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arrow-up1487arrow-down1imageAnon experiences German humorsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 14 hours agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squaredatendefekt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up37·12 hours agoThis is a kids pun joke that got lost in translation. Treffen can mean either to meet or to hit (like with a bullet). Want a funny German joke? Why don’t ants go to church? Because they’re insects!
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 hours agoAs an immigrant in Germany, that’s the reason people think Germans aren’t funny. A lot of the humor is pun-based (and sometimes there are many, many more layers, making them actually very good jokes), which just doesn’t translate well.
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoIt’s neat that the ant joke’s pun translates into English, good pick.
This is a kids pun joke that got lost in translation. Treffen can mean either to meet or to hit (like with a bullet).
Want a funny German joke? Why don’t ants go to church? Because they’re insects!
As an immigrant in Germany, that’s the reason people think Germans aren’t funny. A lot of the humor is pun-based (and sometimes there are many, many more layers, making them actually very good jokes), which just doesn’t translate well.
It’s neat that the ant joke’s pun translates into English, good pick.