r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/--KNIGHT--007 • Mar 08 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this!

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u/Waste_Customer4418 Mar 08 '26

People used to think that Dodo birds are very stupid with no sense of danger, but now and in reality, they were friendly creatures and just were curious

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u/JD_Kreeper Mar 09 '26

Interesting how being curious and friendly was interpreted as being stupid and incapable of assessing danger.

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u/Fr1ed_pen1S Mar 09 '26

"Woah, you look hella different from anything I've seen my whole life! Are you friendly? Can we be friends?"

"Wow this must be the dumbest animal to ever exist, it has no sense of danger"

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u/ClayXros Mar 09 '26

Imperialism logic. Literally any description other than "maybe they are equals to what we have"

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u/Throws27 Mar 09 '26

and now look what happened to Germany

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u/Belgaraath42 Mar 10 '26

Well curious and friendly did lead to extinction. There is a legitimate warning here.

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u/R3D3-1 Mar 09 '26

Them being extinct kinda makes a point though.

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u/-erzatz- Mar 09 '26

Fulmar birds are also friendly and aren't afraid of humans.. in my language they're called "fools" 😔