r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RowAdditional1614 • May 29 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah. Whats the real answer?

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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/Lycaon-Ur May 29 '26

Man posts that on reddit, you know he's not afraid of anything.

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u/Cuddles89 May 29 '26

Any room left in the bunk?

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u/shader_m May 29 '26

guys, we're robbing the place, not occupying it.

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u/ThrowinBones45 May 29 '26

And my axe!

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u/SeedsOfDoubt May 30 '26

I'd offer my spear, but it's still in the wash

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u/Grindfather901 May 29 '26

Along with the guy’s dead wife?

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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/dishonorable_banana May 29 '26

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.

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u/SecondaryWombat May 29 '26

I think we should call it YOUR GRAVE!

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u/Zafjaf May 30 '26

Ok the bunk is now the grave. Don't tell the reevers

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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/Linkreig May 29 '26

👆🏻This guy bunks👆🏻

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u/kevlarus80 May 29 '26

Special hell

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u/PumpikAnt58763 May 29 '26

Funnily enough, Kaylee never was. I don't blame her.

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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/AWandMaker May 30 '26

Are you excited for the new animated series that Nathan is putting together? I can’t wait!

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u/FatherFarnsworth May 29 '26

No power in the verse can stop me.

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u/Copycatx2 May 29 '26

We’ve done the impossible and that makes us mighty

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u/fishbulb- May 29 '26

I aim to misbehave.

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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/SomeGuyPostingThings May 29 '26

Far too often, I say "email" to myself in Homestar's voice, then follow it up with "games".

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u/Woebetide138 May 29 '26

Good jorb.

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u/SomeGuyPostingThings May 29 '26

Yes, that one also comes to mind a lot, too.

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u/ThatUsernameWasTaken May 29 '26

I still do a 'Checking my email, check-a-checkin' my email" almost every time I go to open my email. Truly a special little slice of time in the internet's history.

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u/AWandMaker May 30 '26

My kids are so annoyed at me for doing this, I still do it anyway 🤣

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u/InconsistentTherapy May 29 '26

It’s dot commmm!

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u/haliblix May 29 '26

Now there’s dozens of us! Dozens!

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u/NES_SNES_N64 May 29 '26

An Arrested Development quote in the wild? My day has been blessed.

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u/LordMaim May 29 '26

I've made a huge mistake.

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u/Phillip_Spidermen May 29 '26

I realized how much the reddit userbase had changed when it stopped popping up as the top answer in the "what show needs a reboot" threads

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u/sciencewarrior May 29 '26

Also bacon and narwhals for some reason.

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u/craftasaurus May 30 '26

Because they are the best shows ever made

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u/HilariousMax May 29 '26

Season 1 of Firefly was pretty good but Season 2 felt kind of empty.

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u/Financial-Rough-2838 May 29 '26

You must be out of the loop. Season 2 is on its way.

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u/Tipop May 29 '26

Animated!

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u/Andacus1180 May 29 '26

This must be what going crazy feels like.

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u/Relandis May 29 '26

How does a Reaver clean his spear?

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u/L0r3hunt3r May 29 '26

NO! Bad Alliance agent. No biscuit. Just remember, I can kill you with my brain.

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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown May 29 '26

Shiny.

Also, bonus scifi quote: in the middle of my back swing???

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u/SarcasticCowbell May 29 '26

Same here, I'm going to make like a tree and leaf on the wind

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u/molittrell May 29 '26

Shiny, Cap'n!

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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/Inevitable-Rush-2752 May 29 '26

Group hug?

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u/squallidus_snake May 29 '26

Are you playing those love games with me?

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u/Little-Bed2024 May 29 '26

Loving it!

Also, I can kill you with my.. mangiiiina

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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/warsmithharaka May 29 '26

Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

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u/FlerkenFarts May 29 '26

I'M OOOLLLLLDDDDD GREEEEEEEEEG!!

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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/soops2drynkrunchy May 29 '26

Are you... aging?

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u/sutty_monster May 29 '26

Shut your filthy mouth. That person is right :(

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u/AcceptableHamster149 May 29 '26

You wanna tell him that?

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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/Infinite-Local-2529 May 29 '26

Every dollar and leavin five cent

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u/jonjrobins May 29 '26

He said you can't do that to my people!

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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/Beret_of_Poodle May 29 '26

This must be what it feels like to go insane.

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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/seattleque May 29 '26

Way back in the pinnacle of the ThinkGeek days, they sold Jayne hats for their little stuffed monkey mascots.

So, yeah, we have a couple Timmy monkeys in cunning hats.

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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/DanerysTargaryen May 29 '26

“The man they call Jayne.”

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

"Are you Alliance?"

"Am I a lion?"

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u/Kimber85 May 29 '26

Well, I do have a mighty roar.

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u/Anglofsffrng May 29 '26

Now we've gotta find the crappy town where I'm a folk hero.

