The Bit of East Germany That Might Still Exist
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Written by Adam Chase
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Half as Interesting just a note, Thälmann is pronounced like “tall-min” not “thal-man”.
@TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas You can always gerexit. The EU would be so screwed.
Google Maps has apparently disabled the Wikipedia link. But it still shows up on Maps. No explanation I can find why it has stopped working.
Planes? Have you considered planes, like, ever?
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Small brain: The Cold War
Galaxy brain: The Chilly Conflict
Brain that has transcended this dimension: Warn't
The Frigid Standoff
doubly hilarious because Chile is on the brink of civil war
thx for the compliment
Chilli con-conflict
The teddy bear is worth $20 and the „symbolic“ giveaway of an island is worth $0 😤.
Germany got ripped off once again.
They should ask the teddy bear back.
But the teddy bear probably had a bug in it, so the East Germans maybe still got some value out of it.
Cuba got free training for their secret service, courtesy of the STASI
Germany got ripped again by not claiming it. England has some of the most remote islands on the planet all for control of the territorial waters. They may not have been able to control the waters but they would have had access. Fishing alone would have made it worth it.
@@finscreenname They should claim the island but won't do it because of their past
"The matter formed stars, which eventually led to World War 2"
Well yes
Oh, a terraria guy
The matter formed stars which eventually led to E
LOL
WHAT HAPPENED TO WW1 OR NEPOLICK WARS OR CIVAL WAR OR WAR OF 1812 OR. AMERICAN REVOLUTION
I just can’t get over the fact that they gave Castro a teddy bear
The teddy bear is worth more than the island as well
Well Ernst Thälmann' nickname was actually "Teddy", soooooo we got the Ernst Thälmann Island and we gace Castro a Teddybear, probably, called "Teddy". Kinda funny when you think about it.
@@sammybeaver9130 wait for real? I mean there’s nothing there but it’s still Land in the Catrinen Right?
@@KNNY_-sp6kq well in terms of how much the item cost the island was a free gift and the teddy bear was like $20 from what I've heard
@@sammybeaver9130 oh okay
After being told the transfer was symbolic they ought to have asked for the bear back.
Maybe Castro took it with him in his coffin?
Damn right!!!😁
They should've asked before Castro died!
The bear was bearly theirs to begin with
I knew a girl from East Germany. Her uncle told her about his first visit of West Germany in 1980s. He was shocked by 3 things there: wealth, lots of Turkish/Kurdish mgrants, legal prnography.
Ironically, it’s in the west
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@TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas
Unification of Germany was great. Instead of East Germany, Bavaria should have separated from the rest.
Well, west is relative. It's only west because it's west of Greenwich.
@TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas hello conspiracy theorist!😂
TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas As a German, I have only this to comment on this: dafuq?
Depends on which way you go
1942 - Britain giving Germany headaches
2019 - Britain giving Germany headaches
😦
Well the reason that Britain is giving them headaches is Germany gave it to them first in both situations.
Fuck nazi Germany
@@properfunny I mean 2019 is because Britain is full of retarded sheeples who want to please their rich overlords by giving them a tax haven and leaving the Eu
@@shiptheb4559 You mean for centuries the war criminal British giving everyone headaches?
Bigbullshooter 14 That’s way the Germans invented Aspirine
2089: The Bit of North Korea That Might Still Exist
Well, there is a north korea above north korea that isnt korea, but kinda is
@@NoName-gy7yr *_what_*
2080: The Bit of The Republic of China That Might Still Exist
@@NoName-gy7yr I don't know the name, but you are right, that being a work camp in Russia
@@obiechan8994 actually that exist now as Taiwan
1:58 misspelled federal, its for the next mistakes videos
fderal lol
this needs more likes
Or they can change the dictionary spelling or make a new word.
Same at 4:22
*it's
Goes well with the audio disruption at the same time.
