8 COMMON Things In Germany Americans WISH THEY HAD!

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Just an American trying to learn more about and Germany and the rest of Europe.
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  • @JamesBray3
    @JamesBray320 күн бұрын

    What are some other things Americans could appreciate from Germany‘s day to day society that might be seen as a luxury in America?

  • @nymphikaros7555

    @nymphikaros7555

    20 күн бұрын

    In fact you're right, but most of americans Missing the right Mindset. And are offen stubborn when it comes to Changes i think

  • @germaniatv1870

    @germaniatv1870

    20 күн бұрын

    “We will be using local law enforcement,” Trump said, adding that he wants special immunity for police from prosecution. 30.04.2024 The USA will give Police immunity. Bro...

  • @martinrupprecht9853

    @martinrupprecht9853

    20 күн бұрын

    Health care and social security

  • @HerSandiness

    @HerSandiness

    20 күн бұрын

    Deposits on plastic bottles. Yeah, you gotta bring it back to get your deposit back, but at least you're not throwing them everywhere and effing up the environment.

  • @benjaminZ19

    @benjaminZ19

    20 күн бұрын

    Buying food from your region & buy seasonal food, and not always go to fast food places or Starbucks to eat

  • @tracybodinaar
    @tracybodinaar9 күн бұрын

    Well explained. Thank you for bringing up this video. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of society in the country as very few are literate on the subject, thanks to Mrs Charlotte Walsh the lady you ones recommended

  • @chaiwat7393

    @chaiwat7393

    9 күн бұрын

    What is the best way to make money from crypto trading?

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    @tracybodinaar

    9 күн бұрын

    As a beginner, it's essential for you to have a mentor to keep you accountable. I'm guided by a widely known crypto professional.

  • @tracybodinaar

    @tracybodinaar

    9 күн бұрын

    The professional is Ms Charlotte Junko Walsh

  • @rafaelrivera-ry9mz

    @rafaelrivera-ry9mz

    9 күн бұрын

    There's literally no restrictions on her platform. I am equally investing from Australia

  • @markharper171

    @markharper171

    9 күн бұрын

    Crypto is the best future where people make money and generate good returns.

  • @marvinweis8278
    @marvinweis827813 күн бұрын

    In Germany there are also business stores where you only pay the price of the item and not the tax, but it is only business to business

  • @fuckthepopulation4ever

    @fuckthepopulation4ever

    4 күн бұрын

    Wrong tho, has nothing to do with the store, businesses pay the tax too but get it back after from state

  • @blaxai6485
    @blaxai648516 күн бұрын

    never thought DB would get compliments x)

  • @Why-D
    @Why-D20 күн бұрын

    In Germany the word basis for debt is the same for guilt. Schulden or Schuld. So for Germans debts (Schulden) are a bad thing.

  • @fionaryder632

    @fionaryder632

    20 күн бұрын

    I think that has changed a lot within the last 20 years. Many Germans are now in debt.

  • @The_Shrock_69
    @The_Shrock_698 күн бұрын

    I´m from germany and like every time i get from work to home with the train, there is a cleaner team that cleans the entire train. With cleaning the floors and take the trash on the floors.

  • @buschleuchte9905
    @buschleuchte99057 күн бұрын

    That it is why it is so important to travel to different cultures

  • @ArsinoMeteor
    @ArsinoMeteor10 күн бұрын

    Thanks bray, there are so many videos out there but yours is the first video of this topic who actually knows what they are talking about AND you didn't point out the obvious things most people do. I love your videos bro ❤❤

  • @JamesBray3

    @JamesBray3

    4 күн бұрын

    Thanks man! ❤

  • @MinkxiTes
    @MinkxiTes20 күн бұрын

    We do have our own issues with the police here in Germany. Covering each other when they mess up something and/or pressing false charges like resistance before the person that has been done wrong sues. That often stops the plaintiff before it can get somewhere. And a lot of (far) right are in the police now too.

  • @nehkromant
    @nehkromant13 күн бұрын

    If you like that the total price is shown in grocery stores, find out what the "Kilopreis / Grundpreisverordnung" is. 😉

  • @inDasInnen
    @inDasInnen4 күн бұрын

    ... its quite accurate! 😊 Blessings from Germany!

  • @oichilli7309
    @oichilli730920 күн бұрын

    6:07 “One big thing in Germany that is very popular, is the art of saving money” I laughed at this so hard, it’s so true though

  • @WolfHagenSdW
    @WolfHagenSdWКүн бұрын

    I never realized it till you spilled it out, but grocery and condom shopping in Germany is basically an introverts dream. If I was accidentally strandet in the US, the cashiers would get some real funny looks before I would be able to answer their "How are you?" in blunt honesty.

  • @agnes15101968

    @agnes15101968

    22 сағат бұрын

    😂 Yes, telling them how my knee hurts and that I am looking forward to my operation

  • @sclazzy
    @sclazzy19 күн бұрын

    Is diabolical your new favourite word? 😂 As a black german-brazilian I was shocked when the police in Germany first came up to me and asked to PLEASE see my ID 😂 never had a policeman say please to me before im Brasil. So yeah deescalation is a thing. Respect creates respect.

  • @roberts386
    @roberts3868 күн бұрын

    One more german agrees to 100%. Döner all day - I laughed my ass off. Best Man!

