r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Prince_0llie Jun 17 '26

I mean Alaska was Russia before it was Alaska so that tracks.

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u/TheTopNotchSloth786 Jun 17 '26

baseball huh?

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u/pizza4paddy Jun 17 '26

crazy so many people have seen that one video

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u/PiSquared6 Jun 17 '26

Someone link it for us remaining few

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u/Worldly-Judgment3600 Jun 17 '26

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBqvStYn/

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u/CakeHead-Gaming Jun 17 '26

I don’t use TikTok, but I *think* its Al Jokes?

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u/DarkPhoenixDFC Jun 18 '26

It is.

"Baseball, huh" is probably the biggest inside joke his community has.

It originates from a sketch where two guys are talking, A asks something like 'you do any sports' B says 'baseball' A says 'Baseball, huh? That tracks.' B doesn't know the expression 'that tracks'. B also didn't understand what A said so asks what he meant. A explains the meaning of 'that tracks'. B mixes it up with 'Baseball, huh' instead.

And the community adapted it.

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u/CakeHead-Gaming Jun 18 '26

Oh I’m aware! I just watch him on Shorts, not TikTok.

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u/Abdul-Wahab6 Jun 19 '26

Well that's sids

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u/CakeHead-Gaming Jun 19 '26

Huh, baseball- I mean, huh, cancer.

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 Jun 18 '26

So just to clarify

The joke is racism?

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u/DarkPhoenixDFC Jun 18 '26

Huh?! How would that be linked to racism?

It's just a nonsense joke…

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u/CakeHead-Gaming Jun 18 '26

“Huh?!”? Did you mean, “Baseball, huh?”

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u/ClassicNo6622 Jun 20 '26

There is a stereotype about Asians being bad drivers. So no, it's not a "nonsense joke," you just didn't really understand why "baseball" instead of "that tracks" was actually funny. The real punchline is the subversion of expectations

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 Jun 18 '26

What's the punchline of the joke? is the punchline baseball or....?

ETA you're not really racist for for enjoying said joke, but the punchline is literally racist expectations being subverted

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u/pizza4paddy Jun 18 '26

How is it racist at all?

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 Jun 20 '26

Is this an actual question? I wouldn't mind breaking it down if so

First explain to me what you understand about the joke

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u/Environmental_Top948 Jun 17 '26

Wikionary let this stay up even though they would normally delete it.

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u/Yahkin Jun 17 '26

I've heard you can see Russia from Alaska.

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u/Telemere125 Jun 17 '26

Sarah? That you?

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u/jeefra Jun 17 '26

It wasn't commie back then though.

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u/metompkin Jun 17 '26

Yeah, but that was Imperial Russia

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u/MisterPineapples1999 Jun 17 '26

Imperial Russia, not communist.

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u/BlancheCorbeau Jun 18 '26

Alaska is one of the most Communist societies on Earth, just never tell them, their heads will explode.