"digga" or "diggah" is the german equivalent for "dude" I would say "brudi" or "bruder" is just "bro"

@Logistics_personal-traffic_jam

6 ай бұрын

therse also "alter" or "alta" or whatever you want to call it which also is equivalent to "dude"

@Geri_crs

6 ай бұрын

oder olum in nrw

@dasten123

6 ай бұрын

No it's not the equivalent because only certain kinds of people use it. Most people cringe really hard when they hear it

@thomasbarchen

6 ай бұрын

The "girl" with the small forehead is the niece of Eddie Munster.

@MetalGuitarTimo

6 ай бұрын

@@Geri_crs wtf keiner sagt hier mehr olum, nichtmal die türken^^

It's much more weird to me, that these metal curtains / blinds are so uncommon in a country that is so obsessed with home security (scratches head)

@Taromisaki666

6 ай бұрын

They're usually made out of plastic, at least in residential areas.

@hannessteffenhagen61

6 ай бұрын

These are rarely made out of metal. And even when they are, that's less of a security feature (they're too thin to protect against anything more threatening than maybe a small tree branch falling against it, and someone willing to go through the window could easily cut them or shove them aside), and more a durability thing. Thicker metal shutters are as commonly used for closing up regular entrances in the US as they are in germany.

@DaxRaider

6 ай бұрын

they are plastic curtains xD

@DaxRaider

6 ай бұрын

they are and they are not. they are not for safety but its so much of a struggle to get in there that you never hear someone destroyed one and the window to get in ... at that point just breaking the door is easier, so it IS a way to make ur window safer and honestly when a burglar has the choise he probably chooses one without just because its easier@@hannessteffenhagen61

@SticcyBRA

6 ай бұрын

@@hannessteffenhagen61 here the mechanism is mainly build in a way that it is anchored in the wall rather than the window. it also completely shuts the window off. there are no gaps or something. it's of course not indestrucktable, but it at least tripples the time needed to break into a window (without smashing it), which is most of the time enough to scare off burglars

" and that in a country that still uses overhead-projectors...!" Priceless, ...still laughing 🤣👍

@sudynlj

6 ай бұрын

yep. i felt that burn to the core^^ and i assumed that he was going to mock our slow ass internet, but nope. an unexpected kidney shot ^^

@Rapzarap11

6 ай бұрын

Gleichzeitig wurden in dem Kreis, in dem ich mit meiner Familie lebe, alle Tafeln gegen riesige Bildschirme getauscht 🤔

@sudynlj

6 ай бұрын

@@Rapzarap11 echt? und hier haben die nicht mal genug geld um die heizung zu reparieren.

@Rapzarap11

6 ай бұрын

@@sudynlj Ja, ich war auch sehr überrascht. Es gab wohl eine Förderung (NRW) 🤷

@_ozelot__ozelot_626

6 ай бұрын

Also wir nutzen noch den guten alten Meißel und die Steinplatte 👍

When I was in Los Angeles for the first time and wanted to get a glass of water at the hotel..... The water from the tap was as white as milk. That's what the meme refers to. In Germany, water is the most monitored "foodstuff" of all. It's crystal clear everywhere

@staying_substantially6186

6 ай бұрын

Water being white does not necessarily mean that it is unhealthy

@scofield321

6 ай бұрын

Leider voll kalkhaltig in Köln :(

@geraldbostock6665

6 ай бұрын

aber nur linksrheinisch ;)@@scofield321

@gas132

6 ай бұрын

@@scofield321 diggi, kalk is gesund, sieht nur scheiße aus

@mawi4112

6 ай бұрын

get away from here with your ammi cope@@staying_substantially6186

1:10 The problem with a curtain is that, the sun shines a lot in the summer, and a curtain collects the sunshine's warmth inside the house, whereas "curtains" outside the house keeps the house cool.

@ChinaTwinCat

3 ай бұрын

They also can help to keep the cold out in winter

@_K.A.R.

2 ай бұрын

interesting, your curtain works different than mine

The german phrase "auf jeden Fall" could be translated to "of course", because it's an affirmation, but it means it a bit stronger. It means something along the lines of "no matter what else might be coming up, our plans are fixed". Also the the question before that, isn't just "wanna go drinking", because "saufen" is "drinking alcohol in large amounts".

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

The label for the limes is an e-ink label, you have to type the text it should display into the smartphone, which links to these. I'm guessing the person opened the wrong app on his phone and just typed the message to his girlfriend, which he nicknames "Zuckermaus", "sugar mouse" in english.

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

I guess the "drinking tap water" is supposed to confuse Americans, because "Germans only drink sparkling water". But we tap water drinkers do exist in Germany.

@RSProduxx

6 ай бұрын

@@Matty0311MMS Nah, it´s actually a cliché about americans that they avoid tap water like a plague.

@staunekindchen

6 ай бұрын

I guess "sure thing" would be a good translation? 🤔

@derPetunientopf

6 ай бұрын

@@RSProduxx I heard that in many areas of the US and A there are good reasons not to drink the tap water.

