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-squarem4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-210 months agoThe Germans have excellent humour; in fact, they take it very seriously. As they say, “German humour, it is no laughing matter!”
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-210 months agoBeing german, I’ve already heard this joke a thousand times, but it’s so true that it makes me laugh every time. I think many germans are big on sarcasm, where arguably the main part of the joke is the complete seriousness of whoever makes the joke.
The Germans have excellent humour; in fact, they take it very seriously.
As they say, “German humour, it is no laughing matter!”
Being german, I’ve already heard this joke a thousand times, but it’s so true that it makes me laugh every time. I think many germans are big on sarcasm, where arguably the main part of the joke is the complete seriousness of whoever makes the joke.