@@Eva-ey8qv Und des Spülmittel trocknet dann auf dem Geschirr? Und wenn du dann was damit isst kratzt du es wieder mit der Gabel runter? Du isst es sozusagen immer mit🤢? Außerdem musst du des Geschirr ja auchnoch Handspühlen um überhaupt des Nachwaschen auszulassen zu können 😅?
@@GeoLuchse ich glaub es geht darum, dass du sowas wie Ketchup oder Tomatensoße, was oft festklebt erstmal einweichen lässt. Danach lässt es sich viel einfacher entfernen und dann kannst du den Teller ganz normal sauber machen
es geht doch "nur" um den schaum. manche machen ja 2 becken mit wasser, 1 zum spülen und das andere zum nachspülen um die seife zu entfernen. ich glaube das meinte sie damit, dass wir nicht mit klarem wasser nachspülen. und ich wüsste nicht wer das tut. in der schule haben wir das in kochen immer gemacht aber sonst kenn ich niemanden der überhaupt 2 spülbecken hat, außer meine oma.
The thing is, some people do wash the dishes an extra time under clear water, either in an extra sink with clear water, or under running water out of the tap. And there are people who just let drop of the dishes to dry without any second wash with clear water.
@@huawafabe It makes sense from the view of the government: Citizens have to pay for the government's propaganda which they neither watch nor want to watch.
@@c.norbertneumann4986 just that it is not propaganda, in fact its considdert the most neutral surce of information in europe and is not just informatione ither but also entertainment (A lot of satire shows who critizise the goverment are payed with that)
@@nikomangelmann6054 that's true, but still the claim made in the video isn't really true.. every movie or tv series in germany gets dubbed.. you have to purposely choose to watch stuff in english if you want too.. in general the german dubs are also good - decent.. even tho with netflix and the huge amount of new stuff coming over many dubs have gotten worse, especially when it comes to series.. just too much to dub and so the quality starts to suffer
@@huawafabe Yeah but the point was, that there are supposedly movies without a german dub, and these are extremely rare. And for every time a movie runs in English, it runs in German at least twice but probably even more.
I think literally anywhere (here in Germany) you can choose between salty and sweet. So Montana: You surely can eat popcorn the next time, just say "salty popcorn" :D
I think I’ve tried salted popcorn only once, and prefer the sweet kind. It’s a bit funny, Americans are said to eat and drink so sweet, but popcorn is supposed to be salty. :)
The "Rundfunkgebühren" or "GEZ" used to be you only had to pay it, when you had a TV or radio. Now where there are already less TV's and Radios, every household has to pay.
@@blablub2402 WHO regards it as "one of the best (neutral) news sources of the world"? Only leftist ideologues do. In fact, it's more similar to "Antenne 1", the program of the TV channel in the former communist German Democratic Republic (DDR). Stop telling ridiculous fairy tales.
We do not pay actual "taxes" for TV, but a license fee, which btw which is pretty common in all european countries, and GB (BBC). It covers the public broadcast, like TV and radio, and of course online channels now, as well. It has become really common, almost popular, to criticize these fees because many people who don't watch or listen to their programmes don't see why they would pay for it.
if it would be taxes, the money could be used for any purpose, while these fees are bound to be used in connection with broadcasting. if it would be taxes, only the government (and even worse, only the governing parties) would be able to dictate the program, or else would be able to simply cut money for any or all programs they don't like. and if there would be no such taxes or fees at all, they would have to earn all the money from doing commercials and thus become completely dependent on big companies (or rich parties or superrich individuals). yes, there are problems. and yes, lots of things probably could be done better. (eg they officially should broadcast lots of educational and cultural content, "niche" programs without being worried about ratings to base fees for commercials on them, and not need to spend millions for big movies/series or sports to get lots of viewers and good ratings) but without the current system, it would be much worse, we would have at least one station for every big party and every big set of companies, and watch commercials (and reports in favor of specific companies and/or specific parties) for at least as much time as real news and other program time. of course, skipping over all people who have opinions that differ and don't have enough money to buy a station and probably also wouldn't be able to buy the required licenses which then would be controlled by those few rich companies and parties. i would hate only being able to get information from extremely biased (or even lieing) sources who all have their own bubbles of viewers that only get confirmation for the prejudices they already have.
9:23 Are you sure this isn't about beer? In the US the barkeep will often try to remove the foam from the beer, while the Schaumkrone is an important part of the presentation in Germany, since it proves that the beer is fresh.
@@GeoLuchse ja klar aber ja nur als Ausnahme. Ich habs noch nie erlebt, dass mein einen kinofilm, der gerade aktuell rausgekommen ist, nur im Kino anschauen kann
After I saw a few news broadcasts from the USA, regard to the US election I cant value our "Öffentlich rechtlichen Rundfunk" (for which you have to pay the fee) high enough. There sits no Rupert Murdoch in the background and leads the way the reporting has to go. We having mostly a fair and objective journalism. And this is, at least in my opinion, the basis for a working democracy. Maybe the fee is to high, but we should appreciate the service who an independent press deliver for us.