"The Expansion of THe Universe led to Germany starting World War 2 " --- HAI 2019
LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I mean he’s not technically *wrong*
@@eliwatson7936 there's only about 13 billion years between them sooo...
Chuck Tomney still not wrong
@@eliwatson7936 Exactly. And technical truth is best truth.
I shall invade that island, rename it to the German “Empire”, and name myself as Wilhelm IV.
Technically you'd be Wilhelm III.
@@kevin8712 The third Wilhelm to rule germany, but Wilhelm III existed
Someone is restoring the Kaiserreich? I'm in.
Me too
Talk with some german monarchists and invade
There is a term for this: Estoppel. Meaning, losing a claim by forgetting about it or by actively ignoring it.
99 Luftballons a German classic.
Indeed, but I have to laugh at his pronunciation
Quatre vingt dix neuf ballons 🎈🎈🎈
ich hasse des schaaß lied
.....about the Cold War going nuclear.
10,000 luchtballonen in the dutch language
"This would eventually lead to World War II"...skips a bit but still technically correct.
The best kind of correct!
Nothing significant was skipped. 🤣🤣🤣
I think i start every story like this now lol
@@JenniferinIllinois WWI: am I a joke to you?
Lol
1:59 "Urnst Thallmin..."
Nooooo. It's pronounced "Airnst TTehl'man"
Sorry that the Anglo Saxons and later British were so afraid of umlauts it's not our fault I swear
Gdhxbridbjsbsjd
Aianst Taelmun
No it's pronounced Ernst Tehlmann
"EAST germany"
The island: I am gonna ruin this guy's whole name
Now Comunist Germany
*EAST* Germany, more like *VERY WEST* Germamy
@@jimmye128
It depends on which way you go. ;)
Southwest Germany
Caribbean socialist republic of Germany
Most people: to understand why East Germany collapsed let’s go to the end of World War Two
HAI: To understand why East Germany collapsed let’s go to the Big Bang
Well, that was a habit of James A. Michener. For example, his novel "Centennial" begins with the prehistory of Colorado. So there is at least one precedent.
Right
And don't forget that the real cause of World War II is the Big Bang.
BAZINGA!
In the beginning, the universe was created.
This made a lot of people very angry, and is widely regarded as a bad idea.
*move
i get this reference
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Connor King I am a Christan . So I believe “ in the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth “
@@jacob414 Okay but there are many scientific studies and evidence for otherwise XD
Weird thing is in my first job I was posted from UK to Berlin in 1987. We used to go into East Germany on day trips.
I was good friends with a woman who worked for the East German government. We kept in contact by letter (no internet in those days)
I was always impressed with her immaculate English and handwriting.
I was in Berlin when the wall came down. We lost contact from about 1982. I still have her letters and it's clear from reading them that she knew that the wall was coming down at least 10 month before it did. One letter dated February 1989 she talks about great changes before the year in out.
She ended up working for the all German Government but sadly died in 1998.
Also, "do you know what gives ME headaches- the inherently unstable nature of existing online video platforms that disincentivizes experimentation..." is a world class advertising segue.
HAI: The Universe began to exist, which eventually led to World War Two
Me: Damn Universe, what have you done?
You're about to undergo supernova in a million years or so, aren't you?
I told you already, it was only symbolic!
help, I just wanted to make an apple pie from scratch and now there are nazis
Universe killed the dinosaurs. But it also created them. Its a love hate relationship.
HAI Hi
5:07 *"island"*
Me: *Angry murmurs in Northern Irish. *
As someone with strong links to the Scottish islands, there are angry murmers from me as well...
@@martenkats6915 I guess that counts..?
Now all we need is someone from Anglesey, Wales (preferably Llanfair-PG) and someone from the Isle of Wight (or even the isles of Scilly) in England to make an angry murmuring chorus!
JamesTavRule also people from the Overseas territories. They count right?
@施亮 But not on _that_ island.
