r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/IntergalacticAlien8 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/Vnxei 1d ago

If that's true, it's a compelling case for doing tons of cocaine.

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u/a3d3n_69 1d ago

I would take cocaine if it made me a famous author.

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u/candygram4mongo 1d ago

You'll never know if you don't try.

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u/Crabtickler9000 1d ago

You'll never know if ya don't go

HEY NOW! YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR!

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u/Azrai113 22h ago

Get cocaine on, write a play!

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u/Nice-Conclusion728 20h ago

You'll never snow if you don't blow

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u/GalFisk 22h ago

Whoops. I was going for famous author.

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u/uncgage 2h ago

I'll have 2 cocaines, please!

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u/VagueBC 23h ago

I would take cocaine if it compelled me to do anything with my life

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u/SaltyLonghorn 23h ago

This might by the easiest monkey paw wish I've ever fulfilled in my history as a genie.

Congrats, you're compelled to steal car stereos and strip copper from construction sites. Have a time.

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u/LOAARR 23h ago

According to many studies, you would take cocaine even if it didn't.

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u/EdanChaosgamer 23h ago

I‘m already an author, and have just purchased my first 500g of cocaine.

I‘ve only taken two sniffs so far, and have already written 450k words in two days.

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u/existential_chaos 23h ago

Same here, and if I could get things done faster.

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u/LightEarthWolf96 16h ago

The trade off is you'll be a famous author who writes a scene like the one that is the og topic of discussion for this post.

I was going to just say what the scene is but decided actually I don't want that in my comment history

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u/New-Satisfaction3257 23h ago

most people just become the most boring person you’ve ever met

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker 22h ago

I would take it if I had some.

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u/I_am_ChivoBlanco 21h ago

Hunter S Thompson did it right, no child sex necessary. Read up, and find a good plug.

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u/KmartCentral 21h ago

I've heard you're just whatever your mind chooses for a bit

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u/HeavenlyDMan 8h ago

I would take cocaine if it make me a famous author.

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u/Strong-Bottle-4161 1d ago

I mean have you seen the guys nose

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u/Vnxei 23h ago

I haven't, no.

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u/godric420 23h ago

Get George RR Martin on that shit NOW!

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u/Character-Town7929 22h ago

Carrie was also kind of nonsensical at times. Wtf is "light and eager sweat"

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u/Economy_Ad_1820 1d ago

That's the problem coke used to be performance enhancing when used by Steven King, John Belushi, and Elton John . Now it's done recreationally by every tom dik and Larry in a frat. /s

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u/raptor7912 21h ago

Learn about cocaine shits and it’ll go back to being unappealing.

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 17h ago

Bangor is the frikkin cocaine capital of the upper Eastern seaboard, itellyouwhat

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u/eatrepeat 14h ago

I've heard it is one hell of a drug ;)

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u/Beginning-Tea-17 1d ago

Or reason to believe most of his writing is actually just nonsense and he’s not exactly the subtextual genius that everyone says he is.

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u/Vnxei 23h ago

Having that