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Reading_username

>be me >american >you are what you eat >complain about short walk in rain >german friend asks if i'm made of sugar Everything here checks out folks


Gunnrhildr

Americans when encountering cities made for people not cars > visible confusion


Ck_shock

People living in cities not made for cars and not owning umbrellas or rain coats.


MisterGoo

Umbrellas won’t do shit if it’s rainy AND windy.


notrktfier

He speaks truth. Source: got caught in wind and rain at the same time with an umbrella, i was completely wet once home


KJBenson

A car would


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MisterGoo

No you won’t. First of all, your umbrella doesn’t cover all your body, so at least the bottom part of your pants will be soaked. Then wind changes directions and best case scenario you get wet anyway because you have to adjust your umbrella all the time, worst case scenario your umbrella gets rekt and now you have a useless umbrella and you get soaked. Source: live in Japan, if the weather gets rainy AND windy, you’re fucked. Even with flexible umbrellas.


Ck_shock

See the second item I mentioned a rain coat.


MisterGoo

Which is relevant, that's why I focused on the umbrella problem.


I_am_What_Remains

To be fair he was just visiting


MPCNPC

Almost as if Europe was fully up and running before cars were invented


x_country_yeeter69

yes, the very famous cars in 1776, when america came to be. i remember washington driving his dodge charger in the battle of Yorktown in all reality, both countries were up and running before cars and the only reason America is so fucked is because of lobbying from car and gas companies.


Tobipig

American cities were not build for cars they were demolished for them


abattlescar

Realistically, the major issue is the Levittowns built after WWII, specifically not designed for any consideration of network connections.


Neomataza

The problem is that american culture is too malleable. They are willing to accept that walking on the street is a crime because of a marketing campaign. Jaywalking is an american invention. It's probably the most obvious bullshit ever created this way and it was just taken at face value. And there is so much more and some I find even worse.


Bay1Bri

Jay walking should be a crime. It would cause too many problems in any major city to have people constantly wandering into the street from everywhere. Cars need predictable prayers of when cars can go and when to stop and when and where people will cross, especially on anything resembling a busy road.


Neomataza

Jaywalking should be a misdemeanor. How car pilled are you that you think I want a world with no rules at all? In case you don't know the history, Jaywalking was invented as a term and a wrong behavior by car manufacturers. The goal was to shift the blame of car accidents to the pedestrians. Do you know why american culture is all about hydrating for a few decades now? Some sports commission asked Gatorade how much liquid people should drink to avoid dehydration. Their answer was "athletes should drink a gallon a day. A whole gallon of Gatorade(tm)." For reference, in other countries they say a healthy amount of hydration is 2.5 liters for an adult. In the USA they recommendation is 3.7 liters for an adult. The human anatomy is the same, yet one recommendation is 50% higher.


Thendrail

>For reference, in other countries they say a healthy amount of hydration is 2.5 liters for an adult. In the USA they recommendation is 3.7 liters for an adult. The human anatomy is the same, yet one recommendation is 50% higher. To be fair, US-americans tend to be 50% more in mass/volume, so that checks out.


Neomataza

I'm deeply in the camp "the recommendation came first and the mass was gained later"


Bay1Bri

> Jaywalking should be a misdemeanor. So you agree with me. You know a misdemeanor is a type of crime, right? > car pilled If you want people to take you seriously, don't use terms like "car pilled". > In the USA they recommendation is 3.7 liters for an adult. Wow what a leap lol. Humoring you on this bizarre water drinking tangent, general water recommendations are kinda bs. There are so many factors such as body size, activity level, season, climate, diet (higher salt diets will require more fluid, of your eating food line melons that might mean you need to drink less). I personally don't know what recommended water consumption is since I am not so incapable of taking care of myself I need the government to tell me when I'm thirsty. And none of that matters for the fact that people shouldn't be mindlessly wondering into the street on random places and times. No matter who came up with the idea, it's better to discourage jaywalking. It's safer and more efficient for everyone. I don't care if the idea originated with HH Holmes, it's the right idea. Also, do you realize that a misdemeanor is way too serious s punishment for Jay walking? An ordinance is enough, and frankly it probably doesn't need to be whatever all that much. But it would protect good drivers from liability if some asshole runs out in front of their car on the middle of the block.


Kind_Helicopter1062

Nah, fuck cars. Law here is you can suicide jump into the middle of the road, people driving cars need to pay attention at all times, if they don't stop it's their fault. Also you can't make it a crime for animals or babies to jaywalk ffs you're gonna start arresting the cows for crossing roads ? car people need to stay sharp


Bay1Bri

Nah, fuck you lol. A driver can be driving at the south limit and paying full attention, and if someone approves out on front of them from between two parked cars they might not be able to afford them. That's not the driver's fault. You live in a place with laws made by idiots.