As a teenager, I was visiting relatives in the USA. Admittedly, that was 40 years ago, but the tap water smelled and tasted as if I had drunk from a German swimming pool at the time. Somehow full of chlorine. And for my relatives, it was completely normal to drink it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ So doesn't say much about the quality of the tap water when you drink it Ryan. 😉

@sudynlj

6 ай бұрын

yep. i was always warned not to drink it in the USA, because of lead in the pipes and that it would cause brain damage. all water used for cooking and drinking came from bottles xD

@emiliajojo5703

6 ай бұрын

Tap water in Germany is excellent. That's not open for discussion.have a wonderful day!

@psibiza

6 ай бұрын

It wasn't chlorine. The US adds fluorine to tab water. The idea is to increase the dental health of the people. And yes, apparently you get used to it. But many Americans still buy their water at the grocery store.

@Dadadin

6 ай бұрын

they add fluorine AND chlorine :) @@psibiza

@Ace-Of-Spades---

6 ай бұрын

​​@@psibiza Very strange. Here in Germany, there are even limits on how much natural fluorine may be contained in drinking water. If the amount is too large, the water must no longer be drunk. I mean, hey, there is actually enough fluoride in the normal foods to cover the daily requirement, even vegans can meet their needs through green tea. Is it actually known in the U.S. population that fluorosis (too much fluorine in the body) does exactly what should be prevented by taking fluorine? An overdose of fluorides can lead to what is known as dental fluorosis. This disease causes a softening of the tooth and bone substance.

11:41 from Germany you can use the train to drive into a different country like French the Netherlands Poland Austria Switzerland you can even use the train from French to England :D

@niemand9560

5 ай бұрын

Now thats how to confuse an American xD

@BahamutEx

4 ай бұрын

france - french is the language

@lethfuil

3 ай бұрын

​@@niemand9560 Oh, absolutely. xD

11:46 - "Sounds pretty futuristic. Imagine, being able to take a train to a different country!" Erm, yes, that's what we have been doing in Europe for 150 years! :-D A few decades ago, the Interrail ticket was a big thing, you may want to google that!

"Imagine taking a train to a different country" 😂😂😂😂 Dude, this is normal in Europe. I've gone by train from Germany to London... no Ferries, no plane, just a train (the rhyme was unintended, sorry). I went from Germany to Belgium without switching trains. And to Vienna. And Zürich (Swizerland). And the Netherlands... traveling from one country to the other by train is like a daily thing.😂😂😂

@staying_substantially6186

6 ай бұрын

Europe is very small and has no borders. Therefore it is a viable option

@RezensionaerDe

6 ай бұрын

​@@staying_substantially6186Continental Europe is slightly bigger than the US by land area and there are borders in Europe, even though many of them aren't active.

@Sparrow-ye5cs

6 ай бұрын

@@staying_substantially6186 Ok, I'm not sure where you are from (no insult intended here, since I really don't know and facts about different continents, coutries and cities are not on a basic daily agenda), but Europe is not - like - tiny (about 4.2 million square kilometers). I know the US is bigger (about 9.8 million kilometers), but still. And there are borders, but since Europe has the Schengen-Agreement these are open without visum for European nationals. It would translate from traveling from one US State to the next or from Texas to Mexico. Still workable. And yes, it is possible for a Italian to travel all the way through Austria and Germany to take a train to London. Would take time, but it qould be more than doable. And from Germany to London is still under water, so 🤷🏼‍♀️. Of course Germany is in the middle, so traveing from here is easy. This doesn't mean, it's imposible. Just takes time and a good book.

@Muck006

6 ай бұрын

I used to ride the S-Bahn "under East Germany" ...

@HenryLoenwind

6 ай бұрын

I once walked into another country when taking a short stroll in the evening after arriving at a hotel. (That was over a decade ago, but I managed to find the location on Google Maps. And it turns out I misidentified the country I walked into back then. I had walked into Belgium, not the Netherlands. Oops.) ((10 brownie points to whoever identifies the hotel I stayed back then.))

That price tag at 1:59 is not printed out. It is an electronic price tag with an e-paper display, which is pretty commonplace these days. Somebody hacked into it and left a message for their love interest, apparently. It reads: "Hello my sweetheart. I can't wait to see you again. Sincerely yours, Maik. A huge hug for you." It's anybody's guess how the message's intended recipient is supposed to get it - perhaps they work in the supermarket, perhaps they're known to shop for lime in that supermarket... It's nice :) (though probably not for the supermarket employees and their tag provider).

@vomm

6 ай бұрын

One can only hope that the supermarket has changed that by now, because it's legally required to declare the country of origin. Especially organic products are under strict rules to get the certification, and such a major declaration failure really shouldn't happen.

@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479

6 ай бұрын

That's right, these price tags are also common in some supermarkets, somehow really clever, although with the specific price tag I find it confusing that it doesn't even say which product it is, etc.

@Matty0311MMS

6 ай бұрын

The label for the limes is an e-ink label, you have to type the text it should display into the smartphone, which links to these. I'm guessing the person opened the wrong app on his phone and just typed the message to his girlfriend, which he nicknames "Mausi", a "cute-ification" of "Maus" ("mouse" in english).

@Kloetenhenne

6 ай бұрын

Where in earth did the "hug" come from?

@Kloetenhenne

6 ай бұрын

​@@Matty0311MMSMausi? You guys must be seeing a different sign than I am.

Noise reduction of any kind seems very stereotypical for Germany, but once you've been to Germany for a week, you'll really appreciate it. And I see why noise is so controlled over there. If you are constantly in a noisy environment, you eventually get sick. You never enter the deep sleep phase which has negative impact on your body, never rested well enough, and your body is under constant stress.

