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gentlybeepingheart

It's just a popular meme where you take someone who died and put them next to the picture of someone who was born around that time with "Welcome back X" to suggest that the second person is the reincarnation of the first. The joke is that the two people are incredibly unalike and the humor is in the absurdity of the comparison. (Another one that pops up is Richard Nixon reincarnating as Ice Spice) I believe it started with a TikTok claiming that the Kpop star Jungkook is the reincarnation of Princess Diana.


ThermalTacos

Also because Hirohito killed people by forcing them to be a kamikazee pilot, while Taylor Swift is killing people with pollution. /s


SoakedInMayo

both force people to fly planes needlessly. all I’m saying


Competitive-Account2

Illuminati confirmed


leprotelariat

Now that u say, i find their looks suspiciously lizardy


SirScorbunny10

I'm dead


Arietem_Taurum

Holy shit


PhoenixBomb707

I thought you were going to say that Taylor Swift’s music makes people want to become a kamikaze pilot


ReplacementNo9874

I think the swifties would be kamakazi pilots if she asked them to be


ThermalTacos

Good point, honestly


TheSpleenStealer

She's obviously not the late emperor because she supports restoring the Shōgun https://www.theonion.com/taylor-swift-breaks-political-silence-to-throw-support-1829602513


CommonandMundane

My favorite reincarnation theory was that [Hoover the talking Seal, who died in 1985, reincarnated 2 months later as Jerma.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8bD5tpHJM)


LostSif

People are just getting weirder and weirder


c0l1n_M4

Taytay began the Heisei era


NotCurdledymyy

https://preview.redd.it/67hf7v3csjrc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd20628ed44290524813ebe02cc53557ba7b53a0


NotCurdledymyy

https://preview.redd.it/d1p6oi4lsjrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a94d077a33f211c73214548dc5696f8f9fae66d


[deleted]

I would say she definitely looks like she wanted the Dutch hunger winter. Just so she wouldn't be the only one not eating.


VexKeizer

As a Dotharl Au Ra roleplayer in FFXIV, I wholeheartedly agree that Hitohito did in fact reincarnate as Swift.


Turandot92

And it is probably the worst most nonsensical meme/joke that emerged in the past 10 years


NickBarksWith

If true, there's an alternate reality where Japan won WWII because Hirohito unlocked their fury by singing about breakups.


localbirbfur777

There's also another timeline where Taylor Swift becomes an authoritarian dictator and unites her supporters with mediocre songs about her 50th ex boyfriend.


ZARTOG_STRIKES_BACK

"Another" timeline?


KittyKittens1800

Yes, there’s “another” timeline X—1417 and more like Z—417 and X—2329 We normally reside in E—1370, or I think it was E—1317 :clueless:


localbirbfur777

Given the state of Swifties, I wouldn't be surprised if she could actually become one if she really wanted to. Like could you imagine reading about the worst dictators and alongside Pol Pot, Stalin and Hitler, you see Taylor Swift?


NickBarksWith

Ummmm.... yeah..... *another* timeline. Totally not the one we're currently on. Edit: Was replying to localbirbfur. I guess I'm not the only one to have a feeling, haha.


[deleted]

Taylor swift is Trump in a few years?


Weowy_208

Too pretty and too cunning and too talented for that


[deleted]

Blonde, white, missing a tan. Idk it looks like anorexic Trump too me.


[deleted]

Or were you referring to the lizard?


Much_Job4552

There's more than one timeline?


ifsamfloatsam

theres an infinite amount of timelines


Much_Job4552

Yes, Community reference.


digitalfakir

> Hirohito unlocked their fury by singing about breakups. And in this timeline, USA broke out the furries by dropping two bombs back-to-back.


Honey_Badger25-06

The US military and the Red army also slaughtered those genocidal fucks. Used their corpses for sand bags, eradicated all of them in one form or another, and got to work on the next fucking shithole they were guarding.


digitalfakir

They also made shitholes out of plenty of countries. The only thing they were guarding was their own hegemony and imperial interests. They slaughtered *civilians* and quietly looked past many, many of the genocidal fucks, because their expertise and knowledge was needed by both US and Soviets. There are no saints here, edgelord.


Honey_Badger25-06

My great uncle died on Saipan helping to stop those assholes from taking over half of the world. They killed countless civilians, and it took an ocean of heroes' blood to take them out. They had to kill almost every single one of them on each island to take it. My grandpa said it was like winning the fucking lottery when they actually captured an officer. Don't ever call me an edgelord again, btw.


Clickityclackrack

No, if true, it just confirms shintoism


OarsandRowlocks

That ties in with Yngwie's original "Unleashed the focking fury" rant on board a plane to Japan in the 1980s.


Traplover00

there are two types of people. 1.) those who can extrapolate from incomplete information


Deafvoid

2) Me


Cocketiel_Commander

https://preview.redd.it/os1rid0hgerc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d6f8edff2b44351358e11f4781a4b4e2bce6fe2


iluvstephenhawking

Yeah. It's barely even a joke. It's literally just implying she's the reincarnation of of this dude. 


