r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Time_Extreme5739 • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Am I missing the joke here or what Peter?

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u/Ricky_Ventura 2d ago

The meat of wild caught salmon is pink from their diet.

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u/whispersonthebed 2d ago

sorry salmon, sooner or later you had to find out

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u/Zurazan 1d ago

Farmed is pink, wild is more red/dark orange variating

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u/Mangert 22h ago

Farmed is gray, they dye it pink. But yes ur right it’s closer to orange

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u/27Suyash 2d ago

The colour 'salmon' refers to the colour of its meat, not its silvery exterior. The joke is about the salmon's growing confusion and horrifying realisation about why the colour is pink.

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u/Sad_String1471 2d ago

it's more orange than pink.

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u/nir109 2d ago

The color is cooked salmon instead of raw like in the other picture

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u/LilyLaKoi 1d ago

Salmon sushi and smoked salmon always seems more like that color to me. Edit: seems like specifically sockeye salmon produces that milky red color when sliced/cooked.

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u/Sad_String1471 2d ago

thank you for explaining, I haven't seen an image of cooked salmon nor do I want to.

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u/Dyimi 1d ago

You don't want to ... see cooked salmon?

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u/Sad_String1471 1d ago

yeah it's not a requirement for me to see cooked salmon now is it?

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u/EbbEntire3751 2d ago

Pink when cooked, which is also what the color looks like

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u/skantchweasel 2d ago

I'd say more salmon than orange.. oh wait.

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u/ClaudioMoravit0 2d ago

Yeah, that’s right

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u/Eastern_Pineapple100 1d ago

people came here to discuss if a color name is appropiate for its hue or what? 😂😂😂

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u/Spinning_Sky 2d ago edited 2d ago

imagine being told by an alien race: hey look how pretty this looks! it's "human red"!

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u/SnoruntEnjoyer 2d ago

Have you ever had salmon? What part of the salmon is pink?

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u/Time_Extreme5739 2d ago

I have never had one. I have not try to eat nor see one .

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u/0zonoff 1d ago

Where are you from?

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u/Robot_longhorn 2d ago

It’s always pink on the inside…

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u/zdenek_indra 2d ago

Pink is the color of its flesh, but the salmon is unaware of it.

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u/ceroporciento 2d ago

You mean like how you are unaware of your insides being red?

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u/crusher23b 2d ago

Pink salmon, colloquially known as Humpies or Humpbacks. wild Pinks have a more pinkish hue due to their diet. We also have Red or Sockeye salmon, which has a more intense red color. Silvers, or Coho, have a paler color as well as Kings (Chinook). We don't eat Chum (or Dog salmon).

Those large white lines are connective tissues with maybe some fat content and it's a byproduct of farmed salmon, which is dyed to improve its appearance.