Kultur 3

Reading about the German culture this week was quite interesting, but I thought some of the articles were really contradicting. For instance, the article "An Obsession Explained" talked mostly about German beers, and how they have so many different kinds. I thought it was quite humorous how the author included how hungover you would be from drinking each beer, which was a nice touch. Nevertheless, the next article "Eco-Centric Germans" talks about Germans' love for organic foods, because they are better for the environment and they are healthier. The article continues to talk about how a lot of Germans eat organic to be healthy, but wait, did the other article mention how Germans drunk a lot? It seems quite counter-intuitive to worry about buying healthy organic food only to chug a few beers along with it. I thought it was interesting how the article "Capping the Bottle" talks about how Germany struggles getting anti-public drinking legislation passed because of beers importance to Germany. I thought the other two articles were also very interesting, but were also quite contradicting as well, considering one article talks about Germans being deadly serious and being pessimists about most things, yet the next article states how Germans are quite humorous, which was somewhat strange, but I can see how both fit in society. Overall, I thought the articles were quite enlightening on German culture.

Organic Gummy Bears

It never occurred to me that people would mix beer and pop together. That just sounds nasty. Only Germany would define not allowing people to publicly drunk a violation of civil rights. Since I have to be argumentative about everything (sorry), it seems kind of strange to me that Germans are so health-centered, yet they drink beer as if it is honey from the promise land. I completely agree that foods that have pesticides are disgusting, but I also think that drinking beer in excess is very unhealthy. I am guessing the the people who buy organic food are not the same people who drink Kölsch on a daily basis.

I have a theory that Germans have a secret. They secretly are funny, but they hide it until they drink their Bockbeir. Then, their true selves come out. We discover that they really are a funny group of people. I know that my mom's side of the family are some of the most sarcastic people I have ever met, and their "humor" just increases with each passing jello shot. Maybe it is something in the blood of the Germans. Anyway, enough with my commentary. Who knew there could be so many different ways of being funny in Germany.