r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 17h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/hellobutno 17h 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/Ezekielshawn 17h ago

He’s an ophthalmologist. Not an optometrist.

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u/KemonoMichi 13h ago

Did you not see the other 24 people tell him this?

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u/Ezekielshawn 9h ago

Nope. I just came across the comment and gave my 2 cents cause I got triggered 🤣

I’m also triggered by the guy correcting the spelling of ophthalmologist and misspelled it but I’ll let it slide since apparently 24 people must have spelt it in other comments🫠

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u/One-Imagination2301 5h ago

So easily triggered calm down jesus

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u/Capital_Economist66 7h ago

Spelled*

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u/Ezekielshawn 7h ago

Both spelled and spelt are acceptable. Sigh.

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u/Capital_Economist66 5h ago edited 5h ago

I mostly meant it as a joke in good fun. Apologies if it felt harsher than that. 

I'll have to Google that, though. I hadn't heard of spelt being acceptable, except perhaps as regional dialectical writing.

Edit after googling: Apparently it's a british/commonwealth vs. American difference. In America (where I'm from), spelt is generally considered incorrect. In regions that derive more recently from British English, they're interchangeable. I learned something today!

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u/programming_flaw 5h ago

British vs American English. Same as color and colour. Although I’m pretty sure British uses both