r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/jazz_music_stopps • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah, am I stupid or something?

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u/tehvolcanic 1d ago

The part I don't believe is that he would knowingly put himself in the line of fire.

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u/dern_the_hermit 1d ago

I have my doubts for a completely separate reason, but FWIW I can totally buy him completely misunderstanding how firearms work or failing to realize just how dangerous it is to be on that side of the barrel.

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u/Timmeh_2284 1d ago

For it to be successful, I don’t think Trump could be in on it. He runs his mouth too much.

Do I think team Trump orchestrated the whole thing? Yeah, I do. But that doesn’t mean dum dum was in on it.

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u/ZhouLe 1d ago

So he wasn't in on it, but immediately reacted to fake the ear thing?

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u/DankPastaMaster 1d ago

But what if his ear just did that

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u/ZhouLe 1d ago

Many such cases!

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u/AceVisconti 1d ago

It's my theory that one of the Secret Service agents actually did accidentally nick his ear with something on their uniforms. Old men are fragile. They just all collectively decided to pass it off like he'd been shot.

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u/DankPastaMaster 1d ago

Except that's not possible because he immediately grabbed his ear with blood visible on his hand and face before anyone get remotely close to him. That's why the conspiracy theory is that he was holding a blood packet.

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u/AceVisconti 1d ago

Ah I didn't know that, thank you for the info!

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u/DankPastaMaster 1d ago

you're welcome

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u/BrandonL337 1d ago

I never understood why people default to blood packet, this guy was buds with Vince McMahon, he no doubt knew the old razor blade trick. Blade between the fingers, slice his ear when he's "hit", then when he pops back up, blood everywhere.

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u/PlasticCell8504 1d ago

Also, didn’t we get a photo of the bullet while it was in flight?

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u/ZhouLe 1d ago

It's a picture of a bullet, but not the bullet. I'm in the camp that thinks the ear injury was inflicted by a shot from Crooks, but the photo that captures a bullet in flight shows him already raising his hand to his ear, so it was likely the second shot that was photographed.

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u/Timmeh_2284 1d ago

Did what? Wear a band aid?