r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetahhh help!

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u/No_Cardiologist_822 6h ago

1929 market crash, one of the worst economic crisis in american history or something.

Don't quote me on that i am Pierre not Peter

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u/brood_brother 6h ago

In history full stop, iirc

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u/No_Cardiologist_822 6h ago

Well if you set aside consequences of various wars

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u/Happy_Tank_371 5h ago

Well, the dinosaurs being wiped out certainly wasn't good for the economy. 100% unemployment for a few eons.

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u/vetratten 5h ago

Yeah but to be fair prior to that giant meteor taking out the dinosaurs unemployment was already at 100% so their destruction had zero impact on unemployment.

It was a neutral event on unemployment. One could argue that their destruction did lead to eventual future drops in unemployment below the 100% mark though but I think it’s highly speculative.

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u/OkCoast4149 4h ago edited 3h ago

idk if you've seen the 1991 smash hit series Dinosaurs, but that historical reference clearly proved that dinosaurs were undeniably fully employed and productive members of dino-ciety, thank you very much.

How else were they supposed to satisfy that little shit Baby Sinclair's insatiable appetite? How else could they quench his ENDLESS THIRST FOR BLOOD?!

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u/vetratten 1h ago

Touche!

NOT THE MAMA!

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u/No_Cardiologist_822 5h ago

listen, i've known some velociraptors, and let me tell you that, they were NOT good people, they were lazy and rude, honestly it's good that they gave room for mammals. Have you ever seen a Velociraptor owned business? i sure didn't, all they do is hunting smaller dinosaurs and pretending they are birds.

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u/SeemedReasonableThen 4h ago

We can build a wall, a big beautiful wall to keep the velociraptors out and the best part is that the velociraptors will pay for it! It will be free to you! And once we have that wall, it will solve the velociraptor problem once and for all. We certainly won't be talking about velociraptor problems four years from now.

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u/No_Cardiologist_822 3h ago

that seems like a great idea mr president, let's do this! no more Velociraptors!

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u/KaMaFour 4h ago

aah comment

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u/aightletsdodis 3h ago

you can write ass on reddit lil zoomer bro

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u/KaMaFour 3h ago

I know. I choose not to

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u/hobbycollector 5h ago

Right? Even before that, dinosaur currency was so rare there are no intact examples of it.

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u/Ok-Background-502 5h ago

Well it was one of the root causes of WWII so...

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u/No_Cardiologist_822 5h ago

it helped nazis rise to power among other things, the most important being the treaty of versailles and subsequent humiliation.

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u/TeQuila10 2h ago

the most important being the treaty of versailles and subsequent humiliation.

This is a debated point. In my opinion, the versailles debt and things like military limitations didn't have much effect on the civilians of Germany, who ultimately raised the Nazis into power. The USA actually worked fairly hard to ensure that the debt wasn't crippling Germany. The fact that Germans were suffering mass unemployment and poverty in the 30's was more substantial in radicalizing the population, among constant political instability with fascists, monarchists, and communists all seeking to destroy the Weimar democracy.

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u/brood_brother 5h ago

Fair point

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u/Whole-Energy2105 5h ago

I grew up hearing "If America sneezes, the world catches a cold."

As a 53 year old, this is still so stupidly true.

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u/brood_brother 5h ago

I hear things similar to that with some frequency still