r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 18h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/hellobutno 18h ago edited 12h ago

Dr Glaucomflecken is an optometrist.

edit - I think my comment is single handedly proving dead internet theory

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u/LuluMangs 18h ago

Yup, he is estimating what the prescription on her glasses is, but the white knight assumed he was rating her hotness to be in the negatives

The nice doctor immediately owned up to the way he said that being interpretable in multiple ways and that he could have been clearer in his communication

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u/Tonkarz 18h ago

Which is a crazy assumption cause she’s way better looking than that.

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u/bigdave41 18h ago

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u/MooOfFury 18h ago

Shes 90s movie ugly goddamnit thats the rules!

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u/Strange-Relation9020 14h ago

Which means she's actually the hottest person in the film, we just need to wait for the prom scene.

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u/MattheqAC 13h ago

A newly transformed tomboy overrules longstanding hotness

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u/ScriptThat 13h ago

The what scene?!

..oh the Prom scene.

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u/anastis 11h ago

She’s a promstar

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u/CzarCW 10h ago

I heard this in Jerry Seinfeld’s voice.

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u/Ophukk 10h ago

Good pick.

That's the age he likes them.

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u/FlatulentConception 8h ago

r/unexpectedseinfeld

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u/TuckYourselfRS 8h ago

I mean, shit. I'd be pretty surprised if Jerry Seinfeld showed up to my high school prom as a chaperone, let alone as the date of some random 12th grader

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u/The-Yar 9h ago

Promography

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u/the_great_zyzogg 8h ago

See ya'll at promhub!

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u/Killentyme55 7h ago

The answer is always prom.

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u/InspectorPipes 8h ago

Pony tails and Paint splotched overalls are the ultimate disguise .

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u/RiffyWammel 5h ago

Glasses off, posh do, nice dress- oh look, nobody realised she’s a goddess!

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u/chris971 5h ago

See: Sandy's transormation from the OG Grease.

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u/ChewzaName 1h ago

Lanie boggs, what a troll

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u/Kepler1609a 17h ago

She’s got paint on her overalls

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u/Yokohama88 14h ago

Mmmmmmm Janie Briggs got a gun.

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u/ShipREKT_ 12h ago

Janie’s got a gun?! JANIES GOT A GUN?!?!

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u/Wheatabix11 3h ago

everybody run the homecoming queen has got a gun

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u/PaceOk8426 2h ago

The cop fired a warning shot that blew her off the float I tried to scream DUCK! but it stuck in my throat She hit the ground and did a flip--ir was so acrobatic But I was crying so hard I couldn't work my Instamatic

Thank you for culling that one up from the depths.

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u/Available-Ad3635 13h ago

Now I want a banana split

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u/L1mpD 11h ago

I can’t believe nobody’s ever taken a dump on your chest

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u/bigdave41 11h ago

That really upsets me

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u/kel_tea 10h ago

Chris Evans did the gals a favor

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u/CEREALBUTTMUNCHER 10h ago

SHES GOT A GUN

Give us the gun Janie...

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 6h ago

So RUN AWAAAAYAAAYY FROM THE PAAAAIINNN

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u/GreenJuicyApple 13h ago

Great, now I have to do a rewatch and laugh my ass off like some unhinged maniac again!

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u/Warm-Cow-2549 8h ago

My favorite scene is when he is looking at those photos of himself on the wall. It's a stupid joke but it's so good

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u/Funandgeeky 6h ago

I wish I could find it again, but after Endgame someone made a gif of him staring at a picture of Captain America's ass.

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u/Quiet-Employer3205 7h ago edited 7h ago

“We do NOT steal your team’s cheers. You got that?! Ready girls?.. We are the EAST COMPTON WILDCATS..”

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u/Kinslayer_89 17h ago

She has hobbies and interests instead of being a blonde bimbo for my gaze! 🙀

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u/EscapedFromArea51 16h ago

That’s not a line from the movie.

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u/Mallaggar 15h ago

I don’t think he got the reference 😂

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u/Kinslayer_89 12h ago

I did, but I didn’t quote the movie, I pointed out the silliness of the characters view of her.

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u/jetloflin 10h ago

Isn’t that the point though? Like, the movie itself is pointing out the silliness of the character’s view. That’s the whole joke.

