One question I was asked on my first trip to the US 30 years ago was "Do you have refrigerators in Germany". Yes, we have them by now.
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I’m German - Ask me anything
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I'm 100% ignorant so forgive me
How much is your country still affected by WWII/Cold War?
What regional/national cuisine/music/art do you think represents your culture well?
Are contractions as big a thing in your language as I hear?
How much is your country still affected by WWII/Cold War?
What regional/national cuisine/music/art do you think represents your culture well?
Are contractions as big a thing in your language as I hear?
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I don't care about Ampelmänner and I don't think many Germans do. I don't know any.
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We are affected by WWIi, not so much by cold war. For instance many Germans find it strange if people use swastikas mindlessly in other countries.
When it comes to food Germany is a country of Gyros, Pizza and Döner. People eat that Bavarian stuff or Schweinsmagen too, but a large percentage of food is "foreign". I don't like German music that much but there is a lot of excellent stuff from different genres, maybe someone else can help out.
There are many strange things in German language, like "umfahren" can mean both avoiding and hitting stuff. I wouldn't like to learn German as a foreign language.
Are you going to commit to saving the planet by taking the free public transit your country now offers whenever you travel?
Edit: will soon offer*
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What is the best mustard? I use to go to this German restaurant in Seattle and they had fantastic mustard.
Also do you have a pretzel recipe you can share?
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Here in Cologne we got lots of Burger restaurants lately, the best I ate was at "The bird". You can eat decent burgers at chains like Hard Rock Cafe or other chains with american names. I don't think nationwide there is THE burger restaurant.
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Both are great. If I could choose only one it would be Berlin.
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Stuff like Truck and Train simulators seem to be big over here, don't know why and know nobody who knows. To each their own obviously. Maybe ask on the gaming forum.
Damn, is this true? Sounds amazing. We have good public transportation here in Sweden, but it's certainly not free (except for seniors, I think).
Were you there when DSS Agent Luke Hobbs and the rest of the Fast Fam went to Berlin to retrieve an EMP device from the military outpost?
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Worst: Bavarian, Saxonia is strange too
Like: Hamburg, also some are kinda funny like Hessisch
Don't think they are called accents, foreign accents I hate are french and sometimes US, no special preference for any other countries, scandinavian are usually quite nice.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...public-transportation/?utm_term=.23c8cd1af214
Hopefully my city catches up.
Whats the fastest you have driven on the autobahn and what car was it
I drove ~250 kmh (~150 mph?) in a rental BMW M3 years ago that was fucking awesome
I drove ~250 kmh (~150 mph?) in a rental BMW M3 years ago that was fucking awesome
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If you said Munich is the more beautiful I would not say you are wrong.
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I am not a car guy, was about 200km/h in a rented Audi A4
Ah, ok, just an experiment in certain cities. Still very cool, and I hope we and other countries follow suit.
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The "Bild" and other like it are bad, but I won't call it fake news, just very "colored". I think newspapers TV-News are very good overall.
I find the rise of something like urban legends much more dangerous where immigrants are said to do unbelievable things, but never ever there is any evidence.
Why can't Cannibal Corpse play any songs off the first 3 albums live in your country, but the rest of the catalogue is perfectly fine?
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Sorry, I hate soccer, think they are all overpaid pussies. Hearing how they lament in interviews about "Think it was not our best day" I think any US basketball player would be fired like that exact day.
Yeah, I'm not sure actual fake news exist to the extent in Europe as in America, where you have Fox News and such just outright lying and making shit up. Sure, you'll get VERY slanted reporting from some publications, but at least here in Sweden there's nothing like Fox, at least not on a major network.
Wait, Germany has those? I thought that was just America. Yeah, they suck.
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There is no huge gun culture. There a lots of people who like and own guns, but laws are very strict, especially how you better not let your gun get in anybody elses hand. The US gun culture is beyond what most people can understand.
There are hunters, gun collectors and even some gun nuts, but as it is regulated well it is no problem, and even if most people I know loathe guns, there is not much of an extreme opposition.
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