Plus the ad-free public tv and radio. As a young guy I always made fun of the boring public broadcast services, but since I was in my late twenties I started appreciating less assault on my nerves and more quality journalism. Like DLF Nova (radio) without any (!) advertisements, yet still better music than most private radio stations... Amazing. And tagesschau beats any American news service hands down. In English language, I think the closest thing to our public broadcasting service is the BBC, which I believe is set up and paid for in a similar fashion?
This is - if at all - only true for the news. Everything else is often far worse than comparable content from the "free" market. 35 years ago the situation was different, but nowadays the system lies in ruins, while asking every year from more money. Completely insane what has happended during the last couple of years.
@@xwormwood well it is definitely true for the news, I mean listen to CNN or Fox News in the US, they’re just propaganda for their respective party. Also with Funk the German broadcasting system now supports a lot of really good RU-vid channels, so they’re definitely looking towards the future. And you can also never forget the incredible popularity of Tatort, or the value of political comedy like the heute show. Of course a lot of the programs during the day are really stupid, but I don’t see how the private contenders do any better. You have watched RTL before, have you? Or the great Pro7 content of the simpsons, the simpsons or the simpsons during the day, and then some movie with more advertising then actual movie. I don’t see how that is better
I avoid ÖR like the plague. They are definitely far from neutral. They don‘t draw a line between personal opinion/ preference and an unbiased delivery of the facts. They call it „Haltungsjournalismus“.
I love watching BBC for the lack of advertisements. No ads with double the volume blaring at your face. Absolute bliss. Brits always complain about it, but it still is quite good after decades of Tory abuse. You won't hear much criticism against the government anymore though as it would use to have previously, which I find worrisome. Those who can recall Yes Minister or the adventures of Alan B'Stard and things like that will get my drift.
Fun Fact: Salty popcorn is standard in Austria and if you just order popcorn, you automatically get salty popcorn. Not every cinema even has sweet popcorn.
I feel you with the popcorn thing lol. When I went to the cinema in New Zealand for the first time I didn’t even know there’s another type of popcorn. Then sitting down and biting into salty popcorn was sooo disgusting . Also didn’t have anything drinkable on me and so I ended up throwing so much popcorn away :( It just sucked
You may be to young to know but prior to Malls and walmart stores were closed on Sunday. I have glass doors on my showers and you are welcome to clean them anytime you want since you seem to enjoy it more than me. Stay safe and healthy.
@@huawafabe Echt? In Nrw macht man das nicht, macht ihr das dann bei allen Worten die auf g enden? Winzig, riesig etc, das spricht man hier alles mit ch
In Switzerland we pay the TV tax too, and it's also very expensive. In the past you could avoid it by having a technician blocking the antenna socket but nowadays any device connecting to internet is considered the same as a TV or radio. The money is used to subsidize local media that couldn't stay afloat otherwise. Recently, we had the chance to get rid of it but most people voted in favor of the tax.
Could someone explain to me why a mounted showerhead would be better? I just wouldn't feel clean if I couldn't move the showerhead to places harder to reach :D
yes, and the movable showerheads also don't simply hang from the wall, but usually there is a hook mounted to a pole at the wall so that you can use it just like a fixed mounted showerhead, as well as adjust angle and height of the mounting point, as well as detach it and use it freely. thus: Montana, what is the problem of not being restricted to one fixed position of the showerhead?
The fee is not just for TV, but also for radio. And you pay for it even if you don´t have a TV or Radio. Edit: Please don´t get me wrong, even with it´s problems, I am very happy about the ÖR, as it provides the best news, kids and science content in germany.
Because all of these programs are available on the internet as well.🤷♂️ I hate it...but i have to admit, after the last four year shitshow coming from the US...i actually stopped complaining completly.
In Austria you only have pay for TV if you are owning a TV with a tuner. If you own a TV without a tuner (GIS-free) you also don't need to pay the TV fee. But I think the radio part of the fee is mandatory (but much less than the whole fee).
Seit ich vor Kurzem erfahren habe, dass nur ein minimaler Bruchteil der Einnahmen des ÖR tatsächlich in Nachrichten und Reportagen/Dokumentationen investiert wird, sehe ich den ÖR mit anderen Augen. Das aller-aller-allermeiste Geld wird für Spielfilme, Serien und Sport ausgegeben. Und das, obwohl sehrwohl Werbung geschalten wird (gerne auch für BILD (soviel zu Unabhängigkeit) und sehr viel für Medikamente - was m.E. verboten gehört). Das geht meiner Meinung nach einfach gar nicht. ÖR ist wichtig für die Demokratie... aber diese Dinge haben mit Demokratie nichts zu tun. Mit dem Fokus auf (btw extrem schlechtes) Entertainment haben sie ihren Bildungsauftrag verfehlt. Die vergleichsweise paar Inhalte mit Bildungsauftrag sind oft ganz gut -- manchmal aber leider auch unterirdisch und gefährlich für Minderheiten, die mitunter schon ganz falsch dargestellt wurden. Das liegt auch am Kontrollgremium, das kaum bis keine Minderheitengruppen repräsentiert und stattdessen sehr kirchlich und (konservativ-)politisch geprägt ist (wo wir wieder bei der angeblichen Unabhängigkeit des ÖR sind). Und jetzt soll der Beitrag auch noch erhöht werden... wir haben schon mit Abstand den teuersten ÖR auf der Welt. :/
Privates Fernsehen ist genau wie Facebook, Google und Co. in Wirklichkeit nicht kostenlos, wir müssen uns Werbung ansehen und bekommen nur "gefilterte" informationen. Wer schaut sich schon die Nachrichten auf RTL oder ProSieben an, wenn er ziemlich "neutrale" aber umfassende Informationen in der Tagesschau und heute sieht?
