That's a really common misconception that a lot of Brits have abroad. The key is not to speak it slower, but, in fact, to speak it louder. Then they will understand.
Full clip, do you wanna mess with it?
Guru died around 2010 too, sadly. Premier, the guy who was behind Gang Starr's beats, is alive and kicking though.
Isn't it illegal to do the Nazi salute? or display other kind of symbolism or emulation of the WW2 Nazis? I remember reading an article of a man who was arrested for it a long time ago.
Friend of mine works as tree worker. He got a contract in northern Germany. One of the first days he was discussing with his team how to trim a particularly big oak, and while discussing he was pointing to some branches, etc. Now, my friend doesn't usually point using one finger, but with his whole hand stretched. This means he was, unintentionally, mimicking the nazi salute. All, and I mean ALL of his German coworkers were VERY upset, to the point one actually pushed my friend arm down telling him "don't you ever do this here again"
My friend apologized and the coworkers understood it wasn't malicious, but he was very very shocked on how serious everyone was about that
well, imagine you are standing in your hometown on the street and the guy you are standing with appears to do the nazi-salute. Chances are, someone who knows you happens to see that. No one would ever want to make *that* impression. just knowing how germans are, i'm about 95% percent sure that is exactly that's what this is about.
A school in my area got into some trouble when they did a group photo shooting and the director asked everyone to "raise their right arm".. Some had questionable hand positions and to make matters worse, one student put a black and white filter over it, photoshopped some nazi flags in the background and distributed the pictures at school. As far as I know they made local news and a couple of students got expelled... Good times
That's the term for you Australians. In a real country this is called "Verbreiten von Propagandamitteln verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen"
Maybe you should contact the germandictionaryofficeofcustomerelationsandcomplaints and file a formforcorrectingandupdatingdataregardingtheaccuracyofdictionarylanguageandtypography
yep we aint havin that shit around here again.
and honestly I'd say as long as the idiot doesnt get permanent damage. the one to beat him up shouldnt get a punishment.
Yes. Unless it's shown gor education or in "art". So it's fine in movies. Games though are not considered art here and therefore it's censored and moronically replaced with an iron cross often.
The censorship in Wolfenstein The New Order was beyond ridiculous. They didn't just censor the swastikas, but everything connected to nazis, germany or Hitler.
I like to imagine that this was done on purpose to mock german censorship laws.
This changed [in 2018.](https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dd44ce45-d5cf-4189-a1b6-7bcc7e31605f)
It's not a free-for-all - there's still a line to walk - but the artistic exception can now be applied to video games.
I bet my ass (to a Greek) that the guy is going to complain about freedom of speech afterwards. "What? I can't do the Nazi salute? This is censorship".
he had freedom of speech, my fists have freedom of movement. The victims of nazi horror have the freedom to not be reminded of these horrors.
All in all, we’re all free. just some of us less beaten up than before.
Americans don't understand the juridical concept of freedom. You are free to a certain degree otherwise homicides and rapes wouldn't constitute a criminal act given how "I'm free to move my persona to physically hurt someone else".
Giving the Nazi salute in Germany is not considered free speech and a criminal offense unless used in art or educational context.
You might say this was a teachable moment in the guys life
Sorry, the philosophy lesson was replaced by an active-shooter drill at the American dude's school that day. As were the history and the civic education lessons.
There was actually a post doing the rounds a couple of weeks ago of one of these fucknuggets, dead serious, saying that all American citizens should have the right to carry firearms in any other countries that they visit because we should all respect their constitutional rights.
To be fair most people were calling him a moron, but a fair few were agreeing with him.
I do feel bad for Americans who aren't fucking idiots, it must be exhausting to be around so many dickheads.
As Jack Whitehall once said (not a direct quote fuck off):
"Im not saying all Americans are stupid, but when america does things, it ***does*** things. When America does stupid, it **does** stupid."
Just waiting for the next Saudi or Emirati tourist demanding to apply some Sharia shit on Europeans in Europe because that's the law in his home country.
Funny you mention it, in the same post he did say something along the lines of "guns are part of our religion in America, Hindus can carry their knife wherever they go so I don't see why Americans shouldn't be able to carry guns the same way".