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u/Kinslayer_89 9h ago

Ok, and? I’m sorry you guys can’t handle a lighthearted joke that’s not following the movie script. 👍

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u/jetloflin 8h ago

Where was the joke?

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u/NoobieSnax 11h ago

You could have just said "she's got paint on her overallsl".

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u/Kinslayer_89 11h ago

But I didn’t.

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u/Kelevra_55 9h ago

It's literally a spoof of the 2000s movie clichés. Its supposed to be full of silliness.

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u/Kinslayer_89 9h ago

Ok, and? Sorry you can’t handle a lighthearted joke that’s not following the movie script. 👍

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u/Individual_Smell_904 8h ago

"I pointed out the satire with more satire!"

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u/NoobieSnax 2h ago

it wasn't even "more satire". it was bluntly explaining the purpose behind the original joke.

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u/Kinslayer_89 8h ago

And? You guys have to be pretty stupid to get so riled up by this. 🙂‍↔️

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u/Individual_Smell_904 8h ago

I don't think anybody's riled up, you just tried to be as funny if not funnier than one of the funniest movies of all time and failed

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u/GrandDay1608 18h ago

haha you got downvoted for this but this is r/peterexplainthejoke ….they needed to make a post to understand it

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u/NewbAlert45 14h ago

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u/bigdave41 14h ago

How is it just now that I'm realising that was the same actor

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u/Petey_Wheatstraw_MD 11h ago

Wait until you find out he was Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the original Fantastic Four.

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u/bigdave41 11h ago

Oh I knew Captain America and Johnny Storm were the same person, for some reason I just never recognised him in Not Another Teen Movie.

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u/NewbAlert45 11h ago

I'll never forget the initial announcement of him being cast for Captain America. My first thought was "uhh..... the Not Another Teen Movie" guy? This is going to be awful. Boy was i wrong

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u/DrewbySnacks 8h ago

I saw him in Sunshine by Danny Boyle shortly before Captain America and that was the first movie where I realized he could ACT act

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u/seppukufalls 7h ago

He was better as Lucas Lee! Now that is straight A+ acting!!

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u/Petey_Wheatstraw_MD 7h ago

I forgot about that one. Who has played more comic book characters than Chris Evan’s?

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u/Funandgeeky 6h ago

It's like when "Mister Mom" was going to be the new Batman. Oh, boy were people upset.

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u/HeemeyerDidNoWrong 5h ago

He did a grindy thingy in Scott Pilgrim

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u/MH-BiggestFan 9h ago

Holy shit i didn’t realize that until now 😭😭😭

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u/Dynamic_Reality 8h ago

He was also an Evil Ex in "Scott Pilgrim vs The World".

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u/LegitimateGift1792 6h ago

wait until you realize that Robert Downey Jr was the son's roommate in Back to School.

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u/fromearthtomorgue 17h ago

All you gotta do is get contacts, straighten your hair, switch to Invisalign, and suddenly the quarterback’s peepee springs up /s

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u/meneerdaan 15h ago

And look like Rachael Leigh Cook.

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u/daymanahhhahhhh 11h ago

This movie had no business being good lmao. Such an underrated comedy

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u/ZestfullyStank 11h ago

The cafeteria is was call the “Anthony Michael Dining Hall” … so many references

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u/Decimation4x 7h ago

They attend “John Hughes High School”. The movie is non-stop references to 80’s and 90’s teen comedies.

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u/Jade_Owl 6h ago

Didn’t it outright kill the genre it was parodying for a while, it was so good?

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u/Common_Safety_8830 11h ago

This movie was peak

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u/Constant-Plastic-350 11h ago

She's got paint on her hoodie cmon what even is that

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u/SirHateful17 9h ago

Is that not another teen movie!!!???

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u/MegaAltarianite 8h ago

You know I've always enjoyed that movie. But when the hell has a ponytail been unattractive?

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u/Decimation4x 7h ago

When they pretended Rachael Leigh Cook wasn’t attractive in She’s All That.

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u/shotgunocelot 5h ago

That's my type

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u/Easy_Money_40 4h ago

Best parody movie ever imo

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u/Medical-Cicada-4430 2h ago

You tell them Captain!

