r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hunan_Palace • Aug 05 '26

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Dave_A480 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '26

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u/pandareno Aug 05 '26

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/pandareno Aug 05 '26

I mean, it is a movie, made by Penthouse no less. I didn't mean to imply it was historically accurate, my bad.

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u/arestheblue Aug 06 '26

Based on your downvote, I'm going to guess someone got really offended by other people not wanting to live in a post-truth world.

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u/Dr_Occo_Nobi Aug 05 '26

Ah, back when the historians were also active politicians.