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Or so sayeth the common stereotype...

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[โ€“] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The Germans have excellent humour; in fact, they take it very seriously.

As they say, "German humour, it is no laughing matter!"

[โ€“] meekah@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Being german, I've already heard this joke a thousand times, but it's so true that it makes me laugh every time. I think many germans are big on sarcasm, where arguably the main part of the joke is the complete seriousness of whoever makes the joke.