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@@ffxcity1 thank you for checking out my game! it's a 64-bit build and that is unfortunately not supported by you system! I could try to provide you a 32-bit build in the future though!
Well, no. 2 isn't a common thing in Germany. Leaving a dinner table with a whole group during the main course... This might be happen in Berlin but definitely not all over Germany. Never ever experienced this kind of behaviour.
Same here, it baffling to me that she encountered this so often. If someone wants to smoke they usually do it while waiting for the food, not during the meal.
Especially not in the middle of dinner. Noone interrupts dinner for a smoke and then returns to continue eating. This has to be a misconception. Going for a smoke after eating is a pretty common thing though. And if you're in a group of smokers, they might all leave at once, which seem to me as the least surprising thing.
I'm german..... and i've never been eating at a restaurant, just to see the whole table disappear for a smoke... especcially in the middle of a dinner ;-)
1. Rent for an apartment can be much higher than 10€ per m² and that is only the so called "cold rent" which means that electricity, water, heating, phone, cable TV and maintenance cost (trash removal, cleaning, gardening) will be on top. It's quite normal, that people in Germany spend 35-50% of there netto income (after tax ) for the rent. Not that cheap and of course except the kitchen, you rent empty rooms without any furniture. 2. That an entire company leaves the table at a restaurant for a smoke break during dinner is very rare. I have never experienced that and I'm a 56 year old local. 3. Paying with your credit card at the gas pump only works for US citizens who have a US credit card and a home ZIP code. As a tourist, even with 2 valid platinum cards (Master + Visa) but without a resident zip code, I had to enter the shop, guess how much $$ my fill would be, get my card charged for that amount, than I could start pumping gas. If I underestimated the needed amount for a complete fill, I have to do that again, if I estimated to much, I had to get back to the store, to get the overpaid $$ transferred back to my credit card. Nowhere could I pump first and pay later at the shop, because they obviously think that every customer is a possible gas thief who makes a run without paying. Nice if you live there, but a stone age system if you are a tourist. 4. To find prostitution in the US is not that hard, since they just cover it up as massage parlors or escort services (happy endings guaranteed). Even open street prostitution can easy be found in big city's like L.A. or San Francisco. I have never found more prudish and hypocrite people as in the US, sorry to say that. Sex as as normal part of live in the US, ha ha, but the whole nation goes berserk if a nipple is shown on TV for a split second? LOL A country, where a mixed sauna is automatically considered as a brothel or a swinger club? Where a commercial for a bra is not shown on TV, but is the biggest producer of porn movies world wide? Where you can be arrested if you change your wet swim trunks under a wrapped around towel on a public beach? Regarding sex, the US is rely screwed up form a European point of view.
100% agree especially about the “sex” view and nudity. I sold video games to a mother and asked her point blank why she would let her 10 year old son play a game where he would be witnessing someone’s head being blown off and forced to torture someone over a game that had a warning of mild nudity... She couldn’t answer me.
@sequoia 3312 I havent seen that a full table is leaving, yet I have experienced for example, my Mom, Dad and Aunt going for a smoke leaving me there. Its the same thing. We have a lot of smokers in our family so it happens quite often. It disgusts me - but it happens.
I always have the feeling Americans think Europe is a country... edit: This comment was not ment to hurt someones feelings or to call into question the intelligence of USA citizens I'm totally aware that the knowledge of some few people does not, in any way, represent the knowledge of an entire nation And I want to apologize in case someone felt uncomfortable due to reading this comment
Heilig's blechle. Die gute war bloß überrascht. Sie hat nirgendwo behauptet, die Dinge nicht zu verstehen. Volker Pispers ist der Mario Barth der Satire. USA, kennste, kennste?
I tell you why germans have to pay their gas into the store - you earn very poor money by selling gas. But selling drinks and items is how the gasoline stations make their profit
I was going to write the exact same thing. Gas stations don't make a lot from gas. They NEED you to come inside and maybe buy something else. That's also why the card pay option - on gas stations that have one - are only active while the gas station "shop" is closed.
Ah and btw someone should tell Kelly that complaining about not being able to name your child like crazy in germany in one video doesn't fit to being shocked about "fuck" isn't censored and smoking is popular in the other.
This is exactly what my German husband explained to me when I was freaking out about standing in line to pay for gas. But...seriously - it's 8 BUCKS A GALLON!
3vr1m im not saying that Darmstadt is more expensive than Munich but it is on the top ten list of most expensive cities if you talk about rent. You’re right, Munich is pretty damn expensive with 17,56 € per squaremeter. But still Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Mainz and yes, even Darmstadt are up there. However I personally believe that looking at rent in cities is problematic. Comparing smaller districts would be more insightful. For example Ditzingen near Stuttgart has a significantly higher rent cost than Stuttgart. I didn’t want to say that Munich isn’t expensive or that Darmstadt is more expensive but rather that Munich can be expected to be expensive, is a big city. But Darmstadt is one of the smaller cities in Germany but still has incredibly high rent costs. Sorry for the confusion
thisisgoddi I agree Darmstadt is one of the more expensive cities (according to the internet, the average rent is 11,77€/square meter), but I guess it also always depends on where you want to live in the city (which area). Hamburg as an example, the average rent is (according to the same page) 13,26€, but it can increase drastically when you’re renting a flat in the Altstadt, which can be up to 21,35€/square meter.
