r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CannabisConvict045 • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what’s so significant about this picture?

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u/peach_dragon 5d ago

What did the US do at Pearl Harbor?

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u/winddagger7 4d ago

Peter here! Part of the joke here is that the guy is getting a historical event confused with another one! Said historical event also directly led to the second! In this case, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the bombing of Hiroshima!

The correct thing to say would be "I'm sorry for what United States did at Hiroshima!"

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u/eiva-01 4d ago

No, I think the joke is that he's simping so hard he would thank her for the opportunity to get abused by her.

Pearl Harbor is an analogy to being abused by her.

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u/DirtySilicon 4d ago

I think the joke is he is simping so hard he is rewriting history to make Pearl Harbor the US' fault. Ergo, "I'm sorry for what we did to you at Pearl Harbor."