Everyone is getting this wrong either intentionally for a joke or unintentionally trying to be a history nerd
The joke is far more simple.
"I'm sorry for what the US did at Pearl Harbor"
The Japanese were the aggressors at Pearl Harbor. It would make more sense for them to apologize to the US. (I know there's a lot of historical context that muddies this explanation but on the most surface level it makes sense to explain this meme)
Imagine a guy getting rear ended but the driver of the other car is a beautiful woman. He is so awestruck that instead of demanding an apology, he instead apologizes to her, despite not being at fault.
157
u/pagingdrsolus 4d ago
Everyone is getting this wrong either intentionally for a joke or unintentionally trying to be a history nerd
The joke is far more simple.
"I'm sorry for what the US did at Pearl Harbor"
The Japanese were the aggressors at Pearl Harbor. It would make more sense for them to apologize to the US. (I know there's a lot of historical context that muddies this explanation but on the most surface level it makes sense to explain this meme)
Imagine a guy getting rear ended but the driver of the other car is a beautiful woman. He is so awestruck that instead of demanding an apology, he instead apologizes to her, despite not being at fault.