@red.aries1444

6 ай бұрын

Noise reduction is ok, but what Ryan didn't understand in 8:25 is, that living on the countryside isn't always bette when it comes to noise. First Patrick complains about the negative sides of country life and Spongebob complains about living in a city, but both complain about noise. People moving from the city to the country side, because they think there it would be much calmer and then they notice that birds can be very loud in the morning, if you prefer to sleep with an open window. In the summer always a neighbor mows his lawn or has a grill party in the garden, in autumn the leaf blowers make noise. In the night you can hear single cars from a streets 500 m away, while in the city you can have a small and completly quiet side street 100 m away from a bigger, noisy street, because it is so well noise protected by the houses built directly to each other. Overall the noise level on the country side is lower, as in the city, but people can adapt their tolarance for noise. In the city there is so much background noise, after some time you don't hear that anymore, while you easily can hear a single annoying noise living in a village.

@MiaMerkur

3 ай бұрын

​@@red.aries1444 This is not completly true. Like adhs blessed people are not able to shut down common noices just in the mind. This is the reason for their concentration difficulties. If you live at the country side, like I did in my youth, or in a big city, which I dead after studying, it is always like living and working while carneval, CSD or under a roller coaster. Living in a noisy world for me is like living in a world of traps you cannot avoid for a person with a broken leg.

@MiaMerkur

3 ай бұрын

It seems to be a difference in west and east. In west germany, when I call the police because a drunken neighbour in a house opposite the street is yelling from 22:00 to 23:00, they will come and tell him to stop or otherwise he will sleep in a cell. In east germany I told the police the man yelled from 22:00-02:00 in the night, every night since a week and they want come. Later I met a man who moved away as he was his direct neighbour and that was four years earlier! It seems like west germany has more traditional values of old people like safetyness, calmness and in the east police is more on the youth, rebel side of partying and destroying. You are totally right I hardly can sleep deep a whole night and it seems I am always ill since I am moved to the east. In west germany we were/are not aware of so many differences that exist in east germany because you do not hear them in common media and politicians tried to ignore even fight stories of differences like from day one of reunification. But me being from the dutch border feel more close to people of netherlands and west countries as to east germans who feel more close to poland and east countries.

@MiaMerkur

3 ай бұрын

But maybe the behavior of neighbours is more a difference of having normal to good income and more civilized places I could live in the west and the "Plattenbau-Siedlungen" I have to live in these years. And maybe the police seems to be more lazy here because they know otherwise (acting immediately), will bring x times more work when people could realize that service.

"amazing that they exist in a country that still uses overhead projectors" man, you know where to hit to make it hurt. but I'm almost sure that the manually lowered version of those thinks (Rollladen) has been around for longer than overhead projectors

Because Google sucks at translating in some cases, the meaning depends on the context, here are some translations (if context based, there are timestamps) Brudi = Bro Auf jeden Fall = yeah sure / yes, absolutely 3:30 Platte = board / panel Diggah = dude / bro 6:27 Lases = reddit (redd -> read [past] = las; it = es; reddit is english so it is funny to find a "translation" to german for it and use it) And here are some explainations: 2:55 I guess the calendar doesn't mean anything and it is just about the woman with the phone 3:34 Tisch = table; platte = board; We call the tabletop "Tischplatte" because it is the board on the table" 4:27 Sahra Wagenknecht is a german politician who had quit the party she was in to make a new one. And many people think the new party will be kinda successful. The newspaper right to it with the title "We are scared" has nothing to do with the first newspaper but these two newspapers next to each other are funny because it looks like the people are scared. 5:12 It's not about christmas carols being too loud but about christmas carols being already played in fall 9:22 There had been some issues with the conservative party (CDU/CSU) and sometimes the word is used for far-right people 11:03 The tap water quality in germany is perfect and there's the prejudice that in the USA you don't drink tap water because bottled water is better so this should be confusing

@HenryLoenwind

6 ай бұрын

"lases" => "lass es" => "don't do it" The calendar stands for "society regressed 40 years over night". "conservative" in this context is using the original meaning of the word. So, people who think society should work like it did 50 years ago...and have no qualms telling you they don't approve of you being more modern. (Imagine the Amish suddenly deciding to join the American national sport of "telling other people how to live".)

@hujankeks3856

6 ай бұрын

11:03 germans got the prejudice, to murricans dont know, you could drink the tap water. that assumption comes from watching an uneducated society eating fastfood and drinking softdrinks "only", whats proven by the high average bmi at us american people.

@maltem.3917

6 ай бұрын

@@HenryLoenwind Lases is a translation of "Reddit"

@CathrineMacNiel

5 ай бұрын

@@HenryLoenwind brudi. Lases/Las es is already the correct zangendeutsch for reddit/red it. No need to add characters to the transliteration. Besides Lass mich or Lemmy is way better than Lases.

@TheSuperappelflap

4 ай бұрын

Should use Deepl, its much better than google translate. Although obviously it still wont understand German meme words.

