🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoAnon experiences German humorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1772
arrow-up1772imageAnon experiences German humorsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squaredatendefekt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up45·2 years 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-up22·2 years 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-up9·2 years 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.