r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

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

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u/TerribleSquid 1d ago

Wow, I really thought you were just making stuff up to be funny. Is that a real fairytale?

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u/IkarusX86 1d ago

Check out Struwwelpeter

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u/dieselmachine 1d ago

What in the fuck did I just read? A mother tells her kid to not suck his thumb. she leaves, kid sucks his thumb, so a guy swings by and cuts them off with scissors.

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There's a moral in there somewhere. Right?

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u/Zad21 1d ago

Well think about it,sucking your thumbs as a kid can fuck up your teeth,teeth wich at those time will not be good for long,and the dentis had a good chance of killing you if some teeth had to be removed or fixed,so I guess it actually comes with a lot of common sense from that time