@@JaneSmith-rx6kx not all people surive on job we have many struggeling to get by. But you always have to think about WHO is able to move countries for a job or in general and what that might say about their perspective to. People coming to Germany from the US are rather well off.
If you can say that you only work 8 hours a day and you can pay the bills and a few luxury things from it, you are rich and live a very relaxed life from the global perspective. And it is so weird that we only compare to even richer people.
@@starstencahl8985 maybe but this happens noz every da vs USA with multiple of everything when you are mir in a save neighborhood in germany its the other way around, there are places where something like this happens and you can avoid them in 95% of the time
@@starstencahl8985 "skyrocketing"... might be true, but not the percived view is importent, Facts are importent. Do you know the actual numbers of these "skyrocking" knife incidents, expecially regarding Kids? As far as i know, we are talking about less than a hand full of incidents yearly regarding a population of 83 million people. Each single incident a personal tragedy, but nothing to worry about if you understand the difference betwenn possibility and proboability.
@@viewhero3158yes, lots of fear mongering is going on, as thats basically the Business plan for far right wing parties everywhere. But dont get fooled by that, do your own research, e.g. the number of homicides is down by over 10 percent compared to 10y ago and basically at an all time low. Just close social media and life is fine.
@@starstencahl8985 You should better be afraid of our busdrivers and doctors than by those named "Michael", "Torsten", "Sven" (most commen names of those "stabbers", btw) asf. You also should be afraid of cars. Way more people lose their life in car accidents. But you just wanted to spew against a certain group of people, right?
Hey Ryan, did you know that after World War II many black American soldiers stayed in Germany or came back after a short time? They felt more welcome and accepted in “enemy territory” than in their home country, that says a lot, doesn't it? Merry Christmas from Germany! 😉
Even if they sometimes were still treated badly by racists, at least there were no official segregation laws preventing them from attending public swimming pools, etc.
@@couchpotatoe91Yeah we also need to consider the timing: The "I have a dream"-Speech of Martin Luther King was about 18 years after WW2 ended. Rosa Parks' bus boycott was 10 years after WW2 ended. I think many people are not aware how long it has been taking to abolish racial segregation, and that the US hasn't been totally progressive while Europe was basically in the dark ages...
Racism is just different in Germany than in the US. Germans don't acknowledge everything as racism if it's not really obvious. Judgment and mistreatment still happens because of a darker skin color.
@@marcokrueger3399 In 1863 the slaves were freed in the USA. In 1883 germany legislated the first step to becoming what is known today as a welfare state. In american people still came to terms with black people not being property while in europe the foundation was laid for what we know consider to be normal elements of a functioning modern state. America is very behind when it comes to freedoms.
Hey, I'm from northern Germany and I don't understand a single word when people from bavaria or swabia speak in their dialects. So, bavarian for example feels like a completely different language to me. Dude, it's easier to understand people from rural Scotland speaking English. Wtf
@@petermuller9940 Ich bin 40 Jahre alt, lebe in Dithmarschen aufm Land und verstehe auch kein Wort Platt, obwohl es die Alten hier noch sprechen 😁 Ich verstehe nur Hoch- und Ossideutsch.
@@petermuller9940 ach schmarn ihr versteht gar keinen dialekt 😅 auch kein sächsisch wobei ich als leipziger sagen muss ich versteh auch manchmL keine sachsen wir habn hier 2 main dialekt typen und einen davon versteh ich nicht wenn diebleute aus irgendeinem erzgebirgischdn dorf kommen da ist ende gelände Da verstehe ich fränkisch und schwäbisch besser 😅
Ryan…not sure if you read or reply to comments but hey, thanks for reacting to my vid. It gave a little spark to a really old video.😅 (and even though I don’t make content like that anymore)
Was 4 Jahre schon ausmachen... Es hat leider den Anschein, daß Hasser und Dummköpfe (AfD) wieder stark im kommen sind in Deutschland. Mehr Geschichte (& Psychologie) in der Schule!
At some point towards the end I realised that the video is already four years old. You have probably already put some of your experiences into perspective. So you may have already noticed this. 1. The slowdown depends on where you live, in a big city like Berlin, for example, both sides can exist side by side. 2. We didn't choose it that way, it came about because of the past. 3. There are also a lot of superficial people here who care about brand names. The many influencers make it even worse with their bullshit. 5. Here too, it depends on where you live. In the country, you can sometimes be happy when the bus comes twice a day, nothing works without a car. Driving on our motorway always means traffic jams or speed limits ;-) 7. Welcome to the Ruhr area or any big city. 9. Here too, you are punished for "misbehaviour". But even though some people think you can't say everything you want, you say everything you want 😁. 10. I have to admit, I would look. There are simply so few really dark people around me that they stand out and your gaze just gets stuck. But that's about it. But there are also many people here who have prejudices.
Please tell me what do you think now about it? Sor example, do you think the freedom of expression ganged in the last 3 years? Changed something in the last 3 years because of the changing of our political situation?
I have lived in Germany for 3 years. Back in my country of Bosnia, when you're a little bit like hispanic, they would say " you're gypsy " (uneducated people, not racists ) It was so good when I came to Germany and people would assume I came from Spain, middle east or something, no one ever came to me and said " oh you're gypsy " That was my experience
the only gypsy thing nowadays know are ziegeunerschnitzel and i guess nobody wants to eat you no matter what ;) who cares if spaniard, bosnia whatever. do you know brazzo? was a very popular footballer in germany.
Regarding the need for cars: Something that is often overlooked is the strict separation of residential and commercial areas in the USA. Since this does not exist to the same extent in Germany, you often have your small bakery or a small kiosk with the necessary things within walking distance. You don't have to drive 30 km to the supermarket
One of the concepts for a sustainable future in Germany is the 15 minutes City: Everything (shops, doctors, etc.) should be reachable within 15 minutes by walking, cycling or public transport. In cities and larger towns that is already true, for more rural areas there is still a long way to go. But this is the way to reduce car traffic and all the pollution that comes with it.
@@hellkitty6663 Even in rural areas this was always the case, in every village you need just 15 minutes from one end to another with the grocery stores or 15 minutes to the next small village were you can buy grocerys. So no real need for action there, and even companys slowly get it that no one qualified commutes into a city without parking spaces to work, so companys either build/rent offices in the rural areas were the actual qualified people live or there is remote working option since almost everyone has by now acces to braodband connection via VDSL or even fibre. The 15 Minute concept is rather stupid because it just tries to concentrate people in the ghettos they call citys, which is contrary to the Trend since most people are moving back into the villages and only unskilled workers and unemployed people are left in the citys. There is no Need for big citys anylonger, the higher standard of living in rural areas is well-known and citys fight against it.
German (European) cities have grown over centuries and therefore there have always been shops and services in the residential areas of the citizens. Germany is of course much more densely populated than the USA. Even in sparsely populated, agricultural areas, the nearest small or large city with all amenities is usually no more than 20 to 30 kilometers away. And even in larger villages you will find at least one supermarket. If you live in the country like me, you obviously need a car in Germany too, but not necessarily if you live in a German city.
Racism in Germany is way less about skin color than it is in the United States. Our racism is mainly based on cultural differences, religion, language and such. But racism is racism, and unfortunately it seems to be on the rise on both sides of the pond.
@@Skyl3t0n According to today's common definition, r*cism does not have to be based on biological characteristics. The definition of r*cism has expanded over time, and that is why we now also know cultural r*cism, for example. "Race" in relation to people is a constructed term anyway, because biologically speaking, there is only one human race. So R*cism in the strict literal sense does not exist. All "races" that are known in the USA, for example, are constructed. In Germany, we do not speak of races and, due to our history (colonialism mainly not on our own ground, etc.), our xen*ph*bia is not so much linked to skin Color. But to come to the conclusion that there is hardly any r*cism in Germany because we don’t care so much about skin Color would be fundamentally wrong. Our r*cism simply has a different but equally ugly face.
Yeah, most stuff you hear on a regular basis is islamophobia or against the oolish due to war reasons, as long as you are birn in getmany or speak like you where, skincolor is comparably a non issue. Not saying there is no colorism at all, there sure is, but way way less then usuall in asia or the US
Ryan, you´ve learned a lot by watching other peoples vids. You´re way ahead of many of your fellow citizens. I´m german. And I love to live here. However, I´d love to live in any other european country. The US is the last country I´d go to. And I don´t mind immigrants (from whereever) settling here. May they enjoy our country like I do.
Germany actually borders 11 countries. They have land borders with nine countries, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland and Luxembourg. In addition, Germany also has a maritime border with the United Kingdom through the North Sea and Sweden through the Baltic Sea.
I would argue that Germany doesn't have a sea border with the UK. While there ARE straight shots across the water from Germany to the UK there aren't any ferry connections. Hell, there are ferry connections from Germany to every Baltic Sea state so those are easier to argue as "neighbor states"
I would doubt it. According to the "UN Convention on the Law of the Sea" (all countries in question have ratified it), the territorial waters extend a maximum of 12NM (~22km) to the sea. It will be difficult to find a point in the direction of Sweden where this claim meets in the Baltic Sea, but the United Kingdom is likely to be far too far away.
I totally get his point No 6. I've met several americans here and they're usually greener, more mindfull, more community oriented than me, which I find super funny sometimes. Like they're from the country of capitalism unleashed and themselves are as anticapitalist as you reasonably can be in a capitalist society. One time in a group on friends we got into talking about the US and what we think is wrong with it (as we germans LOVE to do) and at some point I'm like "uhhh ... dude ... sorry we're shittin on your country so much..." and they were like "oh no, I fully agree! What do you think why I left?!" So ... Americans living here are ... different... 😅
As a german in this time, i love to see stuff like that. Often it seems like there is more and more stuff like racism, judging people for random shit, ignorance in bad ways, stressfull work situation an no one cares about their fellow peoples. But then there are people who helps to look at stuff from a different angle. Just stay open to every human being. WE are all the same, love ya and greetings from Germany. "Nett hier, aber waren sie schonmal in Baden-Württemberg?" 😄
professional german here on the "less judgemental" part generally most people i know including me are like "live and let live" in these cases, basically, don't bother me with it and i don't care. so as long as you don't wear an inflateable dinosaur costume in a crowded bus or train and there for literally push people against the wall so that they can't move, people don't care also we jay walk all the time, there is only one real rule about it and that one is vital "DON'T JAYWALK NEAR CHILDREN" if children are around you listen to the traffic lights and so on, because you should be a good example to children so they learn the rules themselves first.
there is no jaywalking in germany tho & therefor nobody does that. it just doesnt exist. what u mean is maybe crossing the street when the traffic lights are red for you & i barely see anyone do a red light violation & if u do that ur just a jackass. if there is no traffic light u cross the street u watch out that its clear & therefor teach the "kids" how its done, most likely there will be a marked crosswalk nearby anyway.