@@quentinmunich9819 Nope they are not! If your bathroom was renovated after 2010, you most likely have one! We have 3 bathrooms in our house and each one has a large fixed shower head and a small removable one...
TV-Tax is not a Tv-Tax. You have to pay it, so we have some institutes (ARD, ZDF, etc.) which are Broadcaster-Services paid by this tax. So we can have a good neutral information source. (not just for tv) Not focused on profit.
Ich wollte nur betonen, dass die Rundfunkgebühren für relativ neutralen Journalismus sorgen. Klar, ist auch mal was sehr unsachliches dabei, aber die brauchen halt keine Clicks und machen kein Clickbait.
In Deutschland gibt es spätestens seit den 2000er Jahren kaum noch einen ausgewogenen Journalismus in den öffentlich Rechtlichen, das sieht man z. B. an Themen wie CO2 und Klimawandel, Masseneinwanderung, Euro Rettung, Atomausstieg.
@@mautoban66 weißt du warum? Weil die gegen die konventionellen Journalisten arbeiten müssen und die gehen Bild nach, also immer krasser, immer noch einen drauf, die Fakten sind ganz unten im Text, die Überschrift dabei mega polarisierend, dagegen müssen die ankommen. Das die aber untschiedliche Meinungen vertreten sieht man immer wieder beim Thema Umwelt und Klimaschutz, da wiedersprechen sich teilweise Sendungen aus dem selben Sender.
@@mautoban66 warum habe ich das Gefühl, dass wenn ich sie frage was sie damit meinen...basierend auf dem verwendeten Foren nick...dass ich den üblichen rechten Nonsens zu hören bekomme?🤔😏
@@samfetter2968 Basierend auf dem von Dir verwendeten Schlagwort "rechter Nonsens" schließe ich darauf, daß egal was ich dir schreibe ausser einer lupenreinen Mainstreammeinung wirst du mich als rechten Schwurbler, Rechtspopulisten oder ähnlichem einordnen und aus der Schublade lässt du mich nicht raus. Dennoch lass ich dich wissen, daß ich weder links noch rechts bin, sondern zu jedem Thema meine ganz persönliche Meinungen vertrete, die sich in Zukunft auch noch weiterentwickeln kann. Rechts - Links ist nur eine Spielart von Divide et Impera. In Wahrheit geht es nur um oben und unten und die wenigen da oben reden den Massen da unten alles mögliche ein um zu spalten.
Suds on dishes - We have a Franco-German TV station called Arte that has a weekly show about cultural differences. The question why some Germans just leave the soapy but clean dishes was asked by a Frenchman once. It turns out it all goes back to a German TV ad of a popular detergent back in the 60s that said you don't have to rinse the dishes, they're good as is. That sort of took hold. So now, when were done cleaning, we just leave the cups and dishes on the rack to dry instead of rinsing them all again when we have cleared the sink of the water with the detergent in it. This only applies to single person households as most people have electric dishwashers anyway.
regarding the foam thing,... if you towel the dishes afterwards you dont need to rinse it beforehand because you dry it with the towel later and rub the foam off.... if you let it air dry you rinse it beforehand to get rid of the soap.. at least thats what i know from where i live
I love the way Montana butchers the spelling of Church-Taxes, for me it sounds like there is a mandatory cherry-tax in Germany as she says Kirschen-Steuer instead of Kirchen-Steuer ;-)
The Rundfunkgebühr finances the TV and Radiostations in Germany. You might remember ARD and ZDF? And the subdivisions of the ARD from the single states. This due to the fact that they have less advertising than commercial TV stations! Even if you do not have a TV or Radio you still have to pay if you have am internet-capable computer.
This would've been correct a few years ago. But by now it's paid per household and it doesn't matter if you own anything able to receive TV, radio or internet.
@@Oszilgath yes, because nowadays everybody has at least one of tv, radio, computer or smartphone(!) which all can be used to receive radio and tv. thus they stopped invading people's privacy (while trying to detect households who "illegally" own tv or radio without paying the fee). and in contrast to private stations, _öffentlich-rechtliche_ by law need to be available for free (eg cable provider may charge for providing the cable, and you need to buy something to receive those statuons, but there is no block, decoder card, or similar additional requirement for them)
@@Anson_AKB This is almost entirely true. But at one point you´re wrong. It´s not free. You have to pay the Rundfunkgebühr, so you´re paying for it. Many years ago the öffentlich-rechtliche at least were completely free of ads, because of the Rundfunkgebühr. You may be right that almost everybody owns a tv, radio, pc or smartphone (almost because I actually know a guy who doesn´t own any of these), but that doesn´t mean that everybody owning such a device is interested in using it to recieve their program. I wouldn´t complain if their program would be good, but in my opinion, it´s just as bad as the private channels. I haven´t watched TV for about 6 years now (neither private nor public channels) and sInce I prefer reading the newspaper over watching the tagesschau, I paid for nothing during the last 6 years.