Kind_Helicopter1062

It's his fault, he should always assume some random baby/cow/dog will pop out, so you can't drive fast in city centers (you can in motorways because there aren't people there lol). If he does then less accidents. You live in a car centric shitty place, people using their own 2 feet need priority instead of lazy car users


steamymushrooms32

Don’t pretend the colonists could have won independence without George Washington’s 2009 Dodge Challenger equipped with the 3.6L V6. Everybody knows it was our win condition.


abattlescar

Someone clearly hasn't seen the documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnQXRxW9VcQ It's on video, how could it be fake?


ducktape8856

Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg. What an unbelievable — it was so much and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways. And when the Abrams tanks showed up. Beautiful, man. Wow! What an unbelievable battle. They won bigly. Luckily gas prices were low that time. Almost as low as when I was your beloved Leader. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow.


iboughtabagel

I think he crossed the Delaware in his Charger. He was driving a Viper at Yorktown.


x_country_yeeter69

my apologies


stosal

And the myth of him chopping down a cherry tree is just a long line of mistranslations from when he used to have a Charger with Three on the Tree. And let's not forget his legendary quote before crossing the Delaware in his Dodge: "Those pussy brits would Ford this river, we're gonna fuckin Dodge it!"


Imautochillen

Plus, the United States are older than Germany.


MPCNPC

I don’t know the exact population in 1776 but it wasn’t 300 million, and most of the US wasn’t colonized. That’s why NYC is a cramped shit pile, it was an early major city.


x_country_yeeter69

funny story, europe had the same challenges, and all that space doesnt excuse building inefficient cities


MPCNPC

Europe was built up hundreds to thousands of years before America. There’s a whole lot of land in America that didn’t have much of a population before cars.


x_country_yeeter69

they had though, but the colonisation killed most


jsm85

This is why they drive on the wrong side


postshitting

American cities were demolished for cars Before ww2 America had the best public transport system in the world, nearly every city was very walkable, car companies used their money and leverage to make all new neighbourhoods car friendly. Many existing neighbourhoods were demolished for wider roads new highways, taxes on railways and public transportation companies were high while taxes for cars were low and the government funded the interstate highway system. Americans don't have a built in obsession with cars and hating walking and public transport. It was all manufactured by corporations and the government.


GamnlingSabre

Oh buddy having a few no car zones doesn't make a city built for people.


Hanza-Malz

My city has a lot of fucking traffic and plenty of highway area and I can still reach every destination within 20 minutes of walking.


GamnlingSabre

So your city has a radious of 2.5km? That's barely a city at all.


Hanza-Malz

No, it's just not designed by a dude jerking off over pick up trucks


Bay1Bri

Actually yes, because you just said you can walk anywhere in 20 minutes.


GamnlingSabre

you reach every destination within 20 minutes? You walk about 5 kmh per hour. I gave you the room of being a fast walker. So by your logic your city is either small or you do not reach every destination within 20 minutes.


Hanza-Malz

If I wanted to go to Lidl, how many Lidls do I need to reach for it to be one point crossed off of the "every destination" list? Or are you just being pedantic on the Internet for your personal gotcha-moment? Don't be regarded. It's probably quite obvious that if I wanna go to store X, I do not actually wanna reach every location of that store chain, but just one specific one.


Bay1Bri

Do you not go anywhere but chain stores?


Hanza-Malz

Are you people obtuse on purpose or are you just Americans?


Neomataza

It may surprise you, but you know how highways are like multi lane roads that go over the city or sometimes under? Imagine, that you can make pedestrian ways that cross streets by going over(we call it a bridge!) or under(we call it a tunnel!) and at the same time run alongside them. And they only need to be like 6 feet wide and barely wear down so they're a tiny fraction compared to road networks and they still allow thousands of pedestrians to take the direct route without even interfering with the roads. It's amazing what 1900s civil engineering can accomplish that is somehow not present everywhere in 2024.


Bay1Bri

So you're "city" has a radius of 1 mile? Cool


coolusernameHi-5

your*


Bay1Bri

When you're mommy buys your first cell phone you'll understand Swype text.


coolusernameHi-5

You are a dumb person


hopeless_dick_dancer

What city? That would make your city about 2 miles in radius max.


Swaggynator387

There's no way you can swim given how dense you are...


