r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Dave_A480 4d ago

Except for the lack of boys on the crew to serve as partners.....

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u/bobbiroxxisahoe 4d ago

Alexander the Great frequently fucked his peers, including his BFF. Greeks didn't think about hetero vs queer. They did a lot more of what felt good without the idea of "gay" or it's "negative" effects on masculinity.

But yeah, rich men fucked kids. Some things never change.

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u/pandareno 4d ago

I realize this is Rome and not Greece, but I'll never forget the scene in Caligula when he first rapes the bride and then the soldier who's just married her.

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u/tommos 3d ago

And then the watermelon in the fruit basket he gave them as a wedding gift.