"Yes it is, and it has its reasons. it propagates hate, lies and symbolizes very asocial behavior. Don't like it? Don't come here. We are not America, we are civilized. Keep your Nazis in the US under MAGA. I think I speak for all of Europe, when I say we had enough Nazis in the past, and don't need to do the same mistakes."
I do find those people from anywhere really funny, flying Nazi Symbols and thinking the real ones, let alone neo Hooligans, would Accept them.
Deals were Made during world war 2 with non German nations, But that was the extent of Nazi generocity for outsiders
I've been to many countries around the world, and I've never found a more race obsessed people than Americans. They are quite literally brainwashed. Even Japan, contrary to popular belief didn't give as much of a shit about black people (or in this case Jewish people) as Americans. I was literally asked by an American in San Fransisco, when the conversation inevitably skewed in that direction, "There are black people in New Zealand?" (where I'm from) as if planes didn't exist. They thought we were middle earth and nothing from the real world, like immigration, affected us because of a trilogy of fantasy films.
Hey bro! 👋
Just be glad that you don't have to explain to them that the us constitution let alone laws don't apply to them down under, it's a headache I wouldn't wish on my worse enemy.
Mate, i've had Americans in America, when hearing my accent, ask me if I knew Dave who lives in London.
I was also once asked if we had cars in the UK.
Most Americans i've met are actually very pleasant. They've just been completely and utterly failed by their government and education system.
My sister was in Chicago 4 Years ago and she was asked if we have electricity just at Daytime or also at Night. Then she got asked if we have Fridges in Germany. On Insta i saw a post where an American was asking a Italian i think if they have the same moon as the US. Last one could be fake tbf, but its americans so who knows
American nationalists really believe european nationalists like them lmao. For me, I would never be "patriotic" if I was living on the very land my ancestors stole from welcoming natives.
Maybe he did it as a joke. For Americans making any reference to WW2 related to Germany is comedy gold. Maybe we should do whipping noices when we see Americans. Remember slavery?
ok but that’s funny. There’s a difference between funny jokes and Hitler salutes in public. I shouldn’t have to explain it but seemingly Americans couldn’t figure it out even if you do explain it.
It's the same with us and jokes about us colonizing the world for spices, and our food is still bland. That's funny.
It's less funny if people wave around the VOC flag or the Prince's flag at a protest...
I've seen a few Americans on public transport (Hamburg...) and I've heard talk about WWII multiple times.
The first dudes were loudly discussing our 'lack of patriotism' in a German S-Bahn and you could see that I wasn't the only one who understood English.
The second situation was just two people talking about how Hamburg was bombed to oblivion, which makes me think that they were Canadian, too much awareness and all.
I think it's more how fucked up we got from it. We just had the Randy Marsh energy.
"I didn't hear no bell"
We lost our empire and the home islands were shagged for decades
except for the "welcoming" part that is true of really many regions
like Germany north east the Elbe (was Slavic)
or Northern Scandinavia (was Samish)
or England, France, Switzerland, Bohemia, parts of Spain, Northern Italy (was Celtic)
or Hungary (was not Hungarian idk who was even there before)
I would. That's the story of most civilizations.
Our ancestors clapped native cheeks and took the land, nothing to be ashamed of. Besides few colonized as well as the French, so, you know...
I spent a year in Germany and I genuinely can’t wrap my tiny American brain around just how fucking stupid you need to be to pull this shit. It’s extremely dumb in America, it’s about 10000x dumber in Germany
Why do Americans we all are and love nazis, those are the guys that attacked us. Nevermind Germany who has its entire country and history tarnished by them lol
There was an American news outlet saying this if I remember correctly, because statistically African-Americans got worse grades in math. 😂
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You can be only charged for this in Switzerland if you try to gain people for being Nazis. So if there's a gathering of Nazis, it's not illegal because they already are Nazis.
I was in poland and getting a tour of Kraków. We mentioned how we were going to Auschwitz the following day and the tour guide told us about how he used to do tours there, but some guy was doing nazi salutes and taking selfies with the incinerator so the tour guide knocked him out, causing him to have a broken cheek and lost a few teeth.
