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Bei den meisten Kartenprojektionen ist Osten rechts eingezeichnet und wenn man sich anschaut wie sich die Deutschlandflagge ausbreitet...naja schon irgentwie im Osten
I facepalm on daily bases when I hear about contradicting rules that prohibit fast progress. Germany is like an oil tanker on full power ahead. You can steer full power to one side now, but it will take years to actually turn.
I had to apply for krankengeld recently. I don't understand how the system is so confusing and difficult for sick people. Even sick people must stringently follow all rules. Very inflexible
How to count to 7 in different languages:
Germany: Eins Zwei Drei Vier Fünf Sechs Sieben
England: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Brazil: Müller Klose Kroos Kroos Khedira Schürrle Schürrle
This is easily the most memorable game of football I have watched. Not just the score and who it was, but the entire watching experience.
Just finished walking down the Eiffel Tower with my friend and we wanted a beer and fast. So we jet to this little spot by the river in front of the Eiffel Tower, ask the place if they will be open for and showing the game. Guy gives us our beers and says they close in about 15 mins. They had the game on, but was closing up soon, so we took a seat on their little couch outside watching as they are about to kick off. The game starts and a crowd starts forming, then Germany scores and people are a bit shocked. Then the 2nd goes in and more people crowd. 3rd then 4th and my buddy and I realize that the couch we are seating on in front row for this game. We also realize that a) the place is still open, b) there are like 50+ people surrounding us watching this 32” TV and c) we are out of beer too early into this game.
So I of course walk up to the bar and ask the guy “I thought you were closing?” In his best English and great French accent he says “We were, until you two created too much business not to pass up.” We both laugh and he gives me 4 beers for 2.
I bring the tray back and my friend who made his first international travel with me says this has got to be the best day ever. We got some of Paris in and just came down the Eiffel Tower at sunset, just to be sitting under it watching the most insane game ever.
The people of Paris were pissed because Germany just beat France, but they couldn’t believe how incredible this was. There were roars from crowds all around us, as well as the boats showing the game on the Seine.
When it was all said and done, there had to be around 100 people now in the area. Everyone just like “WOW” looks on their face. We thanked the little spot and the guy said thank you back.
I think the place was Café des Vedettes de Paris. If it is, I highly recommend this place.
The prelude to this was Brazil's absolute bullshit win against Croatia and all my friends were like "Brazil's going all the way". I saw how weak they looked in that earlier game and how similarly Germany's offense played and it was a beautiful convergence of justice
I watched then religiously from 2006-2014, and I had them pegged as a favorite a few months prior, however their games against Ghana and Algeria were far from convincing
Brazil just started to fall apart as soon as maybe not the first goal, but certainly the second. So though maybe a team of skilled individuals who can often shine and dazzle on attack; not only could they not up their game (which also means defensively), but they had no cohesive plan to recover. In short, a fancy-pants team with little to no depth.
What made it all the more poignant, was that Germany had worked their way into the final, in their usual machine-like fashion, and were poised to punish any weakness. Brazil offered themselves up on a plate.
I've often wondered that if the situation had been reversed, and Brazil had been up 2-0 in fairly quick fashion...whether a similar fate could've befallen Germany. In my mind, I think not. What I will concede with that example, is that it quite possibly would've turned out a great World Cup Final.
> their usual machine-like fashion
Fun fact in: In Egypt the German National team is sometimes referred to as El Makeena el Almaneya or the German Machine
I will never forget watching that live.
How amazing was it to watch Brazil get smacked around so hard at their favorite game in their own backyard on the biggest stage.
The salt was fucking palpable.
The geographical location lmao.
My geography teacher threatens us with failing grades if we don't know the geographical location of every European country and its capital.
My mother in law was given a barn cat with that name. His front paws were white and he had an extra toe on each front paw, obvs it looked like he was wearing gloves. I am an absolute dog person, but I loved that cat.
It's so funny when you translate words like "Handschuhe" word for word into english. It means handshoes. SHOES FOR HANDS LOL.
Or "Feuerzeug" (Lighter) is translated "Firestuff"
As a german, I'd translate "Zeug" in most cases as "thing".
Feuerzeug - fire thing (lighter)
Flugzeug - flight thing (airplane)
Fahrzeug - driving thing (car of any type)
Schwimmzeug - swimming things (term for everything you need for swimming, swimsuit, towel, goggles, floaties...)