Brudi: colloquial for "Bruder" (engl. Brother) means Bro Diggah (copied from Quora): Originally, this is a term of endearment for a little, somewhat overweight boy, used a lot in Northern German family language as “Dicker” (closest engl. eqivalent fatty; "dick" is german for thick ot fat). Its use which had largely been restricted to little boys until the 1990s somehow entered the Hamburg city language right at the time the German rap scene exploded in that city. Around the turn of the century, one suddenly started hearing “Dicker”, later mimicking the Hamburg slang pronunciation “Digger” or “Digga” more in more in rap/hip hop and general city slang, its use extended to any male person the user sees as his buddy, maybe something like “homie” in American hiphop slang. After possibly centuries of use as a familial term of endearment for little boys and decades after it entered the “city slang” of Hamburg, this word really only exploded in the 2010’s when suddenly everybody started to use it, even outside of Northern Germany. Since its transition from “Dicker” to “Digga”, I’m not even sure everyone in the rest of Germany who uses it is aware of the fact that it’s just “Dicker” with a Northern German pronunciation.

@jonson856

6 ай бұрын

I thought the origin was more of a "Freunde durch dick und dünn" best friends through thick and thin. And then Dicker is a reference to that phrase and then became Digga

@RSProduxx

6 ай бұрын

@@jonson856 "Dicke Freunde/ dicke miteinander sein" comes in, too.

@silkwesir1444

6 ай бұрын

Some people can get pretty riled up by the suggestion that it refers to overweight ppl. Apparently it is shorthand of "Dicker Freund", meaning like "Bestie", very good friend. It just happens to also sound like calling someone fat, but from context the distinction usually can be gleamed.

@sarahley249

6 ай бұрын

Best explanation!

@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233

6 ай бұрын

I was not aware of this, I just naturally pronounced it that way because I don't like German Rap :) also there is a really inapropriate Helmut Kohl Joke where Digger is the punchline :)

yes, 200 times a day Last Christmas by Wahm on the radio, no wonder people call the police😂

@geraldbostock6665

6 ай бұрын

most often because of people (understandably) gettin violent hearing this song ;P

@christineliebendorfer

6 ай бұрын

sollen sie doch im altersheim spielen

Last meme: Over here america has a reputation for bad quality tap water, probably due to the whole Flint situation. That said, when I was in Pittsburgh the water there was chlorinated so tap water basically tasted like pool water (technically safe to drink, but we bought a waterfilter just to make it _slightly_ more bearable), IDK if they do that in many places in the US but it was ass. Chlorination for tap water is rare in germany, and it's never fluoridated (which to my understanding is pretty common the US). For the most part, my understanding is that there's not much of a difference in terms of water safety (I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere in germany you could find 1 or 2 communities with bad tapwater either), but water is more consistently... drinkable in Germany. Also, this has probably been mentioned a million times but "Lases" is just a funny translation of "Reddit" (Reddit coming from "read it", which translates to "las es" in german - intentionally bad or nonsensical translations are an ongoing meme in the ich_iel sub).

@asahearts1

6 ай бұрын

My guess is that it's not fluoridated because Germany doesn't produce nuclear weapons. As a byproduct of nuclear weapons production, fluoride was produced. There was a huge problem in how to get rid of it. The government started adding it to the water supply because it's supposed to be good for teeth. Meanwhile fluoride is already added to toothpaste and some mouthwash. Too much flouride is absolutely horrible for your bones, among other things. The "conspiracy theory" of fluoridation being a government conspiracy is often used to show someone being crazy. Prior to 9/11 it was the second most common conspiracy theory after the JFK assassination. Now it's mostly forgotten. 😔

@Priestofgoddess

6 ай бұрын

Not only Flint has issue with tap water being not drinkable as far as I know. Just the most infamous case. Pretty horrendous in any case for the richest country of the world. At least they got rid of the lead poisoning, so yay progress?

@DST.73

5 ай бұрын

I took the meme to mean that Americans don't drink tap water, we tend to drink bottled more.

@Priestofgoddess

5 ай бұрын

@@DST.73 Because in certain parts of the US drinking tap water makes you sick or even worse. Not to mention all the lead poisoning that went on for a very long time in poor parts of cities.

@TheSuperappelflap

4 ай бұрын

@@Priestofgoddess Far from the richest country in the world. Having the biggest GDP doesnt make the people rich. Most Americans are poor. Especially considering the cost of living. If you look at GDP adjusted for purchase power parity, China is the richest country in the world, and has been for a long time. If you look at median wage, Americans still make the most money, besides some tax havens like Luxembourg or Monaco, but that doesnt take into account their healthcare costs or rent, or cost of food. If you take those things into account, most countries in Europe have wealthier people, as well as many countries in Asia.

Explanations: 1.) Brudi is like bro. 2.) Auf jeden Fall = definitely 3.) Scharf doesn't just refer to spicyness, it can also mean sharp, or how clear/high-def a picture or movie is. 4.) Unser Hund wurde schon zweimal angeschossen = Our dog's already been shot twice Kein Auto, kein Entkommen = no car, no escape 5.) Diggah=Dicker=Alter=dude. Also, the final beatles song has just been released in 2023 using AI.

@HenryLoenwind

6 ай бұрын

Wasn't that "Einkommen" (income), not "Entkommen" (escape)? (Sorry for not looking it up, but if I scroll up to the video now, I'll never find this comment again.)