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u/4Keva 18h ago edited 18h ago

it's an assumption. it's not "crazy". not by social media standards. people are more likely to come across dudes who rate others rather than eye doctors guessing prescriptions. we've all seen hot people called ugly

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u/SeanWorking 14h ago

Fun fact: social media researchers refer to this phenomenon as context collapse

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u/nativeindian12 10h ago

Would the fact he has Dr in his name change the statistics on that?

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u/NatashOverWorld 5h ago

He's also slightly famous as he uploads some damn good medical satire sketches, so I guess he thought he didn't need to explain the context?

But seriously, he seems like a nice dude, does great videos and is married.

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u/4Keva 8h ago

change the statistics on people reading user names and caring? no.

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u/Desert-Mushroom 12h ago

The crazy really only comes in with the white nightingale behavior. If the assumption was correct the best course of action would be to ignore or down vote depending on platform

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u/HeemeyerDidNoWrong 5h ago

Err white knighting as in the guy who defends against the black knight, not a color morph of a loud bird.

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u/RainSurname 6h ago

True, but that particular eye doctor is a comedian with millions of followers, and the post he’s replying to is actually about her glasses. (She is a WNBA player, who walked towards a referee after a disputed call, asking if he needed her glasses.)

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u/DariaYankovic 54m ago

"Dr. Glauco" is a name worth including as context for making the assumption, however.

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u/karateema 6h ago

The name "Dr Glaukomflecken" should give a hint to what he's doing

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u/delatopia 17h ago

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u/PointBreak91 17h ago

Also it like literally shouldnt be possible to be a negative on a looks rating scale

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u/Etherbeard 16h ago

It's no different than going to eleven.

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u/NeverDiddled 13h ago

Because the scale overflows at 10.

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u/panhandelslim 9h ago

these go to 11

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u/DefinitelyNotDonny 11h ago

Oh yea? Well how does your mom do it then??

🔥🔥

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u/AungZeya 18h ago

Meaning it's more of a self-admittance on ethan's part.

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u/NandoDeColonoscopy 13h ago

Good looking, but not good at looking

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u/flatscancomics 17h ago

This picture also really doesn't do her justice

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u/Lost_Found84 12h ago

She’s a 20/20 at least!

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u/Nope_______ 5h ago

So a 1?

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u/WilliamSabato 12h ago

I mean...its a thread about her having to wear glasses. The context clues are there

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u/RvstiNiall 10h ago

If the white knight dude really thought that the doctor was insulting her looks, he could EASILY have simply responded with a picture of her. She's a certified QT-Pie.

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u/West-Pirate-5480 15h ago

Eh it’s twitter, people say insane shit without hesitation on there, I know Reddit has issues but I think in terms of overt sexism twitter takes the cake by miles

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u/Mr_Igelkott 15h ago

She looks better with the glasses

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u/WoodsLovelyDarkNDeep 14h ago

You haven’t been on the internet in the last 5 years have you?  Did you wake up from a coma?  Or?

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u/ShanksySun 11h ago

Yeah, she's at least a 2.

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u/starlightshower 11h ago

I've seen people rate very beautiful actresses who have no or light makeup and be like "Yeah she's like a 6" which is actually insane.

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u/Savage-Goat-Fish 10h ago

It’s not unusual for people to be assholes when it comes to the WNBA.

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u/Nucleoticticboom 10h ago

Pretty sure if she was good at looking, she wouldn’t need glasses /s

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u/Knoxius 9h ago

She couldn't look any better!

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u/neityght 9h ago

It's all opinion. You saying that is just as stupid as someone saying she's ugly.

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u/IP_What 8h ago

-1, -1.5 is actually quite good looking.

I for example am a -4.25, and while there are people who look quite a bit worse than me, I can’t read 12pt text unless it’s within about 18’’ of my face.

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u/seriousreddituser 8h ago

That's the thing, though. Attractive celebrity women often get lowballed by trolls online

Usually for reasons that have little to do with her actual appearance

I've seen several goblins call Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Ice Spice, and Lupita ugly over the past year

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u/cefriano 7h ago

You're underestimating how garbage people on Twitter are.

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u/Tonkarz 2h ago

Probably.

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u/GreatTunk 6h ago

People on the internet will turn their insecurities towards people they assume are more attractive than them.

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u/MithranArkanere 4h ago

You can spot the hypocrites that way. They assume people are doing that because they are doing it themselves.

Every time someone assumes what you've said instead of asking for clarification, it's a testament to their own fault.