I'm a simple emigrant and I don't live by stereotypes

On the other hand, I think that stereotypes don’t arise out of nothing. When it comes to nationality or any other social group, they’re like that old saying “don’t judge by appearances.” They require time and more personal contact for you to at least be judged by your intellect. What stereotypes do we know about Germany and Germans? Like punctuality, like a lack of sense of humor, like Germans drink beer for breakfast, lunch, and dinner—what else is there? Add them in the comments! Such conclusions are usually made by people who, at best, interacted with the country or its inhabitants for five minutes. Of course, painting everyone with the same brush is usually a poor idea, but, as I wrote above, you can understand where the roots come from. What amuses me most is when Germans themselves joke about each other based on these same stereotypes. It’s like in classic plots: only Asians can joke about Asians, and girls about girls, so that nobody gets offended. Here I am sitting with a German friend and his father, about to buy groceries for a party; the father wanted to read the shopping list, but I, as usual, wrote it in Russian-English-German, apparently so that besides me no one would understand this millennium-old secret. And then the father says: “No, in fact I don’t even want to read this list, it’s your party, so the list is yours.” Such indifference is also often at the top of stereotypes about Germans, namely that they are unemotional and detached. But my friends aren’t like that, so my friend immediately responds: “Was ist das? Ist deine Party, musste dich selber drum kümmern.” Richtig typisch deutsche Kartoffel…🙄. In loose translation that means “what the hell—this is your party, you should take care of it”; you’re just like a typical German. Usually “German potato” as an epithet is used only by Germans toward each other. But if you have very close German friends and you want to tease them ironically, but in good fun — now you know what to do! #language