EPTRandom bits of knowledge about Germany - Page 4
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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supersoft
Germany3729 Posts
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
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lovedoctor
Germany115 Posts
On December 26 2010 13:43 D10 wrote: sounds like a complete opposite from Brazil, where talking about TV, weather, soccer will start a conversation with virtually anyone, and talking about politics, news, anything deep really, only works on niche crowds Talking about football (= soccer for all the americans out there) is maybe an exception to that stereotype (at least to the most male germans) :-) | ||
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IBringUFire
Germany103 Posts
Actually, last weekend I was over to my girlfriend's family for Easter lunch. It happened just as you described it, discussions about horrible war in country X, financial crisis, politics, everyone getting mad at each other. No one willing to compromise, of course. After about two hours of light-hearted conversation, I took my girlfriend to the balcony for a break. I asked "Why can't discussions ever touch on easy topics, why does every discussion have to be about such serious matter?" To which she replied: "Why would you want to discuss easy topics?" | ||
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Aundasch
Germany38 Posts
I don't actually agree with the smalltalk thing. I live in Bavaria (in the South of Germany  )and everyday i go to work by train/subway i meet new people starting a small talk. I think some Germans like smalltalk very much, at least in the south. All the other stuff is totally true! | ||
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