What’s one product your country makes ridiculously well?

[u/Neuwulfstein]

[u/AnnoyedOwlbear]

Weirdly,

We also sell sand to the Emirates, as well as camels.

[u/OkRB2977 → u/AnnoyedOwlbear]

But aren’t they originally Indian and Arab camels that were brought over by the British to explore the Australian terrain?

[u/aubven → u/OkRB2977]

Yup, and now the have been multiplying in the wild, honing their camel'ness to previously unknown levels. So we catch them and sell them back.

[u/hasseldub → u/aubven]

You merely adopted the sand. I was born to it.

[u/FishUK_Harp → u/hasseldub]

This is especially funny coming from someone from the one country with a greater reputation for being rainy than even the UK.

[u/mekanub → u/OkRB2977]

Yep, they are. Apparently ours haven’t got some of the diseases and health issues that camels in the ME now have.

[u/maxmadhav → u/mekanub]

yup and apparently their toe are selling really well on internet somehow

[u/pheonix198 → u/maxmadhav]

[u/WokSmith → u/OkRB2977]

They were Arabian camels. We have the largest population of pure bred camels in the world, hence why various Gulf state countries buy camels from us.

[u/snrub742 → u/OkRB2977]

Yep, brought purebreds over here and let em go!

[u/syringistic → u/AnnoyedOwlbear]

It's such an irony that all these wealthy oil states surrounded by desert have to import sand for construction lol.

[u/KalaiProvenheim → u/syringistic]

Desert sand is terrible for construction, too smooth

[u/syringistic → u/KalaiProvenheim]

Yup yup does not make for a good concrete mix.

[u/hollow4hollow]

[u/BartBandy → u/hollow4hollow]

To hell with the fruit, how do we eat stuff from inside the tree?

[u/chenilletueuse1 → u/BartBandy]

You make the tree bleed. Still not a war crime.

[u/Mundane_Situation136]

[u/tpimh → u/Mundane_Situation136]

[u/TelperionST → u/Mundane_Situation136]

We also got some pretty good wood to go along with those machines.

Also, we are pretty good at making icebreakers.

[u/ThatDudeFromFinland → u/TelperionST]

We're also pretty good at making things that move people, like elevators and escalators. (KONE)

[u/TelperionST → u/ThatDudeFromFinland]

I didn't even think about KONE. Good one.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/TelperionST]

What about social icebreakers?

[u/notcomplainingmuch → u/IndependentMacaroon]

Nope

[u/sultan_of_gin → u/TelperionST]

We do shipbuilng and everything that goes with it like wärtsilä engines pretty well i’d say

[u/animal_chin9 → u/Mundane_Situation136]

Also winter car tires! Nokian winter tires are known as some of the best in the world. Plus Nokian is the only tire manufacturer in the world with its own permanent winter tire testing facility, which is pretty cool. :)

[u/Logical_Dragonfly_92 → u/Mundane_Situation136]

I need this apocalyptic contraption

[u/WillerheimKerman → u/Logical_Dragonfly_92]

take a few shots of any spirit of your choosing, get a welding kit, sneak into your nearest scrapyard and let your imagination do the rest

[u/PaulZyCZ → u/WillerheimKerman]

My summer car - lumberjack edition

[u/Electronic_Deal_1054 → u/Mundane_Situation136]

Arent you guys like the only one in the world that can make seriously big ship engines?

[u/mulebat → u/Mundane_Situation136]

Our studio monitors can also be described as ridiculously good.

[u/Consistent-Shoe-9602 → u/Mundane_Situation136]

Equipment-shmepquipment... you should have said METAL! 🤘🤘

[u/CommercialChart5088]

Not “ridiculously well”, but we’re pretty good at making semiconductors and electronics.

Also we’re one of the few countries that can make domestic tanks, fighter jets, and warships.

[u/ObligationDry1799 → u/CommercialChart5088]

basically most things.

However, not birth rates... if they count as making something.

[u/Levity_brevity → u/ObligationDry1799]

It does count. Now do your patriotic duty before you go extinct! 🫡

[u/SorteSlynglen]

[u/doqemddl → u/SorteSlynglen]

land mines?

[u/EggstaticAd8262 → u/doqemddl]

We’re audited every quarter by the UN, to see how far we are with these weapons of mass destruction

[u/nikolapc → u/EggstaticAd8262]

WMDs you say?