  • @5alpha23
    @5alpha2319 күн бұрын

    I honestly believe that you would be a prime candidate of moving here. In big cities you'll have enough privacy with all the perks of the infrastructure and most people here speak English well enough anyway. Of course for a citizenship you'll need to learn German, which is ultra-hard, but if you love the country enough, you'll get through that as well. Hmu if you want to learn some German on the side.

  • @Stoned-Thoughts
    @Stoned-Thoughts7 күн бұрын

    6:52 I wish I could pronounce "Wie bitte?" like you did there...and I am German 😂👍 Best regards ✌

  • @rotblitz4330

    @rotblitz4330

    2 күн бұрын

    Eigentlich word das " wie bitte" nur so geschrieben. Gesprochen wird es " hä?"

  • @glaubhafieber
    @glaubhafieber19 күн бұрын

    I believe that many people don’t know that they want those things. If you grow up hearing that you’re already the best at everything, you don’t believe in improvement. But I’m sure if someone gets paid vacation and experience it in person, they will never give up this freedom

  • @Juliaaan-kg4gu
    @Juliaaan-kg4gu8 күн бұрын

    Really good videos! 🔥

  • @MrHodoAstartes
    @MrHodoAstartes20 күн бұрын

    The big thing about public transportation is that riding it isn't "dead time". Driving a car, you need 100% focus on driving. Which is why the psychological pressure for frequent commuters is so high to do other shit on the side. You need to spend hours upon hours just driving, so the allure of the phone is mighty, just to get off a text or anything so you don't just waste your non-salaried hours of the day. If you go by train or bus, you need maybe 10% focus to keep track of where you roughly are, leaving you 90% to take in sights, browse Amazon, text people, read a book etc. You better believe that the tram lines to a factory have a different vibe in the morning and afternoon than the highway. Nobody is gonna "rail rage" after a stressful day.

  • @MrShadow1617

    @MrShadow1617

    18 күн бұрын

    Especially since everyone knows that people just want some silence after a stressful work day.

  • @DerMarcoee
    @DerMarcoee2 сағат бұрын

    Wow, really great video! For me as a german, I love everything you said and I can confirm every point. At the same time it’s exactly the same for me when I’m going to Thailand. Everything is cheaper, healthier and better. For example, booked a room in Krabi for 100€ a night and had ocean view + a jacuzzi on the balcony. Food can be crazy cheap if you know the right spots. Fried rice with vegetables and chicken + 0,5l Water for something like 2€. And it’s good and real food! You should definitely check out Thailand. Thanks for the entertainment!

  • @D4BASCHT
    @D4BASCHT15 сағат бұрын

    To my knowledge there is also another very huge difference. Sheriffs get directly elected in most of the US, wheres law enforcement in Germany is never directly elected. And regarding trains … the US is a lot more suited for trains than Germany and it actually grew a lot with trains, the westward annexations benefited from them. Trains work best over longer distances with few stops. Regarding saving money: it’s easier here to compare products, mostly due to EU regulations. Nutrition tables always have to have a column per 1kg, 100g, 1l or 100ml, not just per an arbitrary serving size. The price tag also has to show the price per 1kg etc. By now online shops have to show you the average price of the last 30 days if something is on discount. Dunno if supermarkets also have to do something like that, but that prevents companies from making a product more expensive and putting it on discount all the time. EU puts an emphasis on informed buying decisions, which companies impede when they use confusing or manipulative pricing. Regarding cashiers … it indeed depends on the cashier and the customer, but it’s not rare that they have a chat with regular customers or people they know, they just don’t have to. I just had this happen yesterday in ALDI: if you spin your shopping cart 90°, it will be easier to put your stuff into it. This indeed partially has to do with them being able to server more customers that way. And you also get what you pay for. At pricier supermarkets with focus on organic and alternative stuff etc. you will often have a more relaxed time at the checkout with relaxing music in the background instead of continuous ads. At dirt cheap discounters you might need to wait a few minutes at the checkout until a cashier shows up, they honestly wait until a queue forms. At the cheap ones it’s often literally one employee outside of rush hours who does the checkout, putting stuff on the shelves etc. Regarding the penal systems they follow different principals. A “We have to punish you” vs “You are a problem for society, so we’ll isolate you from society and try to impact your basic rights as less as possible”. If you go to jail in Germany you can lose your passive suffrage (getting elected), but you can’t easily lose your active suffrage (electing somebody). Active suffrage has to be taking by a court and that mostly happens for political crimes (preparing a war of aggression, doing treason, sabotage, bribing parliamentarians, betrayal of state secrets, election fraud, stuff related to banned anti-democratic parties etc) and even then only for up to five years.

  • @cellevangiel5973
    @cellevangiel59733 күн бұрын

    Companies in the USA and Europe sell what the people want, buy. That's the key. How many American will buy fresh vegetables and cook it themselves ? Fast food is easy food, simple.

