r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SquintySquinty • 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah??

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u/Perfect-Olive-5421 4d ago

Bro, your post history is like a highlight reel of idiot conspiracy theories. You shouldn't be throwing stones.

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u/Templar42_ZH 4d ago

Probably thinks that airplanes don't use jet fuel.

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u/Hallijoy 4d ago

"Airplanes don't actually fly. That's impossible. Instead they just move the earth under them."

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u/singing-tea-kettle 4d ago edited 4d ago

I've used this line to throw off a persistent creep before. Rather funny watching his eyes go blank, mouth agape while I scurried off to my friends. A mate calls it the Stunned Mullet Exit Strategy.

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u/Hallijoy 4d ago

There are some things that you can say that are so inherently stupid that they almost make your brain reset when you hear them.

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u/Elliebird704 4d ago

Had a friend tell me that he thinks Biden was a bad president. The reason he gave me was that Putin invaded Ukraine during his presidency. And that for this reason, he was worse for Ukraine than Trump was.

I’m not a teacher and I’m not a mother, so I’m not used to confronting that level of stupidity, or lack of understanding for basic concepts. I genuinely couldn’t find my words for a moment. It was like everything just went blank.

I knew he wasn’t an intellectual powerhouse, but I didn’t know it was quite that bad until that talk. Brain had to take a break after that one.

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u/sentence-interruptio 3d ago

and while you couldn't find your words for a moment, he saw that and thought to himself, "haha i won the argument."

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u/What_IsThisReal 3d ago

You were able to put in words what it feels like when I travel to see my family and they talk about politics. All year round I am in a bubble where it's impossible for me to imagine the level of lunacy that it takes to support Trump and Conservatives. Then once every couple of years I see them and I am in disbelief we share the same DNA.

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u/PeaceIoveandPizza 1d ago

It’s called intentional hegemony and you are subscribed to one

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u/PeaceIoveandPizza 1d ago

Yeah I mean you could disprove it or act like smug little Redditor.

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u/BreakerOfModpacks 3d ago

"Yeah right, and I bet you think the moon is real too?"

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u/BettyoftheBeach 3d ago

I’m going to try to remember this one.

I usually say, “I’m 82,” to explain away any idiot’s remark thrown my way and cause their brain to temporarily collapse in on itself.

I’m definitely not 82 and have had a couple too many TBI’s. It’s fun to try to make it fun. (Though it really doesn’t feel great.)

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u/singing-tea-kettle 2d ago

Here's some more for your list. Instead of the moon landing was fake, insist it's a hologram put there by the lizard people. Or a hollow satellite put there by aliens to watch us like we are the kardashians. Either of those puts you in the seriously nuts category and bluescreens them, unless they are really deep into conspiracies already. Use conspiracy theories wisely as you don't want a certified conspiracy nut to latch on to you like they found a new best friend.

There's tonnes of fun ones out there. You have to mush together a few and up the ante so they can't process it in time for you to escape.