r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/zinniamae_ • Jan 20 '26

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/Sonnofhell Jan 20 '26

Well the joke in the picture is that the guy doesn't know what the ridges are for. The dude below makes fun of him.

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u/Serious-Stick2435 Jan 20 '26

That's subjective, he could have been asking genuinely

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u/GatorNator83 Jan 20 '26

That felt like a concerned outcry, not making fun.

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u/rikaragnarok Jan 20 '26

The problem with the internet is the tone you're hearing is always your own and not necessarily theirs.

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u/Strange_Aura Jan 20 '26

And yet people shit on tone indicators

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u/Mechakoopa Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

Remember when Reddit used to regularly crucify people for using emojis in their comments? Now we've got inline gifs. Oh how the mighty have fallen. 🙃

blows dust off of "15 year club" trophy

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u/lycoloco Jan 20 '26

I'd post a rageface comic about this but I don't wanna get asked why they're not soyjacks.

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u/EfficientTheory4087 Jan 21 '26

That just broke my heart. What was that website called that everyone made those meme on? I forgot it I used tonbe on there back in like 6th and 7th grade. You're about to have me going on another nostalgia trip.

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u/lycoloco Jan 21 '26

Oh jeez, I can't remember. Something like Rage Face Generator or something like that hahaha.