Lemmy disproves the stereotype that Germans lack a sense of humor
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.
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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.
I think the stereotype also comes from Germans often not catching onto sarcasm in English
Why should we? It's inefficient. ;-)
Which is a pitfall for anyone conversing in a language that isn't their first, I'd say.
It can be, but 90% of the people I interact with are non-native English speakers and it definitely feels a bit more common for Germans fluent in English to be bad at getting jokes.
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.