Comment on German joke

The_v@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i have a dutch friend whose favorite joke is:
  knock knock
  who’s there
  interrupting cow
  interrupting cow who?
  …dammit

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  • forkDestroyer@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This whole thread is making me cry laugh

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  • meekah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t get either joke TT_TT

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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• Slashme@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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…

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• protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  what is belgian humor like?

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  • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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!”

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  • TheOctonaut@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Same as the rest of France

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    • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      As far as we Flemish know, humor in Wallonia is non-existent

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      • protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        thats very dutch of the flemish and very french of the wallons

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  • discow@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    www.jeroom-inc.com/en-gb/comics

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  • PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe you’ll recognize some of the titles on here.
    Some puns inevitably get lost in translation, though.

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    • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • The_v@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Haven’t been there yet so I don’t know. I’ll go find out if you want to sponsor me.

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