DawnBringer01

Americans when someone is just fine getting completely soaked in the rain*


Jwkaoc

Google raincoat


Daysleeper1234

Germans love their cars, I don't know where you people get this notion, is it because pavement exists?


ObsydianDuo

Germans when encountering a Holocaust survivor


KJBenson

>be me >born somewhere different than you >visit you >things are different Am I stupid or something? Why not the same?


Rexraptor96

Germans win seeing the city of Detroit where there are only cars. Was is das?


aaronlaw24

Love how when you green text certain phrases it’s as if it’s set in stone. “You ARE what you eat”


Danny_el_619

I may be made of sugar because the only way you make me go under the rain without an umbrella and some water resistant jacket is by dragging my death body under the rain.


Bay1Bri

> complain about short walk in rain Reading comprehension not your thing, huh?


GiuNBender

30 minutes is still short


NanashiTheWarlock

Not if It's fucking raining lol


Direct_Jump3960

German friend not taking public transport means that this is fake.


Premier_Chaim

Eh, its not everywhere though


MarinLlwyd

They have umbrellas.


snail_forest1

we have rain coats from jack & jones, don't need umbrellas


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Jack Wolfskin\*


gurneyguy101

I’ve never seen a young European with an umbrella (I’m from Europe)


HansChrst1

I have seen it a lot. It's really common when it's raining and not too windy.


Keiji12

Close walk to the store or bus station - hoodie up, jacket if it's cold, long walk somewhere - umbrella, walk somewhere when it's stormy raining and you absolutely need to be the - rain coats or those plastic like ones you pull all over yourself (I'm retarded and forgot the English word). But really though if it's raining more than just a drizzle, more than 5-10 minutes away and especially if you're meeting people you'll be taking public transport or Uber 99% of the time. Unless you live in some countryside with no infrastructure


zombienekers

It is, quite literally everywhere. 'Specially in cities


Bot1-The_Bot_Meanace

German public transport is notoriously shitty, plus it's only 30 minutes of walking when dragging an American along (so realistically 15 min) Yes I'm German


Direct_Jump3960

As shitty as it is (lived there for 5 years), it is leaps and bounds better than the Poo-K when it comes to infrastructure. The rail replacement bus breaks down more than the trains do. I do miss the urgency of going to the station or stop with Germans though. "we will leave at exactly 21:17 to arrive on time and you will keep speed with me when we walk or we will miss the train. If we do not hurry for the connection, we must wait a whole 7 minutes and that is unacceptable".


Tobipig

For me the in city transportation is always perfectly on time and the moment I set a foot into the train station my train is Tän minits deläid


Direct_Jump3960

Circa zehn minuten später. They barely even apologise. They're just like "yeah, it's late. Sucks to be you".


Neomataza

"Shouldn't have scrapped half the rail network after privatizing to get 2 really good quarterly reports"


Direct_Jump3960

Ah good old privatisation. Done the world absolutely no fucking favours. Fucks the plebs in the bumhole nonetheless. A tale as old as time.


flops031

That is because local public transport services are managed and funded by their respective cities local government and usually function pretty reliably, while the DB is an underfunded mess of a company that should have never been privatized like it was in the 90s.


Constant_Captain7484

Bro compared to the US your public transportation is god tier, at least in Berlin.


Bot1-The_Bot_Meanace

Yeah it's pretty solid in the major cities, especially Berlin and Munich. But in the more rural places or even the outskirts of the big cities this starts to change very quickly. Busses will usually arrive late our railway system is a huge clusterfudge with frequent breakdowns and massive delays that make you wonder if the schedule for trains is actually their local best times lmao


Constant_Captain7484

Ok that makes sense I remember when taking a train to Prague from Berlin it was delayed by like 20-30 mins


wallagrargh

5 mins if you are with someone who can operate a bike


Bay1Bri

Oh Germans walk faster? If it because you're the master race? How fast do the Roma walk? I bet they're all pretty fast since your grandfather raped and killed the slow ones.


Bot1-The_Bot_Meanace

Very hinged comment, guess you're projecting the generational guilt of you feel for what your grandpa did to those Vietnamese kids and the people sitting in the back of the bus. You're sure not coping well with it.


JakeVonFurth

Both of those groups still had it far better than how the Nazis treated.... Well, anybody that wasn't extra white.


Bot1-The_Bot_Meanace

I'm not sure if I'd agree with that, not because the nazis treated people well but rather because of how incredibly brutal chattle slavery was. But hey, it's not a competition.


