• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    someone makes a joke about germans not having a sense of humor and you claim Germanity responding this way, i’m not sure if you’re part of the joke or being joked about dude.

    the most important part of humor is being able to laugh at yourself (it’s where the best jokes come from). Germans not having a sense of humor is low hanging fruit, but like if you don’t want to be treated like a stereotype you can’t act like a stereotype.

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      7 hours ago

      Laughing at yourself as an individual, yes. Laughing at yourself as a person that belongs to a group like nationality, race, sexual orientation, no. Nobody should have to care about whether they fit someone else’s negative stereotype just because of their assumed nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity.