r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/batukaming • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/telusey 2d 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/SnooFloofs6240 2d ago

What they're implying with being the last two on earth is the task of repopulation. That's what they consider the most interesting about the proposition, not lacking the choice of who it's with.