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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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That means you should start /c/moi_dlvv

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Tbh I’ve kind of forgetten what little French I managed to learn earlier, so this wouldn’t work for me either

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I’m in the same boat with German sadly. Trying to relearn some though. Ich habe fast alles vorgessen.

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Deutsch vergeht, die MaiMais bleiben.

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Parle Français tu Hurensohn!

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*fils de pute

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Je vais «fuckin’ subscribe» toute de suite

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Moi aussi

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Fr fr these guys look like some top tier shit posters.

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I speak German and I can confirm, top-tier stuff.

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And it’s less funny if you translate it into English because part of the joke is literal translations that make no sense in German

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I see the memes and laugh because I imagine a German person seeing it and laughing at it.

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73 points

I’m legit considering getting back to learning German to understand their memes, they look so juicy

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I especially liked their sausage starter kit (can’t find the meme now)

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I studied German in high school but I don’t remember any of it. I like to pretend that ich_iel is just using made up nonsense words, like the Swedish Chef muppet.

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ich_iel is just using made up nonsense words, like the Swedish Chef muppet

We’re more into dumb sturgeon puns.

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And ramen noodle hair, apparently?

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That’s mostly one dude named “Instantnudeln” and the noodles were to signify his pov in the michmich.

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To be fair, there’s a shocking number of made up words… that’s part of the fun?

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Technically all words are made up!

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