CashewNut 🏴@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy do Germans have no sense of humour?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareWhy do Germans have no sense of humour?CashewNut 🏴@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEvia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoIn my experience, English humour is also dry, sarcastic and/or satirical, it seems to be American humour that doesn’t pick up on the dry jokes. But yeah, also the language barrier hits hard.
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoI’ve found that many Germans (including me) greatly enjoy British humor. I think both are pretty similar
minus-squareAchtungDrempels@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThe British are super funny, best humor. Germans make too many puns or word plays, but i enjoy those too as a german, haha.
In my experience, English humour is also dry, sarcastic and/or satirical, it seems to be American humour that doesn’t pick up on the dry jokes.
But yeah, also the language barrier hits hard.
I’ve found that many Germans (including me) greatly enjoy British humor. I think both are pretty similar
The British are super funny, best humor. Germans make too many puns or word plays, but i enjoy those too as a german, haha.