German movies where a very big thing in the US, because before World War 1 25% of Americans learnt English. After World War One it wasn't that important anymore, but they still were a big industry. After World War Two it started to collpas entirely. But it seems like it started to recover again. Especially because of Netflix
The Rundfunkgebühr is not for the TV program but for the "informationelle Grundversorgung". So something like a "foundational information care", so if you own a delivery device, you have to pay it, like radio, tv, computer, smartphone, etc. The country and individual states are funded to provide you with general information about all concerns of the citizens and regional information, which is relevant for locals. Also I think most people prefer salty popcorn and by default from my observation it is always salty, but they normally expect that you say additionally which type you want. I think almost all films release in cinema are dubbed, but increasingly more people prefer original language (like me). Even smaller films are dubbed, only arthouse films are typically for many reasons left in the original language with subtitles.
The article you quoted was apparently written by a German who once accidentally watched a movie with subtitles, and was bewildered and confused by the fact that that’s actually a thing that exists. We Germans are notorious for refusing to watch movies with subtitles, and even getting actively angry if someone suggests we should. Half of the movies on Amazon Prime legitimately don’t even offer the option of watching them in the original language. As a German who lived in Canada for many years, that was my biggest and most infuriating reverse culture shock when returning to Germany. I mean, trying to force me to watch Tomb Raider dubbed into German, what gives? Pardon the rant.
Story time regarding to the topic that nealy "everything" is closed on sundays: Once when I was a a kid my parents bought me an electric RC-Car which could pretty fast for a toy (30 km/h). I needed a plain surface to join the full speed and sliding. So my father and I went to a mall/shopping center which is actually open on sunday 'cause of the cafés but the stores were closed. It was so much fun to speed through the whole empty center and the long and plain sidewalks.
Concerning the „television tax“: It is 20$/month and every household (except for those of welfare recipients) has to pay it, regardless of the number of people and devices. This may seem a lot and is indeed heavily contested by some. However, they can offer you more from this money than some people perceive: There are the two big allround-telestations ARD and ZDF, but also eight regionally producing telestations (e. g. BR from Bayern) and several special-interest channels, such as six stations for culture and documentaries and a children’s station (Kika). All of them produce and show a broad variety of movies, series, documentary films, game and quiz shows, political magazines, talks and comedy, they air sports and concerts and produce newscasts on the local, regional, national and international level. In addition, all these stations broadcast mostly or entirely without commercials and you are able to (re)watch most of the stuff for weeks or even months in their free and ad-free online media libraries. Furthermore, there are two national and nine regional radio stations, which again divide into about five channels each, which differ massively in terms of style (e.g. Bayern 3 charts, Bayern 1 oldies, Bayern 4 jazz or classical) and produce news, reports, drama, comedy and so forth. All tele and radio stations provide content on social media, too, and some provide popular news-apps or podcasts on Spotify. For people our age, they support RU-vidrs from science, comedy, entertainment, culture, investigative journalism etc. to allow them to stay independent from commercials and provide high-quality-content. So it‘s not only about television anymore, but about a widespread offering on every possible platform, which aims to provide reliable, independent information and to entertain everyone, whether or not his/her interests are in keeping with the market. This means of course, that the majority of the programme does not appeal to me personally, but this should not be a reason for me to urge the abolishment, it‘s rather a good sign for the functioning of a system, which wants everyone to be able to find something, so I am glad that we have that here. 😊
The "TV Tax (Rundfunkgebühr)", is not for having a "TV", every household has to pay that, even if they don't have a TV or cable. I would not mind if it was like a few Euros a month but it's like 17€ a month which is way to much and I don't watch TV or have one, but I have to pay that (I also don't have a Radio or anything like that, just a Phone so yeah)...
Es gibt aber sehr gute Deutsche RU-vidkanäle, die von Funk unterstützt werden. Kurzgesagt wäre da ein Beispiel, die haben auch ein Video zu den öffentlich Rechtlichen gemacht. Und dafür zahle ich meine Rundfunkgebühren dann gerne, die Videos sind nämlich echt qualitativ sehr hochwertig
@@carlottaschmitz3441 Es gibt definitiv sehr gute Öffentlich rechtliche Inhalte, wie eben gewisse Wissens- und Kulturformate, deren Existenz ich gesellschaftlich auch für extrem wichtig halte, dennoch ist meiner Meinung nach die ganze Institution der ÖR viel zu aufgeblasen. Für eine grundlegende Versorgung braucht es keine unzähligen regionalen Formate mit jeweils sehr gut bezahlten Intendanten. Ebenso geht ein großer Teil des Geldes nur für Lizenzgebühren drauf von beispielsweise Fußball Übertragungen. Meiner Meinung nach sollte der komplette Kontent der nicht auf Nachrichten und Bildung ausgelegt ist in ein privates Angebot umgewandelt werden. Das würde der ursprünglichen Idee einer unabhängigen und für jeden zugänglichen Informationsquelle am ehesten gerecht werden und die Kosten deutlich senken. Das oftmals angebrachte Argument, dass man so ja keine Reichweite hätte und dies die Relevanz in Frage stellen würde, ist meiner Meinung nach nur eine Rechtfertigung, um eine Institution zu schaffen, die sich beliebig aufblasen kann ohne dabei einer kompetenten Kontrolle ausgesetzt zu sein bzw. den Regeln des Marktes unterworfen zu sein. Abgesehen von diesem Problem ist die Form eines Beitrages anstatt einer tatsächlich Steuer für so manche Person doch ziemlich unfair. So zahlen z.B. nicht wenige Studenten die kein Bafög bekommen und aber dennoch keine reichen Eltern haben den selben Beitrag, wie ein gut verdienender verheirateter aber kinderloser Unternehmer. Der prozentuale Einschnitt beim Netto Einkommen unterscheidet sich hierbei massiv durch den Beitrag. Das ganze sollte lieber vom Status dieses verpflichteten Beitrags in eine tatsächliche aufs Gehalt angerechnete Steuer umgewandelt werden inklusive Frei- und Höchstbetrag.