As someone working in teacher education at a university in germany, I love that you come back to the overhead projectors at schools time and time again :) you sound like my students! :D

@Super-Godzilla99

6 ай бұрын

i like them actualy, and i was in school last in the 90`s. but it is normal in germany that we have no wide range of digital stuff in any school, where in japan in most schools kids have there own tablet from the schools, and no books and other stuff too carry around anymore, we life in the stone age compared too them. one thing i must mention these tablets are school only, they must give them back when they finish school. and if they are damaged or are someway not in the same as like when they where given too them from the school, the parents of the child must pay the shool for it. and it can get very expensive because they are allways the most modern tablets that are available. thats why parents in japan allways thought the child from the start, so that they handle stuff they not own very carefully.

About the whole "10 million dead in China, 2 Germans"-Thing. News outlets do that for a reason it´s to inform people who have relatives currently in the area. So they can check up on their relatives or contact the government/embassy in that country for updates.

The first meme fast reading was actually quite good.

@sushi777300

6 ай бұрын

Funnily yes, it was the best German he did

04:10 it's not about that. One of my German friends was in Thailand during a flood disaster. all communication was interrupted. no one knew anything about the friend. hearing on the news that no germans have been found so far has kept hope alive that he is okay. Luckily he came back unharmed.

The confusion thing with the water is just because tap water in Germany always meets or exceeds the quality of store bought water. In the US, there are places where tap water is either not safe to drink (Flint MI, some parts of the southern states) or not tasty because it it treated with chlorine, corrosion inhibitors and water softeners.

Yes, we have clean toilets in our fastfood joints. AND we have a cleaning checklist hanging next to the entrance of each toilet facility where the employees have to document the cleaning. They have to wet-sweep the rooms every two hours or so and check for other stuff that needs cleaning. And woe if the inspection team arrives and the list isn't kept/signed and/or the work isn't done. Then it RAINS fines for the franchisee.

The new Beatles song - "Now And Then" - was released a few days ago, at november 2nd, 2023.

11:15: The confusing thing is that you can drink tap water in germany, not like in the us where there is sometimes much chlorine in the water or the quality isn't good enough to drink it without the risk of being sick

11:10 tap water is drinkable in general. No special filter required or that you boil it and cool it down again

No, no, you're totally right. We spend about 8% of our lives complaining about the noises our neighbors make. As an American who's lived here since the 90s it used to baffle me too, but now I totally understand it. I hate some of my neighbors just for how loud amd obnoxious they are

When we were kids these "venetian blind" were handeld manuely so we played with them to make lightshow, we also found it funny to let them fall fast, much better than curtains 😁

That reaction to the automated roller shutters was hilarious. They are pretty much standard in every single house since the 80's, but on the other hand we are still using overhead projectors, so i guess it's a tie then?!

@robopecha

6 ай бұрын

who knows maybe overhead projectors are a newer invention than roller shutters.

@DaniWallaby

6 ай бұрын

Maybe in some parts of Germany?! I’ve never had those and don’t know anyone who does. I only encountered the manual ones a few times and know some people who have them. But it’s pretty much the exception, not the norm.

@andiprogshop3097

6 ай бұрын

@@DaniWallaby Jaa, ist schon gut, ich bin alt

@11:40 imagine there being public transport between continents. You know... like railways from europe to asia or airplanes from australia to south america. So futuristic that we had that stuff for over 100 years now.

3:00 I study at Augsburg University. The story of the glory holes is as follows: Students were asked what they would like to improve in the University, some guy suggested glory holes. Somehow Gloryholes got the most votes out of all the suggestions, which meant the higher ups had to make an actual proposition and take it to the head committee of the university. This Proposition included: Free condoms at the glory holes, wheel chair accessibility, adjustable height for the holes. Now every bathroom you step in you can atleast find one sticker saying „here could be your gloryhole“. Truly a wonderous time we live in…

The point about complaints against christmas carols isnt about the noise, but the repetitiveness... Edit: about trains...It is possible throughout Europe, to travel through several countries by train...I went from Germany through Austria to Italy and viceversa without changing train several times over the years...

@klarasee806

6 ай бұрын

I really, really love George Michael (RIP 😢🖤), but whenever I hear "Last Christmas" I instantly get hemorrhoids. So I can relate to all those people who enter the next police station in order to stop that sh.t.

@Ikller-xh7qq

6 ай бұрын

@@klarasee806 I usually put on The Rolling Stones, The Animals or other bands while wearing headphones^^

Hello from Switzerland, well, as far as I know there are a few trains that connect continents (Europe/Asia). But I find it just as interesting that our trams in Basel go all the way to France and Germany (cross-border). The thing about the toilets, well, if I have to pay, then I expect a clean toilet, in this case I've never come across a dirty one, some of them are almost "clinically clean". The water, I suspect that the point is that with the appropriate aerator (additional piece on the faucet, which on the one hand saves water and means that there are some air bubbles in the water jet) it can taste fresher/colder than it really is.

Those curtains exist probably almost as long as overhead projectors. There are houses built in the 60s which have these. And "Brudi" is slang for brother. The girl with the small forehead is a politician from the far left, which became so leftist, that she became more and more far right. She is about to found her own party, because over the years her party started disagreeing with her more and more. The term "Lases" is a literal translation of "reddit" (I've read it = Ich las es). It's from a German sub reddit, where people act as though the English language needs to be burned at the stake (all in good German fun that is), so they translate everything into German. 8:10 Langeweile is boredom. 8:47 Our dog got shot twice. 10:03 Diggah is like Brudi. It's slang like bro or homy or pal or whatever.

