Germans and the porn industry

I was driving on Brannan, approaching 2nd Street. A guy was standing at the intersection I was approaching, trying to flag a cab. Two cabs drove by him. I pulled over to pick him up. When he saw me, he raised his arm again and looked at me with a question mark on his face. I waved him towards me.

"It's funny how sometimes you know you are going to be somebody's cab before they do," I said after a couple of blocks.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Where are you from?"

"Germany."

"Where in Germany?"

"A small town near Düsseldorf," I went through the motions, secretly sighing with boredom.

"You like it better here?"

"Yes, much," I said, still secretly sighing with boredom.

"Hm."

"This is something that didn't really occur to me until recently: I think there is still a lot of severity left in Germany after the war."

"Yeah, that kind of thing takes generations to disappear."

"Yeah."

"But you'll also find some very open-minded individuals in Germany."

"Sure."

"I produce adult films, and Germans are very influential in that area."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I find them to be very open sexually."

"Huh."

"I think it's because Germany is not very religious. Isn't that true?"

"Yes, it is. Religion is sort of just a formality there. It's there but nobody really cares about it. It's totally on the sidelines."

"I think that's exactly why people are so open sexually."

"Wow. I always thought that Germans were rather closed and repressed."

"Yes, I think they are, on the outside, as a formality."

"But once you get past that--"

"--they are very open."

"And you think it's the absence of religion that creates that?"

"Yes."

"Wow. I'm actually proud of my people right now."

"Haha."

"Thank you for giving me that new perspective."

"You're welcome."