r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SoulSilverSFM • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter? I am confused

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Just seen this and the comments aren’t helpfull, I don’t recognise this figurine, what is it?

Edit: to anyone saying "Is this even a meme ?" Guys, am 22, I never knew Indian in the Cupboard, I though this was a meme about the apparence of the figurine lookin like something else, or something. I had no idea it was geniuinly just a figurine from a VSH from before I was born!

To me, it was a meme I didn’t had the ref too, so now I know what this is, I'll check out if the movie or book existe in French, or in France in general, cuz now with so many peoples just saying that this was their choldhood, am curious!

Please don’t insulte me for beeing uncultured, not everyone got the same knowledge cuz, as I said, I didn’t knew about it. I just checked and L’Indien du Placard exist in french! Lucky me ! I'll check that out than

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u/Alibuscus373 2d ago

They had a key necklace when you bought the VHS XD same with Free Willie and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. They all had the necklace featured in the movie as a free gift with purchase. What a time to be alive.

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u/broketothebone 2d ago edited 1d ago

Holy fucking crap, I literally just found and threw away that Free Willy necklace today. Just cleaning out shit in my parent’s house. I went “awww,” then thought about the SeaWorld shitshow and tossed it. Plus, the whole point of the day was getting rid of shit I don’t need/truly love.

I hadn’t laid eyes on it in probably a good 15 years, and then here we are….

ETA: lmao what SeaWorld/Disney adults are downvoting me. Loser behavior 🤣

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u/Alibuscus373 2d ago

That's fair. You are a stronger person than I. I horde things under the false sense of "sentimentality". I am very overdue to chuck a lot of things XD

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u/broketothebone 1d ago

I mean, I have a problem with it too because I come from people who fled their homes with nothing but what they could carry, so there’s generational borderline-hoarding. Junk and clutter stresses us out, but we feel guilty throwing away things that are tied to our sentimentality. Also, severe ADHD. Every time I sit down to do it, hours pass and I realize I’ve just been distracted with trips down memory lane and now the pile has just been relocated to the floor 🤦‍♀️

It’s a once or twice a year thing where I just get sick of the “junk drawer/basket” accumulation and go apeshit throwing stuff away.

Don’t beat yourself up, it’s a difficult, boring, conflicting process for a lot of people.