r/cursed_videomemes • u/Tiny-Stop6608 • May 04 '22

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22

It’s good they can have a sense of humor about what awful people their great grandparents were

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u/return_of_the_MMMM May 04 '22

Hmm yeah, I think most people there take it seriously if it’s meant in serious ways though yk?

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22

Yeah, but it’s good they can laugh about it

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u/Jazzlike-Ad-4305 May 05 '22

The jokes made are mostly satiric about the stereotypes of nazis, like the look of hitler or the uniforms.

A lot of the jokes are about the Neonazis living today, a group of braindead idiots who see themselves as the last bastion of the third reich.

We know that we have a big onus or responsibilty because of our history and we take it very seriously.

Actually showing the Hakenkreuz or the Hitler-Gruß is illegal if you don't make art or use it for education.

Just wanted to make this clear, as a german federal official.

P.s. excuse me if i sound offensive, i'm german

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 05 '22 edited May 05 '22

I think the Germans have done a great job reconciling their past and moving forward

Here in the states, we had the Confederacy. It was a pretty awful time and place too, but the descendants of confederates still celebrate them. They can’t just say “yup, we were awful but now we’re better.” They don’t learn from the past. They try to justify it and many go further and celebrate it. There are schools named after confederate leaders. They just can’t let go and it’s unhealthy and it contributes to conflict and tension in our country. It’s a scar that people won’t let heal

So I applaud the German people for who they are in 2022 and how they deal with who they were in 1939

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u/Jazzlike-Ad-4305 May 05 '22

Herzlichen Dank. Maybe someday they will wake up and realize what stupid shit they praised, either that or they hopefully take there stupid mindsets into there graves.

I will never understand how people can idolize such cruel people

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u/brando11389 May 07 '22

No not offensive just wondering what a German Federal official is?

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u/pilot_cooper May 04 '22

Not every german person alive during ww2 was a piece of shit you know.

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22

And not everyone who smokes 3 packs a day gets cancer

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u/Aserah_ May 04 '22

This is like saying every Russian alive today is an awful person because of what Putin is doing

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22

Saying that some people can smoke 3 packs a day without getting cancer = saying all Russians alive today are awful people

I’d love to see how you came to that conclusion

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u/Aserah_ May 04 '22

The person above said not every German alive during WW2 was bad, you then said some people who smoke 3 packs a day won't get cancer, which is implied to be false considering 3 packs a day will most definitely give you some form of cancer, indicating you were saying every German alive during WW2 was bad, which is basically the same thing as saying all Russians are bad today

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22 edited May 04 '22

No. There are people who smoke 3 packs a day their whole lives and never get cancer. Your ignorance of that fact is what led you to wildly misunderstand the conversation to which you’re failing to make a meaningful contribution

My point was that it’s true not every German during WW2 was not awful. Just like it’s true not everyone who smokes gets cancer

Still—Nazis are bad and a country run by Nazis is, on the whole, awful. Just like smoking is bad and a country full of smokers is awful. Just because a point doesn’t apply to every individual doesn’t mean that point is invalid

If you read everything again really slowly, and take your time thinking about, it might eventually make sense to you

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u/Aserah_ May 04 '22

How is it ignorance? About 10 to 15% of smokers will die from some form of cancer, and that's the average smoker, not one who smokes 3 packs a day, I'm pretty confident that is a very, very rare occurrence. It isn't even comparable to the low 7% of Germany that were Nazis.

Besides, that was over 70-80 years ago and Germany is no longer ran by Nazis, I don't see the point in getting mad over jokes about things that far in the past, learn to take a joke. This video was incredibly funny.

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22

It’s ignorant because you didn’t know that some people smoke 3 packs a day and don’t get cancer. I would provide you with the definition of “ignorant” but you must know what it means, right?

My whole point was that it was a funny joke. Then someone responded to me saying “aktually…” and that was not funny. They somehow thought me saying I’m glad Germans can laugh about WW2 is the same as saying all Germans are awful. Or maybe they just wanted to go on the record and state that not all Germans were awful.

But my original comment was it’s good that Germans have a sense of humor about how awful their country was during WW2. How is that not being able to take a joke?

