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by foozed 2559 days ago
The author seems to have suffered a bad case of misunderstanding the "Berliner Schnauze"...

I, unfortunately, also read the whole linked opinion piece on german humor from the economist [0] which I almost disliked even more. I might just feel insulted (being German) but please: calling out "Instead of a raised eyebrow, we get full-body signals to laugh now." from the country that gave us laugh-tracks...

[0] https://www.1843magazine.com/ideas/the-daily/being-german-is...

1 comments

maybe the 'humorless germans' are just playing it straight and trying to increase the comedic tension in the situation.