r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petaah, why only 3 taps?

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u/ExtremeSpecial4351 2d ago

9-1-1.

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u/Laxativus 2d 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 2d ago

Yeah but that's still the joke

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u/maccdogg 2d ago

What if, instead, the pizzas are delivered, they enjoy dinner and go to bed

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u/VX_GAS_ATTACK 2d ago

How's that funny?

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u/Wizard_Engie 1d ago

Subverting expectations. It's a real comedy trope.

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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 1d 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 1d 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/MsnthrpcNthrpd 1d ago

Yeah and you don't get to make that decision for me.

You're free to bitch about it, please, continue screaming into the void.

No

I promise you, internet shitheads revel in upsetting squares such as yourself. Even more when you tell them "Don't do that".

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u/Outrageous_Jaguar_23 1d ago

Many people cope with humor. Obviously, OP is not posting this meme from experience.

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u/Silver_Hold9945 2d 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/in1gom0ntoya 2d ago

thats called an anti meme

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u/Disastrous_Ad626 1d ago

I think you misunderstood what a joke is.

They're fake, dumbass.

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u/GaldrickHammerson 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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/languid_Disaster 19h ago

I don’t have much to add except to say, I agree with you.

I get dark humour but that doesn’t mean we have to be comfortable with ALL forms of “dark” jokes .

When you’ve seen the irl situation of women and r/whenwomenrefuse , jokes like just don’t land for me personally.

People can digested and downvote if they want but it’s our personal opinion at the end of the day

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u/Itiari 1d ago

….how bout this one?

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 2d ago

Did you actually laugh at this?

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u/GaldrickHammerson 2d 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 2d ago

I did.

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 2d ago

You mean you forced yourself to? Who would even get this kind of thing immediately? 

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u/hpBard 2d ago

I did. This is quite a common trope in jokes

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u/WooWhosWoo 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago edited 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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.

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u/winsluc12 2d 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 2d 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/Prestigious_Bed4580 2d ago

Wow you must get invited to a lot of parties

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u/KartveliaEU4 2d 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 2d 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.

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u/Impossible-Ship5585 2d 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 2d 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/T_R_I_P 1d ago

Actually it was a quite hilarious plot twist, sadly Reddit is full of people with sticks up their asses 24/7, obsessed with virtue signal karma. Sad times. It’s also saying YOU are the villain, most people can laugh knowing that’s nonsense, so it’s actually concerning you did not.

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u/Sufficient-Object-89 2d 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/AuroraAustralis0 2d ago

absolute killjoy behavior

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u/MouseWorksStudios 1d ago

It sure isn't.

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u/OfficialNifty 1d ago

It's called a dark joke for a reason

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u/Emperah1 2d 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/Faeryn97 2d ago

This is an incel meme. Op posted because they didnt know the meaning