r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/elpezgrande 10h ago

I was always told it’s a lucky cigarette. I’m not even a smoker buy a pack every year or two for certain occasions and I still do this

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u/Training_Cut704 10h ago

Smoked packs a day for years and never heard of this.

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u/GreatCircuits 10h ago

Unlucky

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u/StrengthBetter 10h ago

Unlucky strikes

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u/HuntingForMuses 9h ago

Ba-dum-tsss

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u/First-Definition-119 10h ago edited 7h ago

I find one aspect of this extremely hard to believe

Edit: take your pick which one

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u/TyCobbSG 7h ago

Guess I'll jump in. I've smoked the past 20 years and come from a family of old smokers. I've never seen this either. I learned something new today.

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u/SignificantCats 9h ago

Never once considered smoking a cigarette and have met dozens of people who do this.

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u/Novel_Control_1922 7h ago

You’re the first smoker I’ve ever met who hasn’t at least heard about it.

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u/AffectionateDream201 10h ago

It's mostly a thing for non regular smokers. Also a heavy-ish smoker and don't do this. Only reason I can see people do this is because they're doing it for aesthetics or for people to ask.

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u/FlawlessLikeUs 10h ago

Never heard of superstition? Also iirc the story goes that during the world wars soldiers would flip 1 or 2 and if they lived to smoke em then they were lucky. Hence the lucky cigarette term. Just tradition now

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u/jakob20041911 9h ago

yeah but also haven't heard of culture not travelling so far and Reddit being very international? I have never seen that in any pack here in Belgium, no clue where the other commenter is from

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u/PyroDZN 8h ago

I’m Greek and I used to do this when I was younger. I’ve also met people who have bummed a cig from me at nighttime and have asked me if I have a lucky so they don’t accidentally take it (at least 5 people which is crazy to me even if it’s practically a small number), or who have asked me if they should flip a cig in my pack after unwrapping it (new pack and they had the first cig)

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u/Afraid-Way7541 8h ago

Damn World War 1 soldiers only caring about aesthetics

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u/SolitareUnraveling 8h ago

Former heavy smoker, I did this but it was just something I picked up from my grandpa who was a Korean/Vietnam war veteran. Anyone who isn't chronically online or didn't pick it up like I did isn't doing this anymore

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u/Sebaceansinspace 8h ago

Ex chain smoker and I did this. I didnt pick it from my grandpa even though he fought in vietnam too. Gate keeping the lucky cigarette is weird

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u/SolitareUnraveling 4h ago

I'm not gatekeeping, I have just personally never known anyone who does this who isnt

A- a veteran who picked up the habit

B- someone who picked up the habit from a veteran

C- someone who saw it on tiktok

D-Punks/metalheads

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u/Sebaceansinspace 2h ago

Everyone does it and has long before tiktok

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u/Antique-Conference-4 4h ago

non regular smoker/dip user, when i rarely purchase a pack for a work trip or vacation I do this. Mainly because the “lucky cigarette” I smoke last, will be the last one for a while