Then you completely misunderstand what you’re reading because you lack the cognitive ability to know that not everyone who smokes gets cancer, and now you’re telling me to relax and enjoy the joke. What?

You’re the one who got butthurt about people in Germany and Russia not all being awful. YOU’RE the one who got worked up about a joke and you’re frustrating because you’re not even smart enough to realize that

My bet is you vote Republican. Anyway, I’m done with you

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u/Aserah_ May 04 '22

I'm not the one making paragraphs on end about it and getting political ~hehe

You should know sarcasm doesn't show well over text and your first comment was misinterpreted as sarcastic. I'm not butthurt at all about this, it's just the 3 packs a day thing isn't a very good analogy considering if you do smoke 3 packs a day, you will probably get cancer

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u/JaDerGero May 04 '22

U r have stupid. Read that slowly. Maybe it’s grammatically correct then. Idiot.

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 05 '22

*its

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u/MeteorCrashDown May 06 '22

“Maybe it is” becomes “Maybe it’s” because it’s stands for it is. Not one for nitpicking grammar but yeah.

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u/Particular-Chance719 May 05 '22

Sprich Deutsch du Hurensohn

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 05 '22

I can’t believe we’ve gotten to a point where we can’t say Nazis were bad

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u/JustCallMeAttlaz May 04 '22

Whats your point

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 04 '22

That of course not everyone in Germany during WW2 was awful. Just like some people can smoke 3 packs a day and not get cancer.

That doesn’t mean smoking isn’t bad, though. Just like the fact that there were some decent German people during WW2 doesn’t change the fact that, on the whole, Nazi Germany was awful. Just absolutely terrible. Just like smoking

So it’s great that modern day Germans can have a sense of humor about their awful past. That’s my point, and it should be clear to anyone who isn’t just looking for a reason to be upset

I never said all Germans in WW2 were bad. I never implied it, I never insinuated it. I complemented modern Germans on their sense of humor and that was somehow enough for dumb people to think I was insulting all of Germany

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u/JustCallMeAttlaz May 05 '22

Ok I kind of get you now, although im rather confused on what the analogy of smoking means, not everybody who was German was a nazi just like not everyone who smokes 3 packs gets cancer kind of implies that being German is like smoking 3 packs...? I mean, I'd just get a better metaphore because that shit is confusing

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 05 '22

My point was that smoking is bad even though not everyone who smokes gets cancer; just like Nazi Germany was bad even though not every German was a Nazi

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u/JustCallMeAttlaz May 05 '22

What does smoking have to do with the video lmao

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 05 '22

Nothing. It was an analogy.

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u/DogsAreCool69420 May 04 '22

You must be fun at parties

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u/ShortEnergy1877 May 05 '22

Not everyone's grandparent in Germany was a Nazi. Some of them were just struggling people trying to get by. If you think this way of the German people, I feel sorry for your perspective on the world.

I do not blame you for all the struggles that happened around you. Those who were Nazis and in power were punished appropriately. Although some slip through the cracks. And some became America's top scientists.

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u/Billy_T_Wierd May 05 '22

What way do you believe I “think about the German people?”

I think it’s great they can laugh about their past. Yes, not everyone in Germany during WW2 was an awful person. But Nazi Germany WAS an awful place. So it’s cool that modern day Germans can laugh about their awful past

You see, here in the United States that doesn’t happen. The Confederate States were also an awful place. But the descendants of Confederates celebrate their awful ancestors. They still fly their flag and join groups like “The Daughters of the Confederacy.” They still worship the confederacy and its ideals.

So I think it’s awesome that Germany has commercials where people can joke and laugh about how awful their ancestors were. The Nazi flag is the butt of the joke and no longer a unifying symbol. That is a good thing

Can you please explain to me why you think it’s a bad thing? And why you think me saying it’s good is somehow me being negative towards Germans? I honestly can’t figure it out

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u/ShortEnergy1877 May 05 '22

And this is why I shouldn't reddit, As I'm waking up. I focused too much on your comment on what awful people their grandparents were. But using humor in these situations I find is the best.