ClassifiedPancake

Did the German actors dub themselves? I can imagine this must be hard.

Blaming others for things going wrong doesn’t require thinking and being self reflecting.

Get Duolingo for talking to children

This guy cooks … TV dinners in the microwave

Do you even care about movies if you don’t watch them in the original language?

To be honest I’m that guy. But I don’t judge anymore and German dubs are actually top notch compared to other countries. But it’s a tough decision for me to watch a new movie in German just so I can share it with someone else and I will comment on it once!

Nice! I still communicate daily with a small community who found each other in a paid forum of a gaming magazine 20 years ago. We also have meetups sometimes. Initially, when the forum dissolved we created our own little forum but switched to Slack at some point.

It’s clearly a chicken

Germany:

• McDonalds since forever. I remember once having a birthday party there as a kid. That was when they still had all these mascots like Ronald and the purple guy and it was all big fun. Somehow they are seen as „not healthy but good quality“ and have been a staple in popular culture and occasionally they unleash the famous „Big Rösti“ which is like a fifth season for some people
• Burger King also exists since forever. It was always the second choice to McD. It doesn’t have a great reputation when it comes to cleanliness.
• KFC was actually the very first American fast food chain to invade Germany but they never expanded as much as they could have
• Subway started in the early 2000s and really took off. Also not the best reputation on food safety but still a goto place for many
• Starbucks also took off in the early 2000s. Used to be really cool because it had comfy chairs, a chill flair and wasn’t so crowded. Not anymore and now we have many small independent places to get much better coffee from
• Dominoes tried in the 80s, failed and came back in the 2010s and continues failing
• Pizza Hut also started in the 80s. It was rare and I fucking loved it. Now it’s even rarer.
• Taco Bell only exists in US military bases but they plan to open some restaurants to the public soon. I’m not convinced it will be a hit.
• Dunkin‘ Donuts also started early 2000 but took a while to really expand. It used to be that when someone went to one of the few cities with a Dunkin they had to bring a pack of donuts.
• Not on the map: Five Guys. They started in the late 2010s. I was excited because I remember going to one in the US and getting the bag filled up with tasty French fries but here in Germany they are very picky with the amount and it is too expensive. I don’t think it will go very far here.

Most of the US chains started either in Berlin or Frankfurt, I guess because that’s were most of the US military was stationed and now it’s just tradition.

I personally don’t go to most of them anymore but they remain successful even if Americas reputation in Germany has been on the floor for a long time now.

What do you mean? They are everywhere.

I prefer to write emails because then I have proof about everything that was said and I can take the time to think about my request. It could be very productive.

The reason I call anyways is because people are too lazy and stupid to read more than one sentence and then I have to repeat what they missed out the first time over and over until they answered everything.

I get angry when cars stop for me when I could easily and safely cross the street after they pass without me having to wait more than 2 seconds so why even bother pretending to be nice? But now they stop for me and I need to hurry up so they don’t have to wait too long and it stresses me out! Just drive, there is no law that says you should stop here for pedestrians! I can handle this myself.

Und bitte nicht nur Girocards. Ich muss wegen dieser blöden Karte 10 Euro im Jahr extra zahlen und ein zusätzliches Konto bei einer anderen Bank pflegen nur weil 4x im Jahr irgendein Saftladen keine Kreditkarten annimmt.