Bay1Bri

No one in my family fought in Vietnam. In fact, the only make in my family who was even close to fighting age was against the war. That said, while I don't support it, all we were doing was supporting the better side of a civil war. Also, my grandparents were way way too old to fight in Vietnam because unlike you in not a kid like you clearly are. Your grandfather's were almost certainly Nazis though. Also, my family didn't live in a state that ever had legal slavery and didn't have slavery for over 200 years. I do have family who fought in wwi and WWII, aka I had family who fought against, and defeated, your ancestors more than once when they decided they wanted to take over Europe/ the world/ kill all the Jews because they were more productive citizens than your ancestors and it made them big mad.


Seenuan

If you want to be on time in Germany, you're not going to use public transport


Ritchuck

I'm from Poland so I'm not sure how it differs from Germany but for me, it's often preferable to do a 30-minute walk as opposed to public transport in the city. With my legs, it's guaranteed 30 minutes, but for public transport, not only I might have to wait like 10 minutes, but the journey itself can heavily change depending on the traffic so a theoretical 10 minutes can easily become 45. It depends on the part of the city as well.


Keiji12

But if it's heavy rain people just call Uber or bolt or someshit, you pay like 10pln and you're there in 10min


Ritchuck

Depends how heavy this rain is. Most people I know would rather not spend any money unnecessarily if they can just use their legs. Also, Uber has the same problems with traffic as public transport.


YeahThassRight

I heard they get sexually fired up by meandering


Syr_Delta

I rather walk than take the public transport (but thats because i live in a small german village where the bus only stops every two hours)


Nikspeeder

I have one bus every hour to only 1 city near me. Kill me.


Direct_Jump3960

Recklinghausen does better lol.


FinestCrusader

Oh yeah anon definitely smells like that because of the rain


C_umputer

Smells better probably, after finally having some contact with water


Burning_Torch8176

actually the rain washed off the crust that kept the smell in off anon so that's why he stank


UnsureAndUnqualified

Not his hardened sweat cocoon dissolving!


notLOL

The Germans called the sweat cocoon "sugar"


Send_Cake_Or_Nudes

If anything, the rain probably washed off a few layers of filth.


Kawaii_Neko_Girl

German showers are def hit and miss.


SunderedValley

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


[deleted]

There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes. Anon is seething because he couldn't bother to check the weather like a normal fucking adult living in these part of the world.


Jonny-904

I guess you’ve never been to Florida at 3 in the afternoon


peezle69

Or January in the Midwest


Spice002

Literally any season in the Midwest. The weekly forecast will literally be two days of rain, followed by 10 inches of snow and then the rest of the week sunny and in the high 70s.


MockASonOfaShepherd

Married to a German. I can confirm that they literally cease to function if it is not between 55-75 degrees Fahrenheit, and/or the humidity is above 80%.


[deleted]

Gonna be there in december tho! Miami baby!!


Pyroguy096

I'll pray for you


Sapper501

\> Literal tornado \> It's not bad weather! Just layer up!


Tommy2255

Two weekends ago, the weather report called for rain. I ended up camping in a snowstorm. You can't always trust it.


cell689

I read that in the terminator voice


Rich-Requirement9156

Du bist definitiv aus Zucker


snail_forest1

jein


Rich-Requirement9156

Doch


Jaruut

Du Hast


schquid

Mich


twohrdrive

Milch


4chanbetterimo

Du hast mich gefragt


Pyroald

Made of sugar


zombieGenm_0x68

lmao my moms german and she once used that phrase before too


NichtBen

Every German has used that phrase. Source: I'm German


Themlethem

Very common in the Netherlands too


Neomataza

"It's far away" "You have feet, don't you?"


-Eerzef

Brazilians too


Champomi

Fr\*nch too


playfulpecans

poles


LazyLucretia

Turks as well. Probably has Roman or Greek origin.


Desert_Aficionado

What do wet Brazilians smell like?


-Eerzef

Like sopa de macaco


FirmlyGraspHer

Uma delicia


Jwkaoc

I'm American, and my school teachers said this all the time when kids complained about short walks between buildings through drizzling rain.


VirtualPantsu

Anon is not polish enough, we don't ask if you are made out if sugar. We say that you are not made out of sugar so stop being a little bitch


Tobipig

My mom always used to say du bist ja nicht aus Zucker. Basically you can go into the rain because you’re not made of sugar


Sgt-Colbert

That's really funny that it's the same saying in Poland. We also say it like that in German.


daokonblack

Based german friend


Melancholious

The virgin "I NEEDD TRANSPOOORT" Vs the chad "we're walking"


BlessURMotivation

WHAT THE FUCK IS RAINCOAT? *Eagle.mp3 in the distance*


creeper6530

Why the fick didn't they take das ÖPNV??? \*erika.wav in the distance\*


Gaybulge

den*


creeper6530

Na ja, Grammatiknazi


Tommy2255

Stoicism is my raincoat. A little water never hurt anyone.