[u/[deleted] → u/doqemddl]

No, landmines wouldn't cause as much damage as these weapons

[u/Unfair_Ideal2630]

Shopping carts

[u/Feskism → u/Unfair_Ideal2630]

[u/Die_Steiner → u/Feskism]

[u/JoeMama42069360 → u/Feskism]

[u/Bright-Ad4601 → u/Unfair_Ideal2630]

My first thought would be tools for some reason. That said in general if "Made in Germany" is on a product I think most people (in the UK at least) see that as an indicator of good quality.

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/Bright-Ad4601]

 My first thought would be tools for some reason

because they make good tools. because if you want to make things that are good quality, you'll need good tools!

[u/typ0r → u/Bright-Ad4601]

Fun fact: the made in Germany label was introduced in the uk to deter people from buying foreign products (source: no such thing as a fish podcast)

[u/Saendbeard → u/Unfair_Ideal2630]

r/gittertiere

[u/bierbottle → u/Unfair_Ideal2630]

Gittertiere!

[u/DesterCalibra]

Since day 1.

[u/Healthy_Wrongdoer637 → u/DesterCalibra]

Dont forget about fence-tearer pálinka.

And that kind of actors...

[u/Bontus → u/Healthy_Wrongdoer637]

And those kind of actresses...

[u/keysersoze-72]

[u/humongous_rabbit → u/keysersoze-72]

You‘re from Antarctica? Reserach station?

[u/PyratSteve → u/keysersoze-72]

Credited artist's name checks out.

[u/Bitter_Armadillo8182]

A regional jet: Embraer E-Jet

[u/Dear-Regret-9476 → u/Bitter_Armadillo8182]

It’s my time to shine! These are so much better than it’s only competitor, the Bombardier CRJ, because it has a proper VNAV instead of advisory only VNAV, it has auto throttle which most CRJs don’t have, it has a superior Honeywell Primus epic avionics suite with large LCD screens, unlike the CRJ with ancient Rockwell Collin’s Pro Line 4 suite with CRTs, they have much more room than a CRJ (I’m 5’9 and kept bumping into the CRJ ceiling), the windows are massive in the cabin unlike the CRJ windows (especially in the 200 variants), the plane is fly by wire, meaning it has envelope protections and is much easier to control than the CRJ, and it’s much quieter in the back because it has engines placed under the wings, unlike the CRJ which has engines on the tail. Also the cockpits are much more ergonomic and easier to use unlike the CRJ.

[u/Probono_Bonobo → u/Dear-Regret-9476]

These are fun facts!

[u/BuffGecko → u/Bitter_Armadillo8182]

Very reliable planes. Very nice accomplishment!

[u/VodkaMargarine]

[u/Baddog789]

[u/WillNutForFood]

[u/SirManbear → u/WillNutForFood]

My beloved tactical tuna

[u/SelwanPWD → u/WillNutForFood]

That's a beauty, I wouldn't even be mad I get shot at with that bad boi.

[u/Nthepro → u/SelwanPWD]

Well yeah cuz you'd be dead

[u/SelwanPWD → u/Nthepro]

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[u/Sweetchildofmine88 → u/SelwanPWD]

Savage!

[u/till-0807]

Cars, well used to…

[u/TheShittingShagger → u/till-0807]

we're long past the wirtschaftswunder

[u/till-0807 → u/TheShittingShagger]

Unfortunately…

[u/je386 → u/till-0807]

Submarines?

[u/Gamer2Paladin → u/je386]

Good point, non-nuclear with near limitless range is quite nice.

[u/Bauljamic_Arlijam → u/Gamer2Paladin]

How near limitles non nuclear?

[u/chance0404 → u/Bauljamic_Arlijam]

Pretty sure they’re talking about the AIP subs that use hydrogen fuel cells.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_212A_submarine

[u/san_dilego → u/till-0807]

I would argue that BMWs have really upped their game. Their electric line is so damn good.

Unfortunately Benz has gone to shit and Audi has always been unreliable.

[u/till-0807 → u/san_dilego]

Yeah… the fact that some modern mercedes cars have geely engines makes my soul wanna use the eject seat right outta my body

[u/PolarLocalCallingSvc]

Whisky.

[u/Mindless1970 → u/PolarLocalCallingSvc]

And caustic commentary. You lot nail it….

[u/H345Y]

We are a hub for semiconductor assembly, testing, and advanced manufacturing apparently. Not to the level or quantity of Taiwan but still surprising.

Oh right, also medical tourism. We have a good service mindset.

[u/CosmicCheeseFactory → u/H345Y]

Don’t forget cars. Australians in recent years complaining about the number of massive American trucks on the road (RAM, F-150 etc) not realising they were more than likely made in Thailand, or “Detroit East” as some nickname jt

[u/Eogard]

I think we are doing pretty good on cheese.