A United Ireland would both solve as well as cause problems, I would love it, as we would finally have our land back, as well as independence, but it would cause a lot of problems
Ah, yes. The timeline of everything:
-the big bang
-wwll
From the Big Bang straight on to WWII 😁 I guess Douglas Adams was right: “In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
They should’ve sent a Trabant to the island to officially call it DDR territory
Hello there Kim, we shall make peace together! Oh and nice haircut
comment with ur main channel
yes, oh great leader
You again, I see all your comments! Are you gonna be the next Justin Y.?
At least the body would still be there, even if the rest of it succumbed to the salty, humid climate.
Bill Wurtz: history of the world in 23 mins
HAI: [laughs in 0:40-0:54]
I'm being pedantic, but the bill wurtz video is a little less than 20 minutes long
Nah, it's 5 seconds long
czcams.com/video/n9xQTEHebpA/video.html
German teddy bears have a proud and long tradition for being high quality children's toys.
Most renowned is (I think) the German Steiff Company but that was located in West German during the Cold War.
What I could find from former East Germany is a Richard Diem Teddy Bear. It was manufactured first in the 1930s but a 1950s (East Germany period) model is offered today for 328 Euros.
Description:
Rare vintage Richard Diem GDR East Germany Teddy bear gold mohair pluche 1950s 15 inch height or 38 cm.
Growler glas eyes. Fully jointed.
So it was by no means a cheap teddy bear.
"Lets start from the beginning" * Starts at the beginning of the Universe *
Me: Epic, epic.
"*THIS EVENTUALLY CAUSED WW2*"
Me: wait a diddly darn second
Edit: I accidentally didn't write half of the comment because I pressed enter but it posted the comment for some reason
I read about this two days ago as part of a Wikipedia binge that involved Emperor Norton, and the Republic of Molossia which is still "at war" with East Germany. Highly recommended articles.
So it's an unoccupied island with uncertain ownership? I claim it.
What if it has oil
USA: SOMEBODY SAY OIIIILLLLLLLL
@@aceanonymous3647 WE claim it comrades
No! I claim it!
This led to a claim-kerfuffle, until eventually Donald Trump, after his exile and third impeachment, bribed the Cuban government and settled there, naming it as Trumpia. Thousands of rich Trump supporters joined him and invaded the island, and Trump's lawyers created a constitution and stole some nuclear weapons, forcing the United Nations to recognise Trumpia as a fully independent nation.
@@generalwreck7662 WE claim it
**hits blunt**
“The Big Bang eventually lead to WW2”
Normie
When David Hasselhoff started singing on cars, they were putting the wall back up!
1:59
Person: What's your favorite country?
Me: The Fderal Republic of Germany
Person: I think you mispelled Fedaral Me: no, it is the spelling of Fderal accirding to Half As Intresting
@@laurentaccount346 You said Fedaral instead of Federal ;)
Edit:You also said accirding,not according
4:21 too
Mines the 3rd version of germany
Prussia
When you are playing hoi4 and instead of taking all states at once you take them individually and forget one
Iumasz gladly they added take all states button 😅
@@Moechtegernpilot1 but sometimes you don't have enough victory points :P
@@szexmaster then just pass :D
@@kermitthevodkafrog7039 yes
1:52 "Impressive failures of infrastructure projects"
Ouch
You got us with this goddamn airport.
lmao
Someone is going to misread it and call it the god - airport henceforth.
The Teddybear is probably now a super valuable collector item.
You know someone is depressed when they skip directly from Big Bang to WWII
what
3:02 'BEARly a gift'
Your sense of humour is really peculiar.
Awesome video ! I love the "let's do a quick reminder, starting from the beginning" joke xD
2:23 "East German Empire"
I lost it
Edited because why not
Little Spanish lesson here!
The Gulf of Calzones would actually literally translate to the Gulf of “Pants” in Spanish, which made me ask, before the reveal, why would Cuba name a bay after pants?
