🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 3 months agoAnon experiences German humorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1763
arrow-up1763imageAnon experiences German humorsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 3 months agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squaredatendefektlinkfedilink45•3 months 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-square@idiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink22•3 months 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-squarecomfylinkfedilink9•3 months 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.