29+ German Humor Is No Laughing Matter

It is considered a well known stereotype at least in europe that germans are punctual serious and efficient.

German humor is no laughing matter. This perception of germans having no sense of humor is not new. Our berlin bureau chief explains. The antithesis of comedic. As mark twain observed a german joke is no laughing matter. Don t let that humor dead asshat trick you into thinking that we germans don t have humor. Take the heute show for instance a fairly blatant copycat job on the daily show as popularised by jon stewart in america. The antithesis of comedic.

In 2016 for instance the british magazine the economist received much approval for a lengthy article that played on twain s one time observation. But is this something cultural and innate or rather is it a function of language. That movie is one of my favourites and it always get s me laughing no matter how often i already heard the jokes. A poll last year revealed the germans are still considered the. Sadly for the nation that brought us everything from beethoven to lederhosen it seems that everyone agrees. Spike milligan famously said that the german sense of humour is no laughing matter and it will take time to shift that cliche. Germans have no sense of humour.

It is considered a well known stereotype at least in europe that germans are punctual serious and efficient. While americans came in on top germans were ranked the least funny nationality. Mark twain supposedly once said. Germany has been voted the. That s not to say that germans live in a world that s devoid of comedy or laughter. The daily dispatches being german is no laughing matter it may be clichéd but it s also true. But it is a world that s empty almost of irony overstatement and understatement.