  • @highopay
    @highopay20 күн бұрын

    Conner and James - the collab we don't deserve but we desperately need! OG of German reacting/visiting and the man of the hour

  • @K3V0M
    @K3V0M20 күн бұрын

    Hey James just my two (Euro) cents on the more technical parts of this video. This camera angle felt like an intro and I skipped ahead a couple of minutes to then notice that it stayed that way. Maybe you were just trying to switch things up. Usually I see you on the computer with a greenscreen, though. I am not sure if you have a regular talking head setup. Also your - idk - mid 2010 jump cuts are not my thing. There are audio pops and cracks each time and with headphones it made a bit uncomfortable. I am not sure if you chose this as a style or to skip "uhms" and "uhs". I mean I can get behind that if you are not an experienced video host in formats like this and you wanted to trim the runtime down a bit. The flute song starting at 10:05 is pretty loud IMO. It was the only time I really noticed the music. Now that I can check off "complaining about stuff" from my daily checklist I can also say something about the content. Police: 1:14 You really put the "acorn on car roof" clip in there. That was awful to watch when it was released. Wow. From time to time I watch some US police footage but this one was a shocker because it wasn't some dude walking around with an axe or an active shooter but just a dude in custody and an officer that got spooked. This is only topped by that incident in which the officers placed a driver in their car but they stopped on train tracks and a train came by and rammed the police cruiser... Training in the US is really subpar, especially when you consider how much more active they have to be sometimes - and then there was this huge outcry to defund the police which would only make it worse. It's also awful to watch channels like "Audit the Audit" where a lawyer(?) evaluates police interactions and often officers are just plain wrong about laws or even make laws up. How can they be so confidently wrong? public transport: Oh well we have our own opinion about Deutsche Bahn. It's on a steady decline. But I guess it's still leaps and bounds better than what the US has. sales tax/VAT: How it's supposed to be. Brands like Arizona Ice Tea just have to give up printing their prices on the product and everything is fine. Nation wide advertising would still be a problem but the in-store price tag should be what it is on the register. food: And that is exactly why it's good that we voted against the trade agreement with the US which would have flooded the market with this stuff. I could still be better. For example produce like tomatoes are often described as being watery and tasteless. But they are resistant and good for mass production. Farmers would have worse yields and too much variety (form and size) with the tastier stuff so the price would be higher per unit. Oh well. prisons: Private for profit prisons are just fucked up. The government could actually resocialize the people but instead they just chuck the people in a hole and someone fills their pockets.

  • @erikschlottbohm
    @erikschlottbohm20 күн бұрын

    7:45 it is even worse in Restaurants with tip and taxes you oftentimes pay almost double the amount on the menu.

  • @handsomejack1179
    @handsomejack117919 күн бұрын

    As a German who works together with law enforcement here I can say that you are completely right about the fact, that every police officer in Germany has to justify every bullet that was fired. And because of the News storys from the US of school shootings and all these things I can totally understand why Americans desire this instance. BUT there is a downside: In Germany the police isn't respected like they are feared in America. What I want to say is that being afraid of the police is obviously pretty bad and given the history of police force and brutality totally understandible but not being respected is also not good. German police officers are being attacked in a humiliating way like being spit on is pretty common for them and because they are not feared but also not being respected either there is an increase of violence against the police seen over the past few years, which is also unacceptable for my opinion. But of course are there problems with our law enforcements too. Of course I also don't want to fear that a cop shoots me randomly but I'm sure it would be pretty unhealthy in the US to spit on a cop or worde which seems like I said normal for German idiots who think laws are for the weak.

  • @lazrseagull54
    @lazrseagull5420 күн бұрын

    Döner kebab in Germany is a lot healthier and tastier than in other countries e.g. here in the UK, where it's made from 100% minced lamb and has no flavour because it's known as an afterpub food for people who have lost their sense of taste. No-one is eating döner kebabs for lunch in the UK. Like you, I could eat the German ones for breakfast.

  • @bjorntantau194

    @bjorntantau194

    20 күн бұрын

    To be fair there are also tons of bad Döner shops like that in Germany. I miss working in Cologne. Great Döner restaurants all over the place but even there we had to search a long time for the best one,

  • @MrShadow1617

    @MrShadow1617

    18 күн бұрын

    @@bjorntantau194 Even in Austria you usually have to search and try out döner shops and stands to find a good one that is also reasonably priced. No way in hell would I pay 5€ for a döner kebap when I know another place that sells one for 2€ and has the same or better quality.

  • @kensi112

    @kensi112

    15 күн бұрын

    @@MrShadow1617 If you find one for 2€ you shouldn't even consider buying it. For that price there can't be anything inside it but garbage. You can't have good meat and fresh vegetables for that price.

  • @deokletian96

    @deokletian96

    13 күн бұрын

    @@MrShadow1617 where tf do you get Döner for 2€!? Every Döner-place I know is between 7 and 9€!

  • @Fr34kaz0id
    @Fr34kaz0id18 күн бұрын

    On your next trip you should take time to visite Austria. 2 countries next to each other but so much different ;) .

  • @jufo6082
    @jufo60828 күн бұрын

    haha I love your video. You are always welcome here in Germany!

  • @klausfischer3079
    @klausfischer307918 күн бұрын

    Here in Germany, it made national news a few weeks ago, when a cop stole cheese from a traffic accident… It’s really pretty rare, tht they do such things…

  • @lordofnumbers9317
    @lordofnumbers931720 күн бұрын

    @9:00 Hey James, there is a very good commercial on this topic fresh out the 80s with Hella von Sinnen and Ingolf Lück. Absolutely great.👍

  • @trillian1964

    @trillian1964

    15 күн бұрын

    Tinaaaaa!!!! Wat kosten die Kondoooome!?!?! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWV51qWckpW0f6w.html

  • @irlWIKKO
    @irlWIKKO18 күн бұрын

    Your point on the difference of the prison systems is interesting. I've seen (lower security) prisons in Germany in the middle of cities, like it's nothing special and this, I assume, is part of the way rehabilitation is handled. That doesn't seem to be the case in the US, is it?