Sportveranstaltungen wie die WM, Olympia o.ä. wurden als öffentliches Interesse angesehen und dürfen daher fast garnicht hinter einer kommerziellen Paywall sein.
A little fairy tale about the day I experienced that popcorn could have a different taste than sweet. Once upon a time (a few decades ago) in a small town in Germany: Me visiting a friend (Italian, but born and living in Germany, never been in a cinema at all yet). We (both age about 15 or 20) watching a movie on TV or video. He making popcorn by himself (no pre-packaged supermarkt-popcorn), bringing it in a bowl to the table. I taking some and shoving it into my mouth and immediatly starting to choke, just managing not to spit it out. Me: "Oh my God!" Friend: "What´s wrong?" Me: "I guess you mixed up salt and sugar." He takes some popcorn and eats it. Friend: "No, it is all okay." Me: "Okay?! It is salted!" Friend:"Yes off course. What else should I put on popcorn?" Me: "Well...sugar?!" Friend:" Sugar?! On popcorn?! Never heard about somebody putting sugar on popcorn ever?" Me: "Never heard about someone putting salt on popcorn ever." Friend: "We always put salt on our self made popcorn. I never thought you can put something else on it." Me: " You grew up in Germany. Have you never in your live bought popcorn in the supermarket or in the cinema? It was and is all sweet, always, ever." Friend: "No." True story. Today you can optional get salted popcorn in cinemas, and salted microwave popcorn in supermarkets. Back then popcorn in cinemas was always sweet, microwave popcorn didn´t exist, and pre-packaged popcorn in supermarkets was and is sweet until today.
Regarding the soap on the dishes: 2 years ago me and some friends (mostly Austrian, but one German and one Dutch) were on vacation in Hungary in a cabin. The Dutch guy was confused when he watched me rinse the soap off the dishes, he said it was not necessary, as food safety regulations banned any toxic stuff in the dish soap; he would never rinse off the soap (and supossedly at least some other Dutch people don't to either). We others (including the German) rinsed off the soap when we did the dishes and were confused by his behavior. Maybe it's not so much a country-specific thing, but rather region-specific (or even family-specific). Personally I rather rinse the soap off the dishes. It might not be toxic or unhealthy, but I don't want to eat soap in my next meal.
Kirchensteuer: If you are a member of the Catholic church, you do pay a membership fee no matter where in the world you are. In Germany the state just does the work for the church and pays the tax right out of your salary. It's a controversial topic because many people think it violates the separation of church and state.
Well, it really doesn't change much, you don't have to pay extra because of it. It just simplifies the process. And since such a large portion of Germans are catholics it does seem prudent to organise their fees through taxes. Honestly the only problem I see with this is the exclusivity to the catholic church. Any sufficiently large organization should have that privilege.
@@silkwesir1444 as far as i know, some churches and state have a contract, and churches pay the state to collect on their behalf. and this doesn't apply only to the catholic church but to other big churches as well, when/if they have such a contract! i heard that there once also were debates about such a contract for islam too, but they couldn't agree on all conditions (which branches should participate, and that many didn't want to officially declare their religion or which branch they belong to)
When I do the dishes, I put the plates in a "Geschirrständer" vertically for the soapy water to run off. I never rinse them to actually save water and there is no reason for rinsing at all. My US based host family kept yelling at me all the time "YOU GOTTA RINSE EM" during my exchange year.....
@@piccadelly9360 Nope, there's no soapy flavor at all. I think the habit of rinsing the dishes is a typical American one. I personally don't know anybody here in Germany who actually does it
@@butenbremer1965 Die Spülmaschine macht das auch . Und den rest von Europa . Ich habe immer gehört das so ein Gebrauch in Deutschland sei , ich wollte nicht glauben .Aber jetzt habe ich die Bestätigung das es tatsächlich so ist
The Rundfunkgebühr is not bound to you having a TV, everybody has to pay it. But it has a good effect that those Media doesn't need to attact any advertisment. This makes them more fact based
The 'Rundfunkgebühren you have to pay, when you have access to TV, radio, or internet. It is a fee you have to pay for getting access to public information through electronic medias.
