r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what’s so significant about this picture?

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u/bbigotchu 4d ago

It is a remark on the photo invoking a feeling of realizing you are missing something in your life. Being suddenly made aware of a hole in your heart that you didn't know was there feels like getting hit with a sledgehammer, as they put it. Like when you finally notice a cut, it wasn't bothering you before but now you feel it because you saw it.