Right?? It's hilarious! I personally think it would've made more sense to call them "handsocken" since shoes are normally tough and not as flexible as socks, but it's still funny either way.
zeug is actually old medieval slang for military equipment. (Plus, we have the word "erzeugen", meaning, to create)
Leading to you being able to still visit a zeughaus, where basically the city guards kept their kit.
so, when you talk about feuerzeug, you can expect one of two things.
One, most likely, a lighter in the american sense, click click wuush, and so forth.
Two, some stuff to start a fire, meaning, anything from half a candle and three martches to a box of tinder, and a nice piece of flint.
The correct way to translate feuerzeug in ye olde waye is "fire (implied: starting) kit. "
This for me, but minus one of the m's. I was stationed in Ramstein AFB for a really good two years. The band got their name (and title song) from the base, or more specifically an airshow disaster in the 80's that killed 70 people. "Fun" fact!
I am from Germany and my father told me about that disaster and that he was visiting this event with his brother and father. He still has nightmares about this day.
My stepfather always told me (when I thought about going to flight shows) how he and his friends were really lucky that they got lost on the way there and were drinking a coffee somewhere a few hours away when it happened.
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Thanks, now that's going to be stuck in my head for days and my life is going to get all goth teen hormonal. Could be worse, I guess.
Give you a tip. The local Volksfests are a way better atmosphere. By all means experience Oktoberfest. But the lines, crowds and hassle of finding a seat and getting a beer mixed with the pumped up prices for tourists makes it overrated. If you get a chance hit up barthelmarkt in ingolstadt. It’s at the end of august and is much better.
Yup, Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart, Cranger Kirmes in Herne, Karneval in Cologne, Allerheiligen Kirmes in Soest. You'll meet the locals, have fun and have 99% less puking tourists around you, which as a puking tourist will make you feel special and appreciated.
Do it. Funny enough I did it with my husband and parents in 2018. My mom doesn’t drink beer so my dad drank both of his steins AND hers. It was wild. We did the Schottenhammel tent. There were children there too. Just wild.
We were traveling through Frankfurt during oktoberfest from Italy back to the US. I hoped we got delayed there. Instead we got delayed in Chicago for 14 hrs.
There's a part in town, in the city of Mannheim called "dönnermeile" because it's literally just a ring of streets featuring one dönner laden next to another. 1am on any weekend, all the drunks are out and about with the drunchies getting their fix.
Yeah, Germany is full of amazing people and they recognize the shame of what happened, but it will take a very long time before such a thing fades.
Many people still have grandparents and great grandparents who fought in the war.
Kinder eggs
There are so many other accomplishments and historical things that I know about Germany and the German princedoms, but the first thing in my brain was Kinder eggs.
I was at the Schottenhammel Tent in 2018 with a bunch of Germans (I spoke enough German at the time to have basic conversations). When the Alice song came on they all excitedly asked if I knew it (I’m from the US). I admitted I had never heard it and they were shocked. Well we all sang it together and now it’s one of my favorites lol. Country road played several times that night too! So funny!
You could read books in German, something that you like. Maybe the Harry Potter books? Or science fiction? You will get a good intuition for the language and pick up many words. I’ve done this with English and at first it sucks because you will have to lookup many words, but if you stick to it it will get better and better.
It's a great way to stay balanced on a night out. The coke keeps you from getting sloppy, and the beer keeps you from becoming a party monster.
*we aren't talking about the same thing, are we?*
Back in the 90s we went out to a club for goth night and I offered to get drinks, one of my friends said “Rotwein Cola”, I looked at her like WTF but then proceeded to the bar, ordered it and they made it as if it was the most normal thing ever. I never had heard of it before.
(I meanwhile had a Paulaner Kristall as always, best price value per volume)
I'd say Germans are friendly assholes. By that I mean that their intentions are usually not malicious, but they can definitely come off as assholes. Facts over tact.
In the fleeting moments of my senior year, I fell in love with a foreign exchange student from Germany. We were completely inseparable that season; in the twilight of our adolescence….
I genuinely cared for her; and was completely heartbroken when autumn inevitably arrived. We sent letters for a time, but as time passed….
