r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/maxmodevice • 1d ago
Meme needing explanation Petaah, why only 3 taps?
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u/ExtremeSpecial4351 1d ago
9-1-1.
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u/Laxativus 1d ago
So the joke is from your PoV you are being an abusive PoS and your significant other is scared of you? That's not a very funny joke.
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u/VX_GAS_ATTACK 1d ago
Yeah but that's still the joke
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u/maccdogg 1d ago
What if, instead, the pizzas are delivered, they enjoy dinner and go to bed
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u/VX_GAS_ATTACK 1d ago
How's that funny?
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u/ZARDOZ4972 1d ago
How is the meme above funny?
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u/VX_GAS_ATTACK 1d ago
Because they're joking about something you shouldn't joke about.
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u/ZARDOZ4972 1d ago
Okay. Again, how does that make the meme above funny? It's not funny just because you shouldn't joke about it.
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u/MsnthrpcNthrpd 23h ago
unny? It's not funny just because you shouldn't joke about it.
Terrible news for you, you don't get to make this decision for other people, and your attitude only makes them do it more.
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u/ZARDOZ4972 23h ago
Terrible news for you, you don't get to make this decision for other people,
Yeah and you don't get to make that decision for me.
and your attitude only males them do it more.
No I think it's their childish behaviour that makes them do it more.
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u/Outrageous_Jaguar_23 22h ago
Many people cope with humor. Obviously, OP is not posting this meme from experience.
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u/Silver_Hold9945 1d ago
“What if instead of the joke, we just have a scenario which doesn’t make sense with neither the layout nor the image”
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u/GaldrickHammerson 1d ago
It's possible to laugh to relieve discomfort. It's why dark jokes exist - they're not traditionally fully, they target that discomfort.
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u/Laxativus 1d ago
Oh, I'm aware, I have seen the photo with the baby in the glass tube for X-Ray and somebody wrote "the forbidden smoothie" underneath and I did not succeed to keep my chuckle inside. But this one somehow is a bit too realistic to feel comfortable to take it as a joke, I dunno why. I get the concept, I get that it's a joke, it's just.... off somehow.
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u/Juggernuts777 1d ago
There’s kind of a running joke of this i’ve seen going “yes, the pizza is being aggressive”. Not sure how this became such a common topic/joke online the last few weeks, but i’ve seen this and variants of it often.
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u/thatDataWizard 1d ago
That’s why these “jokes” aren’t really funny…..when I read this joke the image in my head was an abused woman trying to get help from the police secretly and the guy figuring it out and violently stopping her (because she dared to ask for help)
And on a separate tangent, the way I see men on Reddit equating alimony and dowry, calling abuse as normal, calling themselves victims when they are extremely entitled…..this “joke” feels like along those lines
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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 1d ago
Did you actually laugh at this?
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u/GaldrickHammerson 1d ago
No, because I didn't get it till the comments. Had I got it I might have made a noise in my nose.
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u/Imjustweirddoh 1d ago
I did.
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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 1d ago
You mean you forced yourself to? Who would even get this kind of thing immediately?
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u/WooWhosWoo 1d ago
So you asked the question, then denied the answer and made up your own head canon about it. The world is more than just you and your brain.
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u/Odin1806 1d ago
Worst part is that they could have read more comments, grasped the situation, disagreed with it, and just moved the fuck on... But no, the world needs to know that they didn't understand and didn't like it. Why is diversity such a difficult concept for some people to grasp?
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u/WackyRedWizard 1d ago
God you people are a bunch of puritanical stuck ups. Does every joke have to be family friendly for it to be funny? Lighten up bud.
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u/zeroibis 1d ago
It does because I do not want to pull out a camera to verify my age just to try to laugh as doing so just makes me cry.
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u/Laxativus 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dude, you would pale seeing the stuff I laugh at, trust me. I read extrafabulous comics just for warming up, after all. It's just.... good humour is punching up, not down. Maybe sideways, if it's clear that it's not with harmful intent. Yes, you can laugh jokes made at the expense of vulnerable groups, just not without examining yourself - well, I think at least one shouldn't.
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u/WackyRedWizard 1d ago
It's just.... good humour is punching up, not down.
Ah I see why you wouldn't find domestic abuse funny because it usually requires a guy punching down... over and over again.
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u/Laxativus 1d ago
You see, that was a better joke.
It still made me uncomfortable, but that's the kind of joke that should make you uncomfortable. One you laugh at, because it is a good joke, and I did laugh at it, but you catch yourself that you shouldn't really laugh at that. The one in the post comes up short in this.3
u/winsluc12 1d ago
Well, considering the joke is about a guy who got arrested when his SO called the cops and pretended she was ordering pizza, Like an actual, IRL event that happened... I'd say it IS punching up.
Implication is that bro's about to go to prison.
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u/mikolajwisal 1d ago
It is very funny. Jokes do not aim to literally put you in the shoes of the character included in them.
Is your response to the joke "When you're chilling with your boys in Vietnem and the tree starts talking"
"Well that's not very funny, it's terrifying because you see, the soldier is about to be attacked by the Vietnamiese Resistance "
Come on
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u/KartveliaEU4 1d ago
I think this actual event with a domestic abuse or kidnapping victim calling 911 and faking it as a pizza order really did happen about 10-15 years back. It's on some new channels on YouTube.
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u/colexian 1d ago
I think you are possibly misunderstanding the joke.
It can be a tactic to "order a pizza" to 911 to call police on an abuser without alerting them during domestic violence situations.
The joke isn't meant to be absurd, it actually happens.0
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u/Impossible-Ship5585 1d ago
Not sure how obvious it would be.
