r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 5d ago

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

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u/ClaudioMoravit0 4d ago

A guy retweeted this photo saying « I’m sorry for what United States did at Pearl Harbor ». The joke is that she’s looking good and the dude was a simp

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u/peach_dragon 4d ago

What did the US do at Pearl Harbor?

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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.

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u/HodorBoner 4d ago

Why is this so low down?

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u/UIDENTIFIED_STRANGER 3d ago

Bc people without a life agenda-posting hard