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One for the night crew (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

jokes on you, I have been learning german before lemmy

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Wasn't there even a rage comic about that?

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

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.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I still can't figure out what "ich eil" means or even what language it is

[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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.

[–] the_airbender@reddthat.com 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ich iel is a german acronym for "meirl"

[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Ah, im echten Leben, iel! Finally the quarter fell.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

And it's somehow still an amazing experience despite not knowing a single word

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

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.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago

Ich habe vier Jahre auf Deutsch gelernt, aber mein Deutsch ist sehr schlecht.

Honestly, I couldn't even remember if Deutsch was feminine, masculine, or neuter... but my pronunciation has always been spot on at least. I should just pick it back up, it'd be mostly vocab grind for me at this point. But I last learned years and years ago... dang, almost 18 years now.

[–] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I've been doing German on Duolingo for over a year and I can get about 20% of the content they post, so I'm pretty happy to have an actual use for the work I put in.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] peepopo@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, I didn't know Kim Jong- un can speak German

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

He went to school in Switzerland. Maybe that explains the Laibach concert.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I bet he speaks it like the same he doesn't have to shit.

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 19 points 20 hours ago

I saw this one and was like "oh shit i guess i speak german."

[–] TRock@feddit.dk 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Kind of fed up with this "meme"

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

[–] TRock@feddit.dk 8 points 8 hours ago

The meme format i have no problems with, it's the content in it, yeah we get it, Germans use Lemmy.

Thanks for the meme, much appreciated 😄

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 15 hours ago

Das ist ser schön!

[–] chrizzly@feddit.org 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it helps: "Tisch" is table in German and Feta is a greek cheese. => Feta + Tisch = Fetisch, but actually "Fetisch" has a complete different meaning on its own (eng.:"fetish") so its a play on words. Thanks for coming to my TED-Talk.

[–] poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 hours ago

That makes much more sense than "tofu table"

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[–] bignate31@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Also non-Americans trying to browse Lemmy during work...

I really wish I could understand German humour

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

German human is no laughing matter.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

German idioms are funny. I read a book translated from German into English using ai. And Some of their idioms had me rofl.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.org 45 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Ich hoffe du triffst nie auf Zangendeutsch, da weiß selbst ich nicht mehr, was dort eigentlich gesagt wird.

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[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

You guys are aware you can filter by language in the settings of your Lemmy account, right?

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

I wasn't! Thanks for the clue!

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

That's like the most useless setting ever because nobody enforces the language while commenting

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