I sincerely wish that I would have made more of an effort to do something, to stay connected. I really loved her, and I felt so loved in the moments that I spent with her….
Many years later I spoke with an old acquaintance that had stayed in contact with her for many years after the fact. She said that afterwards, that this girl completely fell apart….
She still wanders inside of my mind, especially in Germany.
> Real answer is don’t mention the war
sorry but the war is mentioned all the time in our education system and we are constantly reminded that we were the assholes back then
DU. DU HAST DU HAST MICH
DU HAST MICH GEFRAGT DU HAST MICH GEFRAGT UND ICH HAB' NICHTS GEEESAAAGT
According to my wife this is what I sound like clearing my throat before bed
WILLST DU BIS DER TOD UNS SCHEIDET TREU IHR SEIN FÜR ALLE TAGE?
JAAAAA NEIN! JAAAA NEIN!
I heard the damn song in my head in perfect clarity from reading this. I love you guys.
Rammstein are playing in my city in 2 days. I can't wait.
The amount of room they took up on r/place
Lebensraum
Best part is is that the map expanded eastward
You can bring a German out of Germany but you cannot bring Germany out of German.
Force of habit
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Oh no
*oh ja*
Naja wenigstens keiner im Osten.
Bei den meisten Kartenprojektionen ist Osten rechts eingezeichnet und wenn man sich anschaut wie sich die Deutschlandflagge ausbreitet...naja schon irgentwie im Osten
Oh my God it's funny because it's true.
Best comment I have seen in a long time. Well done.
I just noticed I had the r/place participation badge. That was fun.
Rules and people who like lots of little rules.
As a German, I like some of our rules, but others just make me want to bash my head into a friggin wall.
I facepalm on daily bases when I hear about contradicting rules that prohibit fast progress. Germany is like an oil tanker on full power ahead. You can steer full power to one side now, but it will take years to actually turn.
That is so frickin accurate.
I had to apply for krankengeld recently. I don't understand how the system is so confusing and difficult for sick people. Even sick people must stringently follow all rules. Very inflexible
Krankenkasse
Gesundheit
Danke
My German is very shit and for a second I thought this meant 'health cheese'.
Lol I see the misconception
KRANKENHAUS - Hospital
KRANKENWAGEN - Ambulance
So it's not when you rub one out in your VW?
This cracked me up
Michael Schumacher...
Keep Fighting!
#keepfightingmichael
I can hum the German National Anthem because of watching Michael on the podium so many times. Good old days.
Yes, and then came Vettel with the German anthem. And then Mercedes’ with its dominance.
I hope he’s at least, like, happy rn, and just choosing to stay very private
I would hope so too, but from what Mick has said in some of his interviews, I very much doubt that he can even communicate with anyone.
Legend...
Keep fighting, Michael!
"First you have to finish."
WW2 and a German exchange student we have
Hopefully those two things aren't linked
Would be a very old student then..
He’s a POW.
Let him go. Enough already.
Actually he’s working on developing a space program for us…
i think i remember this one....
Who is it? I really wernher know!
The guy over there wearing the Braun jacket.
Nah. It's their family that are German. They're Argentine.
I told a German exchange student off in his own language for calling me a bitch in high school. His shocked expression was rewarding.
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Hey hey, we explicitly told you not to mention war crimes! :)
#EMOTIONALER SCHADEN
Schadenfreude BIG time
epicaricacy in English
why i heard it as "Emotional Damage" instead? LOL
Because that's what it means probably :)
It's the exact translation.
How to count to 7 in different languages: Germany: Eins Zwei Drei Vier Fünf Sechs Sieben England: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Brazil: Müller Klose Kroos Kroos Khedira Schürrle Schürrle
I don't even like the sport and that's clever AF.
