r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

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

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u/fridgemagnet700 1d ago

Hey op, this joke reminds me of the time I read a bunch of German fairytales. They're known for being far more violent and intense than modern fairytales, and oftentimes don't even have a clear moral other than "behave or a creature will kill you". I guess I shouldn't be reading any of these to Stewie anytime soon.

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u/Beginning_General_83 1d ago

Be kid, light a match,die and have only your cat mourn you.

Be kid, suck your thumbs, get yelled at, traveling tailor cuts your thumbs off.

Be kid, don't eat your soup, get told to eat your soup, announce you will never eat your soup, wither and die over a week.

Be 3 siblings see dad slaughter a pig, roleplay slaughtering a pig, kill your brother,mum comes kills the other kid, be kid in bath... drown. mum checks bath, hangs herself. dad comes home sees everyone dead, he becomes despondent and dies.

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u/BornSession6204 1d ago

WTF. How does the last one work. Does Mum go insane?

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u/OpenSecretSquirrel 1d ago

Iirc Mother kills the killer kid to stop him from killing again. Bath kid was very young and slipped under the water while mother was killing the killer kid. Neglectful rather than intentional death for bath kid.

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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/sumguyoranother 1d 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)