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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I love, that the meme used the actual picture of a German fairytale.

Its called "The Dreadful Story Of Pauline And The Matches" - "Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug"

... But Pauline would not take advice, She lit a match, it was so nice! It crackled so, it burned so clear,-- Exactly like the picture here. She jumped for joy and ran about, And was too pleased to put it out. ...

Now see! oh, see! a dreadful thing! The fire has caught her apron string: Her apron burns, her arms, her hair; She burns all over, everywhere. ...

Pauline was burnt with all her clothes, And arms and hands, and eyes and nose; Till she had nothing more to lose Except her little scarlet shoes; And nothing else but these was found Among her ashes on the ground. And when the good cats sat beside The smoking ashes, how they cried, "Me-ow, me-o! Me-ow, me-oo! What will Mamma and Nursey do?" Their tears ran down their cheeks so fast They made a little pond at last.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

She's so hot right now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

It really makes the kids better people. I mean, look at us Germans, we've never done anything wrong...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Most old fairy tales originally had endings like this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My god I had a book with fairy tales as a kid with this exact image in it. It was called „Der Struwwelpeter“

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Me too. Easily recognizable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Paulinchen war allein Zuhaus, ihre Eltern waren beide aus,

oh, how do I love it!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I think nowadays the audience of German fairy tales is 97% American meme kids

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Worse still, your fairytale has a Polish (The Witcher monsters) middle and a Danish (HC Andersen's The Ugly Duckling) beginning.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

Are you telling me your fairytale wedding does not include doves hacking out the eyes of your stepsister or your stepmother dancing to her death in shoes of red hot iron? Boooring.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Miau! Mio! Miau! Mio! Wo sind die armen Eltern wo?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My favourite German fairy tale has to be this one.

The harrowing morality tale, teaching you that you better stay in your lane, peasant, especially if you are a Bratwurst!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Well, that was grimm… I’ll see myself out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

When mealtime approached, she would slither through the porridge or the vegetables, and thus everything was greased and salted and ready to eat.

My mom was not the BEST cook in the world..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That must be some political analogy, with the forged letters.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lmfao the dog said the sausage was... carrying forged letters? Wtf lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

And the bird was just like yeah sure that seems like a thing sausage would do.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Dog was working for the Prussian secret police, ACAB has always been true, smh fr fr