Ist es nicht sogar in Ost-Berlin billiger als im Westen wegen der DDR? So kommt es mir immer vor und ja, Berlin kann man für Mietpreise vergleichen schlecht nehmen
American in Germany: Has to pay the gas IN the gas station= 😳SHOCK!!! Hears the word FUCK on the radio= 😳SHOCK!!! Sees a poster on the street that contains the word FUCK= 😳SHOCK!!! Sees a brothel= 😳SHOCK!!! Sees people smoking= 😳SHOCK!!! Realizes that iphone is overprized trash= 😳😳😳SH-SH-SHOOOCK!!! German in America: Sees more gunstores than Mcdonalds= 🤠Ok. Drinks a beer on the street and get's arrested= 🙁WHAT THE F U C K!!! Sees the speed limit on the highway= 😒 Yeah, that one will be fun......................................😒 Sees gun controls in schools= 😳Actually shocked! Goes to California= 😳Nah just kidding!!!😂😂😂
On first note could say I agree, but glad to hear something different or less-commercial of a talking point.. you know, beer, autobahn, that kind of stuff.. There are like 100 channels talking about beer and autobahn, so I'd rather hear something different lol :P :D
It's just a fun light-hearted video about cultural differences, obviously she's not actually "shocked" in the real sense of this word. Some of y'all are so negative, come on guys
The amount of German commenters, who either do not understand Kelly or who constantly need to be reminded by Kelly, she is only sharing her personal experiences and of course not all Germans are the same, is too damn high! Now. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us, Kelly. I really enjoy your content :) Keep up the great work!
Petrol stations in Germany make their most money from the snacks and drinks and what ever you can buy in the shop. So when you refill your tank you will see all these snacks or drinks and take one with you.
I'm an American and always pay for gas inside. A lot of Americans do. Personally I usually have to get something anyways, also scammers use the pumps to steal credit card information so I don't use them.
I never saw people interrupt the dinner for a smoke in germany. I don't like iPhone, because I hate being restricted. And why should I pay for iPhone, when there are lots of better phones with a lower price.
And just thinking of, no wifi, no internet. And then your bud want to send you a picture or something... so that leaves Bluetooth.. if you're having an iphone and the other an android it wouldn't work. (This case happened 4 years ago, dont know if it's the same today) And then you need for every thin an extra...(if you have an iphone) extra port for aux, extra port for charging, extra Bluetooth radio with the function to connect with iphones... So at least you're not just paying 1.000€ for the iphone, you're paying extra for everything . That leaves you maybe by 2000€
I witnessed a bunch of smoke breakes in Germany. It's not at all common, but happens if pretty much everyone is a smoker and there is no warm food on the table anymore.
Yeah, same. I can charge basically everywhere since all chargers are the same, except for Iphones. I can watch every video I am sent, Iphone users never can see mine and more. I had a windows phone before, and I loved it. All the apps were deletable (unlike android or apple) so now with my android I have a million unused apps taking up memory space. Then again, I can just insert a new SD-card (unlike Iphones)and triple the memory space (or much more, depending on the SD-card.) It's just more convient and user friendly.
I thought the most shocking thing would be seing 16 year old people drinking Beer because in some states in America you are allowed to drink alcohole at the age of 21
Yeah ... I never had a culture shock in an other culture, because before I visit a country with an other culture I inform myself about this culture ... xD
My thoghts about thse: 1. The talk about 10€ per square meter is problematic. The rule of thumb in Germany is that the rent should not exceed 30 percent of the income after tax, pension payments and health care. Nowadays, it often exceeds 40 percent, and in some cities like Munich, it is higher than most people earn. If I interpolate what you said, then the rent for that Washington appartment exceed 2150 USD, which is more than the average income in Germany. 2. I have never seen such a smoke break as you described. This is completely uncommon in restaurants, and in bars only some of the poeple leave the table. 3. Android is preferred because of better value, iPhones are too expensive. Nowadays, Samsung is going down the same route nad becoming increasingly less popular. A lot of people here like to spend about 300-400 EUR for a smart phone, not more. Also, a lot of people dislike the vendor lock-in and silly limitations like not being able to directly access files on the phone when it is connected to a PC. 4. You are right about German gas stations. They are taking over the role of convenience stores over here and make almost no profit from the gas itself. 5. Swearing is a part of everybody's life, so it's unnatural to remove it from the media. Also, sometimes people just don't care or they don't even understand. Have a look at this classic commercial form the Netherlands: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7nQ9lmriWOc.html 6. That singing along depends. But sure, American music is played all the time. And british music. And english language music from Sweden. And, and, and... 7. Making prostitution legal is important to ensure social security for sex workers. Also, why waive the opportunity to collect takes for these businesses?
You´re completely right ! My only "shock" was to see, what Kelly shocked in Germany ... especially her feeling of the numbers of smoking in Germany. I never smoked, in my family nobody smokes and the only person I remember smoking is the cowboy from the Marlboro commercial... Apple and Android are both american products - so why the "culture shock"...???
Additional to 1.: There are cheap prices, for example for food, because we have one of the biggest low income sectors in Europe, when it comes to employment (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uxs0asqdSAk.html). Now this also explains why the rents are high and getting higher from the (average) German's point of view, because they spend like 30 to 70 % of their income for these rents!
I totally agree with everything listed above. Maybe as a little addition: to #2 just like a lot people who already commented on this, I never experienced this kind of smoking break. Usually everyone finishes their food before leaving for a cigarette, sometimes taking a drink with them, but never standing up in the middle of dinner, leaving the food on the table. To #4: There is a security aspect to this, too. Having people come into the station gives both sides control over the act of payment. Aside from that, yes, almost everyone going in will buy something. Even if it is only a snack, something to drink or some chewing gum. To #5: English swear-words aren't removed from media as it is a foreign language and radio stations as well as television try to honor the original content without meddling with it. You will hear German swear words being censored. Making thema radio edit, too. There is a common rule in media in Germany to only play the uncensored versions on TV or radio after 10pm, as the audience should be old enough to understand or deal with them. The situation should be just like in the US. If I remember correctly, they censor the english swear words, but none of the foreign languages. I even came across a pub in LA which seemed to make it a fun game to put as many German curse words on the menu as possible. To #6: the world of German music just seems a little limited, so everyone try to seek music to their liking in the variety of world music. USA being the biggest musical provider will have the most possibilities for everyone. Even German musicians try to sing in english to maybe be invited on a tour in North America.