  • @unlink1649
    @unlink164920 күн бұрын

    I'm mad impressed. Your points are crazy valid and on point.

  • @JamesBray3

    @JamesBray3

    20 күн бұрын

    Thank you ❤

  • @privateuser1780
    @privateuser178010 күн бұрын

    You forgot about the rolladens on the windows and bathroom stalls doors are sealed so people can't see through. In the States it's like 1 inch gap, lol.

  • @donno998
    @donno99820 күн бұрын

    When i visited the US coming from Germany, i felt slim, even though i am not. I also really badly wanted to try the burgers, but after seeing billboards and burger places on every corner, I quickly lost the interest. In Vegas I also had big trouble finding healthy food.

  • @SebastianS72
    @SebastianS728 күн бұрын

    About Döner, you usually get what you pay for. Maybe they seem to look the same, but in the lower end price tag, there use to be a lot of scandals. Trust me

  • @malteha9007
    @malteha900715 күн бұрын

    I absolutly feel the conversation point when it comes to shopping. My main problem is these conversations felt fake because I could feel and recognize that their was no real interest. And that makes it pointless. Thanks for bringing that one up as an American

  • @JohnDoe-us5rq
    @JohnDoe-us5rq9 күн бұрын

    I use something similar to the Miles. It's classical car sharing and station based, so I have to return the car back to it's parking spot, but still, no need for my own car and I can get vans for moving and hauling, big cars for travelling and small ones for my everyday needs. Love it. But I can see the issues with a concept like this and the typical US infrastructure. Since one need to get one of those cars first, this would only work well in cities and then, most of the time only in downtown, since all the other parts are just way to spread out. And then again, downtown is all to often not the place I want to have my rental car parked over night.

  • @ZeuselTV
    @ZeuselTV8 күн бұрын

    Nice video. Greetings from Germany…

  • @wildniscamper7276
    @wildniscamper727619 күн бұрын

    if you are in the area of Landsberg am Lech, let me know, i can show you a 15t truck tiny house with bathtub, hotwater-heating....its in bavaria so...cheers bra✌️🍺

  • @CurrentlyAimless
    @CurrentlyAimless20 күн бұрын

    15:50 I can understand that, and Döner is just so fascinating simple prepared, but yet so tasty and filling. I mean It's basically just cold cut vegetables, with cold sauce, hot slim pressed-meat stripes stuffed into crispy hot flat bread. I know it's not allowed, but im almost tempted to sing the forbidden verse "Döner, Döner über alles". lul dang i actually could go for a Döner right now.

  • @KingSteven26

    @KingSteven26

    20 күн бұрын

    Lol, "Döner, Döner über alles" dürfte schwer als Volksverhetzung oder Ähnliches auszulegen sein...🤣

  • @Zazu1337
    @Zazu13374 сағат бұрын

    Since we have a public health care the state has an interest of keeping people healthy so the gov regulate sugar in processed foods.

  • @jensen7875
    @jensen78759 күн бұрын

    Watch the German add video "Tina was kosten die Kondome" and the modern "remake" "Ingolf Lück kauft wieder Kondome - Neuauflage des Supermarkt-Spots"

  • @nice_challenge
    @nice_challenge19 күн бұрын

    Absolutely right when coming back from the US, what I don't miss: the potholes (no wonder you think you need a truck with 6 foot wheels) standard rental cars feel like they are 20 years old (in Europe they are all new) having to move through the traffic in e.g. LA (horror^3) not being able to walk anywhere from the hotel (better take the car to cross the street) whole cities are living under bridges (never seen that in Europe)

  • @timmollers6771
    @timmollers67715 күн бұрын

    8:52 Thats why Walmart failed in Germany

  • @ZatziHasi
    @ZatziHasi19 күн бұрын

    As a German I appreciate this (espacially your) type of content a lot. Not because I like hearing how good germans and germany are, but because it's good to be remembered, that... "Yeah, we indeed don' f*ck up everything.". - Sometimes we forget about it. Germany has a lot things to be upset with, as the USA does, too. But both (and other countries) have good things, we can be happy for. Just to add it: Yep, prices in Germany have taxes included, so you won't to calculate there. But if you're buying something to drink, you have to add the "Pfand". Most water- and glass-bottles your have to do that and the price for that "Pfand" differs (most of the time 8, 15 or 25 C€nt per bottle,, but in most cases it will be mentioned under the price-tag. So there's no guesswork. To explain "Pfand" once more, although I'm positive most of the people reading this already know... You get your "Pfand"-money back, if you bring the bottle(s) back. Most shop do have a "Pfandautomat", where you insert your empty bottle(s) and you get a "Pfandbon", you then give the cashier to reduce your bill or get the money.

  • @philipphafner9269
    @philipphafner926913 күн бұрын

    If you like the transportation system in Germany, you should definitely check out Switzerland and Austria too. I kinda get that the German one must be exciting for someone from the US because it ✨exists✨but it actually got kinda bad over the last two decades. Austria and Switzerland (France and Spain, too) on the other hand invested massively and it now outpaces the German transport system in every possible aspect. Just look at the mess that Deutsche Bahn hat going on during the soccer championship recently. In Austria and Switzerland (who hosted that competition in 2008) on the other hand transportation did not collapse even though they are much smaller.

  • @user-dd1pf1fs1f
    @user-dd1pf1fs1f9 күн бұрын

    The Transportation?!? I live in Berlin and i dont think ive ever been early/On Time via public transportation

  • @ArsinoMeteor
    @ArsinoMeteor10 күн бұрын

    To the tax thing in price tags: I actually didn't know that. But it makes sense, considering we have to pay Mehrwertsteuer when we buy something in the US that is shipped to Germany.

