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    I think germans are very funny.

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    Because they don't understand sarcasm and black humor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blondie View Post
    Because they don't understand sarcasm and black humor.
    You mean Germans don't understand black humour? I'm not sure if that is really true
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mortimer View Post
    You mean Germans don't understand black humour? I'm not sure if that is really true
    nope, i mean they dont understand the black humor of germans.

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    I've never been exposed to German comedians as I don't speak the language. British and Irish humour can be very black as well so I don't know if that is a factor. I think people go too much on stereotypes of populations without having any real experience.

    I think language is definitely a factor. For example it is easier to pun in English as it is a more ambiguous language. But aside from that you most probably would have to speak German to really appreciate German humour.
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    In England and USA they have three classes of humor: comedy, parody and dry humor, but sarcarsm, satir and irony are less used outside politics.

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    "How many germans does it take to change a lightbulb?" "Just one; we are effecient and utterly humourless"

    German humour changed a great deal in the last 100 years. First we got the classical german humour, which was pretty subtle and consisted mainly of the clever use and arrangements of words and even puns (Otto Reutter being a fine example there), but either deteriorated in the last few decades or grew more and more bitter.
    Nowadays most of german "humour" consists of blunt and rather dumb slapstick and stand up comedy, with more and more focus on political correctness, pretty much alike to what the rest of the modern western world feeds to their masses. On the other hand with actually intelligent people our humour retained much of its older structure, but less lighthearted and instead warped by bitterness and frustration into sharp cynicism, up to downright misanthropy.
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    Mainly because thinking is allowed.

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    Btw the english humor is the best in the universe: Monty Python, Mr Bean, Benny Hill, You Rang, M'Lord? etc etc, im crying

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blondie View Post
    Btw the english humor is the best in the universe: Monty Python, Mr Bean, Benny Hill, You Rang, M'Lord? etc etc, im crying
    Austin powers was funny I don't know if it is American or English
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