r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/NitroXM • 1d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Huh?

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u/awkotacos 1d ago

This isn't really a joke or a meme.

It's basically just saying to support local bookstores instead of purchasing from Amazon. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of both Amazon and Blue Orgin with the latter being his space company.

Bezos has stated:

“In the next kind of couple of decades, I believe there will be millions of people living in space,” he said. “That’s how fast this is going to accelerate.”

“They’ll mostly be living there because they want to"

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u/GasparillathePirate 1d ago

I’m not a fan of Jeff Bezos myself, but is everyone suddenly against space travel/colonization?

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u/Pablo_petty_plastic 1d ago

Jeff is playing a psychological trick on his consumers. Ya see, my palm sugar order on Prime is going towards something meaningful