Re Soap on the dishes: (I'm not German, I'm Swiss) We would do that in my parents home (War generation) BUT: dishes were not left to dry. You would dry them with a towel. So you'd fill the sink with soapy water, do the dishes, set them to the side, and somebody (usually one of us kids) would wipe them dry. Today I'm not that frugal anymore; I have the tap running and rinse the suds off. I make a point of not filling more than one sink full of hot water, though.
I would never leave soup on my dishes and I never heard any german leaving it as well. I actually clean them with fresh water before I use the "dish towel" to dry them.
most movies get translated for German theaters. sometimes they keep phrases in the original language when it makes sense in the story or if they really want to show the movie in the original language but help understand though nearly every movie gets fully translated. German film industry is actually pretty good at synchronizing movies! oh and for the soap - I don't do it but I have seen someone do it. I kind of can imagine this to be a german thingy :D
Pop corn arrived very late in german cinemas. When I was a child in the late 1970ies to early 1980ies there was no pop corn, only candy and ice cream. My guess: that is why pop corn started sweet in german cinemas. And only later on salt and taco and salsa or cheese sauce where added to maximise the profits.
how can someone dislike sweet popcorn? i`ll never understand. Back in the day, when i lived in the us, cable tv was around 130USD/month...so by faaar more expensive than the 17,5€/month "tv tax" and around 20€/month for private tv, internet and phone
We don't just pay for the cable. We pay for some TV programs financed by this Tax, so they don't send ads in the mid of the film and much fewer ads in total. We wouldn't need so much criminal programs and maybe have some more good films. They would be more for adults because our neighbours from the Netherlands make very, very good films for kids (Mister Twister is so cool).
Not only in Germany do you pay TV / radio taxes. In most European and many other countries you have to pay TV / radio taxes. The "öffentlich/rechtlichen Sender" (ARD, ZDF, Deutsche Welle) are partially financed from these funds. Lots of people are against this tax. But they forgot that with these taxes a lot of cultural things, for example music concerts supported, too. Some ARD radio stations have big bands and symphony orchestras, which also cost a lot of money. An other point that always mention is the independence from private companies. So in commen, the tax makes sense.
Ganz ehrlich Montana: Was Du machst ist echt super. Wahrscheinlich mag ich Dich jetzt noch mehr weil Du salziges Popcorn magst (just kidding but i like it too😂) Du bist eine wunderbare Verbindung zwischen US und Germany-Culture. Mach so weiter!!! Liebe aus Stuttgart ☺️
I think, about 80% of the few people, who do still the washing up by hand (and not a dishwasher) let dry the dishes by air and not dry it with a towel or rinse it off with clear water, just to be fast. By the way: The German *mania of saving water* everywhere is such a stupid fad, such a tick that's coming from the 80ties environmentalism, what is really nonsense to "save" water in Germany, I can tell you as a pro in the field of water supply. But the parents told their kids and they continue this.
@@mattesrocket I think you simplify too much as far as the saving of water is concerned. Usage of water is relevant in several places: - the "production" and distribution of fresh water (Wasserwerke, Leitungsnetze, Netzüberwachung) - the "cleaning" of used water (Kläranlagen, Leitungsnetze, RÜBs) The tubing has been designed for a certain amount of water flowing through it. Both, less or more, is causing additional costs in maintenance as you know. But yes, Germany is a rich and lucky country and has enough water, despite the high population density. Still, being responsible as far as the usage of water is concerned is no "stupid fad",
@@wora1111 I am JUST talking about the German excesses of water saving (in daily life, lot of crap you can buy to reduce water consuption drastically in the bathroom etc., and all this annoying "don't use so much water" sayings with the typical German erhobenen Zeigefinger), and all this makes no sense because of the reason you described. I am not thinking that it is bad to look generally at the usage of water and behave environmentally and water-friendly like reducing chemicals, but using extra little water in the shower and all the things you hear frequently in many German families are rediculous.
in some towns, water companies nowadays need to "waste" some water sometimes to get enough fresh water into the pipes to prevent it from becoming stale and growing bacteria where people were "too successfull" in saving water and reducing throughput too much. problems also exist with waste water. people were told that phosphates and similar would be bad, but when (if) a town has modified their cleaning plants to take care of that, they may even get "reverse" problems when people suddenly use fewer of those detergents and thus get it out of balance again.
I can assure you that people used to not rinse off the soap of their dishes 😁 - but those were the days when everyone would dry up the dishes immediately after cleaning with a towel. Times have changed and since most people that still do their dishes by hand put them in a plate rack to let them dry will rinse their dishes with clear water. But I can also assure you that there are exceptions (students, older people, lazy ones.....) 🤪
Well the dishwashing thing is from the past. Today most Germans have dishwashers. But back in the days of our grandparents when everybody did it by hand, the dishes were washed in a bowl of soapy water, then put on a rack for dripping out and then dryed by towel. Rinsing the dishes with fresh water before drying them, wasn't done by everyone.