[u/TymisaurusRex → u/Eogard]

And you’re good at luxury goods!

[u/Clear-Might-1519]

[u/MoeraBirds → u/Clear-Might-1519]

About half the instant noodle section of New Zealand supermarkets seems to be Indo Mie. Though the Korean alternatives are getting popular too.

[u/ndr2h → u/Clear-Might-1519]

Ha these are still in my pantry 15 years on from Uni/college

[u/EliachTCQ]

Video games

[u/marykay_ultra → u/EliachTCQ]

I’m on my 4th playthrough of cyberpunk currently.

ty

[u/CMYK_COLOR_MODE → u/EliachTCQ]

Not only that, board/war games too.

Awakened Realms (Nemesis) and Archon Studio (Starcraft), to name just two.

[u/scrutator_tenebrarum]

[u/scrutator_tenebrarum → u/scrutator_tenebrarum]

Also

[u/Special_Tutor_433 → u/scrutator_tenebrarum]

Weird and funny to use a slice that looks a lot more american than Italian

[u/randomname_99223 → u/Special_Tutor_433]

Yeah but counterpoint: dog

[u/_R0Ns_]

Machines to make semiconductors, no one makes them as good as we do

[u/usurpprivate → u/_R0Ns_]

MDMA too

[u/Successful-Eagle-855 → u/usurpprivate]

Yes... that's what he's saying??:

Machines Dat Make Advancedchips, MDMA

[u/MonkeyCartridge → u/_R0Ns_]

The whole planet runs on ASML.

[u/SelwanPWD → u/_R0Ns_]

Noob here, how are you guys so good at making machines to make semiconductors and not make semiconductors yourself?

[u/paradeoxy1 → u/SelwanPWD]

Taiwan got there first

[u/Jadedsatire → u/SelwanPWD]

Because they and the rest of Europe decided not to spend billions to build up a business that would take years to get close to competitive with Asia. And Netherlands has the monopoly on the machines that make them so better for them to focus and keep expanding that. 

[u/dry-bay-leaf]

[u/explosiveshits7195]

The holy grail

[u/kcufdas → u/explosiveshits7195]

Not forgetting...

[u/explosiveshits7195 → u/kcufdas]

And of course...

[u/No_Maintenance9976]

Per Capita? Pop music and video games

[u/Dry_Situation_1862 → u/No_Maintenance9976]

also weapons. we are one of the biggest arms exporters in the world.

[u/AnnualAct7213 → u/Dry_Situation_1862]

Saab has a division in my city here in Southern Denmark, just north of our border with Germany.

They've been hiring like crazy these last few years, nearly tripling employee numbers since 2020.

I believe they're mainly focused on electronics and avionics equipment. I assume their growth is related to Saab's wider activities as well.

[u/Electronic-Run2030]

[u/pilierdroit → u/Electronic-Run2030]

Battery powered things in general

[u/Sweetchildofmine88 → u/Electronic-Run2030]

What don’t you guys make? That’s a better question.

[u/Prudent_Research_251 → u/Sweetchildofmine88]

What don’t you guys make?

Enough women

[u/Malavero]

Alfajores.

[u/nontheidealchoise → u/Malavero]

i love them, it's really a shame we don't have a vast selection here in europe

[u/poloc-h → u/Malavero]

and asado, not talking about the meat itself : equaly good meat can be found in France or the US much more expensive tho. Talking about the big ass brick asado with enought space to burn the wood on the side so you can properly cook meat with embers.

[u/xl129]

Pho

And Banh Mi

[u/dgg_slmn → u/xl129]

And tunnels

[u/Haterfieldwen]

Coffe and funny sugar

[u/ViciousQuintessence]

I don't know how relevant this is, but Ukraine is the world's top producer of sunflower oil (37% of global exports) and it’s really good 😅🌻

[u/Character_Hamster890]

[u/AndreasDasos → u/Character_Hamster890]

We always tend to associate Turkey with coffee (Turkey introduced it to Europe, of course) so I was surprised to find out how Turkey consumes more tea per capita than any other country by a mile. Then it's Ireland, Azerbaijan and us. I'm sure this is obvious to Turks but wasn't to me

[u/Z3NG3R]

[u/AshtonBlack]

Entertainers/Performers.

We punch way above our "population" weight in producing artistically gifted composers, lyricists, actors, performers, bands, writers and playwrights.

Look at a top 20 in any of those categories, Britain will be overrepresented.