I've seen those smoke breaks. However not so common while there is still leftovers from the meal. Usually after eating and while staying for drinks. Completely Empty tables have been a common sight for me when I was younger. Since less and less people are smoking, it becomes more common to see 1 or 2 people staying at the table. Also for the brothels. They aren't as accepted as it might seem. Whenever a new one opens in a small town, there is a lot of countermovement. People are afraid of the people running those places. And while yes, legalising them is needed to ensure social security for the sex workers, it also makes it even harder to take down people who are forcing others into this kind of work, I think. Very complex if you ask me and I am not really decided for myself if I think brothels being legal in Germany is a good thing or not.
4. I am shocked she did not notice that she is lured into a shop. Never bought a chewing gum there? 5. Germans are a bit special in this even compared to the rest of Europe, though. Not the word she bleeped out, that is hardly noteworthy if you are not overly prudish. But Germans do have a quirky fascination with errr, the waste products of biological bodies. And not just Knorkator, or Rammstein. 6. Meh, we sing along in all languages we speak, and those we do not speak, as well. My fave is listening to people singing along in Finnish. You know, all that cool Finnish metal. But if they need to feel shpeshul when we know their music, be our guests. We are just not so insecure that we bother noticing such things. Maybe she should compare it with folks knowing Rammstein texts by heart, and German is not exactly a language spoken around the globe. Which reminds me of a crime of my parents: I do not think I will ever forget the text of "voulez vous couchez avec moi, ce soir". In some areas you can still hear that song to this day, including the elderly folks singing along. I guess "voulez vous *bleep* avec moi" just doesn't cut it, so I figure no one would ever be tempted to sing along with such "pop culture" over there.
Hi. I'm a 58years old german and I've never ever seen people interupting their meal for smoking a cigarette, neither in gemany, nor in france, great britain, netherlands.......
@@rammsterdamm020 really? I always thought frugal meant taking the cheaper stuff even when the quality is much lower. Taking something that's cheaper AND better just seams like the smart thing to do 🤷♀️
@@ThePrism21 Yeah, other Cities in the area aren't much different.. Ludwigsburg, Fellbach (where I live), Waiblingen, Reutlingen, Nürtingen, Sindelfingen, Böblingen Esslingen. If it's close to Stuttgart (using the term "close" very loosely here) it's most likely expensive.
Just to tell you, Germans who have never lived abroad think their country is super modern. I am German, lived for 5 years in Poland, half a year in Norway and both countries are more modern than Germany. I'm not surprised about anything anymore since my return.
I live in Germany, I smoked for 15 years and know a lot of people who still smoke and I have NEVER seen anyone take a smoke break DURING a meal. I don't know where might have seen that, but it's not something inherently german..
KaBeeM In European part of Russia IT IS VERY common to leave the meal to smoke a cigarette outside the... restaurant? so maybe she saw Russians doing that in Germany and thought they were Germans.
She must have travelled around Germany. And it doesn't surprised me because Germans hardly follow trends, they create theirs or be very late in the game. They're the strangest Westerners.
@@Nele-vg7js No, she does not. She's simply sharing her own experiences. Of course she's generalizing a bit - just like Germans do, when they say Americans love their weapons. A lot do - but most definitely not all of them.
I never came across one in Germany haha but as soon as I would cross the border to the Netherlands, for example, there was an immediate difference in gas stations where I could pay at the pump
I live in Munich and there are several automatic gas stations. The one I usually got to is the one at the V-Markt (Balanstr.) where you can choose if you like to pay at the cashier or at the gas pump. If you pay at the gas pump, you even get a discount voucher of 2ct per liter. And they often sell the cheapest fuel around without this discount.
*12 years i can confirm from different rural areas that first somewhat encouraged attempts actually happen around that age becoming excessive for some teens around 14 yo i'm now 23 and for my feeling had to sometimes fight against alcohol offerings since beeing around 15 which i strongly disagree with... i hate the way alcohol is almost worshipped where even our Drugminister posts pictures of her schnaps but says e.g. that cannabis is forbidden because its illegal. i guess its encouraged because it keeps us 'busy and happy' so the government can keep on doing nothing for the individuals and pushing corporations sorry that topic gets me going ._.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 Yes in german in would sound dumb but this is with many songs the english original sounds better. Ypu´re part would then be: Country Road take me home to the place i belong. But not all german music is bad but the bad thing the from japan by modern music most loved is actually less and less made. I talk about the german versions or the german interprtations of anime openings. Just look at Inuyasha the german version sounds great with good music and text and the meaning of the text just fit´s with the story. The japanese version well i don´t really get it sounds for me more like some kind of Schlager. By the way i´m a german too and i´m not sure if Schlager es such have an english word.
sooo i got to 5 minutes of the video and have to say... i want my 5 minutes back.. thats that whakest video ive seen in long time... shocking how easily she is shocked 😂😂😂😂😂
#3 While you see the iPhone as a luxury good and associate positive things with it and their owner, I see it as an overpriced and technically behind product. Therefor my initial assumption is that the owner is not that smart until proven otherwise.
Well, for one, there's no bloatware on IPhones. I really hated those useless apps that would only eat up my storage. I also like my display to be clean and minimalistic. Like, why would I want an icon that shows that I switched off automatic downloads when I'm not connected via W-Lan? Then again, I can't take anyone serious who gets the newest iPhone OR Samsung etc just because it's new.
@@nadinerick1182 Hmm, wasn't it on the iPhone where you couldn't remove icons from the home screen? There are obviously arguments for the iPhone but picking this?
