tell a German, that he isn’t doing his job right.
You can insult his family all you want, but the real question of honor is work related…
If you are American, tell us, that things that are good for Germany cannot work in the USA because Germany is so tiny in comparison and has only a fraction of people who are way less diverse.
Yes and also that Americans don't want communism like in Germany.
Some of the things that work in Germany probably wouldn't work in the US. Namely, trains (outside of certain parts of the US) because cities are much further apart than in Germany.
You have three big advantages over us, guns, the legacy of slavery, and you don't have a whole huge group of politicians(Republicans) actively working against the interests of most Americans. You have your psychopath conservatives, but they don't have nearly the power that our equivalents have here.
We have at least two big advantages over you guys, which is natural resources, and no way to be taken over by conventional forces.
@@drh3b The US was *build* on trains so... no, they'd work just fine.
@@MegaBanane9 Sure, local transit, and in certain areas like the Eastern Seaboard. We have the largest freight train network in the world. If we had the political will, passenger trains would work better than they do, but it definitely makes more sense in Europe than here.
Ngl, this was a funny video Rewboss!
very beautiful thank you - the topics that re off limits really impressed me. there really isnt anything else that comes to my mind. amazing!
What I think would actually be funny though: if someone from another country, let's say the US, tried to impress people in Northern Germany maybe in some village close to the Danish border with a Schuhplattler that person learned just for them. Maybe as a way to connect with their "new found family" after tracing their ancestry back to that place. If someone made a film containing things like this (Comedy? Mockumentary?), I would probably watch it!
😀
Sadly, in some parts of germany, complaining about modern day germans having grown soft and the country being full of immigrants and muslims will not make you unpopular at all...
I wanted to say that...
I live in Germany since 2021 and I feel you don't need to do anything to piss them off; they are always screaming at me
Berlin, wa ? 😂
Oh no, don't you use the recycling bins in the right way? ^^
Making a list....checking it twice. Danke!
Commercial DNA kits aren't garbage. They are just advertised in a way tat people are bound to read them wrong.
Any that try to tell you that you are some percent of various nationalities are garbage.
thank yoy Andrew i really enjoy yr channel
Oh my god so true!
If someone is traveling to France, you can ask them: "On wheels or on tracks?"
Through Belgium
I can vouch for the one where I complimented the train systems in Germany. As I am from Egypt, I don't know any better really. But my German friend went on a full-on rant about how bad the trains are 😂
Spot-on - including the pun on the British by mis-labeling rubbish as "garbage".
How come that I always have the feeling that this channel is a must-see to Americans?
For beginners it might just be enough to shout “awwwwwsome” to every garbage can you see.
I already am overdramatic about how urbanised, car-centric, forest-less and park-less Germany is compared to my own country.
The no wild camping thing, is a bummer...
Have you been to the US? This is a point you can annoy them with. (Btw, as a german, i know i am providing your point)
@@GoddessStone oh absolutely
@@Parciwal_Gaming Please don't force me to go there... I'm already doing my best to acclimatise to Germany and I even live in Freiburg, this is the best it will get. xD
@@Wayclarkenow I am curious, where are you from originally?
Another one: pronounce German words as harsh as possible, just like any good Hitler impersonator would. Keep going without realizing you're the only one doing it and that it's not the way native speakers talk and that a native speaker talking like this regularly or even constantly might eventually get checked up by a psychiatrist. Instead have a lot of fun taking like you believe Germans do and make sure to be completely oblivious to the native speakers around you frowning upon your behaviour and/or being just super annoyed or even offended.
No mention of the worst crime, insulting German bread?
"Why don't you have any good, plain, white bread? Like Wonder Bread!"
@@Sandrylene You Monster.
Radical Living has already made me well aware of that... 😄
TOP - well done. Pity there is ony ONE thump up
when I saw the title, I thought at first of something like:
Giving him a glass of "Stilles Wasser" ("ohne Kohlensäure") - instead of Sprudel (mit Kohlensäure) - and after that, throwing the empty bottle into a blue trash bin... or maybe instead of the water, offer him a glass of beer with a lot of crushed ice ...
good one!
I had worked at the VW Chattanooga plant in the US for the first few years. We had several people from Emden while launching the plant, and one person in my group had a "Van" in his last name instead of "Von". So just to get in a poke I said that this is a Dutch name, right?
Watch videos or listen to music on the train without head phones.
I am missing the most annoying sentence:
„Germany is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe“
That gets right to the point!
Germans will agree that your country has better education, higher moral integrity, and admirable sophistication.
How to annoy anyone from any culture:
Step 1. Insult their food.
That's it.
