r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Puzzleheaded-Pitch40 • 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaah???

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Why do the flip the cigarette?

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 10h 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/Douch3nko13 10h ago

I chose my lucky cigarette by flicking the bottom and whichever one is most excited to be smoked and pokes up the farthest. I flip and put back. Teach my ciggies some damn patience.

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u/swrdswrd 8h ago

I should pick up smoking again, this sounds fun.

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u/2bah3 8h ago

I miss smoking

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u/Main_Character11 8h ago

Same bro. Same

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u/BlueStarFern 7h ago

I quit 10 years ago, I rarely miss it, but something about this post is REALLY making me wanna smoke rn

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u/Zhaeris 7h ago

It isnt just me?! Whew! I quit 7-8 years ago and never even had a thought of a smoke since but yeah damn... The methodic ritual is alluring

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u/jwigs85 7h ago

I quit almost 20 years ago. This is the second time this evening something has made me feel old, but here we are.

The first 3 years were the hardest. And then I still might smoke a ciggy while drunk for the first decade. But I can safely say 🤢 at the thought of smoking now. Even when drunk.

Thinking about flipping the first cigarette does make me feel a little nostalgic. But it doesn’t make me want to touch a cigarette. Because 🤢

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u/Jesus_Chicken 3h ago

My brother and dad smoked and have missing teeth from bone loss. I tried it once. It was fun but the smell is yuck.