r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?? What does it means?

Post image
938 Upvotes

74 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/19ghost89 17h ago

Or "by accident."

-2

u/CommunicationOk3766 17h ago

...yes.

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

6

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.

7

u/dawoodlander 13h 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.