They also have a bay named after pigs
It's worth to clarify: "pants" in the british sense of the word
0:38
"....This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
That’s what he should have said.
1:54 I Love the Mention of the BER xD I never knew that even People outside Germany Knew that it exists
Cayo Blanco, aka Ernst Thalman Island, is uninhabited, but if I remember right there are numerous day trip tourist excursions to it every week by catamaran, as it has gorgeous white sand beaches and shallows that allow you to wade knee-deep hundreds of feet into the ocean. It could probably earn a good amount of money for an owner if ever properly developed.
1:58
Does-
Does that s-
Does that say "Fderal?"
uhhh the animators are dutch
@@Mullkaw fr?
A F'dral Republic is comprised with states run by guv'nors.
"Ninety-nine Luftballons"
I've never heard something so wrong and I love it.
Edit: Also, not gonna lie, G+ was made awesome by the fact that it wasn't as big. Felt really humble.
Looftballoons
Don't understand
R.I.P. G+
Google+ veterans rise up!
Rip G+. It feels like forever since it was shut down but its only been six months
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0:48 that escalated quickly
Last time i was this early, germany was still divided
Germany unified in 1871, and this video was made in 1990, so something doesn't add up...
@@kyrakia5507 yeah
Last time i was this early frace and poland were part of germany
It still is ... AFD is winning.
@@robroux6074 In East Germany, aka the part with the poor people, low employement rates and general irrelevance.
"The Gulf of Calzones"
HAI you really shouldn't write these while hungry.
Fun fact, there is a micronation named Mollossia which declared war with East Germany. And because of that island, even today on the micronation's official website, it claims that it is still at war with East germany
i have seen a video of this before so it’s nice to see a more famous youtuber do a video on it
When it turns out that Hitler was behind the Cuban missile crisis
What does Hitler have to do with this? How much you bought those likes for?
@@dodovomitory3496 r/wooooooooosh
@@dodovomitory3496 r/whoosh You just got whooshed.
i really hate redditors
@@dodovomitory3496 Just google Cuban Missile Crisis or watch a RealLifeLore's video called "The Day the World Almost Ended"
The sarcastic undertone & intelligent humour of these videos makes me keep coming back for more!
Die Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Deutsch Demokratischen Republik.
Reisen nach Cuba können bei mir unentgeltlich beantragt werden.
Ja gerne, wann wirds los gehen? Ich möcht diesen kapitalistischen Alptraum so bald wie möglich entfliehen.
Ich nein sprechen Deutschland
Ich musste viel zu lange scrollen, um diesen Kommentar zu finden. Er sollte ganz oben stehen
Die DDR beim Ami vor der Haustür? 🤔 Erich likes it 😂😭 nur symbolisch... kann man jetzt glauben, oder auch nicht 🤷♂️
ganz schön nationalistisch für einen commie
I knew a girl from East Germany. Her uncle told her about his first visit of West Germany in 1980s. He was shocked by three things there: wealth, lots of Turkish/Kurdish mgrants, legal prnography.
Government: *sees this video*
Also Government: *Let's invade.*
WW3 started because Germany Invaded Cuba because an island.
Oh...
By law germany can't start any wars. You first would have to change it by making Bundestag and Bundesrat allowing it, so 2/3 of Bundesrat and Bundesrat must for it.
Ernst Thälmann Island: _Exists_
Republic of Molossia: *I'm about to end this man's whole career*
"Could only afford 47 luftballons" :'D
Reminds me to those moments in AOC II when you defeat a country, annex it all, but leave some island you didn't know existed as the last remaining piece of the country.
Half as Interesting: Lets do a quick review and start at the beggining... *Starts at literally the beggining*
"impressive failures of infrastructure projects" hahahaha
@CipiRipi00 And won't stop construction until 2040.But atleast they might get a maglev train.
