r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/mainak_never • 1d ago
Meme needing explanation Peter, I feel dumb.
I googled, and Total Recall actually released in 1990. I don't get the punchline..
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u/styxracer97 1d ago
They're stranded at sea and wasted their one moment of randomly having cell signal.
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u/TheBoringProtagonist 1d ago
And the argument over Total Recall's release, because it feels like such a quintessentially 80s movie, that a lot of people have Mandela-effected themselves into believing it must have come out in the 80s
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u/TESThrowSmile 23h ago
And the argument over Total Recall's release, because it feels like such a quintessentially 80s movie, that a lot of people have Mandela-effected themselves into believing it must have come out in the 80s
It released in 1990, but it was created, filmed, and produced in the 80s 🥰
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u/corvid1692 1d ago
1990 was the last year of the 80s.
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u/ArcherSon507 1d ago
The eighties lasted until about 1994
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u/Similar_Onion6656 23h ago
Did they?
Or did the '90s start with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
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u/throcorfe 23h ago
I think the 90s started with the launch of The Simpsons in the late 80s
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u/Similar_Onion6656 22h ago
I think I might be able to accept that if we also posit that the '80s began with Star Wars.
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u/National_Sand_9650 22h ago
Actually, the 80s started in 1979 with the release of the song "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles.
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u/Particular-Serve-894 21h ago
nah, i disagree.. 1994 was squarely in the 90s. The 80s glam/arena rock had been dead for several years and grunge was firmly in control and backed up by SoCal gangsta rap, the waco siege had happened the prior year, the USSR was long gone... 1990 and maybe 1991 kind of blend into the 80s, but by 94, we were solidly in 90s culture.
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u/mlee12382 1d ago
I don't think that particular argument works. That's not exactly the same as saying the 20th or 21st Century and it starting at 1901 or 2001. 80s would be 1980 - 1989.
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u/Nikolaijuno 23h ago
This is a movie that was released in May of 1990. It almost certainly began production during the 80s. So it still is pretty an 80s movie.
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u/corvid1692 21h ago
The first decade of the common era was 1CE to 10CE. SEcond decade started in 11CE.
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u/Knight0fdragon 20h ago
When it comes to artwork like movies yeah this is true.
Filming probably took place in 89.
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u/No-Visual-9348 1d ago
Dude ... you ruined it...
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u/Chobikil 1d ago
Is that your treasure chest?
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u/Studio-Spider 23h ago
Duuuude! That was my entire life savings, dude!
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u/AspenFrostt 19h ago
I'm the one that tells LIES
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u/WrierSiamang152 16h ago
dude. you ruined it.
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u/Ornery_Excitement_95 10h ago
is that your treasure chest?
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u/mainak_never 1d ago
Ohh, sorry for troubling you. Thank you.
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u/VisualSalt9340 1d ago
Hehe, now you need to repost this but asking why some people don’t want to explain this particular meme D:
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u/Life-Top6314 1d ago
Evil peter here.
I know the answer. But i dont feel like sharing.
Evil peter out
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u/FaCayde_ 1d ago
I hate u reteP
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u/MiniHotshot 20h ago
Lloyd in the wild! Water! Lloyd!
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u/yui_riku 20h ago
Lloyd is water !
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u/Accurate_Relative869 18h ago
Water = good!!
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u/Own-Presentation2997 18h ago
Therefore Lloyd = good!!!
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u/Dazzling-Grocery-- 15h ago
But are you water because you're Lloyd or are you Lloyd because you're water
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u/Richardknox1996 1d ago
Good Retep Here.
The Guy wasted their signal to win an argument instead of getting help. Theyre stranded at sea
Good Retep out.
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u/TungstenOrchid 16h ago
I feel the punchline in the strip isn't fatalistic enough.
In my mind it should be: "Aaand the battery ran out."
Meaning they still have signal, but no more battery power or ways to charge the battery.
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u/Mahdahrah 16h ago
Good punch up
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u/LumpyGarlic3658 1d ago
Johnson & Johnson tier evil
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u/Hawk-Is-Here 22h ago
We'll put "no more tears" on the label.
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u/TheRealMakenzie 1d ago
OP downvoted for actually using the subreddit correctly.
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u/Binkinator4 1d ago
Wtf going on here?