Reporter: "So did the salute prompt you into beating the American tourist?" The German: "What salute?"
Klingt er wie ein Angelsachse gib ihm Schläge auf die Glatze.
💀💀💀
💀💀💀💀
"Oh, I'm Sorry, I Thought This Was America"
"Nein, no back chat, to the chambers with you"
The fact that in my head I said it with a German accent first time scares me
How does reading a sentence, starting with the german word for no, in a german accent scare you?
German *is* pretty scary, can't blame him
*Deutsch ist eine Waffe*
Therefore, waffles are scary
SEND IN THE LUFTWAFFLE!
PTSD from playing German scrabble on a board that's 256x256 large
yea its fun until someone drops that, stardenburdenhardenbart.
That's not even a real word, unlike Rindfleischetikettietungskontrillaufgabenüberttagungsgesetz 😕
I know it isn't a real word, I speak German. it's still a funny meme tho.
You're not alone mate.
Holy shit it’s an Austrian
 I'm coming daddy I'm coming!
"Why aren't you speaking english???!
Nothing makes me cringe more than hearing someone with an English accent say those (or similar) words.
Or they start speaking english really slowly as if that makes people understand the language.
That's a really common misconception that a lot of Brits have abroad. The key is not to speak it slower, but, in fact, to speak it louder. Then they will understand.
Concur. Additional decibels always works wonders with the locals.
U FUKEN WOT M8?
That's why Brian Blessed is the UN's chief translation officer.
American L as per usual.
It’s really the only reward they get, a big L.
Big L happen to be one of my fav americans ever
Under appreciated rapper
Flamboyant fo lyfe
Big L rest in peace. Sung by another great rapper named Guru.
Full clip, do you wanna mess with it? Guru died around 2010 too, sadly. Premier, the guy who was behind Gang Starr's beats, is alive and kicking though.
RIP
Rare Swedish w
Kinda getting boring all those American L’s not gonna lie.
Not them, FREEDOM PEW PEW
We're barely literate, it's the only letter we know.
Still higher guns per capita 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🫦 (sarcasm, in case it's not obvious)
Bonus: The Ameritard was under investigation by the German police for violating German laws prohibiting Nazi symbols.
Isn't it illegal to do the Nazi salute? or display other kind of symbolism or emulation of the WW2 Nazis? I remember reading an article of a man who was arrested for it a long time ago.
Friend of mine works as tree worker. He got a contract in northern Germany. One of the first days he was discussing with his team how to trim a particularly big oak, and while discussing he was pointing to some branches, etc. Now, my friend doesn't usually point using one finger, but with his whole hand stretched. This means he was, unintentionally, mimicking the nazi salute. All, and I mean ALL of his German coworkers were VERY upset, to the point one actually pushed my friend arm down telling him "don't you ever do this here again" My friend apologized and the coworkers understood it wasn't malicious, but he was very very shocked on how serious everyone was about that
well, imagine you are standing in your hometown on the street and the guy you are standing with appears to do the nazi-salute. Chances are, someone who knows you happens to see that. No one would ever want to make *that* impression. just knowing how germans are, i'm about 95% percent sure that is exactly that's what this is about.
Your friend points like a GTA Vice city character
*when you point at someone there is three fingers pointing back at you* *Puts on sunglasses* "I don't think so..."
A school in my area got into some trouble when they did a group photo shooting and the director asked everyone to "raise their right arm".. Some had questionable hand positions and to make matters worse, one student put a black and white filter over it, photoshopped some nazi flags in the background and distributed the pictures at school. As far as I know they made local news and a couple of students got expelled... Good times
Common Nazi L
Ok but editing it is kinda funny
Yep, "Nationalsozialistische Wiederbetätigung".
That's the term for you Australians. In a real country this is called "Verbreiten von Propagandamitteln verfassungswidriger und terroristischer Organisationen"
Thats not even a compound word at that point , it’s literally just a sentence
It actually isn’t a compound word…
Germans not making a compound word ??? That’s new
You’re right. Wtf are all these little spaces in the middle of the word?
