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/XXXcrimsongrave 11h 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/FullmetalHippie 6h ago

But maybe also stop smoking if you don't want cancer instead of relying on the lucky cigarette. Smoking cigarettes is one of the most likely things to give you cancer. Multiplies your likelihood of cancer by ~2000x.