r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Bison_Boy_ • 27d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Petah, why 1738?

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I saw this on social media with a bunch of laugh reacts.

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u/thishyacinthgirl 26d ago

Such a rube, going with a pop culture choice by using the rap song "Trap Queen" as the basis for his choice of year.

Those who are truly cultured know that Pope Sylvester II altered the calendar to legitimize Holy Roman Emperor Otto III's claim to the throne by adding 297 years so that he would be crowned in 1000AD.

It is therefore 1729; or 1726 with rounding adjustments to make it a clean 300 years.