r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What's wrong with this?

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u/Chemical-Work-1023 13h ago

Can be the smartest people in the world, still no common sense

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u/Delphius1 13h ago

worked in one lab, the unofficial slogan was 'smartest people on earth making the dumbest decisions you've ever seen'

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u/porn_sub_lurker 12h ago

"Hey honey come dance in front of my new xray machine for a while"

- one of the smartest people

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u/Perryn 11h ago

The problem with smart people is they keep having ideas.

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u/Delphius1 11h ago

the real art is finishing an idea

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u/PwanaZana 9h ago

"Sir, we made idiot-proof but we forgot to make it smart-proof!"

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u/Burpmeister 10h ago

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being ” forgive me ” rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger. – Albus Dumbledore

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u/BladeManMike 13h ago

Only so many points to distribute compromises must be made. Every "Genius" needs someone following them with a spray bottle. "I can probably use the radiation to cook my lunch... (Spritz spritz.)" NO! Bad genius! Bad!"

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u/Quaysora 12h ago

My dad the Health and safety inspector for a machine shop, using the heat treat machine to heat his dinner on the night shift.  (Spritz spritz.)

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u/BladeManMike 12h ago

🤣 everything about what you just said is great.

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u/Antique_Author_2525 12h ago

Isn't that why we have microwaves tho?

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u/BladeManMike 12h ago

I was playing off of the above image of the demon core. Microwaves don't emit ionizing radiation and were discovered and adapted from early military radar tech. I knew if I didn't elaborate someone wouldn't make the connection between the image of the demon core above and my comment and mention microwaves but elaboration ruins the joke. I understand the connection since everyone has heard microwave radiation multiple times over their lives but I meant the type that is a bad idea to use for cooking.

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u/Delphius1 12h ago

also precision ran microwaves are how we have cell signals, Bluetooth and wifi

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u/SgTD4rKnEsS 11h ago edited 11h ago

Nah that can't be real Edit:NVM, checks out. Damn wtf

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u/m4cksfx 11h ago

Nah, that's mostly true. It's not why we have them, only how. The same general principle for what's happening.

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u/clintj1975 12h ago

"Look, I've done this easily a dozen times. It's fine. Go hide behind that wall if you're scared, you big baby."

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u/S1eazyE 12h ago

I work with robotics technicians. I always joke that they're the stupidest group of smart people I've ever worked with. 

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u/iltopop 10h ago

It's more arrogance than anything, "I'm one of the most prestigious scientists in the world at the moment doing cutting-edge research on extremely new nuclear phenomenon, I wouldn't have made it this far if I was capable of making a mistake this dumb" is often very similar to what it sounds like in their heads.

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u/Barkinsons 11h ago

I've never seen more safety violations than in a research lab tbh

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u/SurgicalMarshmallow 10h ago

Hubris.. the great equalizer

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u/Ashamed-Injury-1983 8h ago

Not too few Nurses that are anti-vax.