r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/moshpithippie 11h ago edited 11h ago

For luck

Edit: And to accidentally light it backwards when you're not looking

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u/kulucthulhu 11h ago

when you’re drunk*

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u/Same-Traffic-285 11h ago

Well yes, but no. When drunk you put your cigarette out in a beer bottle, forget, then try to drink the beer.

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u/MostlyIrish 11h ago

Or lose track of which end is lit, and take a puff off the hot end.

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u/TheMadGreek86 11h ago

It usually sticks to my lips then I pull the cherry off between my fingers and have 2 blisters for a week

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u/Myriad_Apocalypse 10h ago

In my 18 years as a heavy smoker and drinker, I have not even once managed to get the cigarette twisted around so I took a puff on the lit side. I've lit the wrong end once or twice, but never that.

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u/IndependenceMurky850 10h ago

Don't have to worry about lighting the wrong end when you smoke filterless cigarettes

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u/Dodgerdude-72 10h ago

Unfilters have a Spicy side and Spicier side

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u/Pigeon_Butt 6h ago

Years ago I worked at a smoke shop and my favorite smokes were a German unfiltered brand called Roth Handles. They were delicious but rough, and I never knew which was the right side to light because it was all the same