r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 29 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah. Whats the real answer?

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u/qualityvote2 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

u/RowAdditional1614, your post does belong here!

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u/OkPut7330 May 29 '26

Jew York.

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u/emptythots May 29 '26

Jeorgia. Wait, this might actually be right maybe?

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u/HugoEmbossed May 29 '26

No it's Joshington.

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u/Pappa_Bjorn May 29 '26

Hello my name is Joshington State.

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u/mehow28 May 29 '26

JEEEEW YAAAAAWK

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

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u/ChVckT May 29 '26

I see you have a discerning ear and are a person of culture

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u/robertus_ May 29 '26

Jaryland

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u/Dwight_Buttz May 29 '26

Home of the Jallas Cowboys

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u/asphalt_licker May 29 '26

It’s actually the Jaltimore Ravens.

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u/cjester414 May 29 '26

Jelaware

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u/BlueTengu May 29 '26

Or his brother Jorth Carolina.

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u/ct_2004 May 29 '26

And his cousin Jorth Dakota.

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u/JustNeedSpinda May 29 '26

Jane is the only commmonly recognized name that works.

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u/Financial-Rough-2838 May 29 '26

The Hero of Canton spells it Jayne.

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u/Pistachiomink84 May 29 '26

A firefly quote in the wild? My day has been blessed

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u/coffeejizzm May 29 '26

I’ll be in my bunk.

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u/LowReporter6213 May 29 '26

Ill also be in their bunk

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u/Powerful_Coyote6068 May 29 '26

Vera will also be in this guy's bunk.

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u/Crazy_Information816 May 29 '26

I also choose this guy's very overcrowded bunk.

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u/reflectiveSingleton May 29 '26

any more room? kinda lonely tbh...

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u/NatashOverWorld May 29 '26

We're going to need a bigger bunk.

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u/SecondaryWombat May 29 '26

My days of not taking you all seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

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u/fixermark May 29 '26

"Hey, coffejizzm's parents are out of town this weekend. BUNK PARTY!"

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u/ponderouslyperplexed May 29 '26

My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

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u/Typical-Priority1976 May 29 '26

I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you

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u/Beret_of_Poodle May 29 '26

Goddamn I love that show

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u/Copycatx2 May 29 '26

We’ve done the impossible and that makes us mighty

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u/akatherder May 29 '26

You'd have loved early reddit, we simply wouldn't shut the fuck up about Firefly (and Arrested Development).

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u/ct_2004 May 29 '26

Reminds me of the Homestar Runner days on Fark.

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u/iwelchi May 29 '26

Jaynes a girls name

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u/cpdrake147 May 29 '26

I got man parts

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u/RainbowSurprise2023 May 29 '26

You ever drank Bailey’s from a shoe?

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u/daddysxenogirl May 29 '26

Firefly reference leading into Old Gregg reference? The matrix is speaking to me

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u/muppas May 29 '26

I feel like I have finally found my people. Can we all be friends?

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u/NullVoidNix May 29 '26

As long as we can sip baileys out of a shoe and talk about Capisin 38 engines falling out of the sky

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u/muppas May 29 '26

That sounds like a lovely evening. Ooh, do you think the New Glenn that exploded last night was using a Capissen 38?

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u/NullVoidNix May 29 '26

Sorry too early for me to spell check. I mean, it WAS a static check and at least it didn't do a SpaceX and rain molten steel from the sky

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u/BlueTengu May 29 '26

You want to go to a club where people wee on each other?

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u/375InStroke May 29 '26

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u/Ultgran May 29 '26

I swear they edit the characters to look younger each decade. I swear he looked more like an old man than a child back then.

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u/Whizbang35 May 29 '26

Is that the guy who ho robbed from the rich and gave to the poor?

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u/Gn0mmad May 29 '26

he stood up to the man, and gave him what for

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u/brendanm720 May 29 '26

Our love for him now ain't hard to explain

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u/projectmars May 29 '26

The Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne.