The Rundfunkgebühren are not only for the often mentioned ARD/ZDF, but also for many radio stations (DLF, local stations) or docu and culture channels (3sat,..). Here is a list: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_%C3%B6ffentlich-rechtlichen_Programme_in_Deutschland I think you can argue about details of Rundfunkgebühren, but I really love the concept of everyone paying a bit to provide mostly neutral information together with education and culture. This way, there is a valuable choice of programs for everyone, not only for those who can afford it. It may be not perfect, but it's certainly better than having only private stations that need to have a popular program for their audience rating.
I like popcorn only in the sweet version, because many years ago there was no other option. When the salty one comes up I tried it and I find it disgusting, because "salt is the wrong sweet", what I was used to. It is the same with you, only the other way around.
@@silkwesir1444 It's still something different if you have a day off where you can't run errands, where noone is mowing the lawn or vacuuming and where your family and friends are also at home or off work. It's supposed to be a day supportive for your mental health.
@@silkwesir1444 children are in school during the week and at home on the weekend, where the little ones have to get a babysitter while the mother is home on two days during the week and the father on yet two other days ... happy family life
The Kirchensteuer is a thing, because the state deligated some of its tasks to the churches, like building hospitals and schools and preschools and old people's homes and stuff like that. Since they do those things for the government, they get paid by them through taxes.
Church tax is always 9 % of your income tax. E.g. if your gross salary is €3,000 per month, your income tax (tax class 1 for unmarried persons) is approx. €400, and church tax is an additional €36 in this case. However, church tax is only deducted if you are member of a christian church (protestant or catholic). If you are member of another religion, nothing is deducted.
I learn several word that I didn't know the meaning and do the google translate. Thanks for your sharing. New word for me ( I am not native English speaker) : - disgusting - sneezing - squeegee - suds Thanks google for English captions (auto generated) 😄
Some things you mentionend are not common in Germany or very regional Almost all foreign movies are dubbed in Germany, but some are shown in the original/subtitled version (usually in smaler movie theatres) You were lucky to have showers with glas walls/doors. Mostly they are curtains like in the US. Sweet lunch or supper isn't very common in Germany in general. Kaiserschmarn is more common in the south (and not german but austrian in fact). But you're right it's awsome! "Der Schaum bleibt dran" ??? Igitt!!!
The only thing, where the foam MUST stay on is bear. This is different to the US, where the fill up the beer to the top, but without foam. Therefore some foreigners feel „ripped off“, when their beer is not fully filled, but comes with 3 cm foam on top. (But of course the amount of beer is still ok, as the filling mark is way below the top of the glass...)
"Der Schaum bleibt dran" - no one leaves soap on the dishes, but it's common with beer. In some countries, bartenders use to scrape off the foam at the top with some kind of knife right after tabbing. Germans don't do that.
Government owned television is common in foreign countries, and a fee for everyone is levied. At one point it was only for households with TVs, but they found it too expensive to police who did and didn't have TVs, so just made it for everyone.
Yeah the TV-tax is expensive. And it's one of the most controversial levies discussed. There are many Germans who pay this tax (GEZ) see it as unjust, while others see it as an important tax to ensure the independence of the media. Only those who are unemployed or retired can be exempt from this tax.
Around 1980 there was an ad for dish washing soap, that you needn't dry your dishes because the soap makes the water drip of completely. I never trusted it and rinse my dishes.
Every movie in Germany is dubbed. You are never forced to watch it in English with subtitles. In some cinemas you can watch foreign (non-German) movies in their original language with subtitles but it's not that common. We dub any non-German movie
not for the employees who can spend the weekend with their entire family, instead of everybody having a day off on different days. too bad that some "essential workers" like police, medical personel, firefighters, and even restaurants and other tourist destinations can't all stay home too.
even if you only have a computer in germany and no TV you have acces to german television and radio. So you would still have to pay. its very common i europe to pay for having non comercial television stations that way. In germany its ARD and ZDF + all the regional chanals ther are. in other european contrys the don pay Rundfunk gebühf. that fee is insted included in thats contrys normal taxes. in the US you have one chanal that is payed for that way through taxes and donations.
Maybe it's mentioned before, But about the Media tax or TV tax. A lot of countries have the TV and radio tax. The tax goes to ensure that there are channels that are independent of commercial incentive, and a lot of them can't use advertisers. It ensures channels to make more objective news and cover themes and culture that is not that popular, make hardcore investigations and more. At the same time it ensures that a countries culture don't go bottom up with the American movie industries influence and outside culture pressure. Most places es that has this tax also have a water tight wall between the government and these channels, so that no government can influence what they do.
The "sneezing" or "blowing ones nose"-thing is really interesting. When I worked in south america my pupils once in a while asked me to leave the room to clean their noses. Really weird for me the first time because I thought it is not a big thing. But in some world regions it seems to be. I had to let them do it outside of the classroom. By the way: If I clean my nose I always do it very discreet.But leaving the room? No. :-)
Czech here... but mounted shower heads are the worst thing I can imagine in the bathroom :'D I experienced those few times, in hotels, and it was real pain. Like how am I supposed to wash my lower part of body properly (legs, butt...) when you can't move the head around yourself. That's probably the reason why we don't need gigantic showers, cause we don't need to move around too much... plus it just save space in your house. But yeah... if you're just standing there for half an hour and chilling... ok, I can imagine it's worth it. I personally go to the shower to get the job done and get out in under 10 min.
