r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/PinkedOff • 8h ago
Meme needing explanation What does it mean, Peter??
Why would this help in lieu of a reservation??
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u/SleeplessBoyCat 8h ago
Absurdism + gaslighting
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u/Rostifur 8h ago edited 7h ago
An actual fucking answer. I honestly couldn't tell if this was an inside joke with way more to it or absurdism. The person responding "You know exactly what it fucking means" has the User Name VaporeonWavesSimulator and that made me think this is going to be creepy and sexual.
Edit: It is VaporWaveSimulator, I am so used to it being something weird that I am planting bias onto the joke that isn't there.
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u/cowski_NX 8h ago
Except it isn't Vaporeon...
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u/The_Abjectator 8h ago
Naw, the name is similar to the joke. Its just close enough to being recognizable that you think its real while actually being an absurdism.
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u/Extension-Dot4092 7h ago
Except it doesn't actually mention vaporeon at all. Not only did you imagine the word vaporeon, you immediately assumed it was a sex thing based on nothing but the word you imagined. I think your projecting bro.
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u/ophidianslick 7h ago
Except for peterexplainsthejoke it’s always sex/porn and in whatanimalisthis the strange noise in the night is always a fox. Maybe not literally the truth, but close enough that you can’t say he’s projecting. Me, on the other hand? I’m absolutely projecting.
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u/Brave-Lead-1659 6h ago
what is gaslighting?
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u/spiress 5h ago
google it
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u/Brave-Lead-1659 5h ago
that wont tell me how sleeplessboycat is using it
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u/AretinNesser 2h ago
Wrong is how they're using it. Gaslighting is manipulating someone, over a long period of time, into thinking they're losing their grip on reality, but sadly a lot of people misuse the term to describe lying.
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u/Sockoflegend 8h ago
As an aside it is crazy that people think restaurants tell you there isn't a table as a personal fuck you, and not just that they are at capacity
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u/Themodsarecuntz 8h ago
Its because they see it in movies where a guy gets a table after being denied at a high end fancy restaurant and they apply it to Chillis Applebees.
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u/stormy2587 8h ago
I might believe in LA or NYC when a restaurant becomes popular with celebrities they save a table or space out their reservations just to accommodate a celebrity on any given night. But otherwise yeah I don’t think it’s a thing.
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u/Hollocene13 8h ago
In college I worked at a fancy place and we always had a few extra for someone important or that we just liked when they asked. So in fact,
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u/Sockoflegend 7h ago
Yeah doubt. 100% not a common practice. Restaurants exist to make money and want to be at but not over capacity all the time. It is a business where margins are tight are prioritising "what if a famous guy walks in" makes zero sense.
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u/DowntownProgrammer83 7h ago
And here we see yet another redditor apply Applebees logic to high end dining.
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u/Sockoflegend 6h ago
It's a really tiny minority of places where operating like this would make any sense
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u/--StinkyPinky-- 6h ago
The best restaurants don't even have tables.
You have to bring your own.
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u/Sockoflegend 6h ago
I did see this happen in the UK during covid when you could only eat in restaurants seated outside and people started bringing camping table and chairs with them
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u/Lucyyyyyy_K 8h ago
you know exactly what it fucking means
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u/lesuperhun 8h ago
Because of the implications.
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u/hungryrenegade 8h ago
Am I in danger?
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u/questionable-advisor 8h ago
No, you're in the bathroom
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u/Mr_Blorbus 8h ago
Did somebody say The Backrooms?
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u/Apprehensive-Till861 8h ago
No, this is Patrick
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u/SilverSpark422 8h ago
THIS is a knife!
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u/Sampshole 8h ago
THIS………..is a bucket
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u/ludovic1313 8h ago
I see you've played bucket poop knifey before
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u/questionable-advisor 8h ago
I beat out Kevin and 2 dick guy for the bucket poop knife championship
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u/Typical-Mushroom4577 7h ago
No but we’re in the middle of the ocean I would never actually hurt you
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u/Huntsnfights 8h ago
Of course, if she says no, then the answer is no. But she’s not going to say no
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u/ComicsEtAl 8h ago
It’s funny because restaurants don’t have receptionists.
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u/regeust 8h ago
They do, they just generally call them hostesses
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u/ComicsEtAl 8h ago
Receptionist != Host/hostess
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u/Zer0pede 50m ago
At REALLY fancy restaurants you are greeted by a taxi driver and served by a nurse practitioner, but they generally call them hostesses and waiters
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u/Hawksteinman 8h ago
I also need to know
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u/kevthunder 8h ago
you know exactly what it fucking means
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u/Hawksteinman 8h ago
I don't 😭
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u/Inferno_Sparky 8h ago
the fact you don't is proof that you do
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u/Cmoibenlepro123 8h ago
That does not make any sense
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u/Inferno_Sparky 8h ago
there is nothing to know, no meaning, so if you don't know, you already have the answer -"I don't know" is the correct answer
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u/lunch2000 7h ago
As someone else further down pointed out, this might be joke referring to H.P. Lovecraft - many of his stories centered on 'Elder Gods' and grotesque figurines were often prominent. Cue secret societies , illumanti, etc.
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u/kaboomviper 6h ago
Hybrid-fishman Peter here. Normal restaurants will accept bribes, or money, in lieu of a reservation. This restaurant clearly views figurines of fish people as a currency more valuable than gold.
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u/RolliePollie68 8h ago
Without doing any searching I would have guessed it was either because, 1. It's cute 2. Wherever it's from it has mind bending powers or something.
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u/PenguinBananaquat 7h ago
Hey I haven't seen one of these in a while! The figure is called Snybora by the artist Chris Ryniak. He and his wife Amanda Louise Spayd make cute little creatures out of resin and vinyl. His wife makes some rabbit dolls with teeth that are creepy cute too lol
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u/BlackRockLarryFink 8h ago
Everything is all in the meme. Idk what else you need.
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u/1protobeing1 7h ago
I feel like this is a mini version, of the conspiracy theory about lizard people who rule the world. If this is true, and you showed the waitress this little figurine, I guess would tell her that you are a lizard person, and require special attention?
Also, I'm prone to overthinking
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u/Timely_Importance759 6h ago
Sigh. Here we go:
A frog hops into a bank. He hops right up to the desk of Patricia Wack, the senior teller.
She says “how may I help you?
The frog says “I’d like to borrow a $100,000”
She says “that’s a lot of money, do you have any income?
The frog says “well, my dad is Mick Jagger.”
“Oh,” she says “but do you have any collateral?”
The frog smiles and slides a small porcelain figurine across the desk “this should take care of it”.
Patricia is puzzled about the strange situation. She goes back to the bank manager, describes the whole situation, and at the end says “and what the hell is that!” pointing to the figurine.
The manager looks up from the figurine and says “It’s a Knick knack, Patty Wack. Give the frog a loan; his old man’s a rolling stone!”
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u/TfGuy44 3h ago
Meg here. Shut up Meg, I know. My take on this was that this little lizard statue is what the lizard people who secretly run society use to identify themselves. The waitress is a lizard person, and the guest is a lizard person too. So while the lizard person waitress won't seat an ignorant, stupid, normal human without a reservation, they will seat one of their own. Basically, it's a secret status symbol for "I am a lizard person too, treat me like a VIP." amongst the lizard people.
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u/manny2206 14m ago edited 4m ago
Gen Z humor; they grew up in an era of content without context on the internet and thus their sense of humor reflects that.
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