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After living in Germany, amongst the German peoples, for 8 years I came to the conclusion that Germans have much the same sense of humour as us, but with one fundamental difference.
Most Germans laugh at others, not themselves. They take themselves too seriously.
Most Brits are happy to laugh at themselves as much as others, because we don't take ourselves that seriously.
I wouldn't necessarily say that German humour is mainly at the expense of others or another person. I sometimes miss the mixture of profundity and lightness or the play on words. Unfortunately, there is too much cheap, loud and stupid humour on TV, absolutely predictable and merely silly. But there are also real highlights, on stage and also among humorous people in everyday life.
We had a master of quiet humour in the 70s, Loriot. He had a magical way with the German language and its subtle nuances. He was also good in some sketches. Here's something where the language doesn't matter by Loriot. He's just sitting in the room waiting for his appointment...ok, a bit of slapstick, part of my early youth. Unfortunately, the picture quality is not the best because someone has removed almost all of Loriot's youtube videos.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhj1xhv3rZI[/video]
Edit, the link does not work without the s of https, then it is just a white space…so I leave it as is.
