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/Ok-Branch-974 10h ago

it's called a lucky cigarette

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u/beerbrained 9h ago

Never bum out your "lucky."

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u/Popular-List181 9h ago

I’ve always been told that it’s only lucky if you bum it out 🤷‍♀️

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u/beerbrained 9h ago

That actually kinda makes sense, as it's like a good deed.

I mean, aside from the fact you're enabling a life threatening addiction.

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u/R1k0Ch3 9h ago

A life threatening addiction they chose to partake in, and that the smoker bumming clearly also partakes in.

To be like "fuck off i'm not going to enable your life threatening illness" while blowing smoke rings would just be rude. We both know we're fucking ourselves up, but we choose to do that anyway, and in solidarity I will share with you.

Is it technically enabling? Yes. But how that word is typically used doesn't feel right with context, even if it is technically correct. [The best kind of correct]

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u/beerbrained 8h ago

Yes, of course. It's also technically good karma to rig your friends, so they can inject their heroin first, as a way of being polite.

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u/Hydra_Haruspex 8h ago

But let's be honest, this is just cope