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Stereotype jokes have got to be probably the least creative and tired kind of humor there is, a constant re-hashing of the same old cliches over and again from now until eternity. Italians eat lots of pasta? Check. Germans lack humor? Gotcha. Brazilians and football? Mhm. Oh, the Irish love potatoes do they? I never knew.

Yet still, they remain popular, we as humans apparently love to have our beliefs and categorizations confirmed and they make us happy. The internet has been experimenting with another angle on the theme lately, with people exploring the 'true meaning' behind national flags, and they do allow an element of creativity into proceedings! Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Jiří Schindler
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so true. The first pizza, made for queen Margharita, was made with topings resembling the Italian flag. General Knowledge out.

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Hans
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am German and I can definetely say that there is blue in the flag... Ok, it is covered by black, red and gold. I always wonder they everybody things that German are not funny. And life here is not always about work. ;)

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Alicia Hawkins
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell that to the people who wrote an entire metal song in German that sounds terrifying, but in reality is a cookie recipe. Germans have humor. They just sometimes sound intense when they're using it.

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Mona
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We love Songs in English - because we don't have to care about bad lyrics in many of them :D

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Nicky OldfieldDesciple
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a German friend and he is HILARIOUS. He really is one of the funniest people I know. He is also one of the kindest and friendliest people too. This is one of the worst stereotypes of any race that the Germans have no sense of humour. I promise you they do.

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Jurgen Shantz
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

really. one of the worst stereotypes of ANY race. my family is german and not one of them cares that people think germans are serious.

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Uwe Ehrenhöfer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a german: Even if I don´t laugh I do not take other people serious. Except my wife, taking her not serious enough would be serious trouble. But to be serious, blue is the only colour in the german political landscape that makes me laugh hysterically, it stands for the german version of Trumpism. Thats why I can´t take you Americans serious. I´ll stop now and look at some nudity. Seriously, I prefer this to some serious shot injury...

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rudiger kintzel
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When it comes to "Work", Germans do it smarter. They actually work less, fewer days in the year, fewer hours then people of its peer countries. That leaves a lot of time for holidays, fun and enjoying the humor of others.

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Daniela Klatt
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our humor ist very ambitious, so nobody can understand it. (That was a joke!)

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criminalgirl
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have met many extremely funny German people, shame this is just not true.

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Mona
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a pity many people think Germans are without humor. Please come to our country and meet our people. My family and I have a great sense of humor, a little bit like the English. No day at work without humor. I'm working as a neurologist in hospital - laugh together, with the nurses and with the patients, by example about the little adversities in daily life... and sometimes about Mr. Trumps tweets :D

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Maria Ofar
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

aw i dunno. when doctors at the hospital told my Oma she had low blood pressure and that there isn't much they can do to treat it, she told them to get her children to come visit her XD XD "that will bring the blood pressure straight back up!"

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Quinny Quincent
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is incorrect. Even the Blue part of the german flag stands for work. We hate humor that much that we wont even allow it not being in our flag. ;)

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William Jackson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Germans have a great sense of humor... ever tried to flirt in German... “Ich denke du bist attraktiv”, just doesn’t seem to roll off the tongue in a romantic manner!)

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Sissy Hankshaw
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thats only because people from other countries dont´t understand the jokes of Loriot

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Jennifer Oldham
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminded me of what Robin Williams said one time.... about Germany and humor...

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Luna
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well,in that case I am right in what I have been saying all my life : I am NOT German :P (only on paper;) )

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Johann Linzinmeir
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN MANY COUNTRIES BUT I ENJOYED THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY THE MOST, THEY DO WORK HARD BUT THEY ALSO ENJOY THEMSELVES.

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Twysted Jinx
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Germans spend the time from November 11 til Ash Wednesday with LOTS of humour, the rest of the time we work.

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Trax El
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I´m German and have a good sense of humor! But, we have an awful lot of people living of the social welfare here, and they definatly don´t even know how to spell work!

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Agnes Mendel
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey, fellow Germans, let's vote this up to show everyone that we do have humor - hahaha...

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Katinka Min
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Work is work and Schnaps is Schnaps! :-D There is some humor in Germany, not tons, though and never during work hours. And since many foreigners only interact with Germans at work they are a bit out of the loop in that respect.

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Mona
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Katinka, we have lot of fun during work... I think it depends on the type of work. In a bank you have to be reliable, in a diner you can banter with the guests...

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Sophia Reschke
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't confirm. Maybe only germans understand the german humor? ;) But I know a couple of hilarious people here :D

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Jurgen Shantz
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yo the thing is that germans have so many holidays and festivals and s**t compared to where I'm from (canada) and it's strange because they have more parties and stuff than we canadians do! (although the holidays might just be where I live in the rheinland)

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Radovan Jokel
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The German way of making jokes it to make jokes about the others (the third party not being in the room), whereas e.g. Austrians love to make jokes about themselves. (although they don’t have blue on their flag either).

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Uwe Ehrenhöfer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That´s not correct. We Germans know we are a joke, we could laugh so much till we cry. Still, Austria is an even greater joke...

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Randy Inbred
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least one of those colours also represents a kick a*s national soccer team....

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Hans
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, Germany has one of the highest work productivities in the world, and much holiday-allowance entitled by law. Add all the christian public holidays and this is not so fitting. Keep the blue for humor and replace black with "Merkel", red with "Merkel", and yellow with "Merkel" and you are there!

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Dina Neuman
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Black = Death. Red =Blood. Yellow=Armbands. Blue = no humor cause you killed all the funny people.

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Mona
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I killed nobody by myself. I'm 43 years old. Where are you coming from? USA? Where kids kill kids with weapons? Or cops kill black people?

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Constanze Mühlau
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What a nonsens, there were never blue in our Flag. And the colours meaning is wrong too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_colours_of_Germany

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s sad how there all trapped behind a wall and even if they wanted out there not allowed cause they would be killed

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

funny to see that everyone forget this is because of the french soldiers who hold the german army at dunkirk that the English was able to flee the country

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now all Russians here want to see this very person who's talking about their intelligence... oh, wait... he's not brave enough to speak something like this face to face

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is INCREDIBLY offensive to the memory of the thousands of Northern Italians who fought and lost their lives fighting for the resistance. In my family we lost four brave men who were helping these Italian Partigiani who were hiding and fighting against the Nazis in the Dolomites during WWII. It saddens me greatly that the Northern Italians' struggles during WWII have not been included in the history books here in the west.

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Phillip Rice
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

UK: *conquers Ireland, forces Irish off their land, profits from near slave labor, starves millions to death* Uk: lol, you irish are soooooo dependent.

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Lucrecia Tettamanti
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, so, since argentinas flag isnt here, ill do it myself. Inflation and self-hatred... any color.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is there any country in the world that has had two days without a death?

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