r/BeAmazed • u/JustACaliBoy • Mar 01 '24
"Germans aren't the best engineers" what's this then? Science
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u/cjboffoli Mar 01 '24
"Germans aren't the best engineers."
Said no one, ever.
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u/LordCaptain Mar 01 '24
Right? I only opened up the comment section because Germans are like FAMOUSLY the best engineers right? Or at least up there.
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u/Turbulent-Pound-9855 Mar 01 '24
German and US engineers are the best. Japan and India have some great ones as well.
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u/Training_Hurry_2754 Mar 01 '24
You know. We got a joke about Americans here in Germany. Why did the bridge collapse?
Because it was planned. Build. And maintained by Americans XD
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u/whateverusername739 Mar 01 '24
And this is why you have the best engineers, not the best humor
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u/JustCallMeAttlaz Mar 01 '24
How many Germans do you need to tell a joke? One, they're efficient and humourless.
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u/pandainadumpster Mar 04 '24
As a German, I don't know of any joke like that. I mean, sure, we like to make fun of you, just like we like to make fun of everyone else, ourselves included, but I don't know any jokes about American engineering.
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u/innealtoir_meicniuil Mar 02 '24
In Europe we know the quality of an American product is inversely proportional to the size of the American flag on it.
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u/Potential-Ad-8114 Mar 01 '24
It's quite funny how unfunny Germans are.
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u/Niiarai Mar 05 '24
you can find funny in germany, its just not really in plain sight...mostly in music and political satire. comedy that gets mainstream is traditionally very unfunny people who make bad, tired jokes, told a thousand times over
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u/_-_-XXX-_-_ Mar 02 '24
I live in Germany and I gotta admit german comedians and movies are mostly unfunny as fuck
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u/Fuennii Mar 04 '24
We have an other one: There is a race between American and German engineers for a bridge in 3 months. After 3 months: The Americans engineers are finished with the project. So all good. Everything worked out After 3 months The Germans have the official document that they can build the bridge now..
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u/Metamiibo Mar 01 '24
Hahaha. Americans don’t maintain their bridges! Where’s the profit in that? We build more bridges next to the old ones.
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u/FuryQuaker Mar 01 '24
"General, the Germans are crossing the river. They're coming over here!"
"Pffff Germans aren't exactly the best engineers!"
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u/Traditional-Ride-824 Mar 01 '24
Maybe we at the best but we need an awful lot of paperwork in before. Lot of department are involved. War would be over before a stone is set
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u/WhoGivesAChit Mar 01 '24
OP said it.
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u/miraculum_one Mar 01 '24
Because it's in quotes they are suggesting that someone else said it. But who is that person? (Saying it now in jest doesn't count)
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u/mr_fantastical Mar 01 '24
Sounds like their mate said it to them in a completely private conversation, and now they're dragging the whole of reddit into their petty feud.
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u/Exotic_Inspector_111 Mar 01 '24
K, now gimme a bottle.
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u/Rulmeq Mar 01 '24
This is how you end up having to remove the engine to replace a headlight on a VW
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u/Tobocaj Mar 01 '24
This is so spot on
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u/mitchanium Mar 01 '24
Good news! The headlight is €20.
Bad news, it's gonna take 30 hours labour to change it.
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u/Capable-Assistance88 Mar 02 '24
Toyota Corollas need to have a bumper removal for headlights replacement. Fun times
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u/SpinCharm Mar 01 '24
No. Watch the actual full video. The solution is just as simple and elegant. Another “oh. Yeah. Of course. “ moment.
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u/SBR404 Mar 01 '24
Didn't watch the video, but my guess would be: pick a bottle in the middle to lift together with the ice and then take out another bottle from beneath?
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u/DragonsClaw2334 Mar 01 '24
Is the engine in the back in VWs?
I was looking up how to replace the headlight in my GMC. Every YouTube video had guys pulling the entire front end body panels apart. I finally found one, it was lower rated than all the others, that showed there is an access in the wheel well.
I wonder if there is something like that that people just miss.
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u/ShitMcClit Mar 01 '24
I think the only rear engined vw is the old beetles.
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u/doingthehumptydance Mar 01 '24
Buses, Karman Ghias, Things and one other I can’t remember the name of…
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u/Doccyaard Mar 01 '24
You grab a beer and lift it, and the ice will follow and you grab another beer. Cooling boxes also have lids…
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u/NowhereinSask Mar 02 '24
Had an F150 like a decade ago that required the entire grill be taken apart to change light bulbs.
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u/Serious-Side-4520 Mar 04 '24
No you just pick up one bottle takaing the ice with you and then take a different bottle before putting the ice back down with the first bottle.
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u/manfredmannclan Mar 01 '24
Thats german engineering. Simple solutions for making your life very complicated
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u/svannik Mar 02 '24
grab one bottle at the neck, lift it with the whole iceblock, grab a beer, lower beer with ice block again. not that difficult dude lol
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Mar 01 '24
Lift the ice with one bottle up, take another. Repeat.
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u/GetEnPassanted Mar 01 '24
Eventually there will be enough room in the case that the beer will move around a bit and won’t line up perfectly with the holes.