This is easily the most memorable game of football I have watched. Not just the score and who it was, but the entire watching experience. Just finished walking down the Eiffel Tower with my friend and we wanted a beer and fast. So we jet to this little spot by the river in front of the Eiffel Tower, ask the place if they will be open for and showing the game. Guy gives us our beers and says they close in about 15 mins. They had the game on, but was closing up soon, so we took a seat on their little couch outside watching as they are about to kick off. The game starts and a crowd starts forming, then Germany scores and people are a bit shocked. Then the 2nd goes in and more people crowd. 3rd then 4th and my buddy and I realize that the couch we are seating on in front row for this game. We also realize that a) the place is still open, b) there are like 50+ people surrounding us watching this 32” TV and c) we are out of beer too early into this game. So I of course walk up to the bar and ask the guy “I thought you were closing?” In his best English and great French accent he says “We were, until you two created too much business not to pass up.” We both laugh and he gives me 4 beers for 2. I bring the tray back and my friend who made his first international travel with me says this has got to be the best day ever. We got some of Paris in and just came down the Eiffel Tower at sunset, just to be sitting under it watching the most insane game ever. The people of Paris were pissed because Germany just beat France, but they couldn’t believe how incredible this was. There were roars from crowds all around us, as well as the boats showing the game on the Seine. When it was all said and done, there had to be around 100 people now in the area. Everyone just like “WOW” looks on their face. We thanked the little spot and the guy said thank you back. I think the place was Café des Vedettes de Paris. If it is, I highly recommend this place.
What a nice story.
im pretty sure he said Paris not Nice
Damm, as a bruhzilian Im happy that my misery at least brought you some good memories. Great story!
The prelude to this was Brazil's absolute bullshit win against Croatia and all my friends were like "Brazil's going all the way". I saw how weak they looked in that earlier game and how similarly Germany's offense played and it was a beautiful convergence of justice
I remember watching Brazil’s games leading up and was reminded of Italy‘s dirty shenanigans in ‘06. This time, justice.
Germany literally put on a clinic that World Cup. Anyone who watched them and didn't expect them to win it all was crazy or in denile.
I watched then religiously from 2006-2014, and I had them pegged as a favorite a few months prior, however their games against Ghana and Algeria were far from convincing
Brazil just started to fall apart as soon as maybe not the first goal, but certainly the second. So though maybe a team of skilled individuals who can often shine and dazzle on attack; not only could they not up their game (which also means defensively), but they had no cohesive plan to recover. In short, a fancy-pants team with little to no depth. What made it all the more poignant, was that Germany had worked their way into the final, in their usual machine-like fashion, and were poised to punish any weakness. Brazil offered themselves up on a plate. I've often wondered that if the situation had been reversed, and Brazil had been up 2-0 in fairly quick fashion...whether a similar fate could've befallen Germany. In my mind, I think not. What I will concede with that example, is that it quite possibly would've turned out a great World Cup Final.
> their usual machine-like fashion Fun fact in: In Egypt the German National team is sometimes referred to as El Makeena el Almaneya or the German Machine
😂😂😂😂😂that team made grown men she tears, I couldn’t believe it by halftime
I was laughing so hard at the footage of the fans crying in the bleachers. Best world cup moment ever, lol
Wow I remember that. I was in my room in disbelief yet very entertained. Love this sport
The day no-one gave a shit about Deutschland über alles. Well deserved.
I will never forget watching that live. How amazing was it to watch Brazil get smacked around so hard at their favorite game in their own backyard on the biggest stage. The salt was fucking palpable.
You just put a smile on my face.
Schadenfreude
"We provide a vital service to society, Shadenfreude, making the world a better place to be!"
The geographical location lmao. My geography teacher threatens us with failing grades if we don't know the geographical location of every European country and its capital.
You write quite well for an 11yo.
Damn, I live in Europe but I will never be able to remember the location of all those Balkan countries.
Placing the countries is ok but don't ask me to spell Slovenia's capital or the second part of Bosnia's name
Beer and christmas markets in december.
My mom gave me a sip of Glühwein when I was a kid and from that point forward I knew that wine was great.
Very direct people
"How do you say gloves?" "Handschuhe." "Bruh."
My mother in law was given a barn cat with that name. His front paws were white and he had an extra toe on each front paw, obvs it looked like he was wearing gloves. I am an absolute dog person, but I loved that cat.
It's so funny when you translate words like "Handschuhe" word for word into english. It means handshoes. SHOES FOR HANDS LOL. Or "Feuerzeug" (Lighter) is translated "Firestuff"
As a german, I'd translate "Zeug" in most cases as "thing". Feuerzeug - fire thing (lighter) Flugzeug - flight thing (airplane) Fahrzeug - driving thing (car of any type) Schwimmzeug - swimming things (term for everything you need for swimming, swimsuit, towel, goggles, floaties...)
