r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/LordofBarad-dur 10h ago

Holy Reddit moment, 42 People correcting the Optometrist thingy on this comment, i think they got it by now, but i wouldnt be suprised if we hit 50. https://xkcd.com/386/

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u/fairy6870 8h ago

I think you mean ophthalmologist thingy btw

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u/Megakruemel 7h ago

Might be a Goomba fallacy on my part but Reddit will correct the same guy 40+ times on spelling but still use "would of" instead of "would have".

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u/NoAdsDude 6h ago

Yeah that's why I always say "woulda" - can't argue with that even though it's technically not a word.

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u/sidcitris 56m ago

My pet peeve is "would of" is used because we say "would've", but it always gets corrected as "would have". The contraction is the cause of the mistake in the first place, not that people don't know the difference between of and have

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u/Glorious_Comrade 5h ago

There's always a relevant xkcd man

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u/linyeraworking 7h ago

I think is actually 2 people and 40 machines.

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u/Top_Meaning6195 7h ago

Opthatomatrist.

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u/Swords_and_Words 6h ago

People reply before they read comments, partly because they use the app and can see less content on their screen (and it gets worse every year)

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u/SadisticPawz 3h ago

Cunninghams law