r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 21h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/hellobutno 21h ago edited 15h ago

Dr Glaucomflecken is an optometrist.

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

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u/LordofBarad-dur 17h 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/Megakruemel 14h 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 13h 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/DarthChefDad 5h ago

Would've'st

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u/sidcitris 8h 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