@@outlucked I juat noticed how the icon bar of a coworker was so much more crowded than mine. Like, an icon because you switched something OFF seemed ridiculous. Generally, I just like its simplicity and design. but I don't really care about any brand as such.
iOS and Android is just personal preference. Has nothing to do with being smart. I don't think it is smart to buy a phone every two years and pay 1000bucks for it. Explain to me what you mean with technically behind. I think in general germans just don't see a smartphone as a luxury item and they always want their best for their money, which is imo a really subjective topic. Because your best isn't necessarily my best.
@@moxxer22 I buy android because Apple is American, and no better than it's Asian counterpart. I also find that Apple products are "rigged" to not last as long, but are faaaar more expensive. For me Apple=rip off.
Things being expensive creates the expection/illusion of them being of higher quality. If Apple weren't that expensive, it would have no chance against Samsung and the likes, because they rely on that illusion.
@@moxxer22 These are Hardware manufacturers. Android is made by Google in the US like apple does IOS. And their Hardware manufacturer is Foxcon. A Chinese company with Samsung screens...
When I lived in Germany, we still smoked in restaurants and I picked up the habit of smoking while eating, like my German friends. Coming up on 5 years since I quit! Whew..... lol.... I'm moving back next year.
Erstens gibt es zumindest in NRW viele Tankstellen, bei denen man nur noch mit Karte an der Zapfsäule tanken kann und zweitens war ich 2003 in den USA schockiert, meine Kreditkarte in der Gas Station abgeben zu müssen, bevor ich tanken durfte und konnte mir die Karte anschließend wieder holen. Das fand ich echt schräg.
@@yoonsuckz3107 you got brainwashed by the media. its a great idea to solve things like fake news and meme stealing. just the media and people who watched it are worried about it while everyone else doesnt give a fk. very strange right?
In some as aspects thats maybe true. Look how we handle the Corona Crisis so far. Definitly better than the US. But surely there are other things where the US is "superior" or has an advantage.
Kulturschock? Wohl eher alte Vorurteile über "die Deutschen" oder "die wenauchimmer" durch neue ersetzt PS Eine Wohnung wie bei dir zu sehen kostet auch in Deutschland wesentlich mehr.... Click bait
@@mineduggery3309 Android is objectively more potent than Apple. you can get phones with similar capabilities for half the price, or you can pay the same and get a significantly better phone.
If you like to know an important reason why you have to go inside to pay at a gas station: In Germany we have pretty strickt laws about opening times of stores. Stores have to close at 20:00. Gas stations have the permit to be open 24/7 so they are convenient stores. Like most stores gas station like to have you go around and buy as much as possible.
Hi Kelly. I am from Germany and this video was very interesting for me. You wonder how open we are with things that are forbitten in the US. Let me tell you about when I first met a former colleage of mine. He came to Germany as a GI, fell in love to a German woman and when his military time was over he married her and stayed in Germany. When I first met DJ I said "Hey so you are from the land of the free.". That was his answer: "No, this here, Germany, is the land of the free. America is the land of the limited!" Greetings from Germany
I always thought it was more about shortening the duration of the tracks though I also got to know: black eyed peas - let's get it started was originally named Let's get retarded
I think this is a good example for why having radio versions of songs might not be so terrible. Mostly the non-radio versions of songs are just loaded up on profanity. Is this artistic? I guess it might be. But then using "retarded" in song lyrics, and having it play all the time, I think maybe we're better off not hearing that.
I respect your opinion, but I think in the world right now, the selective censorship of profanity is one of the most justifiable forms of limiting free speech. There are many things that it is not socially acceptable to say that are much more true and more valuable to humanity than "f***".
@@Albatrosspro1 so "there are worse instances of censorship" is an argument to perpetuate it in this instance? Don't get me wrong it's fine if you disapprove of profanity but wouldn't it be the better approach if the people taking issue with it would stop listening rather than stopping people from distributing.
Regarding the whole iPhone issue: in Germany you have quite a lot of people who are rather critical of large companies like Google (or ABC as they are now called, I think?), facebook or Apple, because of their tendency to create all-encompassing, more or less closed and proprietary systems (speaking of both hardware and/or services). This business model is frowned upon as it is seen as some kind of "digital totality", which in itself carries the seed of a potential "digital totalitarianism", as in big companies watching, evaluating and in the end controlling every one of our digital footsteps. But you are also right in your vid, as often people state that they think that iPhones are "form over function" stuff that only works well because of the closed, proprietary nature of the Apple/iOS world, while being way overpriced when looked at as a simple piece of technology. People who prefer using Apple products are often refered to as "Apple disciples", meaning that they are drivenby some digital lifestyle cult instead of rational consideration.
2) You just went to restaurants with peculiar guests. 3) You have a peculiar group of friends. My friends would ask you for your number and would just look if you used e.g. Threema. 4) Paying at the pump exists, especially for remote stations. Your guess is right: forcing people to pay inside increases revenue. Funny video. Stay some more years, you'll find even weirder things ;)
Naja für uns ja, aber wir leben ja auch in dieser Kultur. Sie nimmt das natürlich anders war ^^ Auch wenn ich dir bei einigen Punkten recht geben muss, zb das mit dem Tanken hat mich auch überrascht das sie das so bemerkenswert fand oder das mit den Handys. Aber wie gesagt sie als Amerikanerin nimmt das natürlich anders war :D
@@peterjungmann6057 im Schitzelkönig machen wir das tatsächlich auch, die Portionen sind so riesig, da braucht man eine Pause.. aber wir gehen in zwei Gruppen, es ist also immer jemand am Tisch
@@jank.906 Natürlich pauschalisiert sie in dem Video - ganz bewusst. Und sie geht davon aus, dass ihre Zuschauer wissen, dass sie pauschalisiert - weil es einfach leichter ist, so darüber zu reden, als alle zwei Sekunden zu erwähnen, dass das ja nur ihre ganz persönlichen Erfahrungen sind und es natürlich nicht auf jeden einzelnen Deutschen zutrifft. Denn so, wie ich Kelly einschätze, hält sie ihre Zuschauer eben nicht für dumm - das wird ihr hier offenbar zum Verhängnis.