@Vss077 well Maybe it's different in different parts of Germany. But where I live it's rather normal to cross a red traffic light, as long as you don't walk in the middle of active traffic. As long as you don't get driven over or don't disrupt driving cars it's fine. But the thing with the kids still applies, cause children are still supposed to learn the rules before they decide to break them.
@@GodofBarista i mean if nobody does that, u dont need to watch out for kids if u do it & u might be right in major cities it might be the case but never seen anyone do it in my small or "normal sized" ones. except some individuals + after midnight when there are barely any cars around
This "personal freedom" thing made me think. I'd say: Here in Germany you are free to do whatever you want, AS LONG AS: 1. you do not disturb others in their lives 2. you don't break law that are there for a good reason 3. see 1. About his last point, racism: We have that sh*t here too. It is just on an other level than in the US. It is not news for me, I have heard it before from a friend who is from the us, shares the same skin color as Mr Russell and she said the same. Sad to hear that she is not alone with this opinion. What about the "Land of the free"? So sad. Even worse than here. 😦
Many people come here because they had to flee from their home countries. They don’t necessarily have to love Germany in my opinion, and if they don’t live it here, it’s not easy for them to move somewhere else. Others come here because they can make more money here than in their home country, so they can help their families at home to get by. I think to move to a country simply because you love it, is a great privilege that most people don’t have. Most people who move here don’t even know what to expect from this country.
Nobody comes to Germany to make more money unless you mean to have an average life doing hard work. Wealth in Germany is inherited and most don’t make it to the top.
@@rezaroohian9549 What are you talking about? There are 195 countries in the world. There are less than 10 countries where you make more money doing the same job as in Germany, and in most of them you also have higher expenses, so in the end you are left with the same amount.
Suuuure, they come here to flee. They always flee to the countries with most generous benefits and not the first safe one they come to. I can't really blame them for taking what Western countries naïvely offer though. Our governments give perverse incentive structures. I also think we should not socially tolerate foreigners who dislike Germany. No need to love us but they need to respect us and our culture and norms.
@@rezaroohian9549 Many Serbs and Bosnians come in groups, get cheapest apartment, live in big groups, eat cheapest pate and bread and save save save and then return home and live like kings
@@Psi-Storm Nobody moves to Germany expecting to get rich, especially if they start from scratch. While Germany does offer better wages than many countries, the high cost of living and taxes often balance it out. Plus, real wealth in Germany is heavily concentrated-most of it is inherited, and moving up the ladder without that head start is tough. If anything, people come here for stability and decent living conditions, not to make it big.
About 20 years ago, we had a team coming from NZ to work on a project here in Luxembourg. They were always on the go, saying: wow you are such a short flight from London, Paris, Rome, whatever and they really enjoyed it, making regular trips. They had a completely different notion from distances then me for instance.
Well, we have freedom of speech, but with laws and rules that guarantee peaceful coexistence and anyone who violates them is punished. This includes insults, racism and threats of violence, as well as violence itself, which are forbidden! This also includes freedom of religion and its safe practice. Religion must not influence everyday life or politics, this is strictly regulated by the constitution.
> Well, we have freedom of speech, but with laws and rules that guarantee peaceful coexistence Are you kidding? People have their doors kicked in at 6am for making stupid jokes online.
I´m a German who traveled a lot the last 25 years working in different countries. When I lived in the USA some years ago, I really thought that racism was not really a thing in the USA anymore. A Black Dude as president of the democracy called United States of America logically negates systemic racism I thought. The concept of "race" has no meaning to me. With that mindset I was such an alien in that lovely small town in Alabama. People told me where I should not go as a white guy. I did not care walking around town exploring. I found it absurd that my workmates had guns in their pockets all the time even at the Olive Garden. I asked them if they were afraid of the Boogieman coming from the hills stealing their food or something. One day Security of the shopping mall asked me to stow my backpack in the car or leave. There was a shootout the other day they told me, I knew I heard gunshots far away but... I never felt fear or something, but after some months I one day decided that it may be a bad idea to eat at that chicken fast food restaurant somewhere at the outskirts of Atlanta Georgia...
Thank you Ryan for sharing these videos and especially for your comments! As an European it is also very educational for me to see the world through your eyes. It gives me insight not only into the lives of Americans but also into my own.
I want to add some points from my perspective as a German. But at first, I think it's great that you watch and react to those videos, it's important to widen your own view and not be stuck in your prejudices. Everyone has them, we can just make sure to learn about them and be open towards other countries, cultures etc. - and I have the feeling many people, especially US Americans, don't do that. From no other country have I heard people expect others to act in exactly the same way as they did. So let's start: Number 3: (Traveller) Yeah it's not only "half" with a different language, it's basically just Austria and Switzerland that speak German. Parts of Belgium, too. Otherwise: Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, all different languages. But all of them have a different culture than Germany. Number 4: Yeah that's what I always thought about the American dream. It occured to me that so often, that people in the US are so "competitive", it's basically always about taking advantage of each other, and if you're taken advantage of you've failed. Like you guys are always so surprised that we pay after we fill up our tank at a gas station and ask: "Why don't you just drive off?" and I'm like: What about honesty? Why would you just steal for no reason? Just because you can? That doesn't make sense to me. Because Germany is not (or let's say: To a much more limited extent) about taking advantage of one another. Number 5: (Car) Yeah I love my car and I love the Autobahn. I'm an automotive engineer, so yeah cars are my thing. But I'm being reasonable about it, I don't need a car in the inner city where I could walk or take the bus or bicycle and be equally fast or even faster, not paying for a parking spot. Or when there's lot of traffic on my daily commute, I'm taking the train. There's not only one option and I can choose the one that fits best for me. Sounds reasonable, does it? Number 9: (Freedom of expression) I always feel like that US Americans have been told so many times that they're the only ones that have freedom, they can't comprehend that other countries have freedom, too. And they don't even question it. And yeah, other countries have freedom, too and are even more free than in the US in general. There are a few "freedom indices" and generally, the US is usually not the top spot in any of those, and even if: not by a huge margin. But yeah, people will definitely judge you in Germany. But that coincides with number 4: It's not about putting other people down to feel better. It's not about taking advantage of one another to the same extent. I always love to discuss with people from the US, so if you have something to comment on, please do so!
for me is it Culture and religion, if people come from a other country to Germany or the Netherlands or France and dont like there way of living or the rules(law) please stay away!!
> More for your culture or language... Or religion Let's be honest. Usually it's about how certain groups of people behave. And how much they cost us, the dumb stupid taxpayers.
Well since (all) religion is clearly a bad thing, the racism against religion is not a problem, but for the culture perspective you a right, their is space to improve
@zweiteracount1485 its still wrong to discriminate against people based on their beliefs. i'm with you, i'm not a fan of religion at all, but there are a lot of peaceful, normal religious people whose way of life i don't understand, but if they're minding their business so will i. you can't judge every muslim, jew or christian based on some extremist groups.
Believe me, if you live in rural Germany, you need a car. There's not even Uber here. On the other hand, for example, in Chicago, I can easily live without a car.
Tell me a rural area in any country where you really don't need a car. And surely, if you make a comparison for instance between Rhineland-Palatinate and Chicago you are right, of course. But if you compare this rural german state perhaps with North Dakota you will feel the effects. Where mass transit is existing at all, and where not!
@@peterlustig9855 It is in germany. Just looked it up: Uber is in 16 Cities (Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart, Köln, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Bergisch Gladbach, Leverkusen, Neuss, Essen und Hannover). Everywhere else, you can wait for an uber forever. Same for carsharing in a useful size. I love and use sharenow when I am in München, but 30 km outside - no sharenow anymore - and no other one.
I checked how I would get to work here in Germany using public transportation. My workplace is in another village, 25 km away. I’d need to catch the first bus at 5 a.m. and would arrive at work by 11 a.m. To get back home on the same day, I’d have to stay on that same bus. Uber would be an affordable alternative. Unfortunately, the taxi lobby has blocked it in Germany. If anything, only UberX is available here, which are taxis with regular taxi prices.
I always feel like most Americans never think of europe in terms of different countrys, but always as a whole. As if europe is just one big country with states like the US.
To be fair if USA was more like the EU and those states were all independent countries who try to come together, I think USA would be a great and progressive place. But instead the US is a place where conservative people rule as minority (ok now even as a majority) and make everything evil that is not right in their world view. I mean you still label social security, unions etc. like communism and socialism and what not. Are you okay, guys?!
To be fair, are we Europeans any better when it comes to places like Asia or Africa? I would argue that most of us don't know enough about those places to differentiate between different cultures or languages.
But it is more and more .... there is a lot of differences between the US states... as much than between any country in EU. They have different government, laws, dialects and so on.
@@AkkyKitsune2025 Mh, I tend to disagree. I´d say in average the educational level is high enough in Germany (can´t speak for all of Europe on that matter) to at least understand or not completely ignore the cultural differences between say Japan, China, India and other better known countries in Asia.
I really don't think the personal expression point is because germans are used to being "quirky" (I actually know very few people I would describe like that). I think it's just that people mind their own business. As long as your weird behavior doesn't affect them they might judge you silently but you'll never know unless you ask them about it.
As german - you will still be judged by your choices and appearance. But i gues less openly. People will notice, think something to themselves but they wont tell you to your face, look at you differently or act differently around you, theyll do their best to ignore whatever it is that makes you stand out, its about being polite. And thats if they care - as example tatoos - most germans genuinely don care if you have them, where or whats depicted, its a blissfull i dont give an f.