  • @user-ov5ok2gj2h
    @user-ov5ok2gj2h4 күн бұрын

    Hey, really interesting content. But could you turn down the background music a bit? You have a great, clear pronunciation and I don‘t want to switch on subtitles. Danke!

  • @PropperNaughtyGeezer
    @PropperNaughtyGeezer20 күн бұрын

    Prisons - the biggest difference: here prisons cost the state a lot of money, in the US the operators earn a lot of money. There is of course the temptation to simply lock people up in order to increase income and minimize expenses through cheap factory farming. The survival mode also exists here in prison, but here the prisoners don't come together that much. They are locked in their cells and they eat in their cells. There is no way to start a riot in the dining room like in the movies. There is no dining room here. You only get one hot meal in your cell. Dinner and breakfast are delivered to you at the same time. They get out for an hour to courtyard walk. Otherwise only when they have doctor's or court appointments or visitors. But then they are accompanied by officers. Sometimes in chains. Everything else (like being locked up or doing sports) is a rare privilege that can be taken away at any time. There are some great stories by Maximilian Pollux on KZread.

  • @joachimRoyaards4144

    @joachimRoyaards4144

    20 күн бұрын

    @@PropperNaughtyGeezer the justice system is a business in America, a money 💰 making business.

  • @walkir2662
    @walkir26623 күн бұрын

    The USA's size is no excuse for bad transportation systems - you don't commute from NY to LA, you commute inside a city/metropolitan area.

  • @NuckChorris2.0
    @NuckChorris2.020 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the meme (10:36), James. Had me rolling. 🤣

  • @optikforlife

    @optikforlife

    16 күн бұрын

    that one got me as well 🤣🤣like bruh, just give me my keys you clown 😂

  • @Sutsui34
    @Sutsui343 күн бұрын

    3:49 if the trains in Germany are quite then I think that I had something special. The people one my neighbor seats make a bing party🎉🎉

  • @ephoratagora4179
    @ephoratagora417915 күн бұрын

    00:19 Haha. Herr Zimmermann! :) Großartig 👍

  • @mikkosimonen
    @mikkosimonen18 күн бұрын

    If a cashier started talking shit to me about what I was buying, I would assume the Karen Stance and hit them with the Can I Talk to Your Manager? no Jutsu.

  • @reireiregret
    @reireiregret19 күн бұрын

    bro, what a sympathic fella you are! also, how can you still look so good at that weird angle? it's weird to see an american being interested in our country, but i'm always happy when i see it! anways, what i wanted to say is - talking about flights - nothing can beat singapore airlines in my opinion. the food, the customer service, even their security videos are TOP NOTCH. i never had such a relaxing long flight than with ssingapore airlines. lufthansa is a mess against them and if i can i most of the time i avoid flying with them. also knowing the difference between billig and guenstig is even something most of the germans don't understand so massive kudos to you for knowing the difference! and yes, i agree, whenever i travel to another country the first thing i am missing is our bread culture...

  • @eduardhappel1845
    @eduardhappel18453 күн бұрын

    Another good Points living in Germany. Health insurance for everyone!!! And If you work longer than 12 months in your Job you get fired you get 12 months Money from the "Agentur für Arbeit" called ALG1. For Singles the income would be 60% of your networth. Welcome in Germany😅 Edit: When you get sick and Work full time on a regular contract you get paid as well👏

  • @Lw1337
    @Lw133713 күн бұрын

    I want to say. Public transportation is not something you earn money with. Thats probably why the US don't have that much of it. The costs are huge. The Tickets are already expensive for trains but it's still not enough to have a +

  • @lordfarod
    @lordfarod15 күн бұрын

    The more I hear about America as a German the less I ever want to go there… very sad. When I was young I always thought America must be so cool. But as more I hear about every issue America is facing as less I ever want to go there.

  • @manub.3847
    @manub.384720 күн бұрын

    The problem with e-scooters in particular is the unqualified parking ideas that some users have: across the stairs to the train, criss-crossing the footpath or in strangers' hedges (especially at the end of the riding area), across the entrance to a shop, etc. Oh, and as a pedestrian, please jump into the hedge or onto the road if someone on an e-scooter or e-bike comes racing up behind you and almost runs into your heels as soon as they ring the bell. :) Some smaller towns and communities and districts still have footpaths with "bicycle use". As a rule, the pedestrian sign is above the bicycle sign, meaning that pedestrians have priority.

  • @PotsdamSenior

    @PotsdamSenior

    20 күн бұрын

    I think in most cases those crazy "parking ideas" don't come from the users, but from "scooter haters" who want them gone. It's so easy to just grab a neatly parked scooter from the curbside and throw it across the sidewalk.

  • @manub.3847

    @manub.3847

    20 күн бұрын

    @@PotsdamSenior In some cases this might be the case, but in particular in an area where I live it makes no sense as the footpath is very narrow and there is an open space on the other side of the road. And other pedestrians are unlikely to go to the trouble of knocking over ten or more e-scooters or pushing them into the hedge.

  • @Peter_Cetera
    @Peter_Cetera20 күн бұрын

    19:07 A HUGE point!!!