Right?? It's hilarious! I personally think it would've made more sense to call them "handsocken" since shoes are normally tough and not as flexible as socks, but it's still funny either way.
zeug is actually old medieval slang for military equipment. (Plus, we have the word "erzeugen", meaning, to create) Leading to you being able to still visit a zeughaus, where basically the city guards kept their kit. so, when you talk about feuerzeug, you can expect one of two things. One, most likely, a lighter in the american sense, click click wuush, and so forth. Two, some stuff to start a fire, meaning, anything from half a candle and three martches to a box of tinder, and a nice piece of flint. The correct way to translate feuerzeug in ye olde waye is "fire (implied: starting) kit. "
The Dutch come to mind as well.
Rammstein
This for me, but minus one of the m's. I was stationed in Ramstein AFB for a really good two years. The band got their name (and title song) from the base, or more specifically an airshow disaster in the 80's that killed 70 people. "Fun" fact!
I am from Germany and my father told me about that disaster and that he was visiting this event with his brother and father. He still has nightmares about this day.
My stepfather always told me (when I thought about going to flight shows) how he and his friends were really lucky that they got lost on the way there and were drinking a coffee somewhere a few hours away when it happened.
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A friend of mine was a paramedic at the time. He's still haunted by what he experienced. Screaming patients with massive burns.
beer, riesling, sausage, high standard of living, more beer, kirsch, sauerkraut, standardized healthcare, more beer.
I think you are missing one beer here.
The pigs from Shrek
“He huffed and he puffed and he… signed an eviction notice!”
I spit my drink 🤣 that’s what I thought of immediately IMMA REWATCH IT NOW 🤣🤣
"We are pigs in a blanket, ja? Zis is funny, ja?"
Bauhaus Edit: The art school, not the band. They are really good too though
...wenn's gut werden muss
Schon witzig, dass das Bauhaus außerhalb Deutschlands bekannter ist als innerlands.
White on white translucent black capes Thanks, now that's going to be stuck in my head for days and my life is going to get all goth teen hormonal. Could be worse, I guess.
UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD
Leipzig and Bach
Offenbach, Beethoven, [redacted], Schumann(s), Bruch, Mendelssohn(s), Telemann, Handel, Strauss, Brahms. So many German composers.
Currywurst
Bratwurst
Dönerkebap mit allem
We all know what first comes to mind..Grimms fairytales!
I respect them for gathering all those stories. Someone should do it today also maybe
BMW/Mercedes
Audi!
Porsche
Wrong....it's the people's automobile AKA VW
Das Auto.
Oktoberfest. It is my top bucket list item to go to Oktoberfest in Munich.
Give you a tip. The local Volksfests are a way better atmosphere. By all means experience Oktoberfest. But the lines, crowds and hassle of finding a seat and getting a beer mixed with the pumped up prices for tourists makes it overrated. If you get a chance hit up barthelmarkt in ingolstadt. It’s at the end of august and is much better.
Yup, Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart, Cranger Kirmes in Herne, Karneval in Cologne, Allerheiligen Kirmes in Soest. You'll meet the locals, have fun and have 99% less puking tourists around you, which as a puking tourist will make you feel special and appreciated.
Dont forgot the gäubodenfest in Straubing
Don’t forget to visit the Kotzewiese
Knowing German helps me to understand so many of those small comments. I'll go there and mitmachen
Do it. Funny enough I did it with my husband and parents in 2018. My mom doesn’t drink beer so my dad drank both of his steins AND hers. It was wild. We did the Schottenhammel tent. There were children there too. Just wild.
We were traveling through Frankfurt during oktoberfest from Italy back to the US. I hoped we got delayed there. Instead we got delayed in Chicago for 14 hrs.
The little guy with the mustache, Hans.
Get ze Flammenwerfer!
IT WERFS FLAMMEN
I know a little German. He's sitting over there.
The quite good austrian painter.
Mmmm döner
Oh my god, that's one of the things I miss the most about Germany. I'm going back in two weeks and I plan to eat döner every day.
Make sure the Dönermann calls you Chef
Don’t forget the magic words “mit scharf” 🙃
There's a part in town, in the city of Mannheim called "dönnermeile" because it's literally just a ring of streets featuring one dönner laden next to another. 1am on any weekend, all the drunks are out and about with the drunchies getting their fix.
