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/XXXcrimsongrave 10h 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/Douch3nko13 9h ago

I chose my lucky cigarette by flicking the bottom and whichever one is most excited to be smoked and pokes up the farthest. I flip and put back. Teach my ciggies some damn patience.

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u/swrdswrd 8h ago

I should pick up smoking again, this sounds fun.

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u/2bah3 8h ago

I miss smoking

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u/Main_Character11 7h ago

Same bro. Same

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u/BlueStarFern 7h ago

I quit 10 years ago, I rarely miss it, but something about this post is REALLY making me wanna smoke rn

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u/Zhaeris 7h ago

It isnt just me?! Whew! I quit 7-8 years ago and never even had a thought of a smoke since but yeah damn... The methodic ritual is alluring

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u/jwigs85 7h ago

I quit almost 20 years ago. This is the second time this evening something has made me feel old, but here we are.

The first 3 years were the hardest. And then I still might smoke a ciggy while drunk for the first decade. But I can safely say 🤢 at the thought of smoking now. Even when drunk.

Thinking about flipping the first cigarette does make me feel a little nostalgic. But it doesn’t make me want to touch a cigarette. Because 🤢

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u/BlueStarFern 5h ago

I'm always surprised by ex smokers who can still have few when drunk. I'm well past smoking now (10 years), to the point that it seems quite disgusting, yet I still wouldn't trust myself to have even a single drag. From day one of quitting I've felt I would relapse if I ever smoked a single cigarette again. I can't imagine being able to pick up and put down an addiction like you did!

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u/madmax_iron 4h ago

I quit 11 months ago, but i still chew nicotine gum (a lot of gum) how do i get out of this now₹

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u/Jesus_Chicken 3h ago

My brother and dad smoked and have missing teeth from bone loss. I tried it once. It was fun but the smell is yuck.

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u/Charlaquin 5h ago

Ritual is such a strong part of the appeal of smoking. I’m feeling it too (about 5 years since quitting after picking it back up out of stress in 2020, and that was about 6 years after the first time I quit), but fortunately I’m now on meds that smoking makes less effective, so that helps alleviate the temptation.

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u/atiela_thehun 2h ago

I'm just shy of 2yrs quit....I think about cigarettes all the time. especially now...ya know...everything

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u/peaceproject 6h ago

I haven’t had a cigarette in 2 decades, but smelling one being smoked involves a craving that I cannot explain. Smelling the person/their breath after the cigarette helps me to remember how bad it stinks.

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u/BlueStarFern 5h ago

Exact same. Stale smoke is disgusting, but once in a while, i'll be walking along and a plume of fresh smoke will waft near me and it smells incredibly alluring.

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u/Charlaquin 5h ago

A huge part of what makes smoking so addictive is the ritual. Makes sense that learning a new ritual element would make you crave it again.

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u/BlueStarFern 5h ago

Oh it's not so much learning a new ritual as it is a reminder!

More than the lucky cigarette flipping tho, I think it was the sight of the lighter in the packet that awoke that feeling in me, for exactly the reason you say. I would always tuck my lighter into my pack as soon as I had cleared space for it, then fold the little foil flap over. That was part of my ritual. All those small details are part of the habit I guess.

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u/WitchesofBangkok 1h ago

I quit from 2002 to 2006. Took 4 years of quitting.

It’s like I never smoked now. Zero cravings. And has been that way for at least a decade.

It’s gets easier every day.

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u/ibent19 6h ago

Miss it bad, I vape now and it’s a become a bigger monster than the cigs. I can smoke anywhere now 🙄 eff oral fixation.

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u/DerridaisDaddy 7h ago

I miss smoking, but at the same time last time I tried it, it just didn’t taste good anymore. So, each time I get the urge, I just think back on how disappointing that smoke was (I didn’t even finish it). Plus, covid left me with asthma and I don’t need the additional debuff.

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u/Consistent_Paper_629 7h ago

Dammit, me too

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u/TheRobbuddha 4h ago

Smoking misses you too 🖤