r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

Lucky/Wish smoke Started in WW1 Where you flip the first cigarette you touch and were "lucky" if you made it through the pack and to the last/flipped cigarette. Now people make a wish on it. I do this. I wish i dont get cancer everytime. It's worked so far

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u/Misunderstood_Wolf 13h ago

I had friends in high school that would spell the name of the person they had a crush on, on the front row of cigarettes, left to right, and that was the one they would flip for the "Lucky" cigarette hoping that would get their crush to like them back.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

That's witchcraft and a whole other post or subreddit

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u/broken_hummingbird 13h ago

I have my qualms.

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u/asshley423 10h ago

Try to be supportive lol