Hey now, the Germans take humour very seriously! It’s no laughing matter.
Knock knock
Who’s there?
WE ARE ZE ONES WHO ASK ZE QVESTIONS!
Protection from what? Ze Germans?
Obligatory r/germanhumour
It exists on !germanhumor@discuss.tchncs.de in all its glory too!
Not so glorious…
No, it’s perfect self-deprecating german humor. I love this silly joke.
What are we doing here? Is country bashing funny again?
Was it ever not fun?
In western and central Europe, country bashing your neighbours never stopped being funny.
Lighten up a little
We Europeans always bash our neighbors. We’re like brothers, that always fight but at the end of the day would stand in for another.
I’d kiss those silly frenchmen, that I keep on bashing, on the lips long before I’d even consider giving a yankee a hug.
Germans are funnier than the average American. American humour seems to amount to claiming you own random countries and then threatening military action.
Unfortunately, the people who say that kind of shit are not joking.
Careful throwing stones. That was German humor 80 years ago or so.
Yeah, and we all agreed about what was necessary to stop them- but Americans chose cowardice.
No, they were stopped by outside force. I wish that could happen this time.
Very cute to imply that “outside” is meaningful here, allowing you to pretend you’ve dodged responsibility
Honestly american humor has been on massive decline in the last 20 years despite increase of the overall comedy market. Particularly american standup is so bad these days despite bringing in stadiums of people. It’s so cringe: “they’re trying to cancel me yap yap yap”
I read that as it was gay (as in happy) until they walked in.
Thank you. I’d have spent ages thinking about how that could possibly be funny.
I’ve met many funny germans, and then 1 german guy who so perfectly fits the stereotype that I almost think its a bit in its own right.
German jokes are the wurst
My suggestion is to watch the documentary laughing with Hitler to see that not only do Germans have a scathing sense of humor, but also were willing to die for their jokes.
The forklift training video was amazing.
Klaus!
Uwe Boll movies left a lasting scar on the image of Germans…
Gottseidank heißt unser Führer nicht Kräuter. Sonst hieße es den ganzen Tag Heilkräuter! Heilkräuter!
Karl Valentin
That joke only works in German because “treffen” has two meanings: meet and hit.
Ah so kind of like “a man walks into a bar and says ouch”
Or like, “a man walks into a bar. It was a closed casket funeral.”
I’ve heard it claimed German humour differs from English humour due to the grammar of the German language making it harder to hide the punchline, and so largely eliminating a lot of wordplay. The humour that remains is either cerebral (conceptual satire and such) or lowbrow slapstick.
Nah, our humour and our everyday conversation is chock full of wordplay. Obviously it’s hard to detect the humour if one doesn’t speak the language. Humour is a nuanced thing anyways and also plays with cultural associations.
For example if I were with friends in a pub and only ordered one beer and someone asked me why and I replied: “I muss fei spare” , the text itself isn’t funny
(I have to save money).
But it would be funny because I said it in a slight Swabian accent and because of the cultural association of Swabians being penny pinchers.
It wouldnt be hilarious mind you, just a little funny to spice up conversation. How would one translate or even understand that?Native speaker of German here and I am not sure about that. German tends to put verbs in the end in a lot of sentences, but apart from that, it’s mostly possible to use English-like word orders in German too; I don’t think the difference is significant enough that it would change the entire style of humor.
German people tell each other what they mean. We do not make a difference between man and woman in that. Perhaps that is why your woman do not trust you.
I’m glad they laugh at you though.
They laugh with us. That means we laugh too. Should give it a try.
I’m “taking the piss” (I think that is the phrase?)
Because this person in the screenshot clearly has no respect for women.
Agreed.
Thanks for explaining joke.
We find it makes jokes 108.6% more funnier.
Efficiency!
German humor is usually not funny and a bit mean.
The Dutch have compensated for their neighbors with an over-developed sense of humor.
what is belgian humor like?
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!”
Maybe you’ll recognize some of the titles on here.
Some puns inevitably get lost in translation, though.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.
Same as the rest of France
As far as we Flemish know, humor in Wallonia is non-existent
German humor is fine, but much of german humor does not translate well, because it is often using puns, homophones, double entendrse or subversion of expectations, and you have to actively listen - just hearing without paying attention might result in not even realizing 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.
i have a dutch friend whose favorite joke is:
knock knock
who’s there
interrupting cow
interrupting cow who?
…dammitmine is: two pretzels were walking down the street. one was assaulted. pretzel. (it’s funnier if you tell it in a silly voice)
I don’t get either joke TT_TT
This whole thread is making me cry laugh
