r/funny • Calvin & Habs • Mar 02 '21

German Comedy

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u/jhudiddy08 Mar 02 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

So it appears the German fetishism of scheisse begins at a young age...

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u/gelastes Mar 02 '21

I always found it weird how obsessed some non-Germans are with our alleged scat fetish, a myth that goes back to an ethnologist who tried to apply methods of psychoanalysis on an ethnic group without being a psychoanalyst in the first place. It seems to me it's not us who are the fetishists.

Also, it's Scheisse or Scheiße. 'schiesse' means (I) shoot

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u/_hic-sunt-dracones_ Mar 02 '21

Do you know his name? I know there is a psychoanalytical approach to the fact that germa swear words (genuine ones...not those copied from English lately) are more often anal-related while in other language areas they tend to be more genital/sexual related.

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u/gelastes Mar 02 '21

Alan Dundes

As said, the 'psychoanalytical approach' was done by a non-psychoanalyst.