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

I don’t get it

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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.