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minus-squaredatendefekt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 hours agoThis is a kids pun joke that got lost in translation. Treffen can mean either to meet or to hit (like with a bullet). Want a funny German joke? Why don’t ants go to church? Because they’re insects!
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 hours agoIt’s neat that the ant joke’s pun translates into English, good pick.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoAs an immigrant in Germany, that’s the reason people think Germans aren’t funny. A lot of the humor is pun-based (and sometimes there are many, many more layers, making them actually very good jokes), which just doesn’t translate well.
This is a kids pun joke that got lost in translation. Treffen can mean either to meet or to hit (like with a bullet).
Want a funny German joke? Why don’t ants go to church? Because they’re insects!
It’s neat that the ant joke’s pun translates into English, good pick.
As an immigrant in Germany, that’s the reason people think Germans aren’t funny. A lot of the humor is pun-based (and sometimes there are many, many more layers, making them actually very good jokes), which just doesn’t translate well.