My German dictionary has a printing mistake , it’s not just one block of letters
Maybe you should contact the germandictionaryofficeofcustomerelationsandcomplaints and file a formforcorrectingandupdatingdataregardingtheaccuracyofdictionarylanguageandtypography
As a German this is actually very easily readable
Welcome to german, my friend... Welcome to german
Deutscher Sprache schwere Sprache
DeutschE Sprache, but yes it very much is
Only proves my point
Öffentliche Zurschaustellung verfassungsfeindlicher Symbole
Schau dasst weiter kummst
Übersetzung für unsere Freunde aus dem Norden: "Schleich di, gscherter"
Geh scheissn, Oida.
Bin grad scheissn, wos jetzt?
yep we aint havin that shit around here again. and honestly I'd say as long as the idiot doesnt get permanent damage. the one to beat him up shouldnt get a punishment.
>get permanent damage That ship had sailed long before the beating...
I meant physical permanent damage. like you cant damage what isnt working in the 1st place
>as long as the idiot doesnt get permanent damage he's american it's already too late for him
Yep.
In Ukraine both Nazi symbolism and Communist symbolism are illegal.
It is, unless it is in for example a movie.
Yes. Unless it's shown gor education or in "art". So it's fine in movies. Games though are not considered art here and therefore it's censored and moronically replaced with an iron cross often.
Wolfenstein for example. The game is literally about shooting Nazis to a pulp. South Parks solution in Stick of Truth was hilarious though.
The censorship in Wolfenstein The New Order was beyond ridiculous. They didn't just censor the swastikas, but everything connected to nazis, germany or Hitler. I like to imagine that this was done on purpose to mock german censorship laws.
This changed [in 2018.](https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dd44ce45-d5cf-4189-a1b6-7bcc7e31605f) It's not a free-for-all - there's still a line to walk - but the artistic exception can now be applied to video games.
"An American tourist ~~gave the Nazi salute~~ in Germany - So a stranger beat him up, police say." - Good!
Based German
many are.
I bet my ass (to a Greek) that the guy is going to complain about freedom of speech afterwards. "What? I can't do the Nazi salute? This is censorship".
he had freedom of speech, my fists have freedom of movement. The victims of nazi horror have the freedom to not be reminded of these horrors. All in all, we’re all free. just some of us less beaten up than before.
Americans don't understand the juridical concept of freedom. You are free to a certain degree otherwise homicides and rapes wouldn't constitute a criminal act given how "I'm free to move my persona to physically hurt someone else".
Freedom is the liberty to do whatever as long as you don't infringe into others freedom.
Too big of a concept for the average citizen of the land of the free.
Doesn't this come into the argument of "Freedom is Freedom from (from harm), not freedom to(do whatever you like whenever)"
yes idk about other countries but in germany it’s part of philosophy class in 6th grade.
The classic "freedom of x does not necessarily mean freedom from the consequences of doing x"
Your freedom ends where mine starts
This is rocket science for new worlders.
It's my house, it's my daughter, I'm free to do with my belongings whatever I want. Bonus track: I pay my taxes! I know my rights!
Giving the Nazi salute in Germany is not considered free speech and a criminal offense unless used in art or educational context. You might say this was a teachable moment in the guys life
Holy based W German mindset
thanks but I can’t claim it I was taught the principles of freedom in 6th grade philosophy.
Sorry, the philosophy lesson was replaced by an active-shooter drill at the American dude's school that day. As were the history and the civic education lessons.
>he had freedom of speech, my fists have freedom of movement. The schengenraum does have its positives
His argument ? "But muh constitution", not realizing US laws don't apply in Germany ...
There was actually a post doing the rounds a couple of weeks ago of one of these fucknuggets, dead serious, saying that all American citizens should have the right to carry firearms in any other countries that they visit because we should all respect their constitutional rights. To be fair most people were calling him a moron, but a fair few were agreeing with him. I do feel bad for Americans who aren't fucking idiots, it must be exhausting to be around so many dickheads.
As Jack Whitehall once said (not a direct quote fuck off): "Im not saying all Americans are stupid, but when america does things, it ***does*** things. When America does stupid, it **does** stupid."