"You don´t need a car." is true as long as you´re living in a medium to large city with good mobility infrastructure. Outside of cities it´s pretty common to see adolescents driving e-scooters, e-bikes or 25kmh-motorcycles once they hit the age of 15. At 18 almost everyone does the drivers license tests. Some even earlier being acommpanied by their parents while driving.
hello Ryan, Merry Christmas, as to where cars are concerned, there are quite a few areas where you do need a car. out in the country public transportation is spotty. as is our mobile reception 🤣
the 'freedom' he talks about is partially linked to being a foreigner, an outsider. If one is born and grew up locally, the social/family/peer pressure would be greater in Germany too. Regardless it's not bad to be able to enjoy that freedom for being an alien. Also, as in any country, there is racism/discrimination in Germany too. Having a Turkish name on the job application, for example, lessens the chance to get invited to an interview.
Not when your employer has a lot of customers with turkish roots😂 Turkish speaking doctors, customer service personal etc. are really wanted. Same when it comes to education or police.
Regarding brand names, a factory in a "third world" country makes various brands. The only thing that changes is the design and logo. The logo is important and is an important brag-factor. Anything that has a visible logo is advertising something, so the consumers are being used by the manufacturer to promote their products. Normally manufacturers have to pay for advertising, but consumers pay to advertise somebody else's product.
16:15 I don’t know where this guy lives. In rural Bavaria, you’ll be judged for everything. In Berlin, you almost stand out if you DON’T eat cereals out of a head. Of course I’m exaggerating, but what I’m trying to say: It really depends on where you live in Germany.
And in North Germany you won't be judged by anything you do, because nobody will talk to you, because you lived only 90 years there, so you're clearly the "new guy" 🥲 Well, it's not that bad, I've grown up there, but there's a grain of salt of truth in that.
It’s not that they gonna judge you for Jay walking but that’s a rule here.. for them, rules are rules.. they won’t judge you in so many things but only follow rules and it’s all in peace in Germany and try learning mind your own business and be humble in every achievement you get.. Germany 🇩🇪, my second home 🙏🇩🇪 Most Germans are respectful and when you get to know them, they are really friendly 💐🇩🇪
Karneval/Fasching - definitely a topic you should look into. Pretty important in many regions in Germany. And it can be really really cool if you’re into stuff like that
Germans stare if you don't eat cereal out of a hat too. I don't care for clothing brands, except when brand matters because it represents quality. It often still does, not all are sell outs of the name. I have a shirt for over 30 years, it must have been washed hundreds of times and still looks right, so I bought a coat of the same brand recently and that is great quality too, really well made, good materials, finished with care.
We would stare at him, eating his cereal out of his hat - but we would not dare to disturb him by interrupting while he is eating. After having finished his cereal it is likely someone would ask why he did it. And "Because I felt like" would be accepted as well as any other answer. Order restored, German satisfied. 😂
5:55 i work at Abbelen and we produce meatballs, cheeseburger and hotdogs for all markets. it doesn´t matter where you buy, because its all the same product. we just use different foils and labels, because every market has it own brand name. whether you buy from Aldi, Lidl, Kaufland, Norma, Netto, Edeka: it´s all the same product and even the same price! ;)
The insanity to spend 1000 bucks for a piece of cloth which production cost are 5 Dollar in India to impress people you neither know nor want to know. Better throw money on the street to show off, at least somebody has something out of it.
MAAAAAAN! DAS WOLLTE ICH AUCH GERADE SCHREIBEN! ABER VIEL STEREOTYPER IN GROßBUCHSTABEN, DAMIT MAN SICH VORSTELLEN KANN, WIE ICH DABEI LAUT SCHREIE, WEIL ICH WÜTEND DARÜBER BIN, DASS ER ES NICHT WEIß UND AUCH NICHT VERSTEHEN WIRD! 😂😂😂
Being colorblind means you don't see someone's identity and background or ignore it. Sometimes even actively deny it. There's nothing wrong with seeing color, it's about the judgement people attach to it. Being colorblind only works if there is no racism. A lot of people that claim they are colorblind are (very) racist. So yes, we're equal in the inside, but we're not the same on the outside and it's okay and respectful to acknowledge that.
I love your videos as it remembers me how great and beautiful Germany and Europe is. Every culture has it little strange habits but on the other hand I find it cute and interessting.. And if you open up your eyes and ears and show interest in the culture you know why those little strange habits exist and than you understand. It is mind opening..
I'm Norwegian...if life here gets less stressfull, our harts just stop beating. :D I live in a very rural area, I feed my chickens, air my dogs...that's about it. :)
About cars and the Autobahn: If you don't need a car, you always could rent a car if you needed one. But then you are not really familiar with it. And unless you are a very good driver I wouldn't advise you to go from zero to high power. A thing that is offered by the ADAC (one of the German AAA), Fahrschulen (schools where you learn to drive) and other organisations is a "Fahrsicherheitstraining". There you learn to handle your car in exceptional situatians, like one-sided ice or to go around an obstacle at medium speed as well as to brake effectively. Recommended, but I am not sure whether it is offered in other languages than German. 😅
The reasons why Germans are less jugdy probably doesn't go back to them being quorcky. ^^ 1. of all German cultures are very different. Americans like to think German culture would be Bavarian, but Bavarian culture is something most Germans find strange if not laughable. The differences between bordering German states are fewer, but if you travel from Kiel to Stuttgart you may not even understand the language they are speaking. And that is about the distance you travel from Indianapolis to Kansas City. So Germans have to deal with people they don't understand for over a Millenium. Second: Germans are very reserved. They like to mind their own business and that helps with not judging people (at least as long as you play by the rules).
Hey guys, some thoughts about that race topic at the end. I´m a white dude from Germany. Obviously I can't tell what it`s like to be a PoC in the US. But as far as I understand lots of non-white people struggle with the systemic and structural racism which makes life even harder for them. They don't live under the same circumstances, it's more difficult to get to good schools and universitys, get the well payed jobs and so on. Let's not even talk about that policing topic... Thats why the idea of beeing equal became unpopular (imao). Simpley because the starting points in life are different and so is the necessary effort to improve those circumstances. Equality is the final goal but the US (and Germany as well tbh) is far off... Am I wrong, do I miss something? Merry Christmas btw :)
To point 4: That is definition of "consumerism": Buy things you don't need with money you don't have to impress people you don't like. To point 6: Only ~42% of all Americans have a pasport and the (technical) ability to travel abroad. Traveling broadens your horizon, because you encounter different countries and different cultures. Yes, you may have "everything" when travelling within the U.S., but on the other hand it is "all the same" if you get my drift.
you gotta set up a crowdfunding or so, that your many many followers can chip into and get you here for a couple of weeks. like 5 - 10 k so that you can travel a lot and put up some first hand impressions on your channel. I think it's about time to get you here ;-) merry christmas to all of you. Greetings from Magdeburg
9:01 I'm just happy that I don't have to go through all the expenses for the driver's licence, initial car purchase, gas, regular maintenance, additional insurance....I'm 27 now, don't even have the Führerschein and I'm living happily. I use the bus, bike, or a combination of both, and looking at the regular traffic congestion and desperate hunts for parking spots, I feel like I'm better off this way. I'm paying the 50€ per month for the unlimited German-wide public near distance transport (basically, everything except FlixBus/FlixTrain and the IC/ICE high sped railway is included) and working on a bike also isn't too difficult so I don't need to pay a lot for maintenance there either. It's of course not all sunshine and roses, taking the Bahn long distances can be either expensive or stressful because of plentiful delays, and bus lines experience congestion as well, but I still feel like it's more relaxed when you're not at the helm yourself.
To be fair, i am a car fanatic at heart and really want one. But optaining one is, for me, nearly impossible. First of all: My social anxiety makes it EXTREMELY HARD to attend the classes, even worse the "erste Hilfe" (first aid) course. I just can't, especially with the point that it has a "Need" for group working. Finding a Driving School that knows how to work with me is extremely rare so i doubt i will be making one at some point. Let alone the heavy price for the licence.
2:53 while it's true that japanese people work a lot, americans actually work more hours per year on average than the japanese, in fact the US is nr 1 in the world in that metric
@@benjaminbronnimann3966 not really sure how they got to that number, but it must have something to do with the relation between overall productivity of the country in relation to the average labour hours per person (hence per capita productivity) and such. And then we get alot higher than just the +40% GDP over Japan. It´s been a while since I´ve seen that report
11. Health insurance. if u work here, you get insurance. About 200 € per month with no extra costs for ambulance, appointments, treatments, etc. Except 10 bucks per day in Hospital and a small fee for medication.
Sorry, but this is not correct. The amount you pay for health insurance depends on your wage. It can be as much as 800 €. If you only pay 200, you are just about earning minimum wage. And you dont want to ever get seriously ill because our health insurance services are mediocre - to put it mildly.
The thing with "colorblind" being racist is about the priviliges... If you don't acknowledge that as a white male in the US, or germany certain things are much easier, than for PoC, that's racist! But being "colorblind" when you're judging ppl that's probably a good thing! The situation with that maybe better than in the US, but it's certainly not perfect... Racial profiling is a problem in Germany, too, but you probably don't get killed by the police for just being black, or looking arabian... But you'll definatly have more trouble with the police than white ppl.
A black dude from Chicago empregnated a German woman (the cousin of one of my homies) when she was on vaccation. He then moved to Germany and had 2 more kids with her. He doesnt want to leave neither 😂
The "don't need a car" topic heavily depends on where you live. Of course i could take the bus to work. It just would take 2 hours instead of a 12 minute drive with my car. 🤭
Hmm, the thing with MLK and that "not their colour of their skin, but the content of the character" ,is, that it was misused, as a sort of general saying, instead of what it really meant, his own children...
@@juled79 did he say "only my kids", i think not... no, his children were black ( i know, duh ;), and he wanted them to be treated without their skin colour being a factor... he took them as an example... people always forget that during his time, this was not only not so, but even saying stuff like it was radical in the USA... and even though the last thing isnt true anymore, there is still the fact that people of darker skin colour are treated worse, by police for example... he wanted that this kind of behavior stops.
