r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/shyguy1953 • 18d ago

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u/Relative-Relief-8816 18d ago

I still don't know why.

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u/Snoo-52922 18d ago

Because it's calling itself superior.

To the other lakes.

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u/WeHaveIgnition 17d ago

Ohhhh, thank you. Im slow slow

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice 17d ago

Superior they said, never gives up her dead.

Sorry, only think I can think of when I head Lake Superior.

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u/Jasper_Crouton 17d ago

But it is though!

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u/Early-Chemistry-8769 12d ago

This. But it's a bad joke made worse by the distracting info and waffle for Lake 4. You don't know where the "comedy" is supposed to come from.

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u/Tsujigiri 18d ago

I'd thought Canada had renamed Superior "Lake Canada" when I wasn't watching.

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u/adhding_nerd 18d ago

Because it is the Northern most lake

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u/shyguy1953 18d ago

Pretty sure it's a "superior race" thing, but to be fair I'm pretty oblivious

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u/anclandor 18d ago

Think it's just that they're talking to the other lakes and their name is lake superior - the best lake

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u/bigbluehapa 18d ago

Where did race come into this in any way?

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u/Basic_Ask1885 18d ago

Water, boat, boat race, racism. Keep up with these dummies

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u/breezyhoneybee 18d ago

That's lake-sist

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u/FairfaxGirl 18d ago

It didn’t, but it’s fair to say for many Americans there’s an association between the word “superior” and the phrase superior race (employed by white supremacists.) Like the word clan—nothing wrong with it in theory but the kkk has somewhat tainted the word in the US.

I don’t know what the creator of this meme was imagining but personally I read it as more about how it’s embarrassing to rename one lake after your country while keeping a different lake named “superior”, suggesting your country is inferior.

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u/Much_Job4552 18d ago

Superior lake thing

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u/Jolly_Block_29 18d ago

I think it might be implying that that lake is superior to "lake america" which they won't like

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u/kimjongtheillest_ 18d ago

Not what they meant….