One thing i dont like in Apple (i have mini mac) is that they want my credit card info , to me to be able to load FREE upgrades to their apps , that they provided with this computer. OP and browser are free and easy to update but rest , what are they thinking ? Oh hey , i have this its FREE , but first i need your credit card info before i give it to you ... sounds like a scam . Also iPhone aint nothing but trouble , running extremely hot , short battery life and winter , iPhone does not seem to like it at all ... then again its still best selling Nokia model.
@@pete_lind I've been using Apple products for a long time now, both computers and iPhones, and I never had to enter any credit card info to download any updates, or for anything else for that matter. I don't even have a credit card. O.o
Berlin is by far not the most expensive place to live. Munich and Hamburg are much more expensive. That's because Berlin is not that important economically. That is something special about Germany
i promise you, regardless of the city, my point remains the same - rent in germany is cheaper than what i expected. i expected the types of prices you see in switzerland. does that clarify it better?
@@Kellydoesherthing living in Hamburg Altona, or Munich Grünewald or Stuttgart Killesberg is horrendous. If you compare square meter prices to Dc its actually a bit cheaper but not cheap by any means.
Hi guys, an explanation for the set up of a German gas station. The gas in Germany is taxed very high and the station owner only makes a something like 2 ct of profit per sold liter of gas. For that reason each station is set up as a kind of convenient store. So the sales of the products in the store generate the majority its profit. Now you can guess whey there is no option to pay at the pump and drive off.
I think you got that wrong with the luxury stuff. In germany and europe its just more common to care about the quality and the Features than the Name Apple or something else. Just compare the Interior of european cars with American cars than you see the big quality difference and why we dont have many American cars 🤷♂️
Ford makes really good cars (nowdays), Yes they Don't have the Most expensive interiours, but are usually cheaper than comparatively equiped VW's or Skoda's. And VW just builds crap, i seriously can't get into my head how someone can build something so horribly Bad to repair.
@@sinthoras1306 Thats true, but every car sucks to repair today. I really like Ford for their pricing and the new Focus is really good but i always have to say if you take a look, as you mentioned, on VW (and i really don't like VW) the overall quality is just higher (not in every car of them for sure) and the infotainment is really good. My company Car is a Ford Mondeo and its nice that i can use Android Auto/Car but if i want to connect my company phone at the same time there's no chance to do it while in a VW i can connect 3 Phones or more while using Android Auto/Car. just little things like that :D
8:11 Here in Brazil we don't even leave the car to pay (yes, even with cash). We pay to the gas station employee (which also pumps) from the car window.
The reason why we don’t want people to pay at the pump is that the margin on gas is still low. When they are in the shop there is a chance they buy a snack or drink on an impulse which have rather high profit margins. Most stations could not survive on gas sales alone
smokers don’t have a smoke break during dinner/lunch but after and/or before...... never seen a smoker having one while still having food on the plate 🤔🤷🏻♀️
To me, as a german, "fuck" does not feel as strong as our german analogue. Perhaps it is because one can never really understand how this word is received by a native speaker. To me, it is basically a "light" version, perhaps even a real german word with its own meaning by now. We use our own "native" word a lot more sparingly (as demonstrated by the fact that i dont even write it here ;-) ). It feels like that we somehow managed to find a way to still say this word, without saying it.
"Fuck" ist in Deutschland eher weniger benutzt, da unsere Art von Schimpfwörtern eher auf Kot fokussiert ist. In Amerika ist es eher sexuell gerichtet z.B. "dickhead"
ja das liegt an unserem anderen Fokus von Tabus. Bei uns ist Sex normal, aber Scheiße ist schmutzig, also haben viele Schimpfwörter mit scheisse oder Ärschen zu tun.
You're right, "fuck" serves as a kind of everyday swear word in German, at least to me. Whenever I (or another person) mess/-es something up (badly) I'm like "oooh fuck." When I'm kinda surprised but angry I say "feck!" like when I tried something in a video game and it didn't work. When a friend tells me a sad story I often go like "fuuuuck..." If a machine doesn't work as I want it to I am like "FVCKING SCHEISS *add a Gerät in there (PC! Handy!) MACH WAS DU SOLLST!" and sometimes even add a "for feck's sake" to it. Edit: ich weiß auch nicht, warum ich den Kommentar auf englisch schrieb.. wahrscheinlich, um meinen Standpunkt auch auf englisch vertreten zu können :D
I remember an interview of a popular rock band after a world tour (don't remember which band it was, sry). They were asked if there were differences between fans in the different countries, certain habits that were more or less typical for those regions. They mentioned all kind of things, but one thing I still remember is what they said about German fans. They told the reporter that the German fans knew every single song by heart not just the refrain like most fans but everything and that they would sing along for the whole duration of the concert.
I'm from Germany, and it's totally normal that German people know nearly all of the song lyrics, which is playd on the radio (not with all songs but most of them) Greetings from Germany ❤ PS: Sry for my English, I'm only 13 and l learn it at school
@@bernhardhanke3724 i would much rather say, that if they are a fan of an artist, or if they like a specific song, they know most lyrics of it, usually :)
Yeah I agree, I also can admit that I am like this too. I have been to 3 concerts in my life (all in 1 year) and I permanently sang along Also if I am just listening to music I know the lyrics of nearly every song.
I heard that several times. As far as I can recall, it were Runrig, R.E.M., Radiohead, Muse and Metallica. I think Thome Yorke was particularly irritated by this. I seem to remember hearing James Hetfield say, he had a sore throat the other night, but nobody in the audience noticed it, because they were all singing along anyway. Michael Stipe said in an interview that the German audience usually knew the words to “It's The End of The World” better than he did.