On the British Islands food insults you.
Made my day! Really funny and true!
The most annoying tourist i ever met was a young american backpacker making fun of the Döner salesman for not speaking english. I placed his order for him, but then told him, that the guy speaks two languages, turkish and german, fluently minimum (likely also chunks of arab) and asked him for his count on that. He blushed.
Don't put anything back where it belongs.
As a german, I feel annoyed.
As an ethnic Pole 🇵🇱, I think I got the best way to annoy Germans 😅.
Asking for reparations? Emphasizing that the death camps were German? Complimenting us that at least we're no Russians?
Really? What is it? Maybe stealing a car?
@@onkelsy8001
Mentioning WW2 and my country Poland in relation to it :)
stealing cars?
other easy methods:
- drive 50 or less on inter-city roads
- drive in the middle of three or left of two lanes on the Autobahn
- drive "like a foreigner" in general (driving slow in cities, changing lanes last second / taking unexpected turns as if you didn't know where to go)
- write a post in English on r/Ichiel
- try to do small talk with strangers on any public transport, especially effective between 8pm and 10am
- throw away garbage in the wrong can or right beside one
- try to enter any public transport before the people dropping off have a chance to get out, also hesitate right in front of the door for a few seconds
- try to convince anyone that american football or any other sport for that matter, is better than soccer. Another good one is Nascar and F1.
- take pictures in public without giving people a chance to notice and get out of frame
- pretend to be an activist or interviewer and just start talking to randoms on the street that clearly have to be somewhere
- compare us to the French
- ignore any arrows found on the ground, be it in malls or bicycle lanes
As a Dutch guy, traffic lights in cities in Germany seem dumb as shit, though.
Don't eat the shrooms and the traffic lights work fine.
1. Tell them how german cars are not good at all
2. Tell them that you have drunk better beer in other EU countries (especially Holland, Belgium or Czech)
3. Tell them that "Berliner donuts" are not anything special
4. Complain that their language is not so precise when it comes to grammar or just complain about precision in every day life
I haven't even yet watched the video and my blood pressure is already way to high...
Zufälligerweise habe ich gerade
heute Sauerkraut gegessen.
... Like every day!
also i feel like all of these are mainly adressed towards americans, and i mean, youre not wrong
tell them that their front garden hedge is not absolutely straight/level and is 3mm above the given law for the area - and there is a cig but on the path in front of their gate
my grandpa was born east of Silesia and of cause the whole by the Polish deported from their property in 1920 which was owned about 4 centuries by the family.
And every one voted for who would bring their homes back , the whole Knights Gut , and of cause Adolf Hitler.
Never ask why someone voted for Hitler
Thanks for the tips.
One day I will try your tips but my experience is that it's enough to sneeze louder after 1pm during Miittagsruhe and it's enough to make some of my neighbours annoyed.
Yeah...but they also save the absolute loudest construction activities for 7 AM, and take a break at 8:30. They do it with glee, man.
extra points for doing all
My favourite bugbear in Germany: paying 2 euros for tap water! Might as well have bought a Coke!
No!
Coke tastes like shit!!
Until today, I thought living in Germany has made your British gone. With this video, you proofed it's still there. Really funny, thank you for making and sharing.
you think living in 21 century germany turns you into a cold and unfunny nazi soldier?
Like they say
You can always leave Britain, but Britain will never leave you.
2:26 Those three subjects don't work because even the Germans themselves are fed up with those XD
100% true
And in the next video the practical test 😈
One thing that works magnificently: move from one part of Germany to another and tell the locals that their dialect makes them sound stupid
The complaint about lack of drivethroughs in Germany was in my top ten of annoying things to hear. Followed by the "nobody speaks English here" while being in the tiniest town or in the countryside.
I do wonder - did you hear these complaints in East Germany? Because for most of the older generations, English was not a mandatory language - Russian was.
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I once was in Croatia back in 2001 when Internet cafés were a big thing. One gangly American youth was proudly displaying his tech-savviness by uber loudly scypeing with an other US American back home. He was the only one doing a call, the only loud person and his voice reached obnoxious levels. But that was the least of his offences: he kept going on at length about how "backward" the country was, how "boring" the culture was, how it was a s*thole etc. Completely oblivious of course, that most people in Croatia learn several languages at school and everyone present was able to understand him. The tension was palpable, apart from his braying voice you could have heard a pin drop. I had never before seen anyone with so little situational awareness. Yet, out of politeness, noone said anything. I sat exaactly behind Mr "I'm a quarter American", thinking if I should give him a hint, but he was oozing so much conceit and entitlement, that I just watched him embarrass himself further and further.