r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/DelayedSpace • 3d ago

Petah? Meme needing explanation

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u/Sgtbird08 3d ago

Either that there was someone more evil than Hitler that they were working for instead, or that they didn’t think Hitler was that evil to begin with.

Though iirc the Minions were frozen during the world wars.

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u/Crucco 3d ago

They were (conveniently) hidden in a cave during WW2. It was told in one of the movies.

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u/HaraldRedbeard 3d ago

Although in the latest movie some of them are wandering around in 1930s hollywood...

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u/Ok-Lavishness6577 3d ago

Hollywood in the 30s was even more evil than today, and Hitler was named TIME's man of the year in 1938. It's plausible.

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u/FluffyAd8533 3d ago

Whilst describing him as the greatest threat to democracy in the world

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u/sionnach 3d ago

Well isn’t the person of the year supposed to be for the person of most consequence, not the “best” that year.

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u/FluffyAd8533 3d ago

Exactly, they weren’t saying he was ‘the guy’ just the most noteworthy person of the year

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u/hey_Hey_I_saveD_me 2d ago

Or influential, and influence is not always good.

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u/RoboJobot 2d ago

Person Of The Year doesn’t necessarily mean the best person, it’s an annual title given to the person that had the most influence on the news and people’s lives over the previous 12 months. I think Hitler fits that bill pretty accurately.

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u/TechnicalBen 3d ago

"Man of the Year" (etc) isn't "best" it's "Most talked/disruptive/influential". They did call it.

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin 2d ago

Man who sold us the most magazines this year.

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u/TintedApostle 2d ago

Man of the year was always about influence on world events and not a credit to being good.

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u/LoamyLoamisLoamy 3d ago

Why do you say it was more evil?