08:25 No need for a car: i live roughly 30km east of Hamburg. It is already inside the metropolitian area, but its kind of rural (for our understanding). my daily way to work takes me directly to the borders of Hamburg. I drive with my car, because it then just takes 40min instead of 90-100min when i would travel by bus. of course it is possible for me to do that with public transport and it would be cheaper, but at a cost of time. for all other things of daily life i really don't need my car and i normally don't use it for that (e.g. groceries, supermarket is like 700m away). Many of my co-workers who live in or near Hamburg don't own a car because its simply not necessary. if they need one once a year, the will rent one or borrow one from friends and family.
Merry Christmas. There are much rural areas, where you`ll need a car to get to something (shopping/eating/doctor/school/work and so on). There are rarely 2-3 busses a day to geht to greater "cities" (5-10k people) but then you`re in "midtown", and the groceries are on the edge of these
Hey Ryan, first of all Merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones. I´m from Trier, Germany (btw the oldest city in Germany) and i have 15 Minutes to Luxemburg, 45 Minutes to Belgium and about 1,5 Hours to France or the Netherlands. Worked and lived in the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Switzerland (well ok, that´s 6 Hours away from my Hometown) in the last 15 Years and i love these Countries and the People. But i allways returned to Germany.
I live in a small town with about 35,000 inhabitants, 40 km from Bonn and 70 km from Cologne. I am a male nurse specialized in anaesthesia and intensive care and it was no problem at all for me to be in Cologne by public transport, especially for the early shift, which starts at 6am. A train with only 3 stops to Cologne, then a direct change to the subway, which took me almost to the door of the hospital. With time and a little planning, I managed 25 years without a car. A car is usually parked in a parking lot for more than 80% of the time and costs taxes, insurance, gas, oil, etc., etc. In Germany, because of its extensive public transportation system, it's basically just money down the drain. And we haven't even considered the impact on the environment!
6:25 I'm not interested in fancy clothing brands too. Except for shoes. IDGAF bout the sweater or shirt or jeans i'm wearing, but when it comes to shoes, i only wear Nikes like Air Force 1 or Jordans 😅
As a German I can say that a) we WILL judge and label. But it comes with a lot of a certain live-and-let-live attitude, or rather a "why would I bother spending time and energy on that person whose choices I don't agree with?". So unless you're actively interfering with others you're probably good. and b) whether or not you're dependant on a car varies widely; while in cities there is little to no benefit of car ownership, in the countryside cars are pretty much mandatory. That's because the way Germany (or Europe in general) was settled led to this "sprinkling" of towns and settlements all roughly a day's worth of traveling by foot apart (~10-15km). Most of these villages nowadays consist only of residential buildings, maybe some farms and a church. No daycares, no schools, no groceries, doctors and very rare if any public transport. So if you're living there without a car you're in big trouble.
Funny the cereal eating out of a hat, reminded me of a city employee (financial management) who once ordered scrambled eggs and wanted them to be served in an ashtray. Well he got his wish, the city actually put him into a position where he couldn't do any real damage.
I loved that Ryan was able to name 3 of the 9 countries that surround germany effortlessly 👍👍 no sarcasm. If you asked me for example what the states bordering Texas were i would simply have to guess
@@karstenbalamagi8463 Thats true, but i imagine the difficulty would be the same. I mean everybody know that the USA only borders mexico and canada. Only two countries would be too easy!
As a young boy I was also in the USA. I remember that Americans are very similar to us in general. As an adult I wanted to experience foreign cultures. Southeast Asia. My experience tells me that the feeling of freedom comes from the lack of cultural guardians that anchor us in ourselves. Best wishes from Germany
Ryan, I've watched hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of reaction videos, but this one is the first from which I noted what you said, i.e.: “No-one ever accomplished their dreams and did something remarkable, got their name in a history book by perfectly fitting into the mold.” How very true. I hope I may quote that with your name properly mentioned...
It's interesting, I think all of the reason he listed are pretty much also happening in Germany. I guess in the end, it's often a matter of perspective.
Next Step for not needing a car. You can have fresh food delivered to your apartment door. It's like shopping in a supermarket without leaving your home. I have no idea if there is a similar delivery service in the US.
for the last point he made, you just need to be careful. We tend to stare here in germany ^^ my mother even called it a hobby of hers 😂 to sit at a cafe looking at people passing by. In the US ppl try to avoid staring in general so if someone is doing it most of the time it has meaning. Here it obviously also sometimes has a meaning but most of the time it is something normal.
Farmers are basically always at work and on vacation at the same time... I mean if you have livestock like chicken or cattle, you need to make sure that the animals are good and collect eggs or milk once a day... but it doesn't necessarily take all day everyday. Much of the summer you're basically waiting for your crops, for winter feed, is ready to harvest. Much of the winter you're basically just feeding your livestock and maintaining your tools/machinery to be ready for spring. You'll always have something to do, but it's not like it must be done by Friday 2pm... the strict deadlines are while sowing in spring and harvesting when weather allows in fall. If you want a week or two off in winter or summer, you hire someone to keep your animals alive and well, or you arrange something about taking turns with your neighbour. It may seem relaxed, but you can't just starve your livestock because you get sick. Edit 13:00 - of course I'm Danish and can only express my own subjective opinion... I'll welcome whoever shows up on the border, capable of supporting his or her own family, not be a burden to society but a bonus. Then I won't care if they're from north or south America, Africa, Asia or Australia... bring the kids, we'll handle education and health care. The problem is 'financial refugees'... they're in a difficult situation not because they are unwanted where they come from, they're not in danger. They arrive with no employment contract, simply because they believe that our social system can keep them alive and well... that's not how our systems work.
17:20 - do whatever you want... but in Germany and Austria there are certain gestures and outfits you're not allowed to show in public, even if done in jest 🙄 don't mention the war. Other than that, have your weird habits and preferences, be whatever colour you're born with... people will respect you as long as you respect their oddities... it's not that difficult. Edit 20:00 - we're not colourblind, if the police ask for a description of a criminal from a witness, the level of colour will be part of the description (from white potato to black coffee). Just like eye and hair colours. But when it comes to hiring and paying people... employers don't care about that, it's all about skills, performance and personality fitting into the team/company.
We don´t celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Heiligabend. Heiligabend is like in the UK or USA also in Germany the eve before Christmas = the eve before Jesus will be born. But unlike in the US or UK we start celebrating Christmas on this day by attending the local Christmas mass (if we are religious) and giving gifts to loved ones on this day.
Everytime I hear someone say „Germans are so relaxed“, I am like… How stressful must your live have been before. 😂
lol, but he obviously also doesnt live in Berlin.
🤷 a lot of less stress. No worries If you get sick,paid time Off... You can usually survive on one Job.
@@pixelschiebrluckily. Berlin is a shithole.
@@JaneSmith-rx6kx not all people surive on job we have many struggeling to get by. But you always have to think about WHO is able to move countries for a job or in general and what that might say about their perspective to. People coming to Germany from the US are rather well off.
If you can say that you only work 8 hours a day and you can pay the bills and a few luxury things from it, you are rich and live a very relaxed life from the global perspective. And it is so weird that we only compare to even richer people.
I also like the fact that we can go shopping or send our kids to school, knowing there won't be a random shooting
Maybe not shootings, but stabbings and others things have skyrocketed..
@@starstencahl8985 maybe but this happens noz every da vs USA with multiple of everything when you are mir in a save neighborhood
in germany its the other way around, there are places where something like this happens and you can avoid them in 95% of the time
@@starstencahl8985 "skyrocketing"... might be true, but not the percived view is importent, Facts are importent. Do you know the actual numbers of these "skyrocking" knife incidents, expecially regarding Kids? As far as i know, we are talking about less than a hand full of incidents yearly regarding a population of 83 million people. Each single incident a personal tragedy, but nothing to worry about if you understand the difference betwenn possibility and proboability.
@@viewhero3158yes, lots of fear mongering is going on, as thats basically the Business plan for far right wing parties everywhere. But dont get fooled by that, do your own research, e.g. the number of homicides is down by over 10 percent compared to 10y ago and basically at an all time low. Just close social media and life is fine.
@@starstencahl8985 You should better be afraid of our busdrivers and doctors than by those named "Michael", "Torsten", "Sven" (most commen names of those "stabbers", btw) asf.
You also should be afraid of cars. Way more people lose their life in car accidents.
But you just wanted to spew against a certain group of people, right?
Hey Ryan, did you know that after World War II many black American soldiers stayed in Germany or came back after a short time?
They felt more welcome and accepted in “enemy territory” than in their home country, that says a lot, doesn't it?
Merry Christmas from Germany! 😉
Even if they sometimes were still treated badly by racists, at least there were no official segregation laws preventing them from attending public swimming pools, etc.
No wonder when you consider the story Jesse Owens told after the 1936 Olympics...
@@couchpotatoe91Yeah we also need to consider the timing: The "I have a dream"-Speech of Martin Luther King was about 18 years after WW2 ended. Rosa Parks' bus boycott was 10 years after WW2 ended.
I think many people are not aware how long it has been taking to abolish racial segregation, and that the US hasn't been totally progressive while Europe was basically in the dark ages...
Racism is just different in Germany than in the US. Germans don't acknowledge everything as racism if it's not really obvious. Judgment and mistreatment still happens because of a darker skin color.
@@marcokrueger3399
In 1863 the slaves were freed in the USA.
In 1883 germany legislated the first step to becoming what is known today as a welfare state.
In american people still came to terms with black people not being property while in europe the foundation was laid for what we know consider to be normal elements of a functioning modern state.
America is very behind when it comes to freedoms.
"Get rich or die trying" was the most concise and quintessentially American album title ever! Stuck with me solely for that reason.
He forgot to say there is no death penalty in Germany, or in the EU for that matter.
That's probably not one of his top priorities 😂😂😂😂
@@ivanamicimici It came to my mind as Indiana executed a prisoner just days before christmas.
And a LOT less gun violence...our school Kids dont have Kevlar backpacks and Training for gunners in the school
Yes, thank god that we have no death penalty! This should be banned across America!!! It's so false!!!
