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Avaaraq Olsen tells content creators to think before making jokes after German tried to raise Stars and Stripes in Nuuk

The mayor of Greenland’s capital has called on media professionals and content creators to act responsibly after a German comedian’s failed attempt to hoist the US flag.

Maxi Schafroth, 41, a Bavarian comic, tried to run up the Stars and Stripes on a flagpole near the cultural centre in Nuuk but was confronted by angry passersby.

When questioned he claimed to be a US official, before leaving to disapproving looks from local people, according to an Agence France-Presse journalist at the scene. Local media said Schafroth was reported to the police and fined.

Avaaraq Olsen, the mayor of Sermersooq district, which includes the capital, was outraged. “Raising a flag at our capital cultural centre, the flag of a military superpower that for weeks has been implying military force against our country, is not a joke. It is not funny. It is immensely harmful,” she said in a statement.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

"Raising a flag at our capital cultural centre, the flag of a military superpower that for weeks has been implying military force against our country, is not a joke. It is not funny. It is immensely harmful,”

The problem is the 4chan brainrot "nihilistic" (apparently for lack of a better word) "humor" has become mainstream, and many people think it's funny when people get bent out of shape about things that actually are serious and not funny.

I hate it so much. It's like everything shitty about shock jocks turned up to 11 and with even less ethos.

[–] FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Probably part of a coordinated effort to "normalize" the idea of the U.S. taking over Greenland.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 26 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

TF is wrong with that guy? They should kick him out of Greenland

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 9 points 7 hours ago

I am German and I have never heard of this guy. It seems he is not very funny here as well.

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Something something Germans are bad at making jokes.

The bad Comics continue to ruin our reputation vis a vis humor. It's astounding how many of them there are.