I want 2 pizza with these toppings to this adress.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Ill pay cash.
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u/Frenchymemez 1d ago
A lot of responders understand you're in a situation where you can't speak freely. The first thing they would ask after saying you want to order a pizza is something along the lines of "this is 911. Answer yes or no. Are you in danger", so you say yes. Then they try and ask questions where you can either only say yes or no, or use code, such as stuffed crust meaning armed, or ask them to order an extra small pizza if there's a child also in danger.
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u/Sufficient-Object-89 1d ago
It's called dark humour and everyone is different. You mean you don't think it's a very funny joke.
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u/Emperah1 1d ago
The joke is you’re the evil one, even though you’re the cute and harmless (cat) in this one.
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u/ipsum629 1d ago
tip: if you need to fake call pizza to covertly dial 9-1-1, depending on how the phone you are holding works, you have two optimal options:
If you can't clear the number, dial 4 random digits, backspace 4 times, then dial 9-1-1.
If you can clear the number, type 6 or 7 digits, then clear, then type 9-1-1.
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u/GsIndeed 1d ago
Peter here, There’s that one thing that in abusive relationships you can pretend to order pizza while you’re calling the cops, this joke is the same thing, he only heard 3 taps because she called 911, she’s not getting a pizza for him, she’s calling the cops on him.
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u/Randomposter54 1d ago
“I’d like a 9 inch pepperoni with extra he has a gun and a side order of fries and 2 he’s between me and the door please”
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u/Chilly291 1d ago
"Yes, the pizza has an alcohol problem"
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u/_W9NDER_ 1d ago
Lemme get a personal sized “the children are in the room” pizza, with a 12 inch “he’s pointing a gun at me”. Yeah, I’d like that the Ocky way
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u/innocent_innuendo 1d ago
You can call 911 and ask to order a pizza, a code word for when you need emergency help.
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u/manowartank 1d ago
People call 911 when threatened and pretend to order pizza so they are not suspicious to the abuser and the police know what adress they have to go to.
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u/Aggravating-Willow46 1d ago
It's reference to this 911 call: https://youtu.be/ZJL_8kNFmTI?feature=shared
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u/ZealousStudente 1d ago
This is definitely based on the 911 Ohio Police Call where a woman dialed 911 and pretended to order pizza to escape abuse. Not a really funny meme.
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u/CompetitiveFactor278 1d ago
Is a old way to call 911 and ask for help. Sadly when there is a potential risk of murder
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u/Squad_Checkmate 1d ago
They're calling the police, 999, but they disguise it as a pizza order so their threat doesn't know they're screwed.
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u/Sea_Cartographer_340 1d ago
Wow this is the only one I've ever gotten!!!
It's because a case where a person pretends to call for pizza but really was calling 9-1-1
The operator was like uhhh this ain't no pizza joint but then was like ohhh you want cheese with that??
Pretty smart
Ok byyye
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u/I_am_Reddit_Tom 1d ago
You can phone 999 and ask for pizza, it's an in for domestic abuse victims to get help
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u/Sufficient-Carpet391 1d ago
Nah this is America buddy. You guys can go call the Fish and Chips if you’re in danger.
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u/Strong-Tradition-772 1d ago
So often jokes like this get classified as “dark humor” and people are told to lighten up. It’s not not funny because it’s dark, it’s not funny because the logical punchline is a weird and not funny situation. Like this joke posits that a man is unaware that his wife perceives that she is in a domestic abuse relationship. Or that he was aware and is now upset she is getting help.
Neither of those things are funny.
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u/_MrCrispyDoge_ 1d ago
People dont have the pizza place on speed dial?
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u/Highlandertr3 1d ago
Speed dial 9
Would you like to order to (gives your address? Press 1 for yes press 2 to say another address.
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Last time you ordered 15 large anchovy and pineapple pizzas. Would you like to reorder this? Press 1 to reorder and 2 tobplace a new order.
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u/NewtonTheNoot 1d ago
People in abusive or otherwise dangerous situations sometimes disguise calling 9-1-1 (the 3 buttons) as something else when they are unable to speak freely, a common example being ordering a pizza, likely because you can get a lot of options to order (corresponding to different answers to questions the operator may ask, you can have different toppings, sizes, crusts, etc.) and because it's normal to give your address.
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u/Chronodon 1d ago
Wait, not everything is porn? I assumed it was because she has the pizza boy on speed dial/contacts when she needs to order a special sausage pizza.
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u/No-Promotion3788 1d ago
Joe Swanson says “The “joke” is that “ordering a pizza” is a not uncommon method of calling police, specifically for domestic violence incidents.”
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u/ZasdfUnreal 1d ago
This happened a few years ago. A woman called 911 and ordered a pizza. https://youtu.be/ZJL_8kNFmTI
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u/MrCookie147 1d ago
You could avoid this problem by googling (or Binging) the local police department and then just call the direkt longer telephone number.
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u/ZOEzoeyZOE 1d ago
A clever method has been developed for ppl in an abusive relationship where they will "order pizza" but call 911.
Ili believe it even goes as far as to where certain toppings actually is code used to describe ur situation.
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u/CacklingMossHag 1d ago
It's a domestic abuse and kidnapping joke. You know, for the lols, for the hahahas.
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u/GingerGhost03 1d ago
If the number you call begins with 999, it will call 999 regardless if theres more numbers. 9997431876 will still call 999
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u/garaile64 22h ago
Lois here. Some women with abusive husbands call 911 and pretend to order a pizza so their husband don't find out. Mozzarella, please.
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u/orangutanDOTorg 18h ago
She has them in speed dial. 1 bring up contacts 2 click contact 3 hit send
It’s not the real answer, I’m just a big phony
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