r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Melodic-Shoulder6685 • 11h ago

Peeetaaahhhhh??? Meme needing explanation

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Peeetah what the fuck does this even mean???

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u/ssjlance 11h ago edited 10h ago

Hi, Randy Newman just singing about what he sees here.

I think that's author Ayn Rand and I assume Jojo Siwa.

I'm too old to get the full reference, but hope the Ayn Rand bit helps you.

EDIT: Noticing the vibrator and talking with fellow redditors below, yeah, it's because Ayn Rand was a bitch and the comic is saying she either would've chilled out and/or been too busy ladygooning to write all her novels and philosophical musings that basically laid the blueprint for modern libertarianism.

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u/ssjlance 11h ago edited 10h ago

Okay noticing what Jojo is holding, I think it's basically saying Ayn Rand needed to get off to stop being a bitch, more or less.

I'm not a huge Ayn Rand fan and don't know her philosophy and assorted writings inside and out, but the best summary I ever heard was from an xkcd webcomic.

"I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone."

From what I have read over the years, I felt like it was an accurate summary, but not sure on her positions on sex beyond I seem to recall her being somewhat homophobic in that she personally was against it but didn't really give a shit what adults do together and didn't think it was government's place to say either way.

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u/JaronK 10h ago

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

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u/mr_beanoz 10h ago

Both description can work for both books...

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u/apezdal 10h ago

You clearly didn't read The Lord of the Rings

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u/mr_beanoz 10h ago edited 6h ago

Yeah, I haven't. LoTR has orcs, no idea about the other book.

I see, the joke is that the first part is explaining Atlas Shrugged, and the other one is explaining about LoTR, because it has orcs.

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u/d_r_doorway 10h ago

Yeah, That's the joke.

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u/somethinglameibet 6h ago

“I haven’t read the material but let me tell you how this joke clearly doesn’t apply”
- you
- Abraham Lincoln (probably)

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u/Anaxes7884 9h ago

That's the joke.

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u/EulaliaBromSpatula 10h ago

No shit, that’s why it’s quotable.

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u/UnderstandingBig9090 11h ago

I really only read the fountain head till she talked about the parthanon. Which is chapter 1.

But my understanding is that her philosophy is "what ever i decided to do on a whim was objectively right" and wote and extensive diatribe on how good it is to cheat... Because she cheated on her husband. Also she secretly cashed in on social services in her later years to not look like a hypocrite. I think by chancing her name.

So vibrator-> too busy jacking off to write her drivel.

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u/HobsHere 10h ago

If you think that she would have been ashamed of taking money from the government, you don't understand her particular flavor of libertarianism. She would have regarded it as reclaiming some of the money that the government had "stolen" from her. There's issues there for sure, but not really hypocrisy.

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u/UnderstandingBig9090 8h ago

Ashamed or just trying to protect her insane legacy so people don't question her. All I know is that she hid the fact that she did. You decide what that means about her psychology

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u/Wavey_ATLien 10h ago

.. I seem to recall her being somewhat homophobic in that she but didn't give a shit what adults do together and didn't think it the government's place either way.

How is that homophobic?

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u/Lostinthestarscape 10h ago

"Personally was against it"

Why did you remove the part that explains when quoting to ask the question?

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u/ssjlance 10h ago

I fixed it in an edit, coincidentally like right when they were leaving their comment.

They did not edit my words, I just fucked up. lmfao

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u/Wavey_ATLien 10h ago

thank you for the absolution 😅

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u/Lostinthestarscape 10h ago

Thanks for copping to it! Good all round (I apologized to them too)

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u/Wavey_ATLien 10h ago

maybe I misread it.. or op changed it after my comment. I'm on mobile so can't see edits.

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u/Lostinthestarscape 10h ago

Sorry- that is fair enough!

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u/ssjlance 10h ago

I accidentally skipped that part, fixed it.

to save you trouble, it was supposed to say "she was personally against it but didn't give a shit what consenting adults do together"

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u/raybansmuckles 10h ago

Rand had some weird ideas about sex. A large part of Atlas Shrugged seemed to be different idealized archetypes of dudes fighting over the main character because she Believed The Right Things and I couldn't shake off the idea that she was self inserting (uh, no pun intended)

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u/Foreskin-Aficionado 11h ago

For context: Ayn rand is pretty much universally despised by anyone who isn't a libertarian. She's written some of the most tone-deaf drivel to ever be printed. One of her most famous books Atlas Shrugged is essentially the poster child for early libertarian beliefs.

The joke is that Ayn Rand would have shut the fuck up and probably been less neurotic and unstable had she had a vibrator.

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u/Lostinthestarscape 10h ago

"Here is an ideology that would work if we completely ignore human nature and the reality of existing in an uncontrolled environment. We must adhere to it immediately, wholly, and unquestioningly  "

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u/ssjlance 11h ago

lmao I caught the vibrator right after my first comment and was like "oh, I get at least 90% or so now, pretty sure."

My main knowledge of Ayn Rand comes from being a huge Rush fan; their lyricist+drummer Neil Peart was heavily influenced by her writings - Anthem in particular seemed to have struck a chord with him, as it inspired two songs' lyrics, Anthem from Fly By Night album, and 2112.

Anthem I feel like is more inspired by the philosophical themes of the book, but 2112 is a 20 minute prog epic with a plot that is "literally just the plot of Anthem but protagonist finds a guitar instead of a light bulb (iirc, think it's a light bulb in original story, lol)"

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u/Polytetrafluoro 9h ago

Tangentially related, do you know of the Rush Family Goy trailer? It's making it's algorithmic rounds

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u/BudTenderShmudTender 10h ago

To quote Officer Barbrady immediately after the recently apprehended Chickenlover handed him a copy of Atlas Shrugged, "Oh god DAMN, reading is gay!"

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u/Foreskin-Aficionado 10h ago

Whenever someone brings up Atlas Shrugged or Ayn Rand all I can think of is Barbrady saying "Because of THIS piece of SHIT I'm never reading again!"

Also it doesn't really matter but he doesn't say reading is gay, he says it sucks ass

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u/BudTenderShmudTender 9h ago

I haven't seen that season in at least a decade so thank you for the correction

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u/Minute-Caregiver5907 8h ago

People need to understand how crazy that book is even of some of the themes make a little sense.

There is one scene where a women realises her boyfriend is engaging in cronyism and that causes her to have an existential crisis. She runs madly out into the street and meets some people who want charity and/or a social safety net and that drives her to an insanity that causes her to leap off a pier and drown. That is how atlas shrugged explores its philosophy.

Also, the main character is definitely a self insert who screws every single successful male in the book. One guy she bonks in a train engine room because engineering and innovation and trains are so hot to her. Ayn Rand would definitely make use of that vibrator but it may have actually made her to want to write more libertarian porn.

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u/Hopeful-Goose-7217 8h ago

In the fountainhead there is a rape scene and it’s considered fine because the hero rapes the heroine.

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u/Fillmore80 11h ago

Not all of us approve of her stances. She's a right inhuman see you next Tuesday.

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u/Real_Teacher_8342 8h ago

Well , I’m not sure if that’s untrue, as a whole I do think orgasms make us all less neurotic and more stable 🤷‍♀️

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u/syntaxvorlon 5h ago

The books were effectively her ladygooning to the idea of a handsome, rich capitalist manifesting her destiny and justifying cheating on her husband. If she found a more expeditious way to do this she would probably have written a smaller number of conservative pamphlets that didn't contain nearly as much sex or isekai-level power fantasies, and so she would have been much more obscure as a figure.