The gas station thing is the same in a lot of countries; It's the business model; the people who run the gas stations dont make much or any money from fuel sales and just use them to get potential customers into what is essentially a convenience store. I think the fuel companies pay the capital costs or lease the floor space or something. If you go to a supermarket which sells fuel this doesn't apply, so you can pay at the pump.
I spent a couple of weeks in Bavaria back in the late 1990s and the biggest culture shock for me was buying a beer from a vending machine right off the street.
Brothels are legal, because that was the best way to stop exploitation. Sex-workers, as we call them, get access to special medical monitoring, get social care and in return pay taxes. They can sue costumers and get statutory help in case of exploitation. So - no pimps, all the money goes directly to the worker. That all may seem disreputable, but you simply has to face the facts, that you can't thwart prostitution. And i think this typical german, to have a legal practical framework even for things, everyone else would rather like to vilify and in consequence scrap from the political agenda .
Eh, it's not like it's really working to protect prostitutes. There's a reason Germany is called the brothel of Europe. Exploitation is still very real. Including human trafficking for sex work. Just banning it won't work, as the US shows, but the way we regulate prostitution isn't working out so well either. We need a better system still.
All that aside, why should prostitution even be illegal? A crime is any act that damages another person or the general public. With prostitution, nobody is harmed. Moral outrage is not a good reason to outlaw something. It's the same logic why gay sex should not be illegal.
There is no perfect solution, especially when the subject of matter is already a moral offside to start with. Legalizing prostitution was a delicate matter here in germany, and we did a very rational approach. In the end the pros beat moral objections. That germany became the brothel of europe is follow-up, that also has it pros and cons. With a legal status and a protective framework sex-work became lucrative for foreign nationals. On the first glance this may look like a failure, but basically this has drained women exploitation beyond our borders. I have just read in the Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Germany) that you even may get visas for sex-working. Summarized, we did a very sensible approach to a scorned subject, and it had an impact how other countries see us. But i see it as walking an high road out of pure reasoning. And that's why i like it as part of the german culture.
There may not be a pimp, but usually prostitutes have to rent their room for - the one site I checked out - a pretty hefty daily or weekly sum. But I guess it's better that way than having to work a street corner.
@@flashnfantasy As far as I know, female and male prostitution has always been legal in post-war West Germany. There were alterations over the years concerning its status, tax and welfare implications, but not its legality as such. The only kind of prostitution being illegal was male to male, and that was legalised at the same time gay sex became legal in 1969.
I love the fact that songs are played on the radio here with all the language included. In fact, the station I listen to most, comes out Austria. Many of the DJs are native English speakers, Canadian, Irish, Brit, American, etc. You can tell that the North American folks in particular relish the opportunity to use real language. It's not just the songs. They don't abuse that privilege, but it's quite apparent they enjoy the freedom.....
The main reason for android over iPhone are the many more options. How can this even be a question?! It's not the price, it's that you can extent your storage if you want, save things on the phone and not only in the cloud, use all kinds of headphones etc.
Well, I'm a german who moved to the US and paying right at the gas pump for your gas was sort of a reverse culture shock for me XD Ok, more like it was part of the culture shock. I think the main reason for the US having to make it as efficient and quick as possible is that cars have a more prominent role in the US. Of course in germany most people own a car and there is quite a lot of traffic, but there are also a lot of people still using public transportation, which is not really an option in most places in the US, especially outside the cities, mostly because of how far everything is spread out. So I think Germany has less need for being being able to do everything from your car, because cars overall have a different value. I for example had a drivers license ever since I was able to get one, but I never had a car in Germany, because I was able to get everywhere by train, bus or on foot. I considered a car a waste of space and money, because I was able to do without one just fine and I lived in a small town as well as a city in germany. Since I moved to the US I can't really do without a car anymore, I wouldn't be able to get anywhere really. Just my 2 cents on the matter...
I completely agree with your reasoning. I’m just thinking of the insanity that would ensue at US gas stations if everyone had to go inside and pay. The lines would be insanely long haha
I have been living in Germany since 1996. I pay 65% income tax, 19% sales tax, GEZ Television and Radio tax which is mandatory, etc... how the hell can you say everything here is cheap?
If you honestly pay 65% income tax you should contact a tax consultant. If you ever come to visit a U.S. super market you will understand why she feels that products in GER are cheaper. In addition she made the point in the beginning of the vid that an unbiased comparision isn't possible for her.
Hello John, I am a German resident and familiar with our tax and social security system. That ist why I know that you will never pay 65% taxes since the max tax rate is 42% only to be paid for the income exceeding apprx. 55k€ per year. She may count her payments to our social security system ( uneployment insurance, Rent insurance) which must not be included into the average tax rate because it's not a tax.. I also think although the overall contribution is high it's not nothing WE are receiving from IT acitvely or passively. But I agree with you in the way that sometimes I'd like starting to cry looking on my pay slip...
To point 2: i am Austrian and Non smoker, and i totally understand what you mean about people interrupting their meal to have a smoke outside! This is so stupid and I hate people doing this everytime! Had a lot vacations in the US, and there you gotta search for people who smoke over there... and here youre like an Alien, when you dont go outside with them, because you dont smoke.
There are some gas stations were you can pay at the pump. But they are rare. And in Germany the people at the gas station make the most money with the shop, not with the fuel, so they want you to come in and buy some other stuff too. The money from the gas goes to the big company behind the station like Shell or Aral, or what ever and in form of taxes to the government.
7:27 I don't really understand how it is a "culture shock" that you have to walk 30 sec into the gas station to pay 😅 Also the thing with the Android mobiles is not really something which you can call a culture shock 😅
Actually, I think not paying at the pump has nothing to do with customers' needs but rather with the shop operators. Gas stations usually don't make much money by selling gas (their prices are dictated by the oil companies), but rather with the shop attached to the gas station. So they require drivers to come inside in the hope of them buying something in the store.
