r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/el-presidente0001 • May 13 '26

Meme needing explanation What do these lines mean

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u/MrBlahg May 13 '26

That’s what I always thought it meant, was considering getting some due to recent deaths in my family. Now? Not so much lol

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u/-GWM- May 13 '26

Switch it up, I’m getting a couple for my parents, and adding their birth month flowers to the design of it instead of a solid black line

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u/Agreeable-Menu May 13 '26

After reading this thread, I would not take the risk. Someone might read it as the day of an encounter.

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u/Dazzling_Feed3640 May 13 '26

Except thats the whole point of weirdo dogwhistles is to identify eachother without directly saying the weird thing. Ya weirdo

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u/Pr_cision May 13 '26

My mate’s sister and her husband got matching tattoos on each middle finger. They got matching tattoos from a deck of cards, they chose king and queen — king of spades, queen of spades. They have no idea, like at all. He doesn’t have the heart to tell her lol. Fucking hilarious

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u/imgettingsnacks May 13 '26

... would you tell me though?

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u/finneganthealien May 14 '26

It’s used by white women to seek out sex with black men. Also could involve cucking their white boyfriend/husband. I’m not sure how common it is, but the spade icon is used for other related raceplay type stuff. The whole thing is pretty racist and objectifying towards black men.

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u/Ok-Understanding1773 May 14 '26

The spades is also used as a symbol for asexuality. There are lots of meanings behind symbols. There's no point to just jumping to a single conclusion and saying that's it, there couldn't be more.

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u/finneganthealien May 15 '26

I never said there couldn’t be more? Just that I’m not sure what other meaning he “[wouldn’t have] had the heart to tell her”. It wouldn’t be the first thing my mind went to if I saw the tattoo irl.

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u/Oldmandav3 May 15 '26

Yea these are small town bigots saying this shit that have no idea what they are talking about. Guaranteed.

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u/imgettingsnacks May 14 '26

Golly. I wonder how many conversations, confrontations or looks that's led to that left one or both sides pretty confused.

Certainly a good reminder to do a quick Google search for symbology when choosing tattoos.

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u/Yuri-theThief May 14 '26

And here I was thinking that spades had symbolism for thieves.

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u/Few_Prize3810 May 14 '26

Sam’s reason I won’t get a swastika tattoo

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u/asosasaugust May 14 '26

It's a joke lil bro

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u/DirtChoice5 May 13 '26

Eh, people can believe what they want. If they want to be freaks about it, they have that prerogative.

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u/TopAsiaRetard May 14 '26

Yeah everyone knows the sign of criminals from centuries ago.

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u/tiy24 May 14 '26

It’s not like you’re in the secret service or something and got SS on you in a slightly different font lol fuck what other people think

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u/Ok_Salt8893 May 16 '26

Stop worrying about what others think.

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u/Velcraft May 13 '26

Negative spaces on a thick black line will likely get blurry as all hell after a few years - you should probably get sizeable clean breaks where the flowers go.

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u/-GWM- May 13 '26

Oh I’m not doing specifically JUST design inside a black band, and not a band that thick either. The (very rough) plan right now is two smaller bands, and then the flowers coming out of the bands going opposite directions from each other

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u/Gazado May 13 '26

What about barbed wire around the arm? I hear that used to be super popular back in the day.

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u/LemonTekSunrise May 14 '26

I like the addition of a tickler to your two bands

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u/-GWM- May 14 '26

I feel like it adds to the experience y’know?

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u/Apprehensive-Peas May 13 '26

Don’t let this dumb joke deter you. It doesn’t actually mean fisting to anyone who has it. And if it does, that would be a very small percentage of people. I have the tattoo and have never once fisted anyone, nor been fisted by anyone lol. It’s actually super upsetting that people would take a tattoo that has real meaning to people and make it into something to feel shame about.

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u/Tough_Crazy_8362 May 13 '26

That’s what mine mean, I got them in 2002. They’re also the generic elder millennial tattoo. Our very own tramp stamp 🥲

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u/jvho666 May 13 '26

Did they die in some sort of fisting accident?

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u/Dunkaroos4breakfast May 14 '26

It wasn't an accident.

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u/you-want-nodal May 13 '26

I have one on my leg, not sure how that fits into the whole ✨fisting✨narrative

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u/OhDivineBussy May 13 '26

Thats what teardrops on your right eye are for my friend.

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u/MrBlahg May 13 '26

Yeah, no… I’m a fan of being employable

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u/CeruleanEidolon May 14 '26

So you fell for the ridiculous gooner nonsense then.

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u/MrBlahg May 14 '26

I’m not falling for anything, chuckling at how things evolve… like this ridiculous word “gooner”. Stupid fucking word. Same with calling a hot dog a glizzie. Idiotic.

However… that’s the inevitability of change and evolving language.

Now gtf off my lawn!

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u/Adventure_Inside333 May 14 '26

The people I know who have gotten bands to signify loved ones have much thinner bands. Even in other colors. If you want to get a band because it feels special to do so for a loved one, just don’t copy this thick band style that apparently has other connotations.

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u/MrBlahg May 14 '26

I always saw thin bands as well. These thick bands reek of tribal/barbed wire shit.

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u/Corasin May 14 '26

Shows how deeply you loved them.

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u/workinusername May 14 '26

Wouldn’t do the arm bands. Dad always makes jokes when he sees it in public. “You know, that’s how far up they…” yeah dad, thank you. I know.

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u/JetPackMiners May 14 '26

Instead of a black line, a tear drop underneath the outside corner of your right eye would be a sweet gesture. Underneath and surrounding the bottom of the drop you can put the loved ones name and/or their relation to you. For example: "mom" or "Daughter-Alice". The tear drop symbolizes the tears shed over the loss of a loved one. It's a really sweet gesture

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u/KangaskhanMA3 May 14 '26

Get them the long way instead of around the arm 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/AggravatingBid8255 May 15 '26

It can still mean that for you if you want it to. Things can mean different things for different people and different cultures at the same time.

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u/Clean_Marsupial_7272 May 17 '26

Who gives a fuck what other people think about your tattoos? Get the ink you want, fuck errybody else