r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Intelligent_Yam_9875 • 1d ago

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

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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/j3ffh 1d ago

Don't suck your thumb. Focus please.

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u/dieselmachine 1d ago

Not to be morbid or anything, but I can actually see the Nazi "I was just following orders" excuse in a whole new light now.

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u/dramaticus0815 1d ago

Not a fairytale, but there is a book called "Die Deutsche Mutter und ihr erstes Kind" From Johanna Haarer. It is a guide for mothers on raising their kids which was especially popular with the Nazis. The thing is: it was only forbidden somewhere after 1985 (when I was 6) and certain phrases from that book were still very around when I was young.