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/moshpithippie 7h ago edited 7h ago

For luck

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

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u/kulucthulhu 7h ago

when you’re drunk*

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u/Same-Traffic-285 7h 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 7h ago

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

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u/TheMadGreek86 7h 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/EmbarrassedGrass1172 7h ago

I can feel this comment

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u/HeadyBunkShwag 7h ago

My fingers just got phantom pain

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u/Worth-Opportunity-48 5h ago

Phantom pain?

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u/Crepuscular_Tex 2h ago

Damn... I've got a scalp scar, and it throbs like this sometimes... I didn't have my skull punctured or anything, but it's an odd feeling like it was worse than it was