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TIFU by making a supportive Nazi Poster

THIS STORY IS NOT A JOKE!!!! The title is just crazy lol

So this story actually starts out when I was in seventh grade, in history class. We were learning WWII. We had this project where we had to make a poster on one of the main countries/powers of the war and how their propaganda would look like. I chose to do the Nazi’s, just cus I wanted to be different (I was a bit stupid back then). Obviously my history teacher talked to me in private to make sure I wasn’t a Nazi, which I told her no. We presented our projects, and moved on from that.

Fast-forwards a few years, and I’m in my junior year (11th grade) and I’ve completely forgotten about that incident, with all the stress in my life now. I’m in marching band, and at the beginning of the season, we always do icebreakers with our sections. One of my friends who’s in this section asks: “What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever made?”, and suddenly I remember the poster I made back then. I casually say: “I made a poster supporting the Nazi’s.”

Just casually.

I realize what I just said, and everyone just stares at me for a good few seconds. I was really embarrassed, and quickly added that it was for a project about propaganda in seventh grade. I’m (decently) sure everyone believed me, and we moved on. It’s still a bit awkward, but we’ve mostly turned it into a joke. A week later, our section is now informally known as the Third Reich, and my nickname’s now Dictator lol.

Hope y’all enjoy my embarrassment 🥲

TL;DR: I made a supportive poster of the Nazi’s because I wanted to be different. Ended up coming back to embarrass me years later and make me seem like a very bad person. I am now known as the Dictator.

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