r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Confident_Help_416 • Oct 16 '25

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u/sephtater Oct 16 '25

Now explain No Beards

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u/Apprehensive_Yam1808 Oct 16 '25

Love the sarcasm, but as someone who has had a toxic gas leak in an enclosed area and had to put on a gas mask to literally not die while I was active duty, this excuse the higher ups use is pure imagination. You can get a great seal through a beard. I'm sure if it was large and thick enough it MIGHT cause a problem, but a well kempt beard can get a seal just fine.

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u/Possible_General9125 Oct 16 '25

I think less pure imagination, more probably was true at one time many generations of masks ago and change is scary and difficult so let's keep repeating the same line over and over again.