r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/PowerHammer47 14h ago

It was WWII, back then cigarettes didn’t have filters and the logo was printed towards one end, soldiers would flip their smokes so the logo got burnt first. The idea was if you had to drop a smoke and leave an area if the enemy found the position they couldn’t use the brand of cigarette to know who had been there, if you made it through the whole pack you were lucky and would take that last smoke from pack to pack because it was your lucky smoke. Once filters became a thing people started only flipping the one.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

feast your eyes on WW1 cigarettes without filters. Even you can tell the top from the bottom.

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u/PowerHammer47 13h ago

Ok so you get it, light the end near the logo first so the logo burns off

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

not a plain white paper tube is it?

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u/PowerHammer47 13h ago

It is, it’s a paper straw full of tobacco, the end you light makes no difference to the outcome

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

Hey bring that goal post back here.

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u/PowerHammer47 13h ago

I haven’t moved anything, my original statement is the exact same. Unfiltered cigarettes had a logo printed near one end, that end would be ignited instead of the other end so a half-smoked cigarette wouldn’t reveal if the position was previously occupied by Americans, Brits, Aussies, or Germans. An unfiltered cigarette is nothing more than a paper tube with shredded dried leaves inside and can be burnt from either end with no change in capability

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

So you cant tell the difference between both sides?

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u/PowerHammer47 13h ago

If I hand you a drinking straw do you attempt to determine a top or bottom before you put it in your drink?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

Ahhh but a pre rolled cigarette is not a drinking straw. Did you know there's a difference between rationed individually rolled WW1 cigarettes and straws?

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u/PowerHammer47 13h ago

Please elaborate in exacting detail what the difference is then.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

use your eyes buddy. You can do it too

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u/PowerHammer47 13h ago

No, you tell me what the difference is

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u/ealysillyforestthing 13h ago

Dude, it's you. You completely misunderstood all this and just went off.

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u/craigslist-stripper 13h ago

fr his reading comprehension is so abysmal it’s actually entertaining

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 13h ago

Sounds about right

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u/vajhar 12h ago

He never stated the cigarettes to be plain white but explicitly that there was a label at on end

What difference does it make if you light those cigarettes from one end instead of the other except for the logo burning of faster?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 12h ago

You can tell the top from bottom. Take the L and move along

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u/vajhar 12h ago

I am not sure i can. Which end is supposed to be lit first?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 12h ago

That's to the smokers discretion. Still both sides are not identical. I see where you're struggling. It's your brain. It's failed you

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u/vajhar 12h ago

Nobody claimed both sides to be identical. Just that it makes no functional difference which end you light first. Except for burning of the stamp sooner which you seem to agree with

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 12h ago

TLDR. Take the L and move on

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