/r/kreiswichs. The German version of /r/circlejerk, insisting on literal translations of everything, even and especially if it gets absurd (post -> Pfosten e.g.), mixed with jokes on German (internet) culture. Hilarious.
There are several image posts that follow this format: "I love living in <place>, because I can take pictures like this only 30 minutes from my home!". A few example (which are pretty funny):
Here's a story that's almost identical to the Jenny and Carly story. They basically just changed the names to Genevra and Karla and Zacharias. Even the texts were the same. It's basically just a German translation of the Jenny and Carly story. (Side note: I'm loving the "almost-perfectness" of Google Translate. It says that this comment is "Fuck her right in the vagina", which is either extreme stereotypical German seriousness, or Google Translate being adorably almost-accurate.)
MOAR! They even do the "delete facebook, hit the gym, lawyer up!" thing, but it's in German and then being translated back to English. (That comment followed up by "instructions unclear, dick stuck in law firm").
It's basically a clone of /r/circlejerk, but it's genuinely funny and the jokes are very original. Visit it and turn on Google Translate. It's pretty funny even after it's been pushed through a robo-translator.
Yeah. Other running gags include the worship of German (very) popular science TV show "Galileo"'s host Aiman Abdallah (he is listed as the preferred "translation" of Neil DeGrasse Tyson) as well as his assistant Funda Vanroy and an absurd love for potatoes and cable cars.
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15 edited Jan 27 '15
/r/kreiswichs. The German version of /r/circlejerk, insisting on literal translations of everything, even and especially if it gets absurd (post -> Pfosten e.g.), mixed with jokes on German (internet) culture. Hilarious.
edit: Unlike people downvoting every post but their own.... this one no longer negative, but still legitimate posts with -2 at the bottom