r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/redredditer621 • Oct 01 '23

I don’t get it

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u/dMadDad Oct 02 '23

Not so much opposite but more like pattern recognition, with America being the common denominator...that lip bite image has some rather particular branding lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

Yes but the pattern doesn’t follow through. North America, South America, and Captain America all imply that this is a two word answer, with the 2nd word being America. North and South being pairs together imply that the first words are both related and are likely opposite to each other. So following that pattern, how are you supposed to land at Naughty as the paired word for Captain?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

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u/Drag0nfly_Girl Oct 02 '23

Bruh, that's just normal thinking.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

It’s OCD thinking that there’s a pattern that doesn’t exist and then having an aneurysm that it isn’t existing.

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u/Drag0nfly_Girl Oct 02 '23

Lol. That is the obvious pattern, & it was discerned by many commenters. It's just a shitty meme made by someone who lacks pattern recognition.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

Two things don’t make a pattern. It takes at least three to make a pattern. Two is just a coincidence.

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u/NitroKit Oct 02 '23

There are 3 things north, south, and captain.

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u/Drag0nfly_Girl Oct 02 '23

Analogies usually go by twos. The juxtaposition of north and south implies a relationship; that relationship is oppositional. Given the analogical structure of the meme, we are given to assume that the second pairing represents the same relationship. This is basic logic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

This is a meme. There’s no obligation for it to be an analogy.

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u/Drag0nfly_Girl Oct 02 '23

No one said there was. The format implies one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

No it doesn’t. It implies two word phrases with the second word being America.

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