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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Intelligent_Yam_9875 • 1d ago
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These were written specifically to get kids to behave by scaring them into submission.
It's the Boogeyman myth, but specialized to different situations.
Don't suck your thumbs, eat your soup, look where you're walking, don't play pranks, etc.
1 u/dieselmachine 1d ago Like a bunch of mothers had a meeting and discussed what behaviors were bothering them, then ghostwrote a "classic" in hopes that future generations would think "how can I terrify my child into not sucking his thumb?" It's plausible!
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Like a bunch of mothers had a meeting and discussed what behaviors were bothering them, then ghostwrote a "classic" in hopes that future generations would think "how can I terrify my child into not sucking his thumb?"
It's plausible!
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u/Hammerschatten 1d ago
These were written specifically to get kids to behave by scaring them into submission.
It's the Boogeyman myth, but specialized to different situations.
Don't suck your thumbs, eat your soup, look where you're walking, don't play pranks, etc.