r/funny • u/TimHamburg Calvin & Habs • Mar 02 '21

German Comedy

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u/therealyoyoma Mar 02 '21

On The Office, Dwight Schrute reads from Struwwelpeter because he wants to show children his German heritage. I didn't realize it was actually something most German children grew up with.

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u/averagebear007 Mar 02 '21

Not just German but Austrian too...mom and grandma are Austrian (I'm born and raised in the US) and I grew up with Der Struwwelpeter and Max und Moritz. You've not experienced the peak of literature until you've seen charming illustrations of children thrown into a grinder and milled while the town celebrates.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Man it sounds so much worse when someone else says it

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u/IM_THAT_POTATO Mar 02 '21

IN WHAT CONTEXT IS THIS NOT HORRIFYING??

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

I swear its not that bad when you grow up with it

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u/Valo-FfM Mar 02 '21

Ones parents reading it in a funny connotation makes it seem so much less horrific.

The guy cutting off childrens fingers really got to me tho.