My great grandmother on my mums side of her father,(my mums dad, I.e. my grandad) was from the Pankow district in east Berlin.🇩🇪🇮🇳🇬🇧
"Half as Interesting" videos are twice as entertaining as most videos on CZcams!
The Cold War also known as the... The Chilly Conflict
I'm in favor of a Chili Conflict. It will be like WWI, but less trenches.
Literally noone:
Universe: World war II.
Well isn't the universe actually everyone?
@Mass Debater I Am, the universe.
Socialus Not yet.
Normie
I've been to the former East and a lot of it remains different. The most telling feature are the different colors of streetlights used, just like the past. My mother was born in Wiesbaden in the west and told me how tense it was when she was young.
Pretty sure when Germany unified, Cuba invoked take-sees-back-sees on that island gift.
0:32 Ooohh Sam i love it when you stroke my ego
HAI: "calzone"
Me: bro I had a calzone for lunch
The sleek transition to the advert at the end 👌🏼🤌🏼
Half as interesting - twice as funny. Thanks for making me laugh so hard :-)
I imagine the chilli conflict as a sort of cook off... A truly delicious war.
Love that stock video of that guy just gesturing "what?"
David Hasslehoff with the piano scarf and light up leather jacket will be forever in history books
Ernst Thälmann.
Pronounciation correction:
"Th" - can be pronounced as "t".
"ä" - can be pronounced as the "a" in "cAn".
"mann" - has the "a" of "pArt" and the double "n" means that the "a" is pretty short.
Who pronounces Can ‘Ken’?
Thälmann should be pronounced like Tail-mahn.
@@williamwallace4726 I don't know. Who does that?
@@erikawhelan4673 No.
Please don't correct people when you can't pronounce it properly yourself
A group of Cubans decided to create their own micronation by declaring their independence from the Republic of Cuba, which they consider to be illegal occupants of the State of Cayo Blanco del Sur, which in turn has been organized as a parliamentary monarchy and king Phillip of Spain has been called upon the Throne of the small island-nation. They have since adopted a flag and a coat of arms.
Wondered why I didn't get many of your vids popping up, realized I forgot to sub! I've fixed my mistake 💛
Best half as interesting in a long time
The ratio of jokes to puns is appropriate. Approved!
When france gets parts off germany but the netherlands get credit.
I really love your humour.
Lol that MC Hammer part killed me!😂
3:01 underrated joke
Now I really want to visit this island so I could technically say I've been to East Germany
East Germany: **still technically exists**
Mollasia: **angry micronation noises**
Me: ...
HAI: 2:30 Predicts the future :o
East Germany: still exists
Molossia: *[anger]*
1990 : East Germany ceases to exist
2030 : Germany ceases to exist
Sadly, with the current second Muslim invasion of Europe, Germany might well cease to exist before 2030.
Well, just a few days ago it was published, that until 2040 about 30% of germans will have ancestors with a migrant background ( btw. 54% from european countries (40 % from EU Members)). And about 5% of the people are following the muslim fate. So just stop with those false claims of a muslim invasion
@@chillorazor
Got a link for that one?
You speak german? Only got the geman media as a source, dont think internatiol press would post it, as the relevance probably isnt that high
@@chillorazor
I got google translate.
Numbers are standard across nations
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East Germany: exist
Molossia: frustrated angry noises
The first time i've witnessed an english speaking person correctly spelling a word with the letter "Ä" in it
It exists in my heart, and the heart’s of my comrades
🇨🇺❤🇩🇪 ☭
Almost spat my coffee out universe expansion to ww2. Love the transition 😂
00:48 one hell of a jump you did there ha
The Germany we know as impressive failures at infrastructures
"This would eventually lead to WW2"
*confused universe noises*
This guy puts sponsorship in every video and I don't even mind because most of his segways are smooth
What is strangest 99 Luftbaluns is pop song by East German rock band ... that went to West Germany to get published :)