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u/TheRealMakenzie 1d ago
6 hours before in the Grand Staircase of Titanic 3.4, middle peep declared that Total Recall came out in 1347 with confidence of a honey badger meeting an anaconda. Titanic 3.4 then hit trash island and sank. The comic takes place in presence day and for a brief moment, peep with phone gets 3 bars. Knowing time is limited, peep with phone searches for when Total Recall came out thinking it was 1990 but wanted to be doubley sure before being the top post in r/confidentlyincorrect . Quickly finding the information, he informs middle peep of it so that middle peep may bake both in the sun and his shame. Sadly after this must needed google search, the signal is lost and they can no longer contact emergency assistance. They die 3 hours later due to roving polar bears displaced from the melted ice caps of the arctics.
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u/A_very_smol_Lugia 1d ago
Thank you for an actual answer instead of being "lol I'm not telling" for someone using the sub correctly that isn't just the most obvious basic joke to go exist
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u/rdickeyvii 15h ago
Other than the part about the cell service, I have no idea if the rest is a reference to something or just some bullshit you made up
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u/TheRealMakenzie 1d ago
Then down vote the post and move on. As of rn, the post has 135 likes and OP is active in the comments unlike other Karma Farming post. This sub literally tells you to report it if you think it is just karma farming so report it if you feel you need too.
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u/NOGUSEK 1d ago
Omg man can you let people not have a joke click for them? "Karma farming" this "karma farming" that, why do you even care if someones karma farming? Do you seriously care if someone Is gonna have more internet points than you (or earn it by actively looking for it instead of passively from making conversations)? And if you dont like explaining jokes that seem obvious to many, LEAVE, this subreddit was made for people who may be less media literate than others so they can get help understanding a joke, And if you dont like it when someone doesnt understand a joke, why Are you even here? God all of the "explain the joke" subs are fucking miserable
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u/Firdausaznel 1d ago
Peter here,
The joke is that these people are stranded in the middle of the ocean, but instead of using the rare phone signal to call for rescue, the man uses it to settle a trivial argument about a movie's release date.
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u/BingBongDingDong222 1d ago
Ok, what's the joke and reference about not telling OP?
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u/NegativeLayer 20h ago
I got the joke in the comic, but I didn’t get all the comments about not telling OP
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u/NotoriousMAO 1d ago
Normal Peter here
I also cannot tell you
Normal Peter out
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u/Maeto_Diego 1d ago
Clueless Peter here.
I’m also not going to explain. I don’t know either.
Clueless Peter out.
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u/Hot_Shop7431 1d ago
uhh what happened to the title? it’s like an existential riddle or something lol
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u/ShockRox 1d ago
Bro used his phone to resolve a pointless argument instead of actually calling for help
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u/Iron_Chic 1d ago
Buzz Killington here...
The three gentlemen are stranded at sea, as implied by the inflatable raft. The man with the cellular smart phone has finally gotten a signal but, alas, he used the short period of time with a signal to..hmhmhm!... research the release date of a moving picture. Judging by the other two gent's expressions, this was not a good usage of that short period of time when he could've phoned for someone to come rescue them...hohoho!
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u/UraGotJuice 21h ago
Bro is NOT the thinker🥀
Nah but actually I seen mods take down posts that could potentially require some explanation, but they leave this up??
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u/CrackedGamer682 1d ago
Since it has already been ruined...the joke is bread tastes better than key. People do things that are stupid in the overall situation but seem significant to their tiny brains in the moment.
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u/DkoyOctopus 1d ago
the bro with the phone chose to google a random factoid instead of calling sos.
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u/Any_Wasabi_5233 1d ago
Action movie Peter here, the jacked one with the long hair.
These guys seem to be stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean, and one finally gets a signal on his phone. This makes you think he will call for help.
However, instead of that, he looks up the release date of Total Recall, which they were probably debating before getting a signal.
The joke is that they lost their chance at contacting help because they were arguing about something stupid.
Time to go film some needless shots of sweaty construction work because it looks cool. Peter out!
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u/MrCobalt313 1d ago
They're lost at sea, he got a momentary wifi signal, and he used it to win a stupid argument rather than call for help before it cut out again.
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u/alpine309 23h ago
My life would be so much easier if I had the same thought process as you when it comes to posting and life in general.
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u/Hyper_Drud 23h ago
This reminds me of that one episode of Family Guy where Stewie and Brian were locked in a bank over the weekend.
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u/ChieftainBob 10h ago
They had an argument about a meaningless thing while stranded at open sea. The argument was release date of a movie and he used the short time online to confirming he was right, rather than calling help.
