Is This Some Sort of Peasant Joke?

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Is This Some Sort of Peasant Joke? refers to a screenshot from the British television show Horrible Histories that saw use as a reaction image in early 2019 as a way to express superiority.

Origin

The screenshot (shown below) comes from Series 3, Episode 12 of Horrible Histories, which aired November 17th, 2011.^[1]

I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand?

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The image saw sparing use as a reaction image in the mid-2010s. One of the first instances it was used appeared on Imgur^[2] on February 25th, 2016 as a way to mock Donald Trump (shown below, left). On May 12th, 2018, Redditor King_Abdul made a post on /r/StarWarsBattlefront^[3] mocking EA using the screenshot, gaining over 2,100 points (shown below, right).

Donald Trump IRL by PolarBlair924 via iPhone Feb 25 2016 I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand?

When the EA execs hear that people want them to deliver on the 'live service' they promised inimg.com/origin I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand?

The screenshot began growing more popular on Reddit starting in early 2019. On January 29th, Redditor Creepybeagle^[4] posted a joke mocking Facebook to /r/memes, gaining over 16,000 points (shown below, left). On February 3rd, Redditor cakeluvr6969 posted a template to /r/MemeEconomy,^[5] where it gained over 1,100 points (shown below, right).

When my friend shows me memes from facebook I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand? mematic.net

Various Examples

When the peasants start waving pitchforks and drag out a guillotine in the middle of PariS I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand? memecreatorapi.com

Trevor @trevdiggitydawg Follow When howard schultz sees all the people laughing at him on the internet I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand? 8:58 AM 5 Feb 2019

"My headphone wires keep getting tangled up!" Air Pods users: 12 I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand?

Nobody: Airpod user: I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand? ematic.net

When your friend is telling you a joke about phones but you have air pods instead I'm sorry, is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand? mematic ne

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External References

^[1] Subsaga – Horrible Histories Series 3 Episode 12

^[2] Imgur – Donald Trump IRL

^[3] Reddit – When the EA execs hear that people want them to deliver on the 'live service' they promised

^[4] Reddit – The only good memes are horrible histories memes.

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Blobbem

Feb 08, 2019 at 10:15PM EST

Horrible Histories is god tier. Still waiting for 'Stupid Deaths' to somehow become relevant on the Internet. And my man Bob Hale who does historical events via a weather format!

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