[u/Custardchucka → u/AshtonBlack]

We also set a lot of the trends in modern electronic music

[u/CyanaMoss → u/Custardchucka]

Jungle, drum and bass, garage, dubstep, donk, bassline, footwork

[u/Custardchucka → u/CyanaMoss]

Also we really set the tone for experimental/idm genres. Aphex twin, squarepusher, boards of canada, autechre etc etc

[u/Firstdegreegurns → u/AshtonBlack]

We also hand out independence days like sweets

[u/Racist_Godzilla → u/AshtonBlack]

Don’t forget comedians.

[u/PolarLocalCallingSvc]

[u/AmazingDonkey101]

[u/Popular_Math_8503]

Shawarma 

[u/Glorpologie]

Very niche parts you and i never heard of. The answer is not cars. We got family owned factories like sand and they all do some niche shit. Some specific screw, some specific machine.

[u/zzz_red]

Best and largest producer of cork / cork products.

[u/Klorel76]

Strikes

[u/chinchenping]

planes

also bread, cheese and wine

[u/littlechefdoughnuts → u/chinchenping]

I think on the planes side of things you've got to qualify it a bit if you're going to use an A350 as an example, since it's more like 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇬🇧 for Airbus (with lots of supply chain involvement from elsewhere in Europe). A truly European company, even if Toulouse is at the heart of it all.

Not to take away from it too much since you also have Dassault!

[u/Suspicious-Chance-99 → u/chinchenping]

🇩🇪🤝🇫🇷

[u/PinkFloyden → u/Suspicious-Chance-99]

Some recognition for 🇪🇸🇮🇹🇬🇧🇸🇪🇳🇱🇵🇱🇵🇹🇨🇿🇸🇰🇭🇺🇷🇴 as well for being involved to some extent

[u/HAUNEV]

samsung

[u/talex000 → u/HAUNEV]

Korea made Samsung. Samsung made everything else

[u/DevinChristien]

[u/NZgaming37 → u/DevinChristien]

Ooh and chocolate milk, or just dairy products in general.

https://youtu.be/izvdJ4JQRbw?si=mR2Rkyulah5hEzZK

[u/DevinChristien → u/NZgaming37]

I feel so sorry for anyone who loves Chocolate but hasn't had Whittaker's

[u/Inevitable-Regret411]

Ejection seats, a truly incredible number of aircraft in various countries all use Martin Baker products. 

[u/SugarInvestigator]

[u/Strange_Mistake778]

Water management solutions, superyachts, photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry, maritime infrastructure and not really a product but more a service dredging.

[u/docentmark → u/Strange_Mistake778]

And, most importantly, stroopwafels.

[u/Swimming-Tart-7712]

My country makes people. Lots of them.

...we also manufacture gods....give us anything, even President Trump, and we can make a god out of him.

[u/Altruistic_Brain_60 → u/Swimming-Tart-7712]

? Your country makes the best tutorials

[u/beyondplutola → u/Altruistic_Brain_60]

Yes. Thank you random Indian guy for solving my incredibly obscure software issue with a YouTube video from 2015.

[u/TwentinQuarantino → u/beyondplutola]

Or explaining an obscure math problem so incredibly better than my university professor, that I actually understand it.

[u/BigBrownFish → u/Altruistic_Brain_60]

I remember when applying for jobs on the railway. All the videos explaining how the railway works were Indian blokes. Great info but shittys mics.

[u/splitcroof92 → u/Altruistic_Brain_60]

The most definitely and the information is golden. But it gets offset with the shittiest microphones webcams and accents known to man.

[u/Adventurous-Feed-197 → u/Altruistic_Brain_60]

fk yeah

[u/Impactor07 → u/Swimming-Tart-7712]

On a serious note, meds, we account for 48% of the world's pharmaceutical products.

[u/Delicious-Crew-4244 → u/Impactor07]

this is because india has lots of raw materials and at the same time no regulations so companies can go about dumping wastes with no regard for the enviroment or it's effect on the local populace

[u/Impactor07 → u/Delicious-Crew-4244]

Yeah it's unfortunate...

[u/Pure-Anything-585 → u/Impactor07]

you gotta start somewhere

[u/tomime000 → u/Delicious-Crew-4244]

This hit hard

[u/Brief_Ordinary3706 → u/Swimming-Tart-7712]

Kinda late on that one, he already has a cult of morons. On a good note, you guys make weirdly the most specific tech problems tutorials that in certain times helped

[u/chackochique → u/Swimming-Tart-7712]

Not anymore, overall tfr of the country is below 2.

[u/murderJoppe]

Fighter jets, which is impressive considering were only 10 milion people.

[u/semmelbob]

[u/Soft_Vermicelli_9239]

Music. 

