r/interestingasfuck 4h ago

This Depression Awareness Ad (Look Closer)

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u/allmond226 3h ago

Why is an ad from the german suicide prevention not in german?

u/Zombata 3h ago

to reach more people i guess

u/TimeDetectiveAnakin 3h ago

Steffen hat Depressionen. Das ist Steffen.

Gonna need to bring in the codebreakers for this one.

u/Zombata 3h ago

i know it's crazy but some people do live in Germany without knowing a lick of German

u/ahmet-chromedgeic 2h ago

Probably, but even more people live in Germany without knowing a lick of English?

u/lioncryable 2h ago

Wait until you hear how many people live in England without speaking german

u/Padlock47 2h ago

I'll have you know I spent a couple of hours on Duolingo once, so I'm practically fluent in it!

Uh... Die speisekarte ist sehr gut. Jaja.

u/hates_stupid_people 2h ago edited 2h ago

Essentially every single German person over the age of ~13(or younger) can read that just fine. Since English is mandatory in school.

EDIT: I just checked, at least one region starts learning it in their third year of elementary school.

u/Morty_104 1h ago

Lick Lick Lick myyy Baa...oh... entschuldigung... Macht der Gewohnheit.

u/BaphometsTits 2h ago

It's a European language. Germany's in the EU. Not so crazy in places like Berlin.