In Europe, it is so normal to go between countries with buses, trains and cars

"Auf jeden Fall" even though it literally translates into "in any case" its meaning is a bit different. Its more like saying "most definitely" or a very strong "yes please!" or something like that.

at 4:43 its just a coincidence: one german magazine front being displayed side-by-side to another one, and seemingly answering a question 😅 at 5:59 some fool mounted a heater near the ceiling and air outlet😄

Those "Rolladen" Shutters mainly exist in manual variants here(At least where I live) . As in there is a cord/Belt on the side that you either pull down from the top that makes the shutters open up or let it down py pulling the Belt/Cord thing on the bottom near the Spool box towards you.

8:33 i have a pet theory, that general anxiety levels are higher in America (and they are) is partially because of regular noise pollution that nobody does anything about. Constant noise is a bigger mental health risk than most people (outside of germany) realize. on the other hand there is the idea making rounds that germans naturally come with a very mild form of autism - explaining the noise sensitivity, among other things.

@klarasee806

6 ай бұрын

I have read the same autism theory about Indians, and if you have ever been to India, you know that noise protection is absolutely unheard of there 😅

@pe8268

6 ай бұрын

That autism theory is WILD😂

@TheSuperappelflap

4 ай бұрын

There is also the fluoride in the drinking water. And lead poisoning. Both can affect the amygdala, which is partly responsible for emotion regulation.

11:00 you are confused? Try drinking tap water in the US, let's say in NYC. In Germany, any tap water is actually at least as clean and potable as any expensive bottled water. You don't need to boil tap water in Germany if you want to drink it. Taps that don't provide clean drinkable water have to be marked as "Do not drink! This water is not fit for human consumption!" Yeah, let that sink in (pun intended 😁)

@D3nn1s

Ай бұрын

War nicht die schweiz das einzige land in dem brunnen ohne "kein trinkwasser" schild immer trinkwasser sind. Dachte in deutschland müssen die mit "trinkwasser" angeschrieben sein.

In America we used to be prideful of being able to drink the tap water. Oh, how times have changed.

This made me laugh so much, I really needed this today. Thank you so so much

To be honest, as a Dutchman I have to admit that my house also has those motorized blinds (though for smaller windows they are hand cranked)

1:17 Ryan wanting to become a meme on ich/iel again.😂

@klarasee806

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 So true!!!!

4:00 I mean imagine you had family traveling to china. If you hear on the news that germans/americans died, yould probably give them a call to see if they are alright, no?

I feel like you just had 10k subs yesterday and now you already have 80K! Congrats Ryan!

08:21 To be fair, cities are noisy because of cars.

It's completely normal to travel to other countries by train here in Europe. I traveled between Germany and Austria all the time 20 years ago 😅

The first one was the most wholesome German meme.

8:47 That one said "Our dog got shot twice." and the next "No car? No escape!"

In the Curtain Meme, the german Version are not Curtains, its Shutters which are outside the window which keep out the Light but also protect the Window from Rain or "normal" Storms in Germany. The little Dots which are visible if you dont close it fully, are for a little Light and Air to come through.

8:50 angeschossen means "shot" his dog was shot twice. "ange-" as pronoun basically means gotten in contact with so for example: Cars drive (fahren in germany) but hit by a car means (angefahren).

@Hanmacx

6 ай бұрын

Or the meaning of "umfahren" 😆

4:45 Look up Sahra Wagenknecht. TLDR: She's a prominent member of the left party (Die Linke), isn't happy with their politics in general and just founded a new party. And apparently enough people like her position for her to be able to split the vote for the left party.

1:50 I love seeing other peoples reaktions to this everytime 😂❤

Diggah (or Digger/Digga) is a Northern German (mostly Hamburg) based term used by the craftsmen and rockers in the 1960s, just like the english "mate", "dude" or "lad", literally meaning "fatty" or "fatso". It was inserted in the german (youth)slang via Rap songs and Stree-Lifestyle. It´s common to see brands, grafitti ans stickers saying: "In Hamburg sagt man Digga!", refering to an old song with the title "In Hamburg sagt man Tschüss!". So, enough nerd stuff for today. Tschüss and react on Northern Germany more, it worth it!

As a german I also don't unterstand half of the memes. 😄

funny how your translator doesn't know "angeschossen". it means having been shot, but it's non-lethal. "A little bit shot", basically. so Bob said: "our dog was already shot at twice!"

@extremchiller410

6 ай бұрын

i think his translator was censoring it because voilence

@bultvidxxxix9973

6 ай бұрын

@@extremchiller410 I think it was just bad at recognizing. "Langeweile" wasn't translated on the first picture, but it was on the second.

@HenryLoenwind

6 ай бұрын

The picture quality in that meme is so bad it couldn't recognize all the letters. It even got "Hund" wrong.

Hi Ryan, I love your work, it is funny and it helps me to understand and speak englisch 😊 To the meme with Sahra W(agenknecht): She is a german populist who will found her own party. The other parties are afraid that they could lose votes to Sahra W. The picture shows two front pages that actually have nothing to do with each other, but when placed next to each other they look funny together.

