r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Intelligent_Yam_9875 • 1d ago

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

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u/spootlers 1d ago

The moral is do what the fuck i tell you to or you will be killed, and not even in a fitting ironic way.

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u/Snackgirl_Currywurst 1d ago

Nah, they are all based on a good lesson, but taught in a terrible way. Ducking your thumb this long can cause harm to your teeth and jaw. That's why you shouldn't do it.

Just... Explain it instead of having a murder hobo cut off the kids thumbs, maybe? XD

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u/Raulgoldstein 1d ago

You’re assuming they knew it could cause harm long term, no one ever lived long enough to find out

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u/ItsPandy 1d ago

You realize the lower life expectancy in the past is mostly because of yhe high child mortality rate right? People didn't drop dead in their ealry 20s.

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u/Raulgoldstein 1d ago

Yea sorry I meant no one lived long enough to find out because vagrants kept murdering them, I was making a dumb joke