  • @RoonMian

    @RoonMian

    19 күн бұрын

    Combine that with that it's also easier to control people who are one random event out of their control away from financial ruin. See US health insurance but also that each and every halfway responsible German adult I know has a private liability insurance covering up to 10 million bucks, an occupational disablement insurance and a legal expenses insurance. No US American I've ever asked about these knew what I was even talking about. Same goes for the mandatory nursing care insurance Germans have on top of statutory health insurance. Germans live more financially secure lives than US Americans and I can't help but believe that the precarity most US Americans live in is deliberate.

  • @mishXY
    @mishXY5 күн бұрын

    COOOOOOME TO FRANKFURT!!! 👀 bro literally I can show you so much true content-able stuff from the regular tourist things to the "How/why poor people in Germany are not rejected by the system?!" videos and show you the "ghettos" and how they are literally across a small road from society (instead of being isolated). sure yeah definitely can be better, but my family did the maximum immigrant mode (when I was a kid we were like 6-7 people in a tiny 1bedroom apartment). But I kinda never felt different from everybody else, because of how low the isolation is in the broke neighbourhoods. and how they are interspersed among all economic classes. when I went to school we had people from poor to rich in the same group, and with uni costing like 500€ per year, me and a lot of bros made it out of the hood.

  • @Kabbekaggerlagg
    @Kabbekaggerlagg19 күн бұрын

    5:42 There is one kind of shop where they don‘t tell you always the price including the taxes…KFZ-Ersatzteilhändler😅 (vehicle replacement parts shop)

  • @gagaxueguzheng
    @gagaxueguzheng19 күн бұрын

    We have those price tags AND we have the per kilo price. It makes comparing different sizes so much easier. Should I buy two small Nutella jars or one big? You would have to calculate a lot if this was not written on the tag.

  • @der_bruehl
    @der_bruehl19 күн бұрын

    Just google "Tina, was kosten die Kondome?" 😂

  • @flauschiger_keks
    @flauschiger_keks20 күн бұрын

    I only have good experiences with the german police. It might be because I‘m a girl, but every time I asked for help, they helped me and they were very friendly. For example when I had an asthma attack. They were taking care of me and made sure that an ambulance was coming.

  • @pyramidsinegypt
    @pyramidsinegypt20 сағат бұрын

    FYI, should you want to travel to other countries in the EU - Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Germany, etc are very similar in terms of the topics you discussed in this video so if you like Germany, don't hesitate to jump over the border and experience other countries' cultures in the safety of the commonalities you already know :D

  • @tommylanger7686
    @tommylanger768620 күн бұрын

    8:44 was fucking wild 💀💀

  • @CatMan36
    @CatMan366 күн бұрын

    Nice video, but what about health insurance though?

  • @andreadee1567
    @andreadee156720 күн бұрын

    You talk about some interesting things and you understand the background very well.

  • @SheratanLP
    @SheratanLP20 күн бұрын

    I think you forgot one point. The dirt lying around on the shoulders of American highways. For me as a German, it is unbelievable to see how dirty your highways are and I know that many Americans feel the same way when they see how clean German highways are. And the funny thing is that in Germany there is not even a toll to finance the cleanliness of the roads.

  • @atconnys8786

    @atconnys8786

    20 күн бұрын

    You pay Kraftfahrzeugsteuern and other taxes for that, though. There`s the Stadtbauhof which get payed per taxes and cleans the roads and cities, maintains the buildings,holds the parks in shape aso.

  • @Masterafro999

    @Masterafro999

    20 күн бұрын

    Now imagine driving in Italy. I dare you to play a little game whilst driving: Italy or Bosnia. 😂 Aside from major cities Italy is filthy

  • @SheratanLP

    @SheratanLP

    20 күн бұрын

    @@atconnys8786 Well, I pay 40 euros a year in taxes for my Ford Fiesta. So you can't get much road clean with that. It's probably the fuel tax that finances it.

  • @atconnys8786

    @atconnys8786

    19 күн бұрын

    @@SheratanLP Yeah, and maybe fines. I pay 48 for my Civic which has 99 hp. Bevor, I had an Opel Coupee, for those somewhat 200 hp, I payed 149. My Doughter has an VW T5, Diesel, they pay nearly 500/y. How many cars do we have here? 30M?

  • @kooooons
    @kooooons19 күн бұрын

    Sometimes people say germany doesn't have trucks. But we have Sprinters and I think those are better. Not necessarily cooler but a lot more practical.

  • @tammohirdes
    @tammohirdes17 күн бұрын

    As a German I can confirm that most of the points are valid, but I don’t use the public train system that often, because it’s always delayed. And when i say always, i mean always. Sometimes only 5 minutes delay, but in other cases like 50 minutes which isn’t that reliable. A second point is, that the Deutsche Bahn is to expensive, when I drive by myself I’m paying the same or less than for a train ticket and in my car I have AC which is working properly.

  • @tt-rs1457

    @tt-rs1457

    15 күн бұрын

    Also meine Zugverbindungen sind nicht immer verspätet. Wo wohnst du denn ?

  • @tammohirdes

    @tammohirdes

    15 күн бұрын

    @@tt-rs1457 Ich wohne bei Hamburg, um genau zu sein, die Route welche fast immer verspätung hatte als ich sie benutzte, ist Hamburg - München und Hamburg - Köln. In 80-90% der Fahrt gab es verspätungenen.