Tap water is monitored more closely here in Germany than any foodstuff. So you can drink it anywhere without hesitation. (Provided the water pipes are not too old)

Some of the words in the memes are literal translations from (american) english to german. Lases = Reddit (read it), nussen = to nut etc. If you ever encounter Elfenjunge, it's Link (like the guy from Zelda), Pfosten = Post, it's basically 4chan-heritage.

Brudi means Bro

3:44 Nusser are people from Austria. We use that word to, living close to the border to Austria. :)

i think the last meame just refferes to the fact that in lot of the places in the usa u should not drink the tab water

Digga is perfectly fine. There is nothing to worry about. Its like "dude". While it does have similarities with the n-word phonetically and spelling-wise. It is completely unrelated.

@TheSuperappelflap

4 ай бұрын

Digga please

3:46 Well played 😂

1:53 - The overhead projectors are the reason why we needed those "curtains"

I think scoville is a great unit, because it's the needed amount of water drops you need to neutrlize one 1 drop of the hot stuff.

Honestly, I think the thing with the water is a personal attack against ryan 😂 They successfully confused an american with that meme about how to confuse an american. And can someone explain 6:27 to me? I am german, but I have no idea what they are trying to say.

I am German and I never use these plasic curtains/ blinds. You do not need to shut them completely, but still it gets very dark in the room and when you wake up during the night, you can't see anything. It is actually terrifying.

@komet5420

6 ай бұрын

Don't you mean "don't have to shut them completely"? must not = forbidden

@henner7371

6 ай бұрын

darkness is not terrifying, it is just the absence of light.☝🤓

@tanastish

6 ай бұрын

@@henner7371 It is not the darkness that is terrifying, but the fact that you open your eyes and it is still pitch black. ;-)

@ESCLuciaSlovakia

6 ай бұрын

​@@henner7371Light = information. Darkness is not terrifying, not seeing what's in the darkness is.

@stef987

6 ай бұрын

I use them, but I never fully close them. But as children we played some games that involved the blinds being completely shut, so the room would get pitch black, even in the middle of the day.

1:42 Your face is brilliant. Haven't you ever seen someting like this? Its so usual!

I love that you inevitably started to react to more Uyen Ninh shorts! Finally!!! I just wished you would make a whole Video just reacting to her stuff since it's super funny!!!

I am early today Diggi is just a word like Bro not a name

I didn't get the Sex-Löcher (sex-holes) joke either, even though I'm german.. Also the Nut-November. Can sb. explain.

@kleinida6882

7 ай бұрын

No nut November - people trying to get through the month without mast*rbating

@hexenkonig7074

7 ай бұрын

As far as my understanding goes a bunch of students at the University of Augsburg requested the installation of Gloryholes (as a joke) and the request has been denied. In the meme the man is changing the Calendar date to 1984 as a reference to the famous book 1984 which is about a dystopian future ruled by a facist government. Implying that in an exaggerated way the denial of the request can be seen as tyrannical oppression of the majority.

@raistraw8629

7 ай бұрын

this a translation of an artikel about that. "Gloryholes" enable anonymous sexual contact between two individuals. The "gloryhole" is a hole in a wall through which sexual partners can engage in (oral) intercourse without seeing each other. A group of students from the University of Augsburg is now requesting the installation of such facilities. The application states, verbatim: "Three gloryholes are to be built in the lecture hall center opposite the entrance, where the information boards are currently located. They should be soundproof and visually opaque, cleaned by the building management, and provide maximum accessibility, with adjustable height of the gloryholes and wall handles for support. In addition, condoms, dental dams, lubricants, as well as disinfectants and wipes should be readily available."

@Sparrow-ye5cs

7 ай бұрын

Ok... which book was that? I've never heard of it.

@gartner9469

7 ай бұрын

1984 ;)@@Sparrow-ye5cs

aight so let's cut straight to the chase: 1. first of all i am amazed of how much you actually get by common sense, well done! 2. about the "village life" i live in a village and, opposed to the other villages i have lived in so far, this is the worst i have eve lived in: constant around the clock drunks that even immigrate from surrouding villages to drink and party day and night, drunks and thieves and agressive idiots around the clock. It really makes a difference WHICH village you live in apparently. 3. "Diggah" is youth slang for "dude/bro" 4. the tap water: tap water in germany is *actually* regulated, not like in the US where you find all kinds of contaminants and even the nasty stuff from fracking etc

10:34 yes, our MC's toilets are clean because everyone is peeing in the ball pit (especially the kids, but I have also seen drunk adults urinating in there too)...

Regarding Sahra Wagenknecht. She used to be part of "Die Linke", translated "the Left", I think you understand the name implies the party's political stance. This all ties in with the AFD movement, Corona, as well as the Russian invasion into Ukraine. 1st The AFD is the most right (far-right) party in German Parliarment, but its voters arent all far-right. Many of them are just voters who feel disconnected or frustrated with the current established parties (Die Linke, Grünen, SPD, FDP, CDU), or are in general non-voters/first-time-voters. During the Corona pandemic, Sarah made a lot of statements which the AFD voters liked. AFD even offered her to join them. She declined. 2nd Before the Russian invasion, she said Russia would not invade. After the invasion, she said we should not support Ukraine. She made a lot of peace-niks statements, which are basically calls for peace for any price, even if it means we must sacrifice Ukraine and all of the other Eastern European countries to Russia. In other words, what she disguises as "common sense" is in reality just a surrender to Russian imperialism. So, back to the present: About a week ago, Wagenknecht left the Left and started her own party. "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht" (BSW, though right now its probably just a place holder). Several ministers of the Left renegated and followed her. Now the Left is in tatters. And hopefully this will also cause a lot of AFD voters to join her. This way we get rid of the fringes Die Linke, AFD and also the BSW.

