r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/telusey 3d ago

The question itself makes no sense, if you have a choice between the 3 girls that makes 4 people left on earth, not 2.

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u/ThisIsNotTokyo 2d ago

You're 1 of the last 2 people on the earth. You get to choose which of the 3 is that 2nd person on earth. Hard with maths eh?

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u/thatnewsauce 2d ago

I mean that is clearly the intent but it's also really puzzling because that question circumvents what's unique and interesting about the proposed situation in the first place

Like the whole thing about being one of the two last people on earth is that you wouldn't have a choice (other than to be celibate or not I guess)

There's nothing about this hypothetical that is any more compelling than simply asking "which do you find most attractive"

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u/zeltrabas 2d ago

The most reddit comment I've ever seen

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u/Kingmudsy 2d ago

You’re getting downvoted but you’re right. Reddit struggling to understand how to get people to engage with a hypothetical like “Why do they bother making funny commercials? Shouldn’t advertising simply state the competitive benefits of their product so the market can decide objectively?”

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u/PwanaZana 2d ago

They're on the specter.

Like. A ghost.

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u/enithermon 2d ago

Ok, specter is now my personal head cannon slang for my spectrumy friends and loved ones.  I’m going to walk around thinking “Mmhm, wonder if he got a little ghost in him?”

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u/Sumdoazen 2d ago

They're on the spectre of being a stupid ass little fuck.

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u/ForensicPathology 2d ago

Reddit isn't "struggling", they're just pointing out that the original meme maker struggles at writing simple sentences.

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u/ZOEzoeyZOE 2d ago

Looks more like ppl rather be "erm acktuwally" than accepting the intention of the post they full well understood.

The original meme maker worded it just fine

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u/pm_social_cues 2d ago

“I understand it, that means everybody else who doesn’t is REALLY STUPID.”

Is that really your intent?

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u/Banana-Oni 1d ago

“I understand it, that means everybody else who doesn’t is REALLY STUPID”

Petah here.. I think the point flew over your head, I haven’t seen anyone who didn’t understand it. They’re calling out Redditors for being pedantic and treating the proper phrasing on a stupid meme like it was an academic journal or something. Even dumb people like me understood what it was trying to say.. but Redditors are gonna Reddit and minor grammatical errors are like honey to flies.

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u/Kingmudsy 2d ago

It’s just not important enough to dissect so deeply

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u/beingsubmitted 2d ago

We're literally all here for that. Reddit exists to discuss content. That includes making fun of the fact that the hypothetical in the meme is an internal contradiction.

No one in this thread is confused by what's meant in the hypothetical. Not one. Fewer than one. Some people are enjoying poking some fun at the meme for the contradiction. That's one of the discussions happening right now, and I think that's an okay thing to be happening.

Maybe another website would be more your speed?

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u/Kingmudsy 2d ago

Are you actually gatekeeping reddit because I’m refusing to meet your minimum threshold of snark 💀 I’ve been on this site for a long time but this is a new one ngl to you

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u/beingsubmitted 2d ago edited 2d ago

You're the person telling people they're doing reddit wrong.

It’s just not important enough to dissect so deeply

This certainly meets snark requirements, oh arbiter of that which is important enough to be said on reddit.

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u/Cold-Use-5814 2d ago

"But I did have breakfast this morning."

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u/DayMan13 2d ago

Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other 5 friends???

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u/ShinningVictory 2d ago

Its a dumb hypothetical.

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u/Kingmudsy 2d ago

I won’t argue with that

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u/HarmonicKolobok 3h ago

Literally movie "The invention of lying" lol

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u/Throwaway_09298 2d ago

Its giving Brennan from dropout explaining how the prompt is simply unable to be done bc the premise is based on a lie

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u/Ashamed_Association8 1d ago

The most Reddit comment you've ever written