  • @Climate.Realist
    @Climate.Realist14 күн бұрын

    Tbh. I love the german humor with MILES cars. The marketing team at first for Miles probably didn't like it but man. Yo MILFS cars are dope. It made moving houses so much easier and cheaper to do. Because we don't have places for trucks everywhere. Or the money for moving companies. So you can either order one or you search for a van on the app, reserve it, drive to it and then rent it out for a weekend. It's not that expensive. And IF you fill it up, this will be added to your account. So you don't even pay for gas. It's in the rate itself. But one thing that needs to change in Germany is the amount of complaints and whining. We have a great country. There are basically two issues that are the root of germans complaining: 1. Transition from a Carbon Based economy to an electricity + hydrogen economy 2. Make the tax system fair again The first thing is still kinda easy. Because everything is there. It's causing pushbacks because there are powerful players that want us to stay on fossil but it's just a matter of time. The second thing is a bit harder. Right now Germany is actually a tax haven for Billionares. (Yep, you heard that right. It's cheaper for billionares in Germany than even Switzerland) But for working class (basically everyone below a net worth of 10 Million) it's a very high taxation. And the taxes are being used to try to keep everything running. However since the top 1% or rather 0.5% pay almost no taxes, there was no NET investment in infrastructure the last 30 years. This is causing a loss of trust in the Government - because if you pay that much in taxes, you expect the government to work properly and to be able to invest in infrastructure. But it's not enough. What's going to be needed is tax cuts for the working class and removal of loopholes for the top 1%

  • @1Apep1
    @1Apep119 күн бұрын

    German police definitely has it's own issues. Police service attracts the same problematic character types everywhere, so you will get the occasional power-tripping authoritarian in uniform in Germany as well. Something that is also more or less the same everywhere is a certain political tendency among police personell, which has caused some scandals. Germany also has the problem that there is no independent organization for investigations against the police, so when something happens, you get police officers investigating each other with all the problems you would expect from that. So, while the training from what I have seen is in fact better and the usual day-to-day interactions are okay, you still get the occasional black sheep and the way they are dealt with is often lacklustre.

  • @stevecyclemaker492
    @stevecyclemaker49220 күн бұрын

    For your Campertour check out where you do your Stops, cause you maybe need a Campingside or a Private Property to stay for Night

  • @TheTerrorHamster

    @TheTerrorHamster

    20 күн бұрын

    If not explicitly prohibited it is legal to sleep in your car, van or camper on a public parkingspot for one night

  • @seanthiar

    @seanthiar

    20 күн бұрын

    @@TheTerrorHamster It's legal, because of some technical problems I had to sleep on public parking spots. Every time I did that I was woken up in the middle of the night by police. It's annoying and I'm not a person that can sleep immediately after woken up and I was exhausted thanks to the police banging my doors every effing night. The problem is if you are in a camper, in a public parking spot, they assume you are working in the horizontal business and that's not allowed in most areas.

  • @TheTerrorHamster

    @TheTerrorHamster

    20 күн бұрын

    @@seanthiar well I think it depends where you park. Also if you don't put out camping gear or have a light on, how does the police know someone is in there? Because just parking is completly legal

  • @MrOneWorld123
    @MrOneWorld1235 күн бұрын

    There must be a systemic issue why American police forces are decades behind in training. Professionalism wasn't always there in German police forces, too. But since the 80s, they really started improving which got intensified since the 2000s even more. There's still room for improvement though. E.g. an independent agency to examine police crimes is getting rejected by the ministry for internal affairs for decades. NL and Scandinavian countries are our role models here.

  • @TrackmaniaKaiser
    @TrackmaniaKaiserКүн бұрын

    I live in a decend sized german city. I don't own a car. I just use carsharing and my bicycle.

  • @Chaos2Go
    @Chaos2Go20 күн бұрын

    Included Tax in Prices is everywhere guilty, not only in germany, except of course USA .... even in russia is the Tax included

  • @justarandompersonfromgermany
    @justarandompersonfromgermany20 күн бұрын

    There is a song from the German band "Wise Guys" called "Deutsche Bahn". Even though some maybe don't feel it, the lyrics are very funny. It describes the Deutsche Bahn quiet good and I think it would be funny to see a reaction from you. I am 14 and from Germany so please don't judge my spelling.

  • @lucykitsune4619
    @lucykitsune461918 күн бұрын

    You do NOT want the german public transport system, trust me. Go for one that's more robust like france or switzerland

  • @Usgar
    @Usgar20 күн бұрын

    About police training: Police-Officers in uniform get a bachelor degree in their training, the a bit higher ups "Detectives" get a masters degree. About public transportation: In germany you pay 49€ per month for a ticket that allows you to use all types of regional transport. Only the fast longe-range(Inter City) trains cost extra. Price tags in grocery stores, it is also mandatory to put the price per kilo or litre on the signs in stores. (Not sure, but i think this goes for the EU) And i can confirm what you said about cashier talk about your stuffs... not happening in germany, which leads to them being much faster. A hotel with bedbugs would just be shutdown by the authorities after the first complaint. One big thing about Germany in comparison to the US and many countries is that we, well or grandparents had to literally rebuilt the country from scratch, so I have learned from my grandparents and so on to take nothing for granted and to do it the right way, do the best you can is a normal thing in germany, nothing a live coach or so has to tell you. It is, or at least was normal to do things right or just dont do it. Which is also reflected in the school system, your education is based on your strengths. If you are a more practical, crafty person you will move towards handcrafts, if you are more a thinker, you will go towards the college and there is no shame at all in not having a college degree. There is big respect for people that work with their hands...mechanics, chefs, carpenters, masons...

