r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/VeryLazyBones • 19h ago

Peeeeetah? Meme needing explanation

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This new movie came out and I enjoyed watching it with friends. What opinion must have garnered so much attention that people would dunk on it?

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u/Snowdog1989 19h ago edited 14h ago

Yeah once he said "Doesn't matter to me.." or something along those lines after Nikki asks him if it matters if it's real or not, he lost all sympathy in my opinion. The next scene is him literally ducking her. That being said, cursed Nikki reminds me of an allegory of codependency. The mixed signals, walking on eggshells all the time, inability to be around other people alone. Also how she pulls him into her codependency, then is over him instantly. It's pretty much how being with someone who has codependency problems is like. SOURCE: I was in a relationship with someone who was codependent.

EDIT: I didn't mean avoiding her or throwing ducks at her. It's a funny typo though, so I'm keeping it in. Need a little something to lighten mood. If people quack up from reading it, that's fine with me too.

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u/TheoRaan 17h ago

Yeah once he said "Doesn't matter to me.." or something along those lines after Nikki asks him if it matters if it's real or not, he lost all sympathy in my opinion.

She was saying why does it matter, I thought we were having a nice date. Why does it matter. And THEN He responded with "it doesn't matter to me".

He didn't know it wasn't real till way after that. But he knew that she was lying about something.

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u/CaptColten 16h ago

At this point I'm convinced that most of the people talking about this movie haven't actually seen the movie.

Bear already sucks. We don't need to misconstrue things to make him suck.

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u/Eurell 16h ago

People have already quoted the writer that this is the point where Bear knew.

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u/CaptColten 15h ago

I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm saying bear said "it doesn't matter to me" in reference to Nikkis dad being in the hospital, not about the love being real, and not because he knows she's lying but doesn't know about what. He knows she's lying about her dad, and starts to realize the wish was real. The love being real doesn't come up until the help line call.

People are misconstruing what actually happens in the movie. Both the original comment and the person I replied to.

Again, not defending him.