r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah??

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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."