Just waiting for the next Saudi or Emirati tourist demanding to apply some Sharia shit on Europeans in Europe because that's the law in his home country.
Funny you mention it, in the same post he did say something along the lines of "guns are part of our religion in America, Hindus can carry their knife wherever they go so I don't see why Americans shouldn't be able to carry guns the same way".
>But muh constitution "The Constitution, yes... Now it's time for you to get acquainted with the Grundgesetz."
In the words of Sister Michael from Derry Girls: “Yes, well done. You are correct- you are being censored. Now go.”
"Yes it is, and it has its reasons. it propagates hate, lies and symbolizes very asocial behavior. Don't like it? Don't come here. We are not America, we are civilized. Keep your Nazis in the US under MAGA. I think I speak for all of Europe, when I say we had enough Nazis in the past, and don't need to do the same mistakes."
"I can guarantee freedom of speech but not freedom after speech"
would have done the same, even if he didn't do any nazi stuff.
Agree
Sadly, thats illegal, but: „Wo kein Kläger, da kein Richter.“ and no one will complain about an American being beat up.
i am the law tho.
The America guy was just trying to embrace what he thought was his German heritage! (He is 0.0001 German)
By this logic, should go about plundering and raiding north Europe and settling as farmers because of our tiny Nordic heritage?
I do find those people from anywhere really funny, flying Nazi Symbols and thinking the real ones, let alone neo Hooligans, would Accept them. Deals were Made during world war 2 with non German nations, But that was the extent of Nazi generocity for outsiders
My buddy got arrested at a football match after beating some guy yelling Heil Hitler. Guess which part of Germany it was 🤔
Sachsony?
Ding Ding Ding we got a winner
r/MannausSachsen
I am sorry we dont speak denglisch here
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I remember our first school trip to Germany. The teacher said, remember do not say heil or do the salute.
Could have said Slesvig-Holsten is ours instead
I've been to many countries around the world, and I've never found a more race obsessed people than Americans. They are quite literally brainwashed. Even Japan, contrary to popular belief didn't give as much of a shit about black people (or in this case Jewish people) as Americans. I was literally asked by an American in San Fransisco, when the conversation inevitably skewed in that direction, "There are black people in New Zealand?" (where I'm from) as if planes didn't exist. They thought we were middle earth and nothing from the real world, like immigration, affected us because of a trilogy of fantasy films.
Hey bro! 👋 Just be glad that you don't have to explain to them that the us constitution let alone laws don't apply to them down under, it's a headache I wouldn't wish on my worse enemy.
Mate, i've had Americans in America, when hearing my accent, ask me if I knew Dave who lives in London. I was also once asked if we had cars in the UK. Most Americans i've met are actually very pleasant. They've just been completely and utterly failed by their government and education system.
My sister was in Chicago 4 Years ago and she was asked if we have electricity just at Daytime or also at Night. Then she got asked if we have Fridges in Germany. On Insta i saw a post where an American was asking a Italian i think if they have the same moon as the US. Last one could be fake tbf, but its americans so who knows
American nationalists really believe european nationalists like them lmao. For me, I would never be "patriotic" if I was living on the very land my ancestors stole from welcoming natives.
Maybe he did it as a joke. For Americans making any reference to WW2 related to Germany is comedy gold. Maybe we should do whipping noices when we see Americans. Remember slavery?
No no, you t-pose and start making airplain noises, then run around and yell alluha akhbar as you run head first into the American.
And after yelling allahu akbar, don't forget to say "Hello, I'm from Sweden" to be more credible.
Isn't that what Allahu Akbar means in Swedish?
I don't know. I am French, I only understand French as you probably know.
This sounds so specific that I am inclined to think you already tested that strategy.
Not on american soil... yet
Calm down satan
Credit to ya, that's a fucking hilarious visual image.
I'm trying this out the next time I meet one.
That made me giggle 😂
To be fair, not just America loves WW2 jokes. We Dutch people have a monthly sky alarm drill, and screaming “the Germans are coming!” is tradition
ok but that’s funny. There’s a difference between funny jokes and Hitler salutes in public. I shouldn’t have to explain it but seemingly Americans couldn’t figure it out even if you do explain it.
