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I did some digging around and I have found one of the most thought of questions in this guild: What is the difference between 'dich' and 'du'?

Basically, they are both the same. 'Dich kann nicht anschlang mir' (You can not stop me) is the same in syntax as 'Du kann nicht anschlang mir'. Most German native speakers use which ever sounds right in the given text. Example: 'Ich leibe dich' (I love you) sounds much less awkward than 'Ich leibe du'. Similarly, 'Du kann nicht urlaub' (You can not leave)sounds better than 'Dich kann nicht urlaub.'

'Dich' is the basic, plain old 'you'. 'Du' is more polite and is much closer to the old English 'thou' or 'thee'. Either can be used in any case but try using them in English. 'Thee can not leave' is kind of weird sounding. 'You can not leave' flows more smoothly and in the German language, smoothness is important. You need to be able to speak with the words rolling off your tongue without having to bend over backwards trying to say one sentence.

'Dich' has more uses. We all know of Till and Flake's secret affairs. Well, the 'Buck Dich' video tells more than the perverted side of Till we all know and love. Oh, and while I'm on the subject of the song, it isn't really 'Buck d**k', but more 'Bück Dich'. Notice the accent marks over the 'u'. Back on track. In this case, 'Bück' means 'bend'. Easy, now this is where it gets off a little. 'Dich' means 'you', right? Well, not all the time. In this instance, 'dich' means yourself. If 'du' was used instead, it would be 'thyself'. Not 'theeself' or thouself'. THYSELF. The German language's difficulty is only enhanced by it's grace and pissing-people-off-ness.