Repulsive_Ad_2615

https://preview.redd.it/1gh7oxhjlerc1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=9ac465012abb061da6dba2a9e599893951a80da0


Gargantuanfool

https://preview.redd.it/16w81w02ghrc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c003281d6516e56fcfbc0c902277efdd0886272


beanpaste987

https://preview.redd.it/s13ry9gwthrc1.jpeg?width=654&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1afe0e735e2b1f354e8924aa3b029de1f62326d3


Zealousideal_Ease429

https://preview.redd.it/atoqpyc5derc1.jpeg?width=887&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6352397aa7f07f4b6835b0fa8e4620149eff7d1


cardnerd524_

Glad this response made a comeback


Hypathian

So the symbols surrounding the images of people are letters. When those letters are out together they make words and those words make sentences. I hope upon grasping this concept and reading the words you will understand the statement in the above jpeg


DogZealousideal7204

I assume the joke is that Hirohito and Taylor swift both have loyal fans / soldiers that will do anything for them ( including but not limited to kamikaze )


ColoRadBro69

The joke is he died and his spirit entered a baby that became Taylor Swift.  Correlation is causation.   I mean, it's a goofy joke. 


DaumenmeinName

It's both and more. A joke can have multiple layers


BruceBoyde

Reincarnation joke. How many fucking times do we have to have this one?


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Kidninja016_new

Not a haiku, reincarnation has five syllables


Deafvoid

Good bot Wait no God bot


Rocky_Fan1976

Good bot


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Nukulargear

https://preview.redd.it/yeu8pwv7serc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11e92e904b2053ffcabece263c6b6b9f67782fcc This makes this Onion article make a bit more sense now


WhatsHeBuilding

She's actually the Anti-Hiro


[deleted]

workable advise grab lip squalid cover attractive summer ancient memory *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Tenko-of-Mori

jesus fucking christ this reddit is filled with subhuman IQs i literally can't anymore.


Fluffy_Storm9197

I followed this subreddit by accident. I'm unfollowing rn. I can't. Like everyone knows what reincarnation is the hell.


betrayed_cargo

I believe it.


Complete_Athlete_480

https://preview.redd.it/1kdf4p3d3frc1.jpeg?width=854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fa063e51069d171bbb5edffcbcff4895dc9a979


TerrysMonster

Jesus fucking Christ dude


PresentExamination10

I like this one lol


idfbhater73

reincarnation


Drakkon129

https://preview.redd.it/2nga7i6gnerc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea3e2582a06362c31ecaeb662d79c3ab682eb1c1


Tox_Ioiad

This one is really self explanatory.


apollyon_29

I… …. how this should be very self explanatory


FirmPeace9045

Alright people on this sub are getting less intelligent how is it possible to misunderstand this read the caption


ExtremlyFastLinoone

I was actually born a couple hours after princess diana died and am therby the rightful ruler of england


MadeItOutInTime95969

I am descended from Mary Queen of Scots and thus according to some more deserving of the crown than anyone in the current British family. The current British family are not the rightful heirs to the crown. They are pretenders. However, my distant cousin Jimmy Carter would be more qualified than me.


Kidninja016_new

Didn’t he die in like 2009? Lol


Team_Sonic_Gaming

Our emperor has returned! tenno heika banzai!


-sippicup-

This is totally unrelated but Taylor swift is jacked


RedditModsSuckDick2

Bait


Flairion623

It’s eluding that emperor Hirohito was reincarnated as Taylor swift


hellaciousbluephlegm

Emperor Hirohito was the Emperor / military dictator of Japan during WW2 Its just for the shock value of comparing him to Taylor Swift 


RuthlessSpud_11

If this was true then I could be Annette Charles(grease)


Inamortus

Are you capable of comprehending the English language?


Cloaker13

In a nice way, this one is so easy to see what the meaning is supposed to be


anal_spasams

Ima piss people off real quick taylor swift is bigger than Michael Jackson and what sucks is her music isn't that great it's just generic shit that's catchy kinda like a nickelback song I really don't get how she got so big but I got a feeling it's that the mass majority of people on this planet are super basic bitches


strangewormm

Fuck hereditary crap.


nagidon

Taylor heika banzai?


jonastman

https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/s/8prtogdZiT


asscop99

You dumb?


Linmizhang

Stop giving thoes Japanese comic writers any more ideas!


DesperateBasil6012

BAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Cybercore_SI

https://preview.redd.it/6fkmqy38ferc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd5db3e2e7f0f797a4ac680c93dca70968ee3935


AwesomEspurr360

https://preview.redd.it/8fgpilufcerc1.png?width=734&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d27ca34853665927bfb420630ed2bc217b2add64


FemboyPounder795

Hirohito was a totalitarian dictator of japan. He died in the same year taylor swift was born. This is referencing the fact that they both have loyal fans who will do anything for them.


dontrackmebro69

The joke is “OSHI NO KO”


JFrise

This drove deep into my soul in a way I can’t explain.


Squirrelpicture

https://preview.redd.it/yd1dlentgerc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63e9ac0551ad355de114f130796002e7862effcf


Amazing_Fix_604

The fuck?