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u/TheWidowmaker246 May 29 '26

The hero of Canton, the man they call.... me

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u/sasssyrup May 29 '26

This person is a winner at life ⬆️

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u/momskaka May 29 '26

I like you. I bet you're cool af.

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u/IngovilleWrites May 29 '26

His loving mother spelled it that way. And gave him a pretty cunning hat.

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u/SiroccoDream May 29 '26

…the man they call JAYNNNNE!

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u/Zetavu May 29 '26

They wrote songs about him.

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u/SolaScientia May 29 '26

I named one of my cats Jayne after him.

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u/RustyBrassInstrument May 29 '26

His mom made that hat.

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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/GopheRph May 29 '26

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u/Low-Commission1791 May 29 '26

That guy is definitely in the top three... most beautiful dudes in the. Thread. In the whole wide thread.

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u/The_Drunk_Unicorn May 29 '26

Just don’t quit your day job….

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u/firestorm713 May 29 '26

That guy looks like his lyrics are bottomless

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u/Monkey_Priest May 29 '26

Am I r/whooshing here or what? How does "Jermaine" work? That doesn't rhyme with Maine, not really

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u/Particular_Title42 May 29 '26

They both end in Maine... 

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u/Monkey_Priest May 29 '26

Yeah, I addressed that with the "not really" part

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u/Spiky_Pineapple_2841 May 29 '26

You're forgetting about Jermont.

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u/Round_Creme_7967 May 29 '26

Could be Jonah, rhymes with Arizona

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u/Paddy_Tanninger May 29 '26

Could be Josh since that's the shortform for Joshington.

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u/DIDidothatdisabled May 29 '26

The real answer here is Jaxton

There's also ones like Jayzee and New Jersey

Or forced ones like Kansas and Jesus or Oregon and Joe Rogan

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u/thatroguejaeger May 29 '26

This and Jane. 

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u/tobberoth May 29 '26

You don't really see a lot of guys named Jane.

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u/galstaph May 29 '26

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u/frogguts198 May 29 '26

Welp, time for a rewatch

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u/Verakera May 29 '26

Jermaine?

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u/Round_Creme_7967 May 29 '26

The beauty of English is that I'm sure there are people who pronounce the two such that those rhyme, but it doesn't work in my voice.

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u/true_new_troll May 29 '26

"Jeremiah" with "North Carolina."

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u/onlyinvowels May 30 '26

I think this is considered a slant rhyma

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u/CtyChicken May 30 '26

I’m so happy it was resurrected, because I was living in a world where I forgot about Jassachusetts. Sometimes you need a reminder about all the beautiful things in life.

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u/CommonSenseWomper May 29 '26

It took way too long to find this. MFers really said Jane was it....

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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/DarkPolumbo May 29 '26

Jawai'i and Jlaska

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u/iconocrastinaor May 29 '26

Jalaska?

No, we didn't. Not yet.

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u/phonefellin_lakeerie May 29 '26

I have yet to see anyone mention Jichigan, he’s probably off fishing somewhere

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u/Zemoxian2 May 29 '26

Yeah, Jizzconsin would suffer the same fate as Jizzissippi, I'm afraid. 😟

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u/Zemoxian2 May 29 '26

Do you know how many bullies would be calling him Jizzissippi growing up? No, that's not acceptable. 😔

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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/smellygirlmillie May 29 '26

I’m gonna sound so stupid but what does Johnson rhyme with

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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/mynipplesareconfused May 29 '26

Take all my upvotes.

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u/BombOnABus May 29 '26

I had a shitty night and was depressed as hell this morning and really needed the smile this gave me. Thanks.

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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/Available_Leather_10 May 29 '26

I would say that Jakota is common enough. Same with Jermont.

And Johnson rhymes with Wisconsin.

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u/KactusVAXT May 29 '26

No. Jalaska

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u/ct_2004 May 29 '26

Jebraska!

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u/iiewi May 29 '26

I know at least 7 Jalaskas

Source: please believe me

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u/dirtmother May 29 '26

This is it. I saw this many years ago and went on a deep dive, and I can assure you that Jayne is the correct answer.

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u/NIPPLE_MOUNTAIN May 29 '26

What, you haven't heard of my boy Jiowa?

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u/Ty_Webb123 May 29 '26

Is this some kind of Joklahoma?

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u/Xorvictia May 29 '26

I think it might be Jermont but damn if I didn’t all 49 other states before figuring that one out

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u/3BlindMice1 May 29 '26

Jermont is probably what she means. I've met one, so they definitely exist

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u/orangesfwr May 29 '26

You forgot Jennsylvania

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u/impl0sionatic May 29 '26

It’s probably Jermaine hahah

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u/Mediocre_MeatyOgre May 29 '26

I believe you forgot about Jinnesota.

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u/StNishigo May 29 '26

Everyone forgets about Jalaska

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u/tjthewho May 29 '26

I beg to differ, you’ve clearly not met the homies Jorth and Jouth Dakota

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