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German humor is usually not funny and a bit mean.
The Dutch have compensated for their neighbors with an over-developed sense of humor.
i have a dutch friend whose favorite joke is:
Person 1: knock knock
Person 2: who's there
Person 1: interrupting cow
Person 2: interrupting cow who?
Person 1: ...dammit
mine is:
two pretzels were walking down the street. one was assaulted. pretzel.
(it's funnier if you tell it in a silly voice)
I don't get either joke TT_TT
okay so thinking about jokes and getting them can make them funnier, having someone explain them always makes them worse. see below
the first one (edited for those unfamiliar with the format), we were trying to teach him knock knock jokes. because they are stupid. he loves the interrupting cow one, but what he loves even better is fucking up the interrupting cow one. and mine is a pun on salted pretzels but it's REALLY BAD
This whole thread is making me cry laugh
what is belgian humor like?
Same as the rest of France
As far as we Flemish know, humor in Wallonia is non-existent
thats very dutch of the flemish and very french of the wallons
https://www.jeroom-inc.com/en-gb/comics
There are 2 pizzas in the oven.
Says the one pizza: "It is getting really warm in here!"
Then the other pizza says: "Eww! A talking pizza!"
Maybe you'll recognize some of the titles on here.
Some puns inevitably get lost in translation, though.
Tintin, Lucky Luke and Spirou et Fantasio will always remain some of my favorite funny comics.
Only Asterix is better.
For non-funny comics though, everything Alan Moore reigns supreme.
Haven't been there yet so I don't know. I'll go find out if you want to sponsor me.
German humor is fine, but much of german humor does not translate well, because it is often using puns, homophones, double entendrse or subversion of expectations, and you have to actively listen - just hearing without paying attention might result in not even realizing a joke was made. And I wouldn't say it's mean, but it is often dark and hitting where it really hurts regarding whatever goes wrong in society. I heard once that people start laughing if they can't bear the pain anymore, and a lot of german humor fits this saying well.
I completely disagree. The people I meet in my daily life have a very healthy sense of humour, not mean at all. And in popular media? Look at Loriot, Sebastian Pufpaff, Hazel Brugger (sure, she's Swiss, but hugely popular in Germany), Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka, Ladykracher in general...
How long have you lived in Germany?