There is no they without a we
Summary
A rider with a questionable German accent claims to be from the Black Forest and insists "there is no 'they' without a 'we.'" Kareem tries multiple times to break the bit, asking the stranger to just do regular Subway Takes, but they persist with rambling philosophy about Berlin as a city of contrasts where east and west meet. Things get weird. The rider waxes poetic about losing and finding yourself, living in gray areas, and when pressed about their least favorite World War, picks World War I because "it is less clear who the bad guy is." The whole interaction feels like performance art nobody asked for.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? There is no "they" without a "way."
There's no what? "Z" without a "we."
There's no they without—why are you talking like that? Everything is relative.
Are you doing a German accent? You don't sound like a German.
Is this a bit? Stop doing the bit. Just do the regular Subway Takes. There is no bit here in Berlin.
I don't think anyone on this train thinks that what you're doing is funny or kind.
What part of Germany are you from? The Black Forest. Stop doing the accent. Without hardship, we cannot experience love.
What's your favorite German food? What's "spät"?
It's like a pasta but short.
What is your favorite thing about Berlin? The hardships we experience staying. The rejection, the acceptance. This is a city of contrast.
Like east and west meet together. It's where we go to lose ourselves, where we go to find ourselves. We must accept and live in the gray area between the "s" and the "ah."
What's the "and" and the "ah"? It's the music and the "ah" inspiring art around us.
"Theo" and the "ah." Yeah.
Wow. Okay. The city inspires. It delights.
What is your least favorite World War? World War I. It's my least favorite.
Why is that? It is less clear who the bad guy is.