  • @germaniatv1870

    @germaniatv1870

    20 күн бұрын

    German Police: Prost! US Police: Whoop Whoop!, Click-Click!

  • @Masterafro999

    @Masterafro999

    20 күн бұрын

    Wait!? Random street cops are usually gelernt whilst their higher ups have a Bachelor and above.

  • @Usgar

    @Usgar

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Masterafro999 No, the Street Cops have a bachelors degree, the higher ups got a masters degree. Police academy in Germany gives you an university degree. No training for just a few months

  • @Masterafro999

    @Masterafro999

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Usgar hä, man kann doch auch im mittleren Dienst der Polizei beitreten. A bachelor will grant you höherer Dienst...

  • @BekiNakashiima

    @BekiNakashiima

    19 күн бұрын

    @@Masterafro999 Du hast trotzdem die Möglichkeit in deinen Dienst einen höheren Abschluss intern zu erlangen. z.B. in München bei der Polizei Hochschule.

  • @bomberdomme7308
    @bomberdomme730818 күн бұрын

    its funny they called miles while we german have no clue what mile is without looking it up on google... but calling it Milfs is even more funny.

  • @MarkTregelt
    @MarkTregelt19 күн бұрын

    Maybe you could also do an german desire video, like free speech, low taxes, no TÜV, paint horses, huge oldtimer car market etc. And not to forget GUNS! Many nice good GUNS! Did i mention Guns already? (psst - we need guns)

  • @Ryker1986
    @Ryker198619 күн бұрын

    My ex wife was slim in germany and got so fat at her student exchange year in America. It was crazy. Back in germany she got her weight back in no time.

  • @tt-rs1457

    @tt-rs1457

    15 күн бұрын

    Maybee it is time for looking another woman.

  • @Lw1337
    @Lw133713 күн бұрын

    In Germany many cops have 3 yrs. Job-training nowadays. At least in my federal state. However its 3 years studies (for the higher service, which is the lowest in my state). However since its the lowest thing you can learn here you need to have done the Abitur (highest school degree in germany) and then you do the studies. That contains theory and practice. so yea it sounds amazing but isn't as good as it seems (what doesn't mean that its really bad tho). But you're right in the US the police has waay to few trainings.

  • @la-go-xy
    @la-go-xy20 күн бұрын

    Thank you, you understand and explain Germans quite well! Greetings from Germany

  • @kaiseraugustus1393
    @kaiseraugustus139317 күн бұрын

    I invite you to come to Bremen, I'll show you around.

  • @Humdudel
    @Humdudel19 күн бұрын

    Do you come one time to switzerland :)? 🇨🇭

  • @tosch3567
    @tosch356720 күн бұрын

    You say the difference between günstig and billig. You're a real German 👍

  • @Dragonshader

    @Dragonshader

    20 күн бұрын

    Erst mal schauen ob er richtig trennt und was er Samstag morgens so macht.

  • @bubbibabba

    @bubbibabba

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Dragonshader Bei Ikea Frühstücken und danach Autowaschen?

  • @Dragonshader

    @Dragonshader

    20 күн бұрын

    @@bubbibabba Eigentlich wird da gekehrt. Aber samstags IKEA wäre irgendwie auch Endgegner auf Hardcore.

  • @D3xt3r33

    @D3xt3r33

    20 күн бұрын

    @@Dragonshader Das folgende kommt natürlich auf die körperliche Verfassung an. Lass die Frauen losziehen (spätestens in der Deko Abteilung findet man sie wieder). Wenn die Mädels weg sind, dann schnappst du dir mit deinem Sohnemann/Kumpel oder auch alleine die Bobbycars. IKEA war noch nie so angenehm.

  • @powda8429

    @powda8429

    19 күн бұрын

    Ich hab irgendwo gehört, das es nun leichter sein soll die Deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft zu erlangen. Und seine jetzige kann er glaube ich auch behalten. Ich wüsste jedenfalls nicht, wieso sie ihm keine geben sollten, sollte er die notwendigen Voraussetzungen erfüllen.

  • @corjp
    @corjp20 күн бұрын

    I do agree with you.

  • @TheHammerwar
    @TheHammerwar19 күн бұрын

    You should visit switzerland it's like germany, but every thing on the next, next level.

  • @ChoiiXMasters
    @ChoiiXMasters19 күн бұрын

    Theres a Documentation about american Prisonguards going to Germany to look at our Prisons. One of the Conversations between a Guard and an german Inmate was just mindblowing, you should give it a watch ✌️💚

  • @Jit_N_LadyDade
    @Jit_N_LadyDade20 күн бұрын

    That “getting more bang for your buck” is true as an American traveling to Germany in November i got childish Gambino tickets $300 for 3 people. In America it’s $300 for 1 without tax and parking.

  • @asdfasdf28595
    @asdfasdf2859520 күн бұрын

    nice video, but the music is a bit loud :>

  • @JamesBray3

    @JamesBray3

    20 күн бұрын

    @@asdfasdf28595 I’ll work on that next time!

  • @PinHeadSupliciumwtf
    @PinHeadSupliciumwtf16 күн бұрын

    4:20 litteraly. Ha, litter.

  • @Fragnail77
    @Fragnail77Күн бұрын

    healt system is a big point i think

  • @ileana8360
    @ileana836020 күн бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @JamesBray3

    @JamesBray3

    20 күн бұрын

    Vielen Dank 🙏🏽

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