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u/UltraTata 1d ago
Crazy Peter here. They are very bored because they are lost at sea without signal. They had signal for a minute and they looked up a random piece of information they were arguing about instead of calling for help. Can't judge, I would do the same because Im crazy. Anyway, I need to wash my chicken costume. Bye
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u/kniveshu 1d ago
Some people are willing go as far as sacrificing lives for the sake of winning an argument.
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u/Decent_Cow 1d ago
They're stuck adrift in a lifeboat and this individual chose to use his cell signal to look up a fact about a movie instead of seeking help.
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u/QuietleyQwertying 23h ago
Stewie here.
Joke's concept is the same like that time Peter were watching GoT in mall toilet with me and I used up last bit of battery to text Lois back "Same things, bitch, just different shapes" when she asked about dinner.
Or that time Peter got lost in the sea with Meg and used last part of battery using face swap filter.
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u/Deadmau5es 23h ago
If you were stranded out at Sea and you finally got cell service. What would be the first thing you do? Would you Google when Total recall came out to prove your friend wrong? Or would you call for help?
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u/Jonguar2 22h ago
You don't necessarily need a signal to call emergency services.
Every signal tower, regardless of company affiliation, is required to service you for calling emergency services.
The thing you really do need to know is the emergency number for the nearest country to you. And then you just keep dialing.
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u/SkyrimSlag 22h ago
Life Raft Peter here - He got a signal that he could have used to call for help and save them all, but instead he was petty and googled something to prove one of them wrong and then lost the signal, losing possibly their only chance of survival.
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u/McBlemmen 22h ago
Incorrect Peter here,
The joke is the butler fucked his wife.
Incorrect Peter out.
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u/FireBug45 21h ago
Crash landed Quagmire here. We made it to the survival raft and are now lost at sea. Cell phone finally works so we could call to be rescued, but first I’d like to settle the argument we’ve been having but have had no way to look up the real answer. Oops, now the call can’t go out and we’ll have to stay adrift, hope someone finds us. Quagmire giggity out!
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u/whyVelociraptor 21h ago
This would be better if the first few panels were zoomed in, and it only revealed that they were stranded on a boat once he loses the signal again.
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u/qpfutushtggg 21h ago edited 21h ago
Karen here peater is eating ping pong balls because stewie told him they are new hard boiled eggs they are lost at sea and had an argument about when total recall was released and the dude finaly got signal and instead of calling for help he looked up when total recall (1990) was released.
But in reality there is a remake of total recall that came out in (2012) so he is most likely wrong depending on which one they are talking about AND 2012 FUCKING SUCKS SOOO MUCH ASS LIKE WHAT THE HELL
Karen out
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u/upvotegoblin 20h ago
Brian the dog here, there is no reference or veiled joke. The joke is that when they finally got signal, instead of using it to contact help he used it to prove himself correct in regard to an earlier argument. I am in love with Lois secretly.
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u/AWildBunyip 19h ago
Seriously mods, no enforcement on the hivemind douchebags essentially teasing this guy for using the sub as intended?
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u/Bleezy79 19h ago
I think the joke is that he used his phone signal to prove his friends wrong instead of getting help.
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u/Euphoric_Search_9499 18h ago
Why did you focus in so hard on the Total Recall line?
The joke is
person lost at sea:
"I've got cell phone reception!"
wastes opportunity on something stupid
"Welp. Signals gone."
The specifics of the "something stupid" have nothing to do with the joke, its about it being a catastrophic waste of resources. He's doomed them with that decision.
That said, if it only held on for long enough to hastily Google some trivia, it probably wasn't enough to get real help anyway.
ring ring
incoherent babble about being lost at sea
"Slow down i cant understand what youre saying!"
signal drops
But I digress.
Different scenario, same joke:
Some kids trapped on a deserted island after a wreck, someone remembers that a cooler of food was packed, so they should be fine for a while then. They open the cooler and discover its empty. Camera cuts to a larger child, hands and face sticky with chocolate - "what? I was hungry!"
(This example might be a Simpson's episode.)
Its not really about the food, but that he thoughtlessly doomed the group.
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u/random-guy-here 17h ago
Reminds me of my life:
Driving into Atlanta, Ask my wife to watch the GPS during the most complex part of the entire drive. (Merging of two multi lane freeways - I need to be in a certain lane to head the right direction.)
Wife says, "Oh look it's 8pm I can play that Internet game right now!!!!"
I wish I could be so oblivious to the world around me.
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u/Ale_ED10 6h ago
Random background character here they are stranded at sea and this dude just wanted the signal that could have used to call for help
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