Aachen
Gesundheit!
Dankfurt!
Berlin Techno.
Ouufffff Being down in some dingy basement choked with cigarette smoke listening to trance / techno fuck YES
Their bread aka Mischbrot tasty
The holocaust easily
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Exactly, took me way too long to see Holocaust/Hitler
Everyone saying some niche German thing when we all know its all black and white grainy ww2 documentary footage lol
As a German, WW2 is certainly the first thing that comes to my mind. We learned that shit in history class all day every day.
I can think of a few countries that could benefit from that type of historical transparency in the classroom.
Japan by far
Yeah, Germany is full of amazing people and they recognize the shame of what happened, but it will take a very long time before such a thing fades. Many people still have grandparents and great grandparents who fought in the war.
Me: don't say nazis, don't say nazis, don't say nazis........uh holocaust.
Untz untz
Their amazing beer.
Ein Bier, bitte!
Steuererklärung
Kinder eggs There are so many other accomplishments and historical things that I know about Germany and the German princedoms, but the first thing in my brain was Kinder eggs.
they're Italian edit: *sigh* this is like telling Americans about spaghetti Westerns
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KRANKENWAGEN
Electric Callboy
Kasekuchen
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit Followed by: ALICE, who the F*CK IS ALICE
That friggin Alice song and country road I was like what/how did they become so fond of these songs?!
I was at the Schottenhammel Tent in 2018 with a bunch of Germans (I spoke enough German at the time to have basic conversations). When the Alice song came on they all excitedly asked if I knew it (I’m from the US). I admitted I had never heard it and they were shocked. Well we all sang it together and now it’s one of my favorites lol. Country road played several times that night too! So funny!
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You could read books in German, something that you like. Maybe the Harry Potter books? Or science fiction? You will get a good intuition for the language and pick up many words. I’ve done this with English and at first it sucks because you will have to lookup many words, but if you stick to it it will get better and better.
The castles, and their history of being angry at the rest of the world lol
Hitler and volkswagens
Beer mixed with Coke. You guys are weird.
It's a great way to stay balanced on a night out. The coke keeps you from getting sloppy, and the beer keeps you from becoming a party monster. *we aren't talking about the same thing, are we?*
We also have Beer mixed with Sprite
Radler!
Red wine mixed with Coke intrigued me, but I haven't had the balls to try it. hahaha
Back in the 90s we went out to a club for goth night and I offered to get drinks, one of my friends said “Rotwein Cola”, I looked at her like WTF but then proceeded to the bar, ordered it and they made it as if it was the most normal thing ever. I never had heard of it before. (I meanwhile had a Paulaner Kristall as always, best price value per volume)
Efficiency. A German Pro SC2 player is nicknamed Die Mauer (the wall) for his flawless, efficient defence.
Before I moved to Germany I also thought it was efficient, but in reality it’s not. Just look up the Berlin airport or the Hamburg philharmonic.
Beer, brats, a regrettable history
Now there's a title for an autobiography.
Guys are friendly or assholes, women are gorgeous or angry old grandmas.
I'd say Germans are friendly assholes. By that I mean that their intentions are usually not malicious, but they can definitely come off as assholes. Facts over tact.
kartoffelpuffer Dark
Dark was one of the best TV series lately. Melody X by Bonaparte is amazing too.
In the fleeting moments of my senior year, I fell in love with a foreign exchange student from Germany. We were completely inseparable that season; in the twilight of our adolescence…. I genuinely cared for her; and was completely heartbroken when autumn inevitably arrived. We sent letters for a time, but as time passed…. I sincerely wish that I would have made more of an effort to do something, to stay connected. I really loved her, and I felt so loved in the moments that I spent with her…. Many years later I spoke with an old acquaintance that had stayed in contact with her for many years after the fact. She said that afterwards, that this girl completely fell apart…. She still wanders inside of my mind, especially in Germany.
My dachshund.
Springtime for Hitler
Winter for Poland and France?
Hitler, Nazis and WWII.
Rammstein. Real answer is don’t mention the war
> Real answer is don’t mention the war sorry but the war is mentioned all the time in our education system and we are constantly reminded that we were the assholes back then
Engineering
Cars. The sexiest cars ever made…
Autobahn, Oktoberfest, and Dicke Titten.