@@JaneSmith-rx6kx shools in america have police and Metal detectors?
And its still like that
Hey, I'm from northern Germany and I don't understand a single word when people from bavaria or swabia speak in their dialects. So, bavarian for example feels like a completely different language to me. Dude, it's easier to understand people from rural Scotland speaking English. Wtf
Genau so geht’s uns Baiern bei BAB oder Plattdeutsch.
@@petermuller9940 Ich bin 40 Jahre alt, lebe in Dithmarschen aufm Land und verstehe auch kein Wort Platt, obwohl es die Alten hier noch sprechen 😁
Ich verstehe nur Hoch- und Ossideutsch.
@@petermuller9940 ach schmarn ihr versteht gar keinen dialekt
😅 auch kein sächsisch wobei ich als leipziger sagen muss ich versteh auch manchmL keine sachsen wir habn hier 2 main dialekt typen und einen davon versteh ich nicht wenn diebleute aus irgendeinem erzgebirgischdn dorf kommen da ist ende gelände
Da verstehe ich fränkisch und schwäbisch besser 😅
@@uhwake Von Hamburg war nicht die Rede und Fettes Brot mag ich auch nicht. Außerdem liegt Hamburg für mich in Süddeutschland.
Wtf schwäbisch jo aber bayrisch versteht man schon zum Teil übertreib Mal net
Ryan…not sure if you read or reply to comments but hey, thanks for reacting to my vid.
It gave a little spark to a really old video.😅
(and even though I don’t make content like that anymore)
Was 4 Jahre schon ausmachen... Es hat leider den Anschein, daß Hasser und Dummköpfe (AfD) wieder stark im kommen sind in Deutschland. Mehr Geschichte (& Psychologie) in der Schule!
At some point towards the end I realised that the video is already four years old. You have probably already put some of your experiences into perspective. So you may have already noticed this.
1. The slowdown depends on where you live, in a big city like Berlin, for example, both sides can exist side by side.
2. We didn't choose it that way, it came about because of the past.
3. There are also a lot of superficial people here who care about brand names. The many influencers make it even worse with their bullshit.
5. Here too, it depends on where you live. In the country, you can sometimes be happy when the bus comes twice a day, nothing works without a car. Driving on our motorway always means traffic jams or speed limits ;-)
7. Welcome to the Ruhr area or any big city.
9. Here too, you are punished for "misbehaviour". But even though some people think you can't say everything you want, you say everything you want 😁.
10. I have to admit, I would look. There are simply so few really dark people around me that they stand out and your gaze just gets stuck. But that's about it. But there are also many people here who have prejudices.
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Please tell me what do you think now about it? Sor example, do you think the freedom of expression ganged in the last 3 years? Changed something in the last 3 years because of the changing of our political situation?
@@romyschneider487 if this question is for me, I don’t really do politics.
I have lived in Germany for 3 years. Back in my country of Bosnia, when you're a little bit like hispanic, they would say " you're gypsy " (uneducated people, not racists )
It was so good when I came to Germany and people would assume I came from Spain, middle east or something, no one ever came to me and said " oh you're gypsy "
That was my experience
bless you, and merry christmas
@jandamskier6510 merry Christmas
the only gypsy thing nowadays know are ziegeunerschnitzel and i guess nobody wants to eat you no matter what ;) who cares if spaniard, bosnia whatever. do you know brazzo? was a very popular footballer in germany.
Why don’t you come back to Germany?
And what is even bad about being gypsy, just that others treat you bad for nothing. I hate racism so much ❤
Regarding the need for cars: Something that is often overlooked is the strict separation of residential and commercial areas in the USA. Since this does not exist to the same extent in Germany, you often have your small bakery or a small kiosk with the necessary things within walking distance. You don't have to drive 30 km to the supermarket
One of the concepts for a sustainable future in Germany is the 15 minutes City: Everything (shops, doctors, etc.) should be reachable within 15 minutes by walking, cycling or public transport. In cities and larger towns that is already true, for more rural areas there is still a long way to go. But this is the way to reduce car traffic and all the pollution that comes with it.
@@hellkitty6663 Even in rural areas this was always the case, in every village you need just 15 minutes from one end to another with the grocery stores or 15 minutes to the next small village were you can buy grocerys. So no real need for action there, and even companys slowly get it that no one qualified commutes into a city without parking spaces to work, so companys either build/rent offices in the rural areas were the actual qualified people live or there is remote working option since almost everyone has by now acces to braodband connection via VDSL or even fibre.
The 15 Minute concept is rather stupid because it just tries to concentrate people in the ghettos they call citys, which is contrary to the Trend since most people are moving back into the villages and only unskilled workers and unemployed people are left in the citys. There is no Need for big citys anylonger, the higher standard of living in rural areas is well-known and citys fight against it.
German (European) cities have grown over centuries and therefore there have always been shops and services in the residential areas of the citizens. Germany is of course much more densely populated than the USA. Even in sparsely populated, agricultural areas, the nearest small or large city with all amenities is usually no more than 20 to 30 kilometers away. And even in larger villages you will find at least one supermarket. If you live in the country like me, you obviously need a car in Germany too, but not necessarily if you live in a German city.
You don't know what you'll find when you arrive. When you leave, you know what you'll lose.
Merry Christmas!
Racism in Germany is way less about skin color than it is in the United States. Our racism is mainly based on cultural differences, religion, language and such.
But racism is racism, and unfortunately it seems to be on the rise on both sides of the pond.
But if its not based on physical traits you cant call it racism. More like selecteed xenophobia i guess
Racism without race is no racism. 🤔It is easy as it is.😉This does not mean that there may be other kinds of prejudices but it is not racism.😐
@@Skyl3t0n According to today's common definition, r*cism does not have to be based on biological characteristics. The definition of r*cism has expanded over time, and that is why we now also know cultural r*cism, for example.
"Race" in relation to people is a constructed term anyway, because biologically speaking, there is only one human race. So R*cism in the strict literal sense does not exist. All "races" that are known in the USA, for example, are constructed. In Germany, we do not speak of races and, due to our history (colonialism mainly not on our own ground, etc.), our xen*ph*bia is not so much linked to skin Color. But to come to the conclusion that there is hardly any r*cism in Germany because we don’t care so much about skin Color would be fundamentally wrong. Our r*cism simply has a different but equally ugly face.
Yeah, most stuff you hear on a regular basis is islamophobia or against the oolish due to war reasons, as long as you are birn in getmany or speak like you where, skincolor is comparably a non issue.
Not saying there is no colorism at all, there sure is, but way way less then usuall in asia or the US
@@eucitizen78So if r*cism is only based on „race“, please tell me: What is race in relation to humans?
Merry Christmas everyone! ❤️🌟🎁
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❤❤❤Frohe Weihnachten, from germany
Ryan, you´ve learned a lot by watching other peoples vids. You´re way ahead of many of your fellow citizens.
I´m german. And I love to live here. However, I´d love to live in any other european country. The US is the last country I´d go to.
And I don´t mind immigrants (from whereever) settling here. May they enjoy our country like I do.
Germany actually borders 11 countries. They have land borders with nine countries, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland and Luxembourg. In addition, Germany also has a maritime border with the United Kingdom through the North Sea and Sweden through the Baltic Sea.
I would argue that Germany doesn't have a sea border with the UK. While there ARE straight shots across the water from Germany to the UK there aren't any ferry connections. Hell, there are ferry connections from Germany to every Baltic Sea state so those are easier to argue as "neighbor states"
@ , Whether you have a sea border with another country is probably not determined by whether there is a ferry connection or not.
I would doubt it.
According to the "UN Convention on the Law of the Sea" (all countries in question have ratified it), the territorial waters extend a maximum of 12NM (~22km) to the sea. It will be difficult to find a point in the direction of Sweden where this claim meets in the Baltic Sea, but the United Kingdom is likely to be far too far away.
Buon sereno Natale a te e famiglia...love from Italy 🇮🇹♥
anche a ti :) (hope that´s correct 😊). Greetings from Germany :)
That part of your hand is called the 'back of your hand' or 'der Handrücken'. 😊
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I totally get his point No 6.
I've met several americans here and they're usually greener, more mindfull, more community oriented than me, which I find super funny sometimes. Like they're from the country of capitalism unleashed and themselves are as anticapitalist as you reasonably can be in a capitalist society. One time in a group on friends we got into talking about the US and what we think is wrong with it (as we germans LOVE to do) and at some point I'm like "uhhh ... dude ... sorry we're shittin on your country so much..." and they were like "oh no, I fully agree! What do you think why I left?!"
So ... Americans living here are ... different... 😅
As a german in this time, i love to see stuff like that. Often it seems like there is more and more stuff like racism, judging people for random shit, ignorance in bad ways, stressfull work situation an no one cares about their fellow peoples. But then there are people who helps to look at stuff from a different angle. Just stay open to every human being. WE are all the same, love ya and greetings from Germany. "Nett hier, aber waren sie schonmal in Baden-Württemberg?" 😄
professional german here on the "less judgemental" part
generally most people i know including me are like "live and let live" in these cases,
basically, don't bother me with it and i don't care.
so as long as you don't wear an inflateable dinosaur costume in a crowded bus or train and there for literally push people against the wall so that they can't move, people don't care
also
we jay walk all the time, there is only one real rule about it and that one is vital
"DON'T JAYWALK NEAR CHILDREN"
if children are around you listen to the traffic lights and so on, because you should be a good example to children so they learn the rules themselves first.
there is no jaywalking in germany tho & therefor nobody does that. it just doesnt exist. what u mean is maybe crossing the street when the traffic lights are red for you & i barely see anyone do a red light violation & if u do that ur just a jackass. if there is no traffic light u cross the street u watch out that its clear & therefor teach the "kids" how its done, most likely there will be a marked crosswalk nearby anyway.
@Vss077 well
Maybe it's different in different parts of Germany.
But where I live it's rather normal to cross a red traffic light, as long as you don't walk in the middle of active traffic.
As long as you don't get driven over or don't disrupt driving cars it's fine.
But the thing with the kids still applies, cause children are still supposed to learn the rules before they decide to break them.
