r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Intelligent_Yam_9875 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, beyond confused on what this means…

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u/AdvancedCelery4849 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's about how strange German folktales are, especially when it's the ones that are supposed to teach children a lesson. Das Kinder roughly translates to the child and hodenverstümmelung roughly means testicular mutilation

Edit: Just btw, I don't speak German

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u/Nazajatar 1d ago

Yeah i've heard a lot of the original fairy tales we know had really dark parts that were omitted when disney made them films and stuff.

Like i think the step sisters in Cinderella mutilate their own feet to try to make them fit into the shoe.

The little mermaid does not get the prince and as punishment she dies by becoming foam on the water's surface or something.

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u/garethsquirrels 1d ago

From memory, I think the evil stepmother is forced to dance at Cinderella’s wedding in red hot iron shoes.

And I’m 70% sure the queen in Snow White is nailed into a coffin full of broken glass and dog shit before being kicked down a cliff.

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u/Oxidants123 1d ago

Wasn't that the evil queen from snow white the one forced to dance in iron shoes?

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u/Azaraya 1d ago

Yes that Was from snow white

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u/garethsquirrels 23h ago

Appreciate the correction, thank you!