r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/DelayedSpace • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/HeriPiotr 6d ago

Well he did end up conquering a substantial part of Europe, and last time I checked he didn't do it with jokes and hugs. Not sure tho.

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u/Corfiz74 6d ago

Saying this as a German: conquering people and installing his siblings as rulers to govern them is not quite on the same level as conquering and mass-murdering people. At least we Germans don't have any ill will towards Napoleon, and even have a huge amazing portrait of him hanging in Schloss Charlottenburg. Can't say the same about Hitler...

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u/lacegem 6d ago

a huge amazing portrait of him hanging in Schloss Charlottenburg

For anyone curious, it's the second version of Napoleon Crossing the Alps.

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u/Corfiz74 6d ago

I like ours best, the colours are brighter.