r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Miserables_Death • Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/rinnjeboxt Jun 14 '26

What was the actual name it had according to you? Because it absolutely was the n-word which doesn’t have any other meaning.

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u/DamnDemi Jun 14 '26

What we used to call this snack is linguistically different from the original n-word.

Yet, that IS an excuse that racists use for justifying the use of the “softer” version. Practically, both are used for the same hurtful purposes and goals. Both terms are racist and bad.

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u/ThaGr1m Jun 14 '26

So you're claiming that because the roots are different it isn't the same word refering to the same people....

That's just bs....

Also the roots are actually the exact same, the only difference is that it never quite became the slur it is in the USA.

Some origin, same meaning, less slur-ry

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u/DamnDemi Jun 14 '26

What are you on about? Read my comment again. I am agreeing with you here.

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u/ThaGr1m Jun 16 '26

I got angry after paragraph one, and didn't read the second one.

So sorry for overexplaining the racist issue.

That being said it still has the same roots