@@GodofBarista i mean if nobody does that, u dont need to watch out for kids if u do it & u might be right in major cities it might be the case but never seen anyone do it in my small or "normal sized" ones. except some individuals + after midnight when there are barely any cars around
This "personal freedom" thing made me think. I'd say: Here in Germany you are free to do whatever you want, AS LONG AS: 1. you do not disturb others in their lives 2. you don't break law that are there for a good reason 3. see 1.
About his last point, racism: We have that sh*t here too. It is just on an other level than in the US. It is not news for me, I have heard it before from a friend who is from the us, shares the same skin color as Mr Russell and she said the same. Sad to hear that she is not alone with this opinion. What about the "Land of the free"? So sad. Even worse than here. 😦
Many people come here because they had to flee from their home countries. They don’t necessarily have to love Germany in my opinion, and if they don’t live it here, it’s not easy for them to move somewhere else.
Others come here because they can make more money here than in their home country, so they can help their families at home to get by.
I think to move to a country simply because you love it, is a great privilege that most people don’t have. Most people who move here don’t even know what to expect from this country.
Nobody comes to Germany to make more money unless you mean to have an average life doing hard work. Wealth in Germany is inherited and most don’t make it to the top.
@@rezaroohian9549 What are you talking about? There are 195 countries in the world. There are less than 10 countries where you make more money doing the same job as in Germany, and in most of them you also have higher expenses, so in the end you are left with the same amount.
Suuuure, they come here to flee. They always flee to the countries with most generous benefits and not the first safe one they come to. I can't really blame them for taking what Western countries naïvely offer though. Our governments give perverse incentive structures. I also think we should not socially tolerate foreigners who dislike Germany. No need to love us but they need to respect us and our culture and norms.
@@rezaroohian9549 Many Serbs and Bosnians come in groups, get cheapest apartment, live in big groups, eat cheapest pate and bread and save save save and then return home and live like kings
@@Psi-Storm Nobody moves to Germany expecting to get rich, especially if they start from scratch. While Germany does offer better wages than many countries, the high cost of living and taxes often balance it out. Plus, real wealth in Germany is heavily concentrated-most of it is inherited, and moving up the ladder without that head start is tough. If anything, people come here for stability and decent living conditions, not to make it big.
About 20 years ago, we had a team coming from NZ to work on a project here in Luxembourg. They were always on the go, saying: wow you are such a short flight from London, Paris, Rome, whatever and they really enjoyed it, making regular trips. They had a completely different notion from distances then me for instance.
Well, we have freedom of speech, but with laws and rules that guarantee peaceful coexistence and anyone who violates them is punished. This includes insults, racism and threats of violence, as well as violence itself, which are forbidden! This also includes freedom of religion and its safe practice. Religion must not influence everyday life or politics, this is strictly regulated by the constitution.
> Well, we have freedom of speech, but with laws and rules that guarantee peaceful coexistence
Are you kidding? People have their doors kicked in at 6am for making stupid jokes online.
@@kirahund6711 Absolutely, we are in a difficult situation now
I´m a German who traveled a lot the last 25 years working in different countries. When I lived in the USA some years ago, I really thought that racism was not really a thing in the USA anymore. A Black Dude as president of the democracy called United States of America logically negates systemic racism I thought. The concept of "race" has no meaning to me. With that mindset I was such an alien in that lovely small town in Alabama. People told me where I should not go as a white guy. I did not care walking around town exploring. I found it absurd that my workmates had guns in their pockets all the time even at the Olive Garden. I asked them if they were afraid of the Boogieman coming from the hills stealing their food or something. One day Security of the shopping mall asked me to stow my backpack in the car or leave. There was a shootout the other day they told me, I knew I heard gunshots far away but... I never felt fear or something, but after some months I one day decided that it may be a bad idea to eat at that chicken fast food restaurant somewhere at the outskirts of Atlanta Georgia...
Thank you Ryan for sharing these videos and especially for your comments! As an European it is also very educational for me to see the world through your eyes. It gives me insight not only into the lives of Americans but also into my own.
Usually it makes me love our European culture even more.
Merry Christmas to your family and to you! 🎄Greetings from Austria . I hope you have a wonderful day!
I want to add some points from my perspective as a German. But at first, I think it's great that you watch and react to those videos, it's important to widen your own view and not be stuck in your prejudices. Everyone has them, we can just make sure to learn about them and be open towards other countries, cultures etc. - and I have the feeling many people, especially US Americans, don't do that. From no other country have I heard people expect others to act in exactly the same way as they did. So let's start:
Number 3: (Traveller) Yeah it's not only "half" with a different language, it's basically just Austria and Switzerland that speak German. Parts of Belgium, too. Otherwise: Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, all different languages. But all of them have a different culture than Germany.
Number 4: Yeah that's what I always thought about the American dream. It occured to me that so often, that people in the US are so "competitive", it's basically always about taking advantage of each other, and if you're taken advantage of you've failed.
Like you guys are always so surprised that we pay after we fill up our tank at a gas station and ask: "Why don't you just drive off?" and I'm like: What about honesty? Why would you just steal for no reason? Just because you can? That doesn't make sense to me. Because Germany is not (or let's say: To a much more limited extent) about taking advantage of one another.
Number 5: (Car) Yeah I love my car and I love the Autobahn. I'm an automotive engineer, so yeah cars are my thing. But I'm being reasonable about it, I don't need a car in the inner city where I could walk or take the bus or bicycle and be equally fast or even faster, not paying for a parking spot. Or when there's lot of traffic on my daily commute, I'm taking the train. There's not only one option and I can choose the one that fits best for me. Sounds reasonable, does it?
Number 9: (Freedom of expression) I always feel like that US Americans have been told so many times that they're the only ones that have freedom, they can't comprehend that other countries have freedom, too. And they don't even question it. And yeah, other countries have freedom, too and are even more free than in the US in general. There are a few "freedom indices" and generally, the US is usually not the top spot in any of those, and even if: not by a huge margin.
But yeah, people will definitely judge you in Germany. But that coincides with number 4: It's not about putting other people down to feel better. It's not about taking advantage of one another to the same extent.
I always love to discuss with people from the US, so if you have something to comment on, please do so!
Germans and Europeans in general aren't racist based on your skin tone. More for your culture or language... Or religion
for me is it Culture and religion, if people come from a other country to Germany or the Netherlands or France and dont like there way of living or the rules(law) please stay away!!
Not really true. E.g. if you're a gypsy.
> More for your culture or language... Or religion
Let's be honest. Usually it's about how certain groups of people behave. And how much they cost us, the dumb stupid taxpayers.
Well since (all) religion is clearly a bad thing, the racism against religion is not a problem, but for the culture perspective you a right, their is space to improve
@zweiteracount1485 its still wrong to discriminate against people based on their beliefs. i'm with you, i'm not a fan of religion at all, but there are a lot of peaceful, normal religious people whose way of life i don't understand, but if they're minding their business so will i. you can't judge every muslim, jew or christian based on some extremist groups.
Believe me, if you live in rural Germany, you need a car. There's not even Uber here.
On the other hand, for example, in Chicago, I can easily live without a car.
Not everywhere
Tell me a rural area in any country where you really don't need a car. And surely, if you make a comparison for instance between Rhineland-Palatinate and Chicago you are right, of course. But if you compare this rural german state perhaps with North Dakota you will feel the effects. Where mass transit is existing at all, and where not!
as a german i can say, UBER, BOLT its all here ;) and diverse other coms,..
@@peterlustig9855 It is in germany. Just looked it up: Uber is in 16 Cities (Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart, Köln, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Bergisch Gladbach, Leverkusen, Neuss, Essen und Hannover). Everywhere else, you can wait for an uber forever. Same for carsharing in a useful size. I love and use sharenow when I am in München, but 30 km outside - no sharenow anymore - and no other one.
I checked how I would get to work here in Germany using public transportation. My workplace is in another village, 25 km away. I’d need to catch the first bus at 5 a.m. and would arrive at work by 11 a.m. To get back home on the same day, I’d have to stay on that same bus.
Uber would be an affordable alternative. Unfortunately, the taxi lobby has blocked it in Germany. If anything, only UberX is available here, which are taxis with regular taxi prices.
I always feel like most Americans never think of europe in terms of different countrys, but always as a whole. As if europe is just one big country with states like the US.
When you are that bad at geography it's so much easier to say Europe, it means that you don't have to think of any names of the countries.
To be fair if USA was more like the EU and those states were all independent countries who try to come together, I think USA would be a great and progressive place. But instead the US is a place where conservative people rule as minority (ok now even as a majority) and make everything evil that is not right in their world view. I mean you still label social security, unions etc. like communism and socialism and what not. Are you okay, guys?!
To be fair, are we Europeans any better when it comes to places like Asia or Africa? I would argue that most of us don't know enough about those places to differentiate between different cultures or languages.
But it is more and more .... there is a lot of differences between the US states... as much than between any country in EU. They have different government, laws, dialects and so on.
@@AkkyKitsune2025 Mh, I tend to disagree. I´d say in average the educational level is high enough in Germany (can´t speak for all of Europe on that matter)
to at least understand or not completely ignore the cultural differences between say Japan, China, India and other better known countries in Asia.
I really don't think the personal expression point is because germans are used to being "quirky" (I actually know very few people I would describe like that). I think it's just that people mind their own business. As long as your weird behavior doesn't affect them they might judge you silently but you'll never know unless you ask them about it.
I think you make a lot of sense, Ryan. Thanks for your video and Merry Christmas! :)
Merry X-Mas and have a happy new year, too 🙂 Greetings from Hamburg/Germany
As german - you will still be judged by your choices and appearance. But i gues less openly. People will notice, think something to themselves but they wont tell you to your face, look at you differently or act differently around you, theyll do their best to ignore whatever it is that makes you stand out, its about being polite. And thats if they care - as example tatoos - most germans genuinely don care if you have them, where or whats depicted, its a blissfull i dont give an f.