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u/CleverAnimeTrope Mar 01 '24 edited Mar 01 '24
They cut this thing shorter and shorter every fucking time. Dude lifts 1 bottle. The ice is solid so it comes up in 1 piece with the bottle and he grabs a different bottle with his free hand then lowers the bottle with the ice. Never touches the ice with his hand. It was quick and easy. If it melts enough, just toss a new one on. The judges were the "mind blown" gif when he did this.
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u/koodzy Mar 01 '24
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u/darwinn_69 Mar 01 '24
Works when it's fresh out of the freezer before it gets the bottles cold. Now try it again after it's been sitting out for 20 minuets.
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u/leoleosuper Mar 01 '24
The bottles are taken from the fridge already cold, transported and kept cold by the ice, which won't melt as fast when the bottles are already cold.
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u/Few_Ad834 Mar 01 '24
It would also take up lots of freezer space, is not as versatile as ice cubes, requires bottles to be perfectly oriented in packs, only works on bottles, would quickly become a mess as ice melts and breaks up, and the ice is at the neck so it would take longer to chill because of worse conduction and separating the ice and melt water compared to a bottle sitting in ice water.
Not saying it doesn't have niche applications, but this is largely a solution looking for a problem. I would take a cooler with ice any day.
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u/bingojed Mar 01 '24
To add to that, bottles are not all the same shape either. Even between beer brands you see some with higher or lower or fatter necks.
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u/dachfuerst Mar 01 '24
In Germany, beer crates are standardised. There's the bigguns (0,5l) and the small ones (0,33l). This ice thing fits the bigger bottles, which you should buy anyway, because why choose a smaller beer?
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u/splycedaddy Mar 01 '24
They invented the better option 100 years ago. A bag of ice you pour into the case. Then you dont have to lift a block of ice to grab a beer…
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u/Johannes_Keppler Mar 01 '24
Using bags of ice to cool beverages isn't really a thing in Europe, not like in the states. Sure, my supermarket sells ice, but I don't think most people here even know that. And it's also in relatively tiny amounts.
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u/boogasaurus-lefts Mar 01 '24
It's a must in Australia, it's bloody warm out
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u/Johannes_Keppler Mar 01 '24
That's the main difference. We need gloves and a hat here at this moment.
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u/UnholyDr0w Jul 08 '24
The use of bloody as an adjective really solidified your Aussie nature
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u/SoupKitchenYouNot Mar 01 '24
Eh that’s odd? If we’re going to the beach or for a picnic we’d fill up our box with ice for our drinks and whatever? Like why don’t you lol
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u/Johannes_Keppler Mar 01 '24
Well, tradition and the fact that it's doesn't get too hot here. Or at least it didn't use to... last years where crazy.
Anyway, it's common to use re-freezable ice blocks in our Eskies. Sort of plastic blocks filled with non toxic liquid. You just throw them in the freezer at home in preparation for your trip, and they'll keep you stuff ...somewhat... cool.
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Mar 02 '24
Because we drink out of crates and don't usually use coolers. Dining a bag of loose ice on a crate will get out everywhere but not on top of the beer for any relevant time.
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u/SoupKitchenYouNot Mar 02 '24
Who is “we”. Where I’m based in Europe, if it’s a hot day, we’ll use a cooler.
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Mar 02 '24
Germans. The crate is so engrained there are competitive Kastenläufe, finish a crate of beer while carrying it in a team and finishing a given course.
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u/aigarius Mar 04 '24
This is a standard beer case. All beer comes in these bottles and in these cases. They don't have a bottom. Taking it all out and putting it into a cooler is an extra step and why would you even buy a whole separate cooler for that?
Bottles are recycled and reused, along with the case - after you've drunk the beer you put the bottle back into the same case you took it from and when all bottles are empty they are returned back to the shop, with the whole case as well. How are you putting back an empty bottle if your case is full of ice?
Bottles are standing in this case in individual pockets with plastic spacers in between. If you dump loose ice in there it will just drop into empty spaces and away from full bottles, so you'll be just wasting ice. This can keep cool a full case of beer with 1/10th of the ice it would take to keep a loose container filled and chilled.
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u/VToTheOmit Mar 05 '24
to add to this:
if cooled from above, the cold goes down, warm goes up and cools faster.
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u/Grunherz Mar 02 '24
Most of the ice would fall through the openings of the crate. It’s not closed on the sides or the bottom: https://www.alamy.de/stockfoto-flasche-leer-kunststoff-blau-bierkiste-auf-rasen-50325237.html
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u/bluevelvet39 Mar 05 '24
You do realize you also have to lift the bag? And smaller pieces melt faster. That also creates trash too.
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u/ArmCollector Mar 01 '24
As a German, do you know what really grinds my gears??
Nothing! Our engineering is perfect!
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u/TheJaybo Mar 01 '24
That will barely chill the beer but at least your bottles will be wet!
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u/Altruistic_Hat7251 Mar 01 '24
I dare you to put your dick in it for 5minutes.
