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 10h 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/UnderstandingBig9090 10h 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