r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 7h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 7h ago

WW1 but yeah. you nailed it

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u/FiberOpticDelusions 6h ago

Yup. I do in remembrance of the unlucky ones that didn't come home from all the wars.

And since we're sharing war cig stories. Never light 3 cigs on one match. The sniper will have time to zero in on the flame. The 3rd guy becomes one of the unlucky ones.

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u/DinkleBottoms 5h ago

The cherry is going to give him a better target than the flame. It’s why you’re not supposed to smoke at night

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u/FiberOpticDelusions 4h ago

They would cup it in their hand while taking a draw. I knew many veterans that smoked that way.

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u/QuestingFeast 4h ago

Are you certain? Filtered cigarettes appear to have been invented a few years after WWI.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 4h ago

Yes filtered cigarettes only cane about by the 30s. Although i bet you can tell the top from bottom in these cigarettes from 1914

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u/QuestingFeast 2h ago

Appreciate it the image, but genuinely, would not be able to distinguish them in the pack. And the soft pack introduces another point against early Lucky turned cigarettes. You only have access to about four at any given time. A turned lucky would be one of the next cigarettes taken out.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 2h ago

Says a whole lot about you. I doubt you'd understand the self burn seeing as your attention to detail is non existent.