WillFord27@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoLemmy disproves the stereotype that Germans lack a sense of humormessage-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1298arrow-down1message-squareLemmy disproves the stereotype that Germans lack a sense of humorWillFord27@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
A solid 30% of posts in my feed are German memes. I don’t understand the language, but I love the memes that I can’t read.
minus-squaretony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoHappens with americans too… they seem to completely miss sarcasm sometimes. Humour is very cultural (and often plays into things a native of the country would know but someone outside sometimes wouldn’t).
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThat isn’t what I said though, which is that specifically I notice it with Germans.
Happens with americans too… they seem to completely miss sarcasm sometimes. Humour is very cultural (and often plays into things a native of the country would know but someone outside sometimes wouldn’t).
That isn’t what I said though, which is that specifically I notice it with Germans.