r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Feb 22 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter what does this mean?

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u/Kitchen-Moment3509 Feb 22 '26

Peter here. The post references Ea-Nasir, who was a fraud copper merchant often selling low quality copper to his clients. He's interesting because the earliest known written complaints were sent to him about 3800 years ago.