Yes, new cars are sold cheaper in the US, even German cars are sold cheaper in the US. Same with brand clothing. I bet she just sees them cheaper here because used cars lose their value very fast in Germany, and we have many no name clothes which are very cheap.
@@maythesciencebewithyou the reason german cars are sold cheaper, is because the quality isn´t the same. german cars made for the us market mostly have poor quality
@@gardenjoy5223 Well but then it's a very shitty tshirt. Even the 5 to 7 euro tshirts in c&a or h&m stores have to be replaced in one to two years. You get high quality shirts from about 10 euros.
@@tschesny Since the fashion is different next year, my daughter doesn't care it doesn't last too long. Two years is tops for any T-Shirt, no matter what the quality.
In Germany, there is a bakery in every neighborhood, where you can get real bread, while in the US, you have to eat synthetic bread made out of genetically modified wheat, to which corn syrup has been added.
I pay in Frankfurt about 15 €/m² that's in Frankfurt like really cheap ! Saw Even Apartmens for about 30 €/m² Where have you lived in Germany ? Would like to move there
i lived in Mainz, not far from Frankfurt ;) and i think maybe i just didn't explain my point well so let me put it this way - i expected the rent prices in germany to be the sort of rent prices you see in switzerland.
Kelly does her thing I see well than it’s kind a cheap And compared to the other Germans I agree mostly with the rest you are saying You have a great eye for details because you realise things about Germans that the most strangers wouldn’t Thank you for your videos
I have never in my life seen smoke breaks either… the "no smoking in restaurants" is a pretty new development (I heartily approve though). Well, from a 50+ year view anyway.
@@DropkickNation Es ist nunmal so, dass Samsung weniger kostet, und genau soviel leistet wie ein Iphone. Wenn du ein Iphone kaufst, bezahlst du eigentlich nicht für Leistung, sondern für den Namen.
The smoke brake thing: It's due to a law no longer being allowed to smoke in clubs/bars. That ten people leave for a smoke break doesn't mean that they are all (or even the majority) smokers, BTW. It's just more social if the entire group does this together.
the wall-in provides a sane level of app quality and security. whereas Google has completely lost control of that. as a consequence Google has to do a restart of Android.
My reason for having Android was the walled garden of Apple. Developers have to pay a lot to be able to develop for it, Mac only! There are several grass-roots apps indispensable for me, which are just not available for iOS.
@@AdrianoCROST I was a loyal to Apple for 8 years and it honestly wasn't that fast now that I'm looking back, I switched to Android recently from an iPhone 10 to a Samsung S9, Android is alot faster imo, I also experienced a better quality on videos and camera, and I have a headphone jack finally lol. Now it may just be that Samsung is overall better and faster than apple(In my experience from switching), but i can't speak for other android companies, but Android does update their hardware alot more frequently compared to Apple which is probably why I experience much higher performance from my Samsung phone. Apple used to be good, but it just kinda has fallen in terms of quality over the years. If apple does catch up, I would be happy to switch back again. Edit: I don't get your statement about android just being an OS, iPhone is also an OS. OS means operating system, the iOS just means the operating system is apple.
both Android and iOS have their points. I actually have both, being a Unix nerd, I was happy to finally see Linux based portables after so many false starts. the difference and in the case of Android, the problem, is the exosystem. The walled garden, if you like.Where Apple kept the garden neat and tidy, but would not cater to absolutely every tree or fruit taste, Google over the years simply lost control. the one Android garden does not exist, every manufacturer has its own, that still is connected to the main garden, but grows additional strange fruit (manufacturer specific apps and services). if you look closely, you‘ll find that Samsung locks you in just as Apple does. and every manufacturer has its own maintenance and release policy. I have 5 android tabs and only one of them can be updated to a sufficiently recent version of Android... meaning most of my devices are not sufficiently maintained to be safe to use with personal or otherwise sensitive data. Apple otoh normally gives you relevant udates rather quickly, but if you’re device is over 5 years old, you will. not receive the latest OS, often because the hardware has moved on. so, if walled garden, it has to be one that is kept. And yes, Android is a walled garden, too. The main difference is that Google doesn‘t exert the necessary control to make manufacturers keep their OS releases in line and secure, and allows Chinese Gardens where you really can‘t be sure if the Duck with Flied Lies is fresh and that the Lychees aren’t bugged.
