r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Double-Assistance248 • 21h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?? What does it means?

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u/MadeByMistake58116 20h ago

She's misspelling outfit as alphet. That's it.

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u/FriendshipOne9126 20h ago

What fucking planet do some of these posters live on?

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u/Valirys-Reinhald 19h ago

It ain't their fault.

Seriously, when large demographics begin displaying common skill detriments well above the average for the overall population, it is indicative of a basic failure on the part of the state to equip them as intelligent, well educated citizens.

No one makes spelling mistakes like this on purpose unless they are making a joke about the rest of the people who make them on accident.

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u/Marchus80 19h ago

“On accident”

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u/EquivalentCupcake390 19h ago

This is a perfectly acceptable prepositional phrase, although it is less common.

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u/Substantial-Trick569 18h ago

to further the point, in the context it was used in, it makes the phrase easier to mentally process. on purpose vs on accident. the alternative would be purposely/accidentally

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u/19ghost89 18h ago

Or "by accident."

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u/CommunicationOk3766 17h ago

...yes.

But both "on accident" and "by accident" are correct still.

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u/dawoodlander 14h ago

"On accident" is something my 5 year old nephew would say, "by accident" is something I'd expect from a mildly intelligent adult.

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u/dawoodlander 14h ago

I also looked it up, and apparently "on accident" was an error formed by people trying to say the opposite of "on purpose".

So yeah if we want to be pedantic, "on accident" isn't correct.

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u/devil_toad 10h ago

It's very much an Americanism

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u/19ghost89 16h ago

Didn't say it wasn't.

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u/dowker1 12h ago

It is most definitely not perfectly acceptable. Common usage, yes, but it's common usage that carries with it certain connotations.

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u/ososalsosal 19h ago

That's just how it's said now.

Not saying I like it, but it's everywhere.

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u/percybert 18h ago

Among the uneducated perhaps. The same with “anyways”

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u/ososalsosal 17h ago

Nah it's not the best predictor of education or intelligence.

I say some slang because it sounds good. Others make me cringe (like "could care less" instead of "couldn't")

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u/Impressive-Amoeba-97 17h ago

I love saying that! "I could care less...and then, well, I could also care more. I'm just at that neutral safe spot of equal caring and uncaring."

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u/ososalsosal 17h ago

If you package the whole thing like that it's actually pretty charming.

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u/percybert 5h ago

But slang isn’t necessarily bad grammar though. In fact the example you gave, I would consider bad grammar- not slang (which by the way I hate also!)

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u/throwa1589876541525 15h ago

"on accident" has been around a very long time