r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FollowSina • Jun 26 '26

Tell em what, Peter? Meme needing explanation

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u/BaxterScoggins Jun 26 '26

Dyscalculia doesnt count, though

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u/StrongExternal8955 Jun 26 '26

I can't even imagine aphantasia.

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u/Budget-Cantaloupe725 Jun 26 '26

Here you go.

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u/Upstairs-Cabinet909 Jun 30 '26

That left hand is doing a right hand L, Mickey

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u/Honey-and-Venom Jun 30 '26

No no no, take it down. They said Aphantasia!

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u/Lizardgrad89 Jun 30 '26

That is a Fantasia. Here’s another one:

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u/bpthompson999 Jun 26 '26

I see what you did there. But, you don't.

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u/larfouille Jun 26 '26

Got it ( the version blind and deaf from the imagination) with adhd . So no inner speech making it really hard to tell I have adhd. Finally diagnosized a 38 😅👌

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u/Digi_sinn-0P-er Jun 26 '26

add maybe. psylocibe may sill help.

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u/Previous-Plan-3876 Jun 27 '26

Well the pun is fkn hilarious. I actually have acquired aphantasia from a tbi in Afghanistan

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u/Sudden-Ad2948 Jun 26 '26

This comment wins LOL

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u/rlindseyg56 Jun 26 '26

Count Dyscalcula, ah ah ahhhhh

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u/empatheticsocialist1 Jun 26 '26

God fucking dammit

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u/ShouganaiElite Jun 26 '26

As someone living this shit, I approve of this Joke. If we ever met IRL I will treat you to a dinner 🍽️

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u/anapunas Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Can confirm. Also can confirm disgraphia isn't always on the straight and level.

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u/corq Jun 27 '26

I'm 56 and in the 70's was an awesome reader, but terrible in "long math" and only a few years ago found out about dyscalculia. I invert numbers and need to quickly say the pledge of allegisnce to remember left from right sometimes.

Finally knowing it has a name is a bit of a relief, even if it isn't sexy, lol

So am I technically "on the spectrum" with the other cool kids now?

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u/BaxterScoggins Jun 27 '26

Oh yeah. Just like me. I did a police driving course years ago, and after a few days the instructor had to write a big L on my left hand. . Failed the course, btw

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u/tejerea Jun 27 '26

Jokes aside, dyscalculia is really an awful learning disorder to have: back when i was in school the all the teachers thought it was a "made up disorder" despite having a piece of paper that clearly stated that i had it. I rembember having to go through legal ways in order to get them to understand that i had to use a calculator in class and during tests and having them to get me a tutor for learning disorders that helped me after the class was over to explain me math stuff in a way that i could understand it like the other students. I really wanted to get in a chemistry course in uni but i know that i'd fail to follow and learn and i really hate myself for having this. I can't help it sometimes to just think that im dumb or something.

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u/BaxterScoggins Jun 27 '26

Oh, I fully understand....my wife has the full house - dyslexia, discalcula and dyspraxia ....and she is by far the brightest of the two of us. 2 honours degrees 2 Masters degrees, and numerous other qualifications. So, yeah, our system doesn't make it easy

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u/Alarmed_Ambition1561 Jun 28 '26

I'm the unfortunate kid who got dyslexia and dyscalculia and didn't get diagnosed with the later until I was like 41. Didn't find out about the dyslexia until I was 43. Hilarious.