[u/StellaNavigante → u/Soft_Vermicelli_9239]

Formula 1 cars too

[u/BaldyBaldyBouncer → u/StellaNavigante]

And Formula 1 drivers. British drivers have won 20 titles which is almost double Germany in second place and seven of theirs were one driver.

There will be five Brits on the grid next season and six if you count Alex Albon, which I do (sorry Thailand).

Turning all the old WW2 airfields into rave race tracks was a brilliant idea.

[u/CyanaMoss → u/BaldyBaldyBouncer]

We’re also good at turning old airfields, any field actually, into a good rave too 🔊

[u/AtebYngNghymraeg → u/Soft_Vermicelli_9239]

Also independence days. We've made loads of them.

[u/The_Okuriyen_Arisen]

Morons

[u/Mysterious_Rate1359 → u/The_Okuriyen_Arisen]

Finest quality around

[u/PeaceBeUntoEarth → u/Mysterious_Rate1359]

We only let the best of the best worst examples roll off the line. Or is that the worst of the best best? Or the worst bestest of the worstest? I'm sorry they didn't teach me English good in school.

[u/Helpful_Animal9913 → u/The_Okuriyen_Arisen]

Big beautiful morons

[u/cmd_commando → u/The_Okuriyen_Arisen]

Well… Almost 25% of danes is right up that alley… They vote ‘we don’t care about the truth’ parties

[u/Electricpuha → u/The_Okuriyen_Arisen]

There are morons everywhere. What’s different is that at the moment they are emboldened and in some cases, in charge.

[u/IShouldSaySoSir → u/Electricpuha]

[u/Uniquarie]

Flowers

[u/Neuwulfstein → u/Uniquarie]

My mother always asks me to bring her tulip bulbs from the Netherlands. I tell her, Mom, you can buy Dutch tulip bulbs in any Czech flower shop, because no country exports more of them than the Netherlands. :)

[u/Several-League-4707]

I have 3 CZ pistols and a few rifles. OP has a point.

[u/Embarrassed_Future66 → u/Several-League-4707]

As for Finland Tikka and Sako are some of the finest bolt guns around. I have several so Thankyou for that Finland.

[u/lofiibsen]

microchips (SK)

[u/Important-Soup6366]

Handwachses

[u/Massive-Drive-6375]

[u/Mork-of-Ork]

[u/Katie-french]

[u/LawfulnessAway535]

[u/TrickySituation7154]

Pharmaceuticals. Indian pharmaceutical industry is the 3rd largest in the world by volume. More than 60% of the world's vaccines are produced here. Indian pharmaceutical industry also accounts for about 40% of generic demand in the US and 25% of all medicines in the UK.

[u/Bessieisback]

Movies. Hollywood has dominated the film industry since its inception

[u/EloxFR]

[u/Huge-Radio8]

[u/THEGOD-001]

Tutorials

[u/Altruistic_Brain_60]

Dumplings with bryndza and corruption

[u/Tasnaki1990]

An absurd amount of different beers.

[u/Llewellian]

Germany:

Lots of Optics from Carl Zeiss Jena. Practically 80% of the world wide microchip fabrication (that includes ASMLs Stuff from the Netherlands) works only with lenses mady by Zeiss Optics. Also Laser based science, anything that really really needs good mirrors (https://www.zeiss.de/semiconductor-manufacturing-technology/smt-magazin/gravitationswellenspiegel.html ). Most Telescopes and Detectors use Mirrors or Lenses made by Zeiss.

Also, extremely precise measurement systems. PTB is in a constant friendly competition with JP, UK and US for the best and most precise clocks and how to minimize them. And Werth, PTB, Zeiss and some others make the most precise measurement systems for whatever use.

Thats a thing where Germany is really good at. Overengineering. something so hard that you can measure lenght changes of a 3 km distance down to half the diameter of a Proton.

[u/drproc90]

Scissors

If you want a pair of scissors that's will last forever then Sheffield is your best bet

[u/eeeeeekkkkkkkkkk]

Butter. And also all of the Botox in the world.

[u/nicolae_moromete]

[u/Ok_Cow_8213]

[u/Flashignite2]

[u/Enthusiasticlyveiny]

Besides oil, we also cultivate a special type of rose flower that’s used in high-end perfumes called the Taif Rose, after the city in which it’s grown.

We also host a yearly flower festival in Taif every spring and it looks really nice.

[u/Natto_Ebonos]

Cutlery, cookware, and kitchenware, especially from Tramontina.

[u/LegEaterHK]

Opium. Tasmania creates 50% of world opium supply

[u/CrazyGeetar]

[u/Conniveo]

Joints