I like .top domains as well but .de might make more sense.

Considering .top domains have cheap registration and renewal. To me, it does feel as if .top are very speculative. I liked to search random things in tld-list to find unique-word.<any tld> so like random.top but my past experience says that .top domains are bought quite a lot/very speculative.

If possible I like .de but I think that .top are fine too. Both are great for what its worth.

> It however is falsely maligned by those with small brains who stereotype things.

I didn't know about this, can you please elaborate more about it?