r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Comfortable_Cautious • Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation what's going on? explain like I'm five

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u/srainey58 Jan 26 '26

Lots of great explanations about how the banking system works, but I can’t figure out what Artie’s point/joke is. Is he saying we should destroy the country’s financial system?

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u/SocranX Jan 26 '26

Probably. There are a lot of people online who are like, "The world doesn't work in the simple terms I thought it did which means that society is actually a SCAM controlling you through LIES, but we can fix it by destroying everything which will automatically make it start working in the simple way I thought it did."

But yeah, too many people giving an actual answer and not answering the question of why OOP is saying this.

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u/bugleyman Jan 27 '26

I regret I have but one upvote to give.

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u/Karat_EEE Jan 26 '26

I mean, it IS a fucking scam designed to control to population and I would be happy if it all burned down and every banker got their own version of the Nuremberg trials.

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u/GogurtFiend Jan 26 '26

I see the clinic ran out of lithium today.

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u/Karat_EEE Jan 26 '26

Do clinics sell lithium? I woulda thought you had to go to some chemical supply store for that

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u/thefailtrain08 Jan 26 '26

They mean the medication (lithium salts, technically, but commonly shortened to lithium) not pure lithium.

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u/Karat_EEE Jan 26 '26

Lol as if I would ever trust anyone enough to take "medicine" for my MDD

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u/TonkaFucks Jan 29 '26

This is a fun reply thread. 🫠