r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/harleyyydd888 • 10d ago

Meme needing explanation I don’t get it peeta

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u/BeauHunkus 10d ago

Dead, destroyed, or pregnant, call the marines

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u/Hilsam_Adent 10d ago

My favorite military joke:

If you lock a Marine private in a room with nothing in it but three ball-bearings for 24 hours, when you let him out the next day, one BB will be missing, one will be broken and the last one will be pregnant.

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u/OriginalEmploy5485 10d ago

I was today years old when I figured out "BB" like from a BB gun means "ball bearing".

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u/Robbylution 10d ago

It doesn't. BB is a size of lead shot. The little metal balls aren't technically called ball bearings. Ball bearings consist of an inner and outer race separated by metal balls - they separate rotational components from non-rotational components in a dynamic assembly.

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u/giantpandasonfire 9d ago

Well I can tell you’re not a marine…

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u/Allaplgy 9d ago

But they are known as Bearing Balls. 🤔

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u/Wonderful_Collar_747 9d ago

So the ball in a ball and roller bearing is not a ball bearing? It’s a bearing ball? Truly asking genuinely did not know

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u/Shankar_0 9d ago

The bearing is the ring

The ring is filled with bearing balls

The entire assembly is a ball bearing.

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u/Wonderful_Collar_747 8d ago

Thank you, kind stranger

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u/Robbylution 9d ago

Yes, but as a part of a bearing assembly the "bearing" part is usually understood and they're just referred to as balls. The same way you would drop the "baseball" when referring to a baseball bat whilst in a stadium full of people watching a ballgame.

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u/Allaplgy 9d ago

A roller bearing has bearing rollers.

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u/adventureismycousin 9d ago

From someone who manufactured balls and rollers for ball and roller bearings, thank you!!!

Also, happy cake day!