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I always try to decipher their memes because they look funny.

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Whenever I can figure one out through context I feel like a genius

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Or when you try to read a word aloud and realize it’s basically the same as the English word with 50% more consonents.

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That’s the meme. They translate English expressions, names and brands into German 1:1, disregarding any standing idioms and available translations. Hard to read even as a German native. Struggling to figure out what to OP meant is like 90% of the fun.

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What is this “fun” you are talking about? Is it something bad? DAS VERBIETE ICH MIR!

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DAS VERBIETE ICH MIR!

VHAT IZ ZHAT?!? BAT RECHTSCHREIBUNG?!? IT’S “DAS VERBITTE ICH MIR!”, KER!

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Verdammter Mist, DA SIEHT MAN MAL WIE DIE RECHTSCHREIBUNG AUẞER ÜBUNG KOMMT, WENN MAN SICH IN REIN DEUTSCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN AUFHÄLT!

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