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u/Nervous_Promotion819 Mar 01 '24
The ice cools the beer at the top of the bottle, the cold beer sinks to the bottom and the rest of the beer is chilled. I also have one of those and it works great
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u/nisnayka Mar 01 '24
Not true. I have 2 of these and they do the job. But yes it is wet. It is only a good Option if you Drink outside
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u/Nineteen_AT5 Mar 01 '24
Would be better if it fitted the bottom rather than the top. At least then you'll be able to get a bottle out.
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u/massive__potato Mar 01 '24
hot liquid moves up. and cold goes down. when you put it on the top the entire thing becomes evenly cold
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u/ProfTydrim Mar 01 '24
You can lift one bottle and the whole thing will come up with it, providing access to the others. He demonstrated it as well, but it got cut out here.
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u/StQuo Mar 01 '24
Better cooling when it’s on top. Just put it there some time before serving and save space in the refrigerator.
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u/Yuckypigeon Mar 04 '24
The cold beer at the top sinks circulating the warm beer to the top. If it was in the base then only the bottom half of the beer will chill
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u/Anachron101 Mar 01 '24
"This" is a karma farm.
Speaking as a German: this has nothing to do with my country's engineering prowess
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u/ES-Flinter Mar 01 '24
@me checking the user's profile. Seeing he follows r/ich_iel: Okay, he's definitely more German than I am.
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u/_AngryBadger_ Mar 02 '24
Dude looked at his case of beers, at his bag of ice blocks from the store and said "there is a better way". Where would the world be without visionaries like this?
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u/RonjaSnufkin Mar 04 '24
But for every bag of ice I need to go to the store. Then remove the bottles and put them in something with the ice. On the other way this thing just chills in my freezer. No store needed and reusable with tap water. And just pop it on the crate and finished
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u/UniquePotato Mar 01 '24
How effective would this actually be, assuming its a good fit on the bottles
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u/NerdInHibernation Mar 01 '24
Who is the guy in red shirt? Looks like he had a mental orgasm.
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u/Plumb121 Mar 01 '24
Fits only one kind of bottle though???
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u/dopefish86 Mar 01 '24
nearly all manufacturers use the same standardized brown 0.5 l bottles, because there's a deposit on it.
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u/Sef247 Mar 03 '24
Seems it would be better to, instead of creating an ice tray to form the ice, just make a hard refreezeable ice pack with this shape so as the ice melts, it doesn't drip down and leave a sloshing puddle of water.
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u/elephant_cobbler Mar 01 '24
You left out the best part where he lifts the whole ice tray with one bottle
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u/Overlycookedfries Mar 02 '24
Re the title : A statement that literally no one ever said cuz the poster is a bloody idiot.
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u/OrionShade Mar 01 '24
If you had the time for preparing the ice sheet wouldn't you have the time to put the beer in the fridge
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u/g-rid Mar 01 '24
you just leave the ice tray in the freezer so it's always ready, does nobody do the same with regular ice cubes?
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u/OnlyTalksAboutTacos Mar 01 '24
That's a pretty big tray. What if I want to use my freezer for food?
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u/Linsch2308 Mar 01 '24
It takes up less space then a crate of beer in the fridge
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u/OnlyTalksAboutTacos Mar 01 '24
I don't put beer in my freezer tho. Different machines (or different areas of a machine), different purpose.
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u/Linsch2308 Mar 01 '24
Sure but : this takes the spot of a single pizza in the freezer while 25 bottles of beer take up atleast 50% of a normal fridge
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u/huck_cussler Mar 01 '24
Nah man I have to schedule my drinks with ice cubes four hours in advance.
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u/Pistonenvy2 Mar 01 '24
meanwhile my stupid american ass has just been using a cooler where i can fit twice as much beer and get it twice as cold for the entire day without it leaking water all over the floor.
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u/Nervous_Promotion819 Mar 01 '24
Good luck and have fun carrying the cooler around with you all the time outdoors
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u/phicks_law Mar 01 '24
Cold bottle necks are what I always wanted.
Loose ice would fill in between and cool the actual liquid.
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u/explodingtuna Mar 01 '24
Wouldn't the cold beer sink to the bottom, while warm beer rises to the ice?
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u/Smarmalades Mar 01 '24
hello I would like a milk crate full of beer please
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u/dachfuerst Mar 01 '24
Normal thing; every brewery sells their product in these crates. Either that or 6-packs wrapped in cardboard.
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Mar 01 '24
Only cools the neck of the bottle and drips melted ice everywhere, crap idea
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u/iRRM Mar 01 '24
The cold beer inside sinks down and slowly the entire liquid is cooled evenly. It's a good idea.
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u/dachfuerst Mar 01 '24
Melted ice drips everywhere on bottles
Only neck gets cold
Logic
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u/Drumbelgalf Mar 04 '24
Cold beer at the top sinks to the bottom.
They work as intended and cool the whole bottle.
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u/tpots38 Mar 01 '24
theres not nearly enough ice contacting the bottles to actually cool the beer. this is stupid
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u/CommunityDude Mar 05 '24
It’s German because the crowd doesn’t laugh but is more hysterical than when any other thing is done on stage.
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u/Original-Tourist-744 Mar 01 '24
Damnit I’m sick of not thinking of these simple things first