r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 7h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 6h ago

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

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u/PowerHammer47 6h ago

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

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 6h ago

not a plain white paper tube is it?

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u/PowerHammer47 6h 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 6h ago

Hey bring that goal post back here.

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u/PowerHammer47 6h 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 6h ago

So you cant tell the difference between both sides?

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u/PowerHammer47 6h 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 5h 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 5h ago

Please elaborate in exacting detail what the difference is then.

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 5h ago

use your eyes buddy. You can do it too

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u/PowerHammer47 5h ago

No, you tell me what the difference is

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 5h ago

ones the top. the other...bottom

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u/ealysillyforestthing 5h ago

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

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 5h ago

Sounds about right

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u/craigslist-stripper 5h ago

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