The TV tax makes a lot of sense, because then, the public broadcast stations are not dependent from companies/commercials anymore and can do research that is not bias. In America, where there is no Rundfunkbeitrag, you won't really find independent media. For example, CNN is rather democratic and FOX republican. And neither of them will ever say something bad about the companies, that show commercials - cause they need the money. And it's not only for TV, but also radio, the article you're going through in this video (DW is part of the public broadcast system in Germany as well). So in the end it makes research more neutral and it makes not only information, but also things like movies accessible for everyone, everywhere.
I'm from the US but live in Germany, and the soap thing is true! I don't know if it's to save water or what, but I work in a cafe in the kitchen, and the Germans often don't rinse the soap off of things all the way and just either let it dry like that or dry it with a towel like that. I found it to be so weird! I also find it strange that they wash dishes and hands with cold water, not hot or warm. I also can't stand the sweet popcorn and love to get the salty popcorn at the theater. 😁
@@lumina9995 Yes, they do. But some things don't fit in the dishwasher, like the large baking sheets for the oven, cutting boards, large containers that hold the Brötchen, other large serving trays, etc.
You mentioned not having popcorn for want of a microwave. Did you know you can make popcorn with a normal frying pan? Just put the corn in a pan with a little fat on the stove and sure enough, after a short while it will start popping. You should have a lid on the pan of course or else the popped corn will fly everywhdere.
i love this manual shower head, beacause its great, if your a woman in the special days^^. and i love them because you can place them where you want it to be. to wash yourselve with or without hair. and you can do kneipp showers. that means you can just shower a limb, to warm or to cold water. the plastic curtins we have, too, the shower boxes are the luxury version of the curtains, coming up in the middle 70s or beginning 80s. now there are still the bathtubes -shower mixture in german bathrooms. in modern hotels and luxury homes you have these barrier-free showers with that wall our of stones or glas.
Kirchensteuer (church tax - Christians) or Kultussteuer (cultus tax - Jews) is not really a tax but the membership fees. Religions that have the status of a Körperschaft (public body - but this concept is difficult to explain as there are no similar legal constructions in most countries) can ask (but don't have to) the state to collect also their membership fees. For this, they have to pay the state a bit for the administration (but this is less than they would need if doing the collection by themselves).
I am living in an expensive neighbourhood but my parents can afford the rent because the church owns the house where we live and with the church taxes they can keep the prices low. Also a lot of social projects are paid with the church taxes. I think that is good because helping others is a central part of the Christianity.
people also should learn that the "church tax" is no tax that the government themselves asks for. they only collect it on behalf of those few big churches that have contracts with the government to collect it for them, and the government even gets payed for that collection service. but churches seem to like that method better than to ask their members for donations. if someone is asked about his religion/church by the government, it is only to fulfill that task of collecting this specific tax and assign it to the proper church (and thus can be answered with "other" for all churches that have no such contract). if someone doesn't like paying that tax or answering questions about his religion/church, he should complain to his own church to have negotiated that contract.
The problem with our mandatory TV subscription is that you have to pay it even if you don’t have a TV. They say since nowadays everybody can access the content online. Therefore it is nearly impossible to get rid of the fee.
I am a huge fan of the "TV tax". its actually not a tax but a public broadcast fee. Private media have the tendecy to big monney itself. So we set up the public media as compedditors. they are not run by the state itself. There are: - 7 regional stations (br, mdr, rbb, ndr, radio Bremen, wdr, swr) with at least one tv channels and several radio channels each. - a ferderated station of those (ard) - a zentral station (zdf) with several tv-broadcasts - a programm for documenting events (poenix) - and a youtuber programm (funk) Only Deutsche Welle is run by the government. To make sure the state can not interfere in the contents of public media they are not payed by taxes, but by the houshols directly. I think 17,50€ per houshold is fair because everyone benefits of a public oppinion that is not controlled by big monney or the government. Some - like me - argue the influence of the political partys in the broadcast council is to big but that is an other debate.
Yes, the soap thing is so true. I am a foreigner born and raised in Germany and since childhood I saw this with a lot of different German families. Instead of rinsing the soap before using a towel to dry the dishes they left the soap on and used the towel. It always blew my mind. I talked about it with Spanish friend recently and she observed the exact same thing. We couldn't wrap our heads around it.
@@piccadelly9360 Me too. If I only saw it one, ok. But whenever I visited friends families in the past almost 40 years, and we did the dishes, it was always the same. It was so foreign to me.
btw you have to pay the "tv fee" per aparment/house and it doesnt matter if you have a tv or not since you can consume there products everywhere on radio, tv, podcasts, youtube. We have to pay for it so the news can stay "neutral" and can not get bought by some rich company or person who than can influence the news.
Being used to sweet popcorn my whole life I went to a theater right across the Dutch border and ordered popcorn. I had the same reaction as you did. But I was expecting sweet popcorn and was disgusted with the salty popcorn. Nowadays you can usually choose between sweet or salty popcorn in German theaters.