And if you compare that, you'd realize that we in Germany are better off than the US. Wisdom teeth removal costs nothing Bc of insurance. Google how much the removal is in the US 😂 😂
Yes, and also additional to the taxes: There are cheap prices, for example for food, because we have one of the biggest low income sectors in Europe, when it comes to employment (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uxs0asqdSAk.html). Now this also explains why the rents are high and getting higher from the (average) German's point of view, because they spend like 30 to 70 % of their income for these rents! Speaking for food prices there is not also overproduction ( a surplus in agricultural products, like in many "highly developed" countries with highly industrial agriculture ), but also cartell-like / monopolistic strutures in the companies owning the ruling supermarket and discounter chains, so they just can make up these prices and have the power to force these low prices on the local farmers, as well as affecting the income of the agricultural workers through it. Those are mainly from Romania and fewer and fewer from Poland ( who don't get "Mindestlohn" - minimum wage, but it's speial arrangement in the law that the farmers are allowed to pay under minimum wage and only must rise it slowy ever year to reach that wage somewhen next decade ). This power also affects the prices of imported food as well, mainly from Spain / Italy when it comes to vegetables, where the working conditions of migrants from mainly Africa are much worse and almost slave-like. To some degree the supermarket companies can use the cheap (vegetable) imports of these countries to increase pressure on local (conventional) farmers. Cheap imports, -> because the environment is destroyed (water crisis in Almería, Spain, external costs that are not included in the food prices for the consumer in Germany), and, -> because the workers are cheap(er) there. And in many cases THE MAFIA enforces these working situations there ( threatening workers and organising illegal immigration). Is it the same in the USA with Mexico and the Mexicans? However, WELCOME TO EUROPE. ZEIT: " Erntehelfer: Sie wollen hier nicht mehr arbeiten" www.zeit.de/arbeit/2018-07/erntehelfer-saisonkraefte-mangel-landwirtschaft-agrarbereich ARD: "Europas dreckige Ernte": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j7LclQRn3lg.html The Guardian: "Salad slaves: Who really provides our vegetables." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oZl1eBU4Qx0.html " Moderne Sklaverei - in den Gewächshäusern der spanischen Provinz Almería/ Spanien" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bB-ekTZUpPU.html
@@Asehhar what are you talking about? "Costs nothing" ? What do you think you're paying monthly if not for your health insurance? And your employer is paying the other half? Think an average monthly payment to a German health insurance is around 500€? Correct me if I'm totally wrong there, but that doesn't sound like nothing to me. Considering you have only 4 wisdom teeth, I'd say the removal is paid for tenfold in the time that you don't use the insurance. It's a very common mistake that other people make, thinking our social system is for free. Nothing in germany is for free, not even death as it costs your life (common german saying).
@@danielagalic2959 wtf are YOU talking about? First it cost you 400€ and only after you're 26 AND not a student. Second almost everything is covered in these 400€ from wisdom teeth removal to chemo therapy. Our life quality is way better than the US Bc we use our taxes to help each other out (social market, Bafög, harz IV, children money and much more). And if you end up poor, homeless or unemployed you won't live on the streets, the government takes care of you
@@Asehhar exactly what I'm saying. You pay taxes for all of that in case you didn't know it. It's called social insurance. Americans can choose to pay those too. Nobody is saying that they can't have a great health insurance for 400€ a month. And I'm pretty sure for that price it would cover hospital and all their ails too. You completely miss the point here. They don't pay those things, hence they don't get them. It's not for free. And let me tell you that the german child care isn't free either. Your kindergarten and after school care all costs additional money. It's an annual amount that's low enough for the kindergarten alright, but I had to pay 250€ a month for my son and his after school care in germany because I worked fulltime and German elementary schools finish at 12pm. And it's 26 in case you keep on studying. If you start work at 18 then you pay from then on.
about the gas thing^^ In Germay (i believe due to taxation) if you own and operate a gas station you make the majority of your profit with all other items but the gas itself. Meaning you basicly earn nothing with selling just gas, your profit depends on all the other convenience store items (drinks, food, sweets etc) And getting people to buy those when they do not have to enter the gas station building is pretty hard ;)
The gasstation point: we like paying with cash, we like face to face paying. we love going in the gasstation and getting some snacks and saying Hi to the cashier
Oh my god, when your friend came in and gave you the coffee, your voice was suddenly so enjoyable, pleasant and soft. To us you are almost screaming as if you were afraid that we could miss something.
#3: The popularity of the iPhone in the USA is probably also because it's seen as a more American phone than Android which is often associated with Samsung. Also, Apple invests huge amounts of money into advertising and marketing which is way more prominent in the USA. Also, Germans seem to be more interested in open software platforms and against the closed system of Apple's iOS and its iTunes store. I can't really see an iPhone as more of a luxury item than a similarly capable Android phone, even though the iPhones are typically much more expensive. Probably that was true seven or more years ago, but not in recent years.
Agreed. Of course, low price can be an advantage, but I usually do an extensive research before buying a new phone as I want to get 1. the biggest bang for the buck and 2. the best feature set with regard to my requirements and usage profile. Never in my research the iPhone offered any USP I really wanted. (+ No adapters needed. :D)
Why the heck should iPhones be so popular in Germany as they are in the US? I don’t see any reasonable reason for that. Apple is obviously an American brand, Americans buy American phones and cars, like Germans buy German washing machines and cars, French buy French cars, Italians buy Italian cars.. why should this be that surprising?
@@GlenDevan1970 well, android is made by Google. So, it's American. If we are talking about hardware, iPhones are pretty Asian, too. They are build by Foxconn, which is as non-American as a company can be.
As a german I have never experienced any of those smoking breaks during meals anywhere and I've even worked as a waiter before ... I'm pretty sure the places I eat at wouldn't just let everyone from the table get up and leave either without paying. That sounds super random to me and germans would be the first to frown upon such rude behaviour, if it were a common thing to happen. Also I don't smoke and I rarely know anyone who does.
I use Android because it integrates better with all my other devices. I'm running Linux and Windows computers and I don't want to use iTunes or any other software by Apple just to connect my devices. I'll always opt for the open platform if I get to chose and don't lose any vital feature by doing so. To me Apple seems to have great stuff - but I don't want to exclusively marry into that brand just for the sake of compatibility. Linux and Microsoft don't care where you install their OS - but for OSX you'll have to buy Apple? Keep it then. Plus I prefer stuff that I can tinker with myself - root it, change it, develop my own stuff for it on any device I chose to use and with any IDE I prefer - not being bound to some Apple SDK and their license restrictions. Of course the price is part of this too - I don't see the point in paying three or more times the money for a device that does less for me. Final reason: I don't really like their design that much and they only have "this one product line" - there is so much more diversity with Android devices, so I can find something that really suits me. To get cocky: yeah, Android scores higher in Germany - because we compare before we buy and we don't care about how much money someone else _thinks_ we have :p
I was born in Germany and just recently went back. I’m now making plans to move there in a short few years. I love Europe. Everything about it. I’m not saying I don’t love the U.S but I’m exhausted with this country.
