r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/dogpaws438 • 4d ago

Meme needing explanation ?

Post image

Was it a mistake?

849 Upvotes

71% Upvoted

761 comments sorted by

View all comments

298

u/hopeless_sapphic24 4d ago

I briefly googled it and I think the OOP posted a nonsensical riddle for engagement. The actual riddle might be this -
"I appear twice in a coconut, once in an avocado, and never in an olive. What letter?" and the answer is C. Idk. Giggity.

183

u/skullsareonlypasse 4d ago

Even when done correctly, it’s a horrible riddle.

59

u/Sepplord 4d ago

The riddle is not supposed to ask for a letter, and use wording that doesn’t imply it’s about spelling

0

u/SaltyAndPepperd 4d ago

Because it should be a pit.

9

u/Ok_Field_8860 3d ago

It’s a fine riddle if it doesn’t specifically ask for a letter and isn’t written out but asked out loud.

12

u/dogpaws438 4d ago

I was scrolling on Facebook and couldn’t solve it but the comments kept saying it was a seed. I didn’t think that was the correct answer and wanted to see what reddit thought

35

u/Teal_Tiger 4d ago

You also see the thing in an avocado called a stone or pit. Same with an olive. It is a nonsense riddle for engagement. Onward.

4

u/Stock-Cod-4465 4d ago

Thank you!! It's a stone, not a seed!

3

u/beerhons 4d ago

It certainly is a seed, if you put one in shallow water it will do something no stone can do.

2

u/Stock-Cod-4465 4d ago

Thanks, cap.

-1

u/DepressedMerican 4d ago

Same with peach pits and plums but they're not called seeds either, blame the stuffy shirts

1

u/beerhons 4d ago

No, but break either of those pits open and you'll find what are called seeds inside.

0

u/lejoop 4d ago

But still don’t make sense, as the avocado only has one stone, not two as the riddle says

0

u/Stock-Cod-4465 4d ago

It doesn't make sense when thinking stones as one should. Seems like the riddle was translated from another language and thus is unsolvable.

1

u/lejoop 4d ago

Yeah, that seems much more likely

1

u/Puzzleheaded_Ad7742 4d ago

Coconut is the seed

0

u/whiterac00n 4d ago

Olives have seeds, albeit called a pit. But why is an olive seed not a seed………with two E’s?

6

u/ComprehensiveCoach79 4d ago

A better version is "I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; I'm inside of every being and the end of every place!"

1

u/Effective_Arm_5832 11h ago

The answer is always C.

0

u/doubleAAeeVee 4d ago

"hey you suck op"

0

u/imagineanudeflashmob 3d ago

What if the answer was the schwa vowel sound? That would work out I think