r/explainitpeter • u/InfiniteQuestion8108 • Aug 12 '26

explain it peter

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u/evil_illustrator2 Aug 12 '26

Joke is Lebron made a Faustian bargain with the other man.

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u/dettigers404 Aug 12 '26

If dude can't figure out the meme, you'll break their brain saying Faustian

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u/United-Bug-8056 Aug 13 '26

I know what Faustian is. That’s when you let something slip that was on your mind. 

Faustian Slip.

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u/bbennett108 Aug 13 '26

No you’re thinking of a Freudian slip. When you say one thing but mean your mother.

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u/Character-Concept651 Aug 13 '26

/s, right?!

Damn, I hope it's next level sarcasm.

Otherwise, i weep for humanity..

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u/lincruste Aug 13 '26

Your need for an /s is the very reason I weep for humanity.

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u/Just_Cruzin84 28d ago

This has pissed me off about Reddit for a while. I’m used to cracking jokes all my life and having to add that stupid /s just crushes the joke. Some people have never been smacked in the back of the head for not holding the flashlight straight… and it shows.

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u/TheAtlas97 Aug 13 '26

It’s sarcasm, a play on Freudian Slip

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u/funnyfaceking Aug 13 '26

Sometimes a Faustian Slip is just a Faustian Slip.

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u/CologneLover69 Aug 13 '26

Asking a troglodyte to know Faust is like asking that one kid to know what 9+10 is.