"You don´t need a car." is true as long as you´re living in a medium to large city with good mobility infrastructure. Outside of cities it´s pretty common to see adolescents driving e-scooters, e-bikes or 25kmh-motorcycles once they hit the age of 15. At 18 almost everyone does the drivers license tests. Some even earlier being acommpanied by their parents while driving.
hello Ryan, Merry Christmas, as to where cars are concerned, there are quite a few areas where you do need a car. out in the country public transportation is spotty. as is our mobile reception 🤣
Very true
the 'freedom' he talks about is partially linked to being a foreigner, an outsider. If one is born and grew up locally, the social/family/peer pressure would be greater in Germany too. Regardless it's not bad to be able to enjoy that freedom for being an alien.
Also, as in any country, there is racism/discrimination in Germany too. Having a Turkish name on the job application, for example, lessens the chance to get invited to an interview.
Not when your employer has a lot of customers with turkish roots😂 Turkish speaking doctors, customer service personal etc. are really wanted. Same when it comes to education or police.
Regarding brand names, a factory in a "third world" country makes various brands. The only thing that changes is the design and logo. The logo is important and is an important brag-factor. Anything that has a visible logo is advertising something, so the consumers are being used by the manufacturer to promote their products. Normally manufacturers have to pay for advertising, but consumers pay to advertise somebody else's product.
16:15 I don’t know where this guy lives. In rural Bavaria, you’ll be judged for everything. In Berlin, you almost stand out if you DON’T eat cereals out of a head. Of course I’m exaggerating, but what I’m trying to say: It really depends on where you live in Germany.
And in North Germany you won't be judged by anything you do, because nobody will talk to you, because you lived only 90 years there, so you're clearly the "new guy" 🥲
Well, it's not that bad, I've grown up there, but there's a grain of salt of truth in that.
Merry Christmas from Germany
It’s not that they gonna judge you for Jay walking but that’s a rule here.. for them, rules are rules..
they won’t judge you in so many things but only follow rules and it’s all in peace in Germany and try learning mind your own business and be humble in every achievement you get.. Germany 🇩🇪, my second home 🙏🇩🇪 Most Germans are respectful and when you get to know them, they are really friendly 💐🇩🇪
If you live in Dresden in Germany,you can take an overnight train to Budapet in Hungary for as little as 40 euros
If you live in Offenburg you can take the TGV to Paris (1,5 hours / 39€)
Since we all learn English in schools in Europe, it is actually no longer a problem to communicate.
Karneval/Fasching - definitely a topic you should look into. Pretty important in many regions in Germany. And it can be really really cool if you’re into stuff like that
Germans stare if you don't eat cereal out of a hat too. I don't care for clothing brands, except when brand matters because it represents quality. It often still does, not all are sell outs of the name. I have a shirt for over 30 years, it must have been washed hundreds of times and still looks right, so I bought a coat of the same brand recently and that is great quality too, really well made, good materials, finished with care.
We would stare at him, eating his cereal out of his hat - but we would not dare to disturb him by interrupting while he is eating. After having finished his cereal it is likely someone would ask why he did it. And "Because I felt like" would be accepted as well as any other answer.
Order restored, German satisfied. 😂
5:55 i work at Abbelen and we produce meatballs, cheeseburger and hotdogs for all markets. it doesn´t matter where you buy, because its all the same product. we just use different foils and labels, because every market has it own brand name. whether you buy from Aldi, Lidl, Kaufland, Norma, Netto, Edeka: it´s all the same product and even the same price! ;)
18:29 It´s called "Handrücken" (Back of the hand).
The insanity to spend 1000 bucks for a piece of cloth which production cost are 5 Dollar in India to impress people you neither know nor want to know. Better throw money on the street to show off, at least somebody has something out of it.
18:30 Its called "Handrücken". Hand & Rücken (which means back, like in the back of your body).
MAAAAAAN! DAS WOLLTE ICH AUCH GERADE SCHREIBEN! ABER VIEL STEREOTYPER IN GROßBUCHSTABEN, DAMIT MAN SICH VORSTELLEN KANN, WIE ICH DABEI LAUT SCHREIE, WEIL ICH WÜTEND DARÜBER BIN, DASS ER ES NICHT WEIß UND AUCH NICHT VERSTEHEN WIRD! 😂😂😂
Being colorblind means you don't see someone's identity and background or ignore it. Sometimes even actively deny it. There's nothing wrong with seeing color, it's about the judgement people attach to it. Being colorblind only works if there is no racism. A lot of people that claim they are colorblind are (very) racist. So yes, we're equal in the inside, but we're not the same on the outside and it's okay and respectful to acknowledge that.
I love your videos as it remembers me how great and beautiful Germany and Europe is. Every culture has it little strange habits but on the other hand I find it cute and interessting.. And if you open up your eyes and ears and show interest in the culture you know why those little strange habits exist and than you understand. It is mind opening..
I'm Norwegian...if life here gets less stressfull, our harts just stop beating. :D I live in a very rural area, I feed my chickens, air my dogs...that's about it. :)
About cars and the Autobahn: If you don't need a car, you always could rent a car if you needed one.
But then you are not really familiar with it. And unless you are a very good driver I wouldn't advise you to go from zero to high power.
A thing that is offered by the ADAC (one of the German AAA), Fahrschulen (schools where you learn to drive) and other organisations is a "Fahrsicherheitstraining". There you learn to handle your car in exceptional situatians, like one-sided ice or to go around an obstacle at medium speed as well as to brake effectively.
Recommended, but I am not sure whether it is offered in other languages than German. 😅
The reasons why Germans are less jugdy probably doesn't go back to them being quorcky. ^^ 1. of all German cultures are very different. Americans like to think German culture would be Bavarian, but Bavarian culture is something most Germans find strange if not laughable. The differences between bordering German states are fewer, but if you travel from Kiel to Stuttgart you may not even understand the language they are speaking. And that is about the distance you travel from Indianapolis to Kansas City. So Germans have to deal with people they don't understand for over a Millenium.
Second: Germans are very reserved. They like to mind their own business and that helps with not judging people (at least as long as you play by the rules).
There are numerous reasons. Mine is that Germany is a democracy where every vote counts the same.
Make it count in february so it stays that way. :) Guten Rutsch.
@RSProduxx jo, in dem Sinne: alles erlaubt außer Mr. Burns und die Faschisten 👍🏼
Dir auch an gudn Rutsch ✌🏼
Hey guys, some thoughts about that race topic at the end. I´m a white dude from Germany. Obviously I can't tell what it`s like to be a PoC in the US. But as far as I understand lots of non-white people struggle with the systemic and structural racism which makes life even harder for them. They don't live under the same circumstances, it's more difficult to get to good schools and universitys, get the well payed jobs and so on. Let's not even talk about that policing topic... Thats why the idea of beeing equal became unpopular (imao). Simpley because the starting points in life are different and so is the necessary effort to improve those circumstances. Equality is the final goal but the US (and Germany as well tbh) is far off... Am I wrong, do I miss something? Merry Christmas btw :)
Merry Christmas Ryan.
I am Subscribed to Christopher Russel too.
He's a good youtuber. I dont k ow why it didnt came to my mind to suggest him here.
To point 4: That is definition of "consumerism": Buy things you don't need with money you don't have to impress people you don't like.
To point 6: Only ~42% of all Americans have a pasport and the (technical) ability to travel abroad. Traveling broadens your horizon, because you encounter different countries and different cultures. Yes, you may have "everything" when travelling within the U.S., but on the other hand it is "all the same" if you get my drift.
you gotta set up a crowdfunding or so, that your many many followers can chip into and get you here for a couple of weeks.
like 5 - 10 k so that you can travel a lot and put up some first hand impressions on your channel.
I think it's about time to get you here ;-)
merry christmas to all of you.
Greetings from Magdeburg
9:01 I'm just happy that I don't have to go through all the expenses for the driver's licence, initial car purchase, gas, regular maintenance, additional insurance....I'm 27 now, don't even have the Führerschein and I'm living happily. I use the bus, bike, or a combination of both, and looking at the regular traffic congestion and desperate hunts for parking spots, I feel like I'm better off this way.
I'm paying the 50€ per month for the unlimited German-wide public near distance transport (basically, everything except FlixBus/FlixTrain and the IC/ICE high sped railway is included) and working on a bike also isn't too difficult so I don't need to pay a lot for maintenance there either.
It's of course not all sunshine and roses, taking the Bahn long distances can be either expensive or stressful because of plentiful delays, and bus lines experience congestion as well, but I still feel like it's more relaxed when you're not at the helm yourself.
To be fair, i am a car fanatic at heart and really want one. But optaining one is, for me, nearly impossible. First of all: My social anxiety makes it EXTREMELY HARD to attend the classes, even worse the "erste Hilfe" (first aid) course. I just can't, especially with the point that it has a "Need" for group working. Finding a Driving School that knows how to work with me is extremely rare so i doubt i will be making one at some point. Let alone the heavy price for the licence.
🎄🎄🎄love from germany to all, merry chistmas🎄🎄🎄
Frohe Weihnachten 🎄🎁
Danke und auch Frohe Weihnachten
To be honest, if you are in real like in your videos, the world would be a better place with more people like you. Live and let live.
I'm German, living in Spain
And to me Spain is really a relaxed living.
2:53 while it's true that japanese people work a lot, americans actually work more hours per year on average than the japanese, in fact the US is nr 1 in the world in that metric
an yet the per capita productivity in Germany is like 7 times higher than in Japan ... Tells alot about the "work more and harder" mentality ...
@RSProduxx If you're talking about the GDP per capita Germany's is only like 40% higher than Japan's, not 7 times higher
It s just cause Americans don't have legal vacation
@@benjaminbronnimann3966 not really sure how they got to that number, but it must have something to do with the relation between overall productivity of the country in relation to the average labour hours per person (hence per capita productivity) and such. And then we get alot higher than just the +40% GDP over Japan. It´s been a while since I´ve seen that report
There is a saying in some parts of germany: People who are "normal" You simply don't know well enough
11. Health insurance. if u work here, you get insurance. About 200 € per month with no extra costs for ambulance, appointments, treatments, etc. Except 10 bucks per day in Hospital and a small fee for medication.