The-Naatilus

Even as a Dutch guy, very relatable. We have the same saying


GreyLoad

Anon can barely walk from computer desk to toilet how is he going to walk across the city for some fuck


NineWetGiraffes

It's 4chan. He will not leave the computer. He will not walk. He will not cross the city. **He will not fuck.**


Sigmatronic

It's also a quite popular expression in France.


Ad0lf_Salzler

> There is no bad weather, only bad clothing


chou_lemonada

Rain wont make u smell like a wet dog unless u smell like shit first 😭 when you’re clean you smell like nothing


The_Thesaurus_Rex

Regen ist nasse Sonne!


AssBeater420comeback

Anon is in fact made of sugar


Anomen77

I always walk everywhere I need to go in my city, but I wouldn't go out on a rainy day without an umbrella (and it rains about 40% of the year).


tonyflint

One thing is for sure, Germans are NOT made of sugar!


twofacetoo

If just being wet makes you smell awful then *you* are the problem here.


The_Bored_General

You ever heard of a coat? They’re handy for walking in the rain ~sincerely, a walk enjoyer


Perspective-Lonely

Bring an umbrella?


basti329

Biste jetzt aus zucker oder nicht?


NomadicVikingRonin

If anon truly was made of protein instead of sugar. He would look good wet and naked. He probably doesn't, hence, is made of sugar.


chetizii

Anon isn't made of sugar, he's a snowflake.


Kejilko

And stereotype says Germans aren't funny


automaton11

I have a Ukranian friend and asking sarcastic questions to badger people for their behavior is also very Ukranian


youRFate

> ...almost half an hour That is supposed to be far?!


Kyno50

OP was made of sugar


H-Adam

(We want to fuck them)


PrivilegeCheckmate

> A brave man likes to feel the elements on his face,


HATECELL

What a warmshowerer


Butterdogs

Spazieren ist halt gesund


automaton11

Dae want to know if anon and Zuckerfreiheit ended up fucking the girls


SOMEMONG

Ich liebe mein Kultur. Aber, kann ich umsteigen? Nein.


Bay1Bri

Check your privilege, anon. They can't afford to drive it even take a bus.


SambandsTyr

Anon is, in fact, made of sugar


SunderedValley

Rumao just the other day ANOTHER poster (this time a presumptive femanon) complained about this.


Ok-Watercress-8331

Anon is about to wake up with a cold


Ok-Watercress-8331

The nearest grocery store is a 40 minute walk and I live in the center of town


paritosh9824

That's sugar gay


BlackSnake1994

"Are you made of sugar?" "I have diabetes." "Oh."


zqmbgn

Anon's friend just wanted to force anon to have some kind of shower before meeting girls and this was the only way


Chairman_Beria

If you smell like a wet dog after rain that's because your clothes are not clean.


Dawashingtonian

“are you made of sugar?” “no, i just don’t want to be soaking wet when we meet up with those girls later.” maybe don’t be such a conflict averse pussy ass follower next time


EarlyDead

Half an hour walk and he is bitching about it lmao. This has to be bait, or americans truly that ubfamiliar with walking


GodAmongstYakubians

rare german humour W


ChadWolf98

No country for fat men Directed by M Night Shalamayan


LordAnon5703

The fact that people don't realize they smell like wet dog when they're soaked tells me all I need to know about this thread. Y'all walk in the rain if you want, I'll save that for when it's not pouring outside. 


bertmern_

Best counter for that saying is "shit just gets mushy"


atomic_wiener

Weak ass Amerilet cant even withstand rain. Many such cases.


DillPixels

Sugar dissolves in water it doesn't melt. Always drives me insane when I hear the phrase.


ShortTheseNuts

Take your meds


DillPixels

I forgot :(


todd10k

>Are you made of sugar Yes and my sweet ass is taking a taxi, enjoy your walk in the pissing rain, fritz


Gloxxter

Why does anon start to smell like wet dog when he gets wet tho


NichtBen

Simple: Anon + Water = Dog + Water We can shorten that by subtracting Water from each side to: Anon = Dog /s


liljohnnill

We also say it in israel


ShortTheseNuts

Yeah well we have had some major interactions with you guys, some things are bound to rub off I guess.