With platte isn’t record meant it is meant a plate made of glass where you can put everything on.

The one in the second Spongebob that didn’t translate was like: The dog got already shot twice 😂😂❤

Actually there are studies that say, that overhead projectors might be better for learning effects than presentations on a computer with power point, etc. Also it is better to take notes per hand than to use the laptop or any other device. The way the brain is involved is different, sometimes, if things are are comfortable and there is a challenge to process the info, instead of just consuming it.

Actually the label for the limes is not printed but an ink display kinda like the ones on e-books. They can be remotely controlled. Lot's of stores changed to them to safe paper and time.

I , as a German like watching you Ryan! Keep up the Good Work!

10:44 The toilette in McDonalds is the least disappointing thing there. Ok, before 10 am the food is much better, when you order a roll, some strawberry jelly and a coffee.

We do not have clean toilets in most McDonalds. But there might be exeptions. It's not uncommon to pay a small fee (50 cents to 1€) for public toilets (not in restaurants you eat in but reststops and such) The fee is meant for cleaning services. Often there even is someone attending the toilets in front of the restrooms

I don't think I could install one of these curtains, since I'm renting, but I love them. My grandparents have one, it's not automatic, but it works the same way. You can also decide to only let light through the slits, if you want.

Good comparison with the overhead projector and the curtains 😀

About the toilets, there are a couple of cases: (a) In an establishment that serves food or beverages for direct consumption. Those must be free, should be clean (i.e. are part of what the health inspector looks at), and may beg for money, even going so far as giving people the impression they need to pay for. (If a cleaning lady sits at the entrance with a tray for money and looks at you fiercely, that's this kind.) (b) Privately operated public toilets. They are operated for profit, requiring you to pay and have a strong incentive to be clean. (c) Public toilets. Non-profit, can charge you, and their cleanliness depends on the operator. Cleanliness usually is bad if they're free. If they're paid, it's a coin toss. (d) What Tank&Rast (big rest stop operator) does. Not exactly legal now that the voucher you get is worth less than what you pay, but nobody cares.

grocery store labels are not printed out btw. they are digital (e-ink, just like the amazon kindle)

6:10 very unlikely to see doors like that in Germany with a an indoor window above the door. heaters installed just below the ceiling and an air duct three feet away from the heater is not something you will see in Germany. the air duct alone indicates some air ventilation system hidden above the ceiling which you usually won't find in Germany. very modern buildings might have some sophisticated air exchange systems but these come with very low energy techniques requiring the windows to be tightly shut and the stale air gets used to warm/cool the incoming fresh air. this image here shows a very energy inefficient heater. in conclusion: image not taken in Germany; probability >99%

@klarasee806

6 ай бұрын

It’s not unlikely to see indoor windows above the door. They are called „Oberlicht“, and they can be found especially (but not only!) in old houses. The pictured is probably a bath room or kitchen door in an old building. Might be somewhere else, but might well be in Germany, too.

04:26 She is called "Sahra Wagenknecht" and she is a far left german politician. She wants to found her own party and is therefore very present in the german media at the moment.

1:56 Dude, Public and private things are a completely different world. These curtains are everywhere and no one uses other ones, since they are so practical, stable, easy to use and effective. Most of them are rolled down with a cord. More like a band. Most of the switches look like light switches, the ones that spring back in place after you hit them.

I was in some citys with natural carbonated water and the hotels and other locations got that water for free at the entrance, with the different types. You can just hold your bottle or glas under the thing to fill. There are different types depending of the location, i recommend the ones without much iron, thats not so tasty, its more like something for the Hospital baths in the Area 😂

10:10 Digga means "Dude" ^^

"focus" and "der Spiegel" are Newspapers (are they called like this, I mean the ppl who print the newspapers and create it) and they are hanging together at a kiosk and "focus" says "who is afraid of Sahra W.?" And "der Spiegel" says "whe are affraid" (funfact:"der Spiegel" Word for word translated means "the mirror")

The "confusing" thing is about bottled water. When we talk about bottled water here in Germany, we usually mean sparkling water... you have mostly water without gass bottled... when we want this, we are just going to the sink an fill up a glass instead carrying it home from the grocery store.

On noise complaints due to singing of christmas carols "Ihre Polizei": "Regards, Your police" The picture is actually showing a typical reception counter of a German police station.

Just a few days ago a new song from the Beatles was actually released!!! The idea for the song came from John Lennon, who gave his recordings to Paul McCartney at the time. Paul and Ringo Starr then completed the song. But the song lay unreleased for 40 years. Crazy, isn't it?

Yes! Overhead projectors 😂 AND automatic outside blinds😂😅

A very short American joke: "Our drinking water is safe", said the mayor from Flint/Michigan!!!

with the last image it's so funny that you stopped reading right before the explanation in the next line :D it's that most americans can't drink the water from the tab as they have issues with contaminated water