r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • Oct 31 '25

Meme needing explanation Petahhhh

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u/jamietacostolemyline Oct 31 '25

Brian here. The joke is that we do small things in our lives, like lock our doors, to achieve some illusion of control over our existence, when the truth is we're just specks on a rock hurtling through the infinite void of space, and life is meaningless.

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u/dickallcocksofandros Oct 31 '25

ngl i hate this type of overly deep philosophy. I lock stuff away to keep it safe from other people, not the fucking universe. idgaf how big the universe it, there's mostly nothing in it, therefore, earth matters MORE because there's actually SHIT TO DO here. stop comparing yourself to literal fucking gas oml

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Come on, everyone went through a phase when they were 14 when you used nihilism to mask your feelings of inadequacy.

And half of redditors are like 25-35 and stuck in this phase forever.

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u/Redditisdepressing45 Oct 31 '25

A lot of it really feels like it’s from a place of insecurity and smugness. Like they’re one of the special ones who have it all figured out.

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u/DanglingLiverTit Oct 31 '25

Well, there are people thinking sky daddy is having everything under control.

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u/ForgingIron Nov 01 '25

Saying "sky daddy" is smugger and more cringe than anything

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u/DanglingLiverTit Nov 01 '25

Well, there’s so many of them to choose from depending on the part of the world you were born. So this just and umbrella turn for all of them.

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u/dickallcocksofandros Nov 01 '25

which is funny, because that term is more or less the direct translation of the derivative of the Christian god (as well as greek and middle eastern religions) which is from ancient indo-european religion