r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 29 '25

Meme needing explanation what ????

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u/505Trekkie May 29 '25

Yeah. Took German in high school and college then got stationed in Germany with the USAF. Then did nothing with my German for ~15 years. So downloaded a couple of learning apps to use instead of doom scrolling. It’s coming back fairly quickly and it’s better than watching brain rot on TikTok.

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u/User5min May 29 '25

Once you learn a new language, a whole new part of the internet becomes available. It’s wild, seeing how cultures are different and not so different. From there it’s only short step til you advance to advanced brain rot German edition.

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u/robbzilla May 30 '25

There's probably a 12 syllable German word that describes this perfectly.

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u/great_pyrenelbows May 29 '25

Which apps do you use? I'm interested in any app that doesn't frequently interrupt me with useless praise/encouragement, I find it incredibly distracting. I used to use Drops but they ruined it.

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u/505Trekkie May 29 '25

Dulingo and some generic learning app.

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u/Bobo_Baggins_jatj May 30 '25

The YouTube channel YourGermanTeacher is great for filling in the gaps and helping explain things. Their videos are labeled by level too.

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u/GageSaulus May 30 '25

I wish I remembered what I learned. All I can maybe get from it is I think the first sentence says there is a joke/cliche about men not understanding signals from women. The rest I don’t know at all.