At first it annoyed me slightly but I’ve noticed that I can understand most of them without having to use a translator, so now it’s just free language practice. And deciphering memes is decidedly more fun than taking a course.
Yup, same, I’m enjoying learning German this way now
Und ich lerne Englisch vor allem durch eure Michmichs ^^
Das ist ser schön!
I blocked all the German instances because I couldn’t understand them anyway.
Edit:
Apparently a solution to the problem offends them lmao, didn’t realize me seeing posts I can’t comprehend was so important to these goofballs.
Get good and learn a little German you silly American
I don’t have time energy or fucks to give when it comes to that sorry, it’s nothing against German I took German in highschool but I’m not trying to do that just so I can doomscroll in another language
你应该学学外语吧。
Gesundheit!
谢谢！I just learned to use “应该” from you haha. I wouldn’t mind seeing more random Chinese around here!
我本来打算学一些德语，但是，我也懂英语，我当看到你的 Username 的时候，我也在想：“这管你屁事？”
还有，我没有用翻译的软件。
(I was going to learn some German, but, I also know English, and when I saw your Username, I was thinking: “This is none of your bussiness”
Also, I did not use translation tools for this, can you say the same?)
😉
As a German, completely understandable
Artikuliere auf deutsch, du Sohn einer Fachfrau für Selbstvermarktung
Ich dachte das nennt sich Geschlechtsteilvermietungsfachpersonnachkomme?
Mieten sind i.d.R. nicht so kurzfristig, weshalb die bevorzugte Bezeichnung “Geschlechtsteildienstleistungsfachpersonalabstämmling” ist. Ebenso versichert “Abstämmling” im Gegensatz zu “Nachkomme” die leibliche Verwandtschaft.
I did the same. Will do until the apps integrate translation.
Will do until I get bored with Lemmy altogether
Your loss.
Come on, loss is so over.
Tja, keine Maimais für dich du doofmann
Google translates this as “no mail for you” is that correct? Does mail here mean any kind of communication?
I do like learning “doofmann” since where I’m from you might call someone a doof if they’re stupid.
Apparently a solution to the problem offends them lmao, didn’t realize me seeing posts I can’t comprehend was so important to these goofballs.
That’s German humour
I saw this one and was like “oh shit i guess i speak german.”
I still can’t figure out what “ich eil” means or even what language it is
Ich iel is a german acronym for “meirl”
Ah, im echten Leben, iel! Finally the quarter fell.
And it’s somehow still an amazing experience despite not knowing a single word
Ich im echten Leben.
They take English and translate it word for word in a very literal fashion. It’s very difficult to understand for regular Germans because you kinda need to know the original English sayings to make sense of it.
Also non-Americans trying to browse Lemmy during work…
I really wish I could understand German humour
German human is no laughing matter.
German idioms are funny. I read a book translated from German into English using ai. And Some of their idioms had me rofl.
Back when this meme format was making the rounds on 4chan, I always saw it as a guy with a really long Fu Manchu moustache and to this day I still can’t unsee it.
That’s how I’ve always seen it too. Your comment just now made me realize that those are his forearms.
You have ruined the Internet and memes for me forever now. I hope you’re happy.
Suffer well, brother.
Wasn’t there even a rage comic about that?
Haha I wake up pretty early in the US and see a lot of the German content. I have learned a lot about tables recently.
Still new here. But I haven’t come across any German instances yet….
Are you browsing all?
Hi
I speak spanish and I feel like I’m fouble dipping in the fun. But once I tried diving into a german thread with the help of translators. Boy they were SAVAGE some shit was like “He got another dick surgery probaly wants to suck it himself at this point.” Idk who says german have no sense of humor but man that’s wrong AF.
They have a great sense of humor. It’s just that when it’s time to be serious (at work, meeting a stranger, out in public), they act serious.
Fun facts about Germany: No fun in Germany. Get back to work!
However, German humour is very special. Me, as a German, I love it.
I use Google translate to bridge the language barrier and I’m happy to do so. Some of their memes are top class.
Swede here dealing with the same realization. Although continental Scandinavian is a Germanic language and share the same ancestry as German, eg proto-Germanic, and thereby shares a lot of similarities, it’s not mutually intelligible. I can how ever often times pick out some words and with some bending and shuffling around get a gist of what’s going on. But only if it’s presented in a meme format.
Jag älskar köttbullar
Wer macht das nicht! Sie bestehen schließlich aus den beiden magischen Zutaten Fleisch und Ball.
Ja genau.
I had a two year streak on Duolingo and I still get maybe 40% with context clues help.
A lot is inside jokes and playfully bad translations from English. Don’t know if that makes it easier or more difficult
It’s probably half an indictment of Duolingo effectiveness and half an indictment of my retention skills.
I took German in high school, and while I understand maybe 60% of the words, 90% of the (what I assume to be critical) context is lost on me
with how the german community is radically translating everything english directly into german, i too tend to need some time figuring out what the heck they mean. lemmy is translated as „let me“ but in one word, same for meme being translated as „me me“. so, oftentimes, i need to translate half the words of a sentence directly into english without taking context into consideration, then try to put them together and reread, if that makes any sense…
Welcome to Zangendeutsch, where we (mostly) take words and translate them literally. Works the other way as well btw, I often see stuff like that in those “funny german words” memes. Birth control pill = Antibabypille = Antibabypill
Tangled cables = Kabelsalat = Cablesalad
(excess weight gained due to sadness) = Kummerspeck = Griefbacon
Also learn everything about Linux so I can get all these Linux memes that keep popping up. And learn to program so I can get all the programmer memes.
Good choice. Nobody who speaks German could be an evil man.
As a side benefit, you will also be able to converse with Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, and Robert Terwilliger.
Oh, I didn’t know Kim Jong- un can speak German
I bet he speaks it like the same he doesn’t have to shit.
He went to school in Switzerland. Maybe that explains the Laibach concert.
I ended up blocking a bunch of German instances, I don’t dislike it or anything I just get nothing out of it lol.
