German humor is fine, but much of the german language humor does not translate well, because it is often using puns, double entendre or subversion of expectations, and you have to actively listen to them - just hearing it without paying attention might cause that you don’t ever realize a joke was made. And I wouldn’t say it’s mean, but it is often dark and hitting where it really hurts regarding whatever goes wrong in society. I heard once that people start laughing if they can’t bear the pain anymore, and a lot of german humor fits this saying well.
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The_v@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
German humor is usually not funny and a bit mean.
The Dutch have compensated for their neighbors with an over-developed sense of humor.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
what is belgian humor like?
TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Same as the rest of France
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
As far as we Flemish know, humor in Wallonia is non-existent
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
thats very dutch of the flemish and very french of the wallons
discow@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
There are 2 pizzas in the oven.
Says the one pizza: “It is getting really warm in here!”
Then the other pizza says: “Eww! A talking pizza!”
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Maybe you’ll recognize some of the titles on here.
Some puns inevitably get lost in translation, though.Enkrod@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Tintin, Lucky Luke and Spirou et Fantasio will always remain some of my favorite funny comics.
Only Asterix is better.For non-funny comics though, everything Alan Moore reigns supreme.
The_v@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Haven’t been there yet so I don’t know. I’ll go find out if you want to sponsor me.
Slashme@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I completely disagree. The people I meet in my daily life have a very healthy sense of humour, not mean at all. And in popular media? Look at Loriot, Sebastian Pufpaff, Hazel Brugger (sure, she’s Swiss, but hugely popular in Germany), Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka, Ladykracher in general…
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
i have a dutch friend whose favorite joke is:
knock knock
who’s there
interrupting cow
interrupting cow who?
…dammit
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
This whole thread is making me cry laugh
meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I don’t get either joke TT_TT
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
okay so thinking about jokes and getting them can make them funnier, having someone explain them always makes them worse. see below
the first one (edited for those unfamiliar with the format), we were trying to teach him knock knock jokes. because they are stupid. he loves the interrupting cow one, but what he loves even better is fucking up the interrupting cow one. and mine is a pun on salted pretzels but it’s REALLY BAD