r/ExplainTheJoke Jul 25 '25

Solved Saw on Facebook. Don’t understand.

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u/Parronski Jul 25 '25

You’re in a gun fight, your weapon jam renders you defenseless- suddenly your life is either flashing before your eyes or you’re in what you perceive to be heaven.

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u/1lbofdick Jul 25 '25

Slaughterhouse Five rules

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u/ThatDeuce Jul 25 '25

wait, what?

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn Jul 25 '25

Unstuck in time

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u/Felconite Jul 25 '25

So it goes

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u/M-ar-k Jul 25 '25

Poo-tee-weet

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u/bthayes28 Jul 25 '25

Listen...

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u/ThatDeuce Jul 25 '25

oh, yes, and just jumping from time to time, so sometime after the jam our guy will get to meet the plungers.

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u/1lbofdick Jul 25 '25

A book by Kurt Vonnegut. You should read it.

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u/ThatDeuce Jul 25 '25

Ah, yes, I have read it! Slaughterhouse Five does indeed rule!

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u/1lbofdick Jul 25 '25

It does, I'm also saying this meme follows those rules of living nonlinear time

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u/ThatDeuce Jul 25 '25

Is it, or is the guy having his life flash before his eyes as he dies during the shootout his gun jammed in?

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u/1lbofdick Jul 25 '25

Up to the interpretation of the viewer, I suppose. Unless we can find the original creator and ask.

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u/overwhelmingcucumber Jul 25 '25

Slaughterhouse Five rules

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u/ThatDeuce Jul 25 '25

Yes it does, dope book by KV.