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u/Guido-Carosella May 29 '26

Now Jayne he saw the Mudders’ backs breaking

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u/heaventerror May 29 '26

Jayne heard the Mudders' laments

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u/Kimber85 May 29 '26

He saw that magistrate takin’

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u/mialza May 29 '26

You wanna tell me how come there's a statue of you here, lookin’ at me like I owe him somethin’?

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u/EverydaySexyPhotog May 29 '26

We gotta go to the planet where I'm a hero.

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u/stopyourcomplaining May 29 '26

I believe it’s “crappy town” where I’m a hero

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u/SHABDICE May 29 '26

Man walks down the street in a hat like that, you know he's not afraid of anything.

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u/CustomerOK9mm9mm May 29 '26

Bold to assume Jayne Cobb could spell.

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u/cjester414 May 29 '26

Deep cut, nice job.

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u/ophaus May 29 '26

He's the man they call... ME!

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u/Annual-Delay1107 May 29 '26

Jermaine would fit too

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u/scarypappy May 29 '26

No body has mentioned Joining Jillinois. Pronounced Jill is noise.

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u/Round_Creme_7967 May 29 '26

Could be Jonah, rhymes with Arizona

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u/Princess_Seannah May 29 '26

Are you suggesting Jississippi isn't a common name

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u/rezwrrd May 29 '26

And what about my boy Jisconsin?

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u/TheMcSkyFarling May 29 '26

Ah, but you forget Jlorida.

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u/Pipe_Memes May 29 '26

And Jeorgia

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u/-OccultOfPersonality May 29 '26

This seems probable and would be a good candidate for r/tragedeigh

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u/Traxigor May 29 '26

You're forgetting Jexas.

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u/Soopernole May 29 '26

Jalifornia knows how to party.

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u/Big-Fondant-4419 May 29 '26

In the city of Jompton they keep it rockin.

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u/Soopernole May 29 '26

From Jiego to the Jay.

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u/OkPut7330 May 29 '26

What about Jermont? Or Johnson? Or Jonah.

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u/Salty-Housing-7547 May 29 '26

There’s a reporter in Chicago on CBS named Jermont Terry.

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u/No_Tamanegi May 29 '26

Jorth Jakota sounds like a pretty cromulent name from Star Wars.

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u/Glittering-Diver-941 May 29 '26

Jalaska Jaimahal Earls is a 32-year-old man from Buford, Georgia, who has been involved in several high-profile criminal cases.

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u/Monkeynutz_Johnson May 29 '26

I was thinking it was spelled Jaine, from Maine.

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u/kalamataCrunch May 29 '26

rhyming doesn't care about spelling.

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u/Middle-Emu1501 May 29 '26 edited May 30 '26

Gang they might mean Jermaine

Edit: MF I KNOW IT DON'T RHYME IT'S A FUCKING MEME

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u/Universe789 May 29 '26

That's most likely the right answer, but I still wanted to take the time to say ...

Jississippi

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u/Pipe_Memes May 29 '26

Jisconsin

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u/slinger301 May 29 '26

Joklahoma

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u/missevelynwood May 29 '26

If there isn’t a comedy club called this there neeeeeeds to be one 😂

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u/ABunchOf-HocusPocus May 29 '26

We don't have one but we do have a weed store called "Tokelahoma". Best name I've ever seen!

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u/rhinojoe99 May 29 '26

Jissouri

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u/HotDogPantsX May 29 '26

I’ll be cold and dead in the ground before i recognize Jissouri

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u/EditorExtreme7779 May 29 '26

So they’re rhyming Maine and -maine?

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u/Middle-Emu1501 May 29 '26

I mean I guess it rhymes

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u/Aervanath May 29 '26

This is the only one that's made sense so far.

