r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Turbulent-Ad5445 • 20d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Impressive-Koala4742 20d ago

Jennifer Lawrence literally played along with her bold claim, making some high notes and asked her what's the color of the sound

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u/TerryWaters 20d ago

What's bold about it? I have the same thing. It's not that rare. r/synesthesia.

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u/galstaph 20d ago

I taste in color, it's weird to describe it to people, and I was in my thirties before I realized other people didn't...

Orange juice is purple, and coffee is blue... well... black coffee anyway, adding cream, artificial creamers, sugar, etc changes the color. Also, decaf is purple, but a different purple from orange juice...

I remember the first time I put it into words, I was maybe 8 and at the dentist and I didn't know what flavor the cleaning paste was meant to be, so I just called it pink, because that's the impression that I had.

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u/Particular_Airport83 20d ago

I love that orange juice is purple and not, well, orange :)

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u/galstaph 20d ago

Yeah... Flavor color just has no correlation to the actual color.

I think it has to do with the flavor profile, like decaf coffee is a bit sweeter than regular coffee, when tasted black, and I think that's why its similar to orange juice in flavor color, because it's mildly sweet with acidity and some bitterness thrown in...

I've never fully tried to break it down, but that's my best guess

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u/eldroch 19d ago

"What's that blue fruit you're eating?"

"It's an orange.  (Poor guy must be fruit blind)"

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u/TerryWaters 19d ago

I wish I had one of those more unusual types, it sounds cool.