My friend sent me the link to this blog post. It's absolutely hilarious, and, in my opinion, pretty accurate. So, if you want to learn a little more about the German culture, take a look. It's a bit on the long side, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
How to Be German in 25 Easy Steps
A few of my favorite lines:
About the German language: "First you need only respect it, later you can learn to like it."
About German food: "Being a vegetarian here is probably about as much fun as being blind at the zoo."
About Germans opening beer bottles: "The only logical reason why Germans can open bottles with just about anything, except bottle openers, must be that bottle openers didn't arrive here until 2011."
About German directness: "Germans do not dance around the point in such elaborate, transparent displays of faux-friendship, they just say 'I need this, do it, by this date. Alles klar?' Then walk off."
More about German directness: "As for saying what you mean, Germans have rightly realized that sugar coating is best reserved for cakes. If I'm having one of my momentary delusions of grandeur I know I can rely on my German girlfriend to bring me swiftly back down to reality by saying something like 'get over yourself, we're all born naked and shit in the toilet.'"
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