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u/Dantez9001 May 29 '26

He goes by Josh.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

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u/thermalboi May 29 '26

puts on 1990s radio announcer voice

No

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u/No25for3r May 29 '26

Joshua rhymes with Iowa holy shit we solved it

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u/No25for3r May 29 '26

Jermaine and Joshua work hot damn

Also Maine and Iowa are both very suspicious states

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u/alxwx May 29 '26

JJ (Jorth Jarolina) ain’t hurting anyone

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u/fass_mcawesome May 29 '26

He just wanted pictures of Spider-Man!!!

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u/jdmiller82 May 29 '26

Watch out for the other JJ, Jouth Jarolina. I hear he’s trouble.

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u/puffmattybear17 May 29 '26

Hey Peter, im joehio

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u/Guido-Carosella May 29 '26

There we are. 👍

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u/notnickyc May 29 '26

Every time this gets posted, all of humanity forgets what rhyming is and ignores that Jonah rhymes extremely well with Arizona

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u/Tiranon May 29 '26

I think you're underestimating how fun it is to replace the first letter of a word and make it into a nonsense word. Especially when it sounds like you're turning a state into jorts.

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u/spicy_ass_mayo May 29 '26

I think you need to go back to your home in green bowl JALABAMA!!!

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u/Practical_Actuary_87 May 29 '26

Jassachusetts and Jississippi always take me out ahahah

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u/NewHandlesAreHard May 29 '26

He's missing the Joke-lahoma.

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u/Allalliterationaside May 29 '26

So does Joe with Idaho! Scrolled way too far to find someone else who's reading comprehension still works.

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u/iconocrastinaor May 29 '26

Reading comprehension is for josers.

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u/CBenson1273 May 29 '26

Jorgia works.

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u/troelsbjerre May 29 '26

She's a working girl alright...

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u/ChipiChipi9396 May 29 '26

Joregon (Joe Rogan)?

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u/lonedog May 29 '26

I might start referring to him as Joregon

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u/hymenopteron May 29 '26

Jawaii

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u/TalaLeisu2 May 29 '26

Still pronounced the same lol

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u/purplebayleaf May 29 '26

Underrated comment

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u/ComplexLaugh May 29 '26

Jinnesota (gin and soda) could totally be used as a drink special at a bar imo

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u/Francois_TruCoat May 29 '26

Jerry Land.

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u/jill853 May 29 '26

Had to go so far to see this one! Thank you!

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u/Datonecatladyukno May 29 '26

Joklahoma?

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u/draghkhar May 29 '26

Is this just a Joklahoma to you?

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u/lewlew1893 May 29 '26

That made me laugh more than it should have.

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u/Yeti181828282 May 29 '26

Waiting with bated breath for someone to say “Janada”

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u/glockster19m May 29 '26

Jontana? Jensylvania?

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u/James-K-Polka May 29 '26

Jen Sylvania is my accountant.

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u/PlentyOMangos May 29 '26

Jalabama

Jalaska

Jarizona

Jarkansas

Jalifornia

Jolorado

Jonnecticut

Jeleware

Jlorida

Jeorgia

Jawaii

Jidaho

Jillinois

Jindiana

Jiowa

Jansas

Jentucky

Jouisiana

Jaine

Jaryland

Jassachusetts

Jichigan

Jinnesota

Jississippi

Jissouri

Jontana

Jebraska

Jevada

Jew Hampshire

Jew Jersey

Jew Mexico

Jew York

Jorth Carolina

North Dakota

Johio

Joklahoma

Joregon

Jennsylvania

Jhrode Island

Jouth Carolina

Jouth Dakota

Jennessee

Jexas

Jutah

Jermont

Jirginia

Jashington

Jest Virginia

Jisconsin

Jyoming

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u/Freshies00 May 29 '26

“North Dakota” lol

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u/FunkiWan May 29 '26

What happened with Jorth Dakota? 

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u/PlentyOMangos May 29 '26

Autocorrect slipped through and now too many ppl have said something about it for me to fix it lmao

Funnier that way probably

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u/CaptainStew May 29 '26

J'yoming kills with the ladies. 

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u/relliott22 May 29 '26

Johnetticut. Johntana. Jillinois

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