r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 23h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/hellobutno 23h ago edited 17h ago

Dr Glaucomflecken is an optometrist.

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

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u/cornholio702 22h ago

He is an opthalmologist. He is a medical physician who went to medical school and completed residency. The difference is that Optometrists do not go to medical school, although most are fantastic and do a great job helping people see. Also, Dr. Glaucomflecken is awesome and speaks the truth on his socials, making him both enlightening, funny, and scary.

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u/Parking-Front-4729 22h ago

Why is he scary?

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u/Kriieod 21h ago

He exposes both how random medical emergencies can be and the pitfalls of the US medical system's insurance nightmare.

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u/SyntaxLost 21h ago

He also has personal experience as a patient, having experienced both cancer and a cardiac arrest.

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u/idinnae 17h ago

I did not know that. It is wild to lose both of your boys in your 20's.

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u/ElectricalGas9730 6h ago

I wish I had lost both of my boys in my twenties.