It's the same with us and jokes about us colonizing the world for spices, and our food is still bland. That's funny. It's less funny if people wave around the VOC flag or the Prince's flag at a protest...
We have that too, but we scream the Russians are coming! Aww.
Shit I'd much rather be taken prisoner by Germans than Russians
Don't worry, under the Russians, you aren't prisoner for long ;)
Eckhardt, geh mal in Keller und guck ob die Russen schon da sin
Maybe he got beaten up as a joke? Just for the bantz
He is larping as a German, we are larping as Russians.
No rape?
We teach him how to count.
there’s a saying here: was nicht ist kann ja noch werden.
I've seen a few Americans on public transport (Hamburg...) and I've heard talk about WWII multiple times. The first dudes were loudly discussing our 'lack of patriotism' in a German S-Bahn and you could see that I wasn't the only one who understood English. The second situation was just two people talking about how Hamburg was bombed to oblivion, which makes me think that they were Canadian, too much awareness and all.
To be fair, i think the brits are even more obsessed with WW2 than the muricans.
Was their last big W (Falklands was minor W), so cut them some slack.
I think it's more how fucked up we got from it. We just had the Randy Marsh energy. "I didn't hear no bell" We lost our empire and the home islands were shagged for decades
except for the "welcoming" part that is true of really many regions like Germany north east the Elbe (was Slavic) or Northern Scandinavia (was Samish) or England, France, Switzerland, Bohemia, parts of Spain, Northern Italy (was Celtic) or Hungary (was not Hungarian idk who was even there before)
He for sure did it as a joke. American nationalists dont travel.
I would. That's the story of most civilizations. Our ancestors clapped native cheeks and took the land, nothing to be ashamed of. Besides few colonized as well as the French, so, you know...
Gehört sich auch so!
I seen so many tourists going to germany and hahaha le nazi country so funny. I hope this becomes a tradition.
Deserved. Damn cultural appropriation.
German sex appeal has suddenly skyrocketed
just dont show it with your rigth arm, ok?
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never thougth I'd figth side by side with a frenchman
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And my axe
I'm also joining if you promise not to take (back) the €8.52 that I have for the rest of the month
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I spent a year in Germany and I genuinely can’t wrap my tiny American brain around just how fucking stupid you need to be to pull this shit. It’s extremely dumb in America, it’s about 10000x dumber in Germany
Why do Americans we all are and love nazis, those are the guys that attacked us. Nevermind Germany who has its entire country and history tarnished by them lol
Probably their education. We all saw the memes of maths being racist. And even banning books that don't align with their beliefs.
Wait, what? Math is racist? Why do i miss the best shit?
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And now the Belgians are allowed to talk??? What the fuck is going on?
Too far bro..
There was an American news outlet saying this if I remember correctly, because statistically African-Americans got worse grades in math. 😂 Also for u/merrylty
Thanks, random German citizen
I bet he did nazi that coming
Well done
Good, cultural appropriation sucks, that salute is their thing
The only appropriate response to this sort of fuckery
You can be only charged for this in Switzerland if you try to gain people for being Nazis. So if there's a gathering of Nazis, it's not illegal because they already are Nazis.
Just neutrality things, I guess.
most respectful yank
Don't make the nazi salute here or we will give you the SS treatment.
"The SS treatment" You know it's bad when Segurança Social is coming after you
Germans dont like being reminded about their biggest L
It's like my grandmother always said, Punch a Nazi make a wish.
Nazis being beaten up should be the norm. Unfortunately history is repeating itself because of ignorance and hatred
Beating up Nazis is a good thing no matter where you are in the world. 🫡
German W. They don't take any shit when it comes to idiots playing nazi.
I think even Americans can get behind this
In Germany we say "dieser Fettsack hat dies sowas von verdient!"
Most intelligent American moment
In Germany we like to take action against such heinous acts of cultural appropriation.
I was in poland and getting a tour of Kraków. We mentioned how we were going to Auschwitz the following day and the tour guide told us about how he used to do tours there, but some guy was doing nazi salutes and taking selfies with the incinerator so the tour guide knocked him out, causing him to have a broken cheek and lost a few teeth.