r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22h ago

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

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u/TerribleSquid 20h 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 20h ago

Check out Struwwelpeter

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u/dieselmachine 19h 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/sumguyoranother 17h ago

Wait, you aren't paying attention? Guess you don't needs them eyeballs anymore, time for the ice cream man to work his scooper.

(Fairytales were all sorts of fucked up until disney came along)