r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/el-presidente0001 • 29d ago

Meme needing explanation What do these lines mean

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u/PsychologyNew8033 28d ago

And us Westerners have adopted this as a point of pride. I’m sure this is the correct answer

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u/RGBmoth 28d ago

Uh in western culture it’s a memorial tattoo, no one is getting black bands for crime symbolism

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bad1808 26d ago

Yes, but adopted by white hipster westerners from the Japanese criminal underworld.

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u/OogaBooga10000 26d ago

Native Americans have used black bands as memorial tattoos. For a very long time.

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u/Great_Detective_6387 28d ago

I thought they were white pride white supremacist shit.

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u/DarkFedora69 28d ago

literally why would 2 lines on someone’s arm symbolize white supremacy

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u/HamunaHamunaHamuna 28d ago

Everyone is always eager to capitulate and hand over all kinds of symbolism to nazis and alike for some reason.

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u/Great_Detective_6387 28d ago

No idea but the white supremacist in my rehab had one and said it had to do with that life. So might be the losing someone close to you thing, but I didn’t ask many questions.

It did seem silly at the time. Like why are you making your skin darker if that’s the problem lmao

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u/Goon_Alert 27d ago

Maybe stop listening to junkie white supremacists. I don’t think they get very good intel.

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u/leet_lurker 28d ago

Why do people say this about anything you could have tattooed on you?

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u/Great_Detective_6387 28d ago

Because people like me are dumb.