Sorry, but this is not correct. The amount you pay for health insurance depends on your wage. It can be as much as 800 €. If you only pay 200, you are just about earning minimum wage. And you dont want to ever get seriously ill because our health insurance services are mediocre - to put it mildly.
@carinahotzel4996 Minimum wage, yes. But you still don't pay for appointments and ambulance etc. To the top is always no Limit ...
He forgot that you pay only 12% of your income for complete health insurance.
The thing with "colorblind" being racist is about the priviliges... If you don't acknowledge that as a white male in the US, or germany certain things are much easier, than for PoC, that's racist! But being "colorblind" when you're judging ppl that's probably a good thing! The situation with that maybe better than in the US, but it's certainly not perfect... Racial profiling is a problem in Germany, too, but you probably don't get killed by the police for just being black, or looking arabian... But you'll definatly have more trouble with the police than white ppl.
Merry holidays around the year to you to 🤝🏽♥️
10 reasons you will never leave the US:
1-9: you're in prison.
10: you've been shot.
(please don't take this too serious 😉)
Merry Christmas from Germany (Berlin)!
i will watch this again on easter
A black dude from Chicago empregnated a German woman (the cousin of one of my homies) when she was on vaccation. He then moved to Germany and had 2 more kids with her. He doesnt want to leave neither 😂
The "don't need a car" topic heavily depends on where you live. Of course i could take the bus to work. It just would take 2 hours instead of a 12 minute drive with my car. 🤭
Hmm, the thing with MLK and that "not their colour of their skin, but the content of the character" ,is, that it was misused, as a sort of general saying, instead of what it really meant, his own children...
You think, he really meant "I have a dream for my own children but not for the rest of us?" Did I get this right? That would be very disappointing...
@@juled79 did he say "only my kids", i think not... no, his children were black ( i know, duh ;), and he wanted them to be treated without their skin colour being a factor... he took them as an example... people always forget that during his time, this was not only not so, but even saying stuff like it was radical in the USA... and even though the last thing isnt true anymore, there is still the fact that people of darker skin colour are treated worse, by police for example... he wanted that this kind of behavior stops.
@@caIigula I know. I just misunderstood your first post, I think. Thank you for explaining, it was in some way irritating for me.
@@juled79 No problem, I appreciate the civility =)
08:25
No need for a car:
i live roughly 30km east of Hamburg. It is already inside the metropolitian area, but its kind of rural (for our understanding).
my daily way to work takes me directly to the borders of Hamburg. I drive with my car, because it then just takes 40min instead of 90-100min when i would travel by bus.
of course it is possible for me to do that with public transport and it would be cheaper, but at a cost of time.
for all other things of daily life i really don't need my car and i normally don't use it for that (e.g. groceries, supermarket is like 700m away).
Many of my co-workers who live in or near Hamburg don't own a car because its simply not necessary. if they need one once a year, the will rent one or borrow one from friends and family.
Merry Christmas. There are much rural areas, where you`ll need a car to get to something (shopping/eating/doctor/school/work and so on). There are rarely 2-3 busses a day to geht to greater "cities" (5-10k people) but then you`re in "midtown", and the groceries are on the edge of these
Germans are a hard-working people, not a people who just take it easy and enjoy life.
Hey Ryan, first of all Merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones.
I´m from Trier, Germany (btw the oldest city in Germany) and i have 15 Minutes to Luxemburg, 45 Minutes to Belgium and about 1,5 Hours to France or the Netherlands. Worked and lived in the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Switzerland (well ok, that´s 6 Hours away from my Hometown) in the last 15 Years and i love these Countries and the People. But i allways returned to Germany.
Ach, wie klein die Welt doch ist: bin auch aus Trier 😅
@@anjak77 Damit hätte ich hier in den Kommentaren nicht gerechnet 😅 Dir und Deinen Liebsten auch ein schönes Weihnachtsfest 🌲
@@saschahahn54 danke, ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie auch ein frohes Fest 🧑🎄🌲
Haha nice, bin aus Koblenz und lebe in den USA. Trier war iwie immer special für mich, wahrscheinlich aufgrund der antiken Stadtstruktur.
Grüße!!
I live since 8 and half years in Germany and all i have to say it is great now, but it was much much better, like 4-6 years ago
I live in a small town with about 35,000 inhabitants, 40 km from Bonn and 70 km from Cologne.
I am a male nurse specialized in anaesthesia and intensive care and it was no problem at all for me to be in Cologne by public transport, especially for the early shift, which starts at 6am. A train with only 3 stops to Cologne, then a direct change to the subway, which took me almost to the door of the hospital.
With time and a little planning, I managed 25 years without a car.
A car is usually parked in a parking lot for more than 80% of the time and costs taxes, insurance, gas, oil, etc., etc.
In Germany, because of its extensive public transportation system, it's basically just money down the drain.
And we haven't even considered the impact on the environment!
6:25 I'm not interested in fancy clothing brands too. Except for shoes. IDGAF bout the sweater or shirt or jeans i'm wearing, but when it comes to shoes, i only wear Nikes like Air Force 1 or Jordans 😅
Hope you had a relaxed Christmas
Frohe Weihnachten euch allen und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr ❤🎉❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
As a German I can say that
a) we WILL judge and label. But it comes with a lot of a certain live-and-let-live attitude, or rather a "why would I bother spending time and energy on that person whose choices I don't agree with?". So unless you're actively interfering with others you're probably good.
and b) whether or not you're dependant on a car varies widely; while in cities there is little to no benefit of car ownership, in the countryside cars are pretty much mandatory. That's because the way Germany (or Europe in general) was settled led to this "sprinkling" of towns and settlements all roughly a day's worth of traveling by foot apart (~10-15km). Most of these villages nowadays consist only of residential buildings, maybe some farms and a church. No daycares, no schools, no groceries, doctors and very rare if any public transport. So if you're living there without a car you're in big trouble.
Americans talk so much about freedom. They forgot how it looks and feels.
Merry Christmas!🎄
Funny the cereal eating out of a hat, reminded me of a city employee (financial management) who once ordered scrambled eggs and wanted them to be served in an ashtray. Well he got his wish, the city actually put him into a position where he couldn't do any real damage.
I loved that Ryan was able to name 3 of the 9 countries that surround germany effortlessly 👍👍 no sarcasm. If you asked me for example what the states bordering Texas were i would simply have to guess
states are not countries
@@karstenbalamagi8463 Thats true, but i imagine the difficulty would be the same. I mean everybody know that the USA only borders mexico and canada. Only two countries would be too easy!
Merry Christmas, Ryan
As a young boy I was also in the USA. I remember that Americans are very similar to us in general. As an adult I wanted to experience foreign cultures. Southeast Asia. My experience tells me that the feeling of freedom comes from the lack of cultural guardians that anchor us in ourselves.
Best wishes from Germany
Ryan, I've watched hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of reaction videos, but this one is the first from which I noted what you said, i.e.: “No-one ever accomplished their dreams and did something remarkable, got their name in a history book by perfectly fitting into the mold.” How very true. I hope I may quote that with your name properly mentioned...
It's interesting, I think all of the reason he listed are pretty much also happening in Germany. I guess in the end, it's often a matter of perspective.
the horror of the american medical system would never get me to move to the us.
Next Step for not needing a car. You can have fresh food delivered to your apartment door. It's like shopping in a supermarket without leaving your home. I have no idea if there is a similar delivery service in the US.
for the last point he made, you just need to be careful. We tend to stare here in germany ^^ my mother even called it a hobby of hers 😂 to sit at a cafe looking at people passing by.
In the US ppl try to avoid staring in general so if someone is doing it most of the time it has meaning. Here it obviously also sometimes has a meaning but most of the time it is something normal.
me as a german would definitely love to see a video 10 reasons why not to leave America haha
As an American, I’d have a hard time with that.
Farmers are basically always at work and on vacation at the same time...
I mean if you have livestock like chicken or cattle, you need to make sure that the animals are good and collect eggs or milk once a day... but it doesn't necessarily take all day everyday.
Much of the summer you're basically waiting for your crops, for winter feed, is ready to harvest.
Much of the winter you're basically just feeding your livestock and maintaining your tools/machinery to be ready for spring.
You'll always have something to do, but it's not like it must be done by Friday 2pm... the strict deadlines are while sowing in spring and harvesting when weather allows in fall.
If you want a week or two off in winter or summer, you hire someone to keep your animals alive and well, or you arrange something about taking turns with your neighbour.
It may seem relaxed, but you can't just starve your livestock because you get sick.
Edit 13:00 - of course I'm Danish and can only express my own subjective opinion...
I'll welcome whoever shows up on the border, capable of supporting his or her own family, not be a burden to society but a bonus. Then I won't care if they're from north or south America, Africa, Asia or Australia... bring the kids, we'll handle education and health care.
The problem is 'financial refugees'... they're in a difficult situation not because they are unwanted where they come from, they're not in danger.
They arrive with no employment contract, simply because they believe that our social system can keep them alive and well... that's not how our systems work.
17:20 - do whatever you want... but in Germany and Austria there are certain gestures and outfits you're not allowed to show in public, even if done in jest 🙄 don't mention the war.
Other than that, have your weird habits and preferences, be whatever colour you're born with... people will respect you as long as you respect their oddities... it's not that difficult.
Edit 20:00 - we're not colourblind, if the police ask for a description of a criminal from a witness, the level of colour will be part of the description (from white potato to black coffee). Just like eye and hair colours.
But when it comes to hiring and paying people... employers don't care about that, it's all about skills, performance and personality fitting into the team/company.
For us we celebrated the birt of christ yesterday, but for everyone else, i wish a happy christmas, may god bless you all
We don´t celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Heiligabend. Heiligabend is like in the UK or USA also in Germany the eve before Christmas = the eve before Jesus will be born. But unlike in the US or UK we start celebrating Christmas on this day by attending the local Christmas mass (if we are religious) and giving gifts to loved ones on this day.
But Jesus was born in spring, at least according to the Bible. (Doesn't matter though, I wish you a happy winter solstice.👍
@@desperadox7565 i'm jewish so i actually celebrate hannukah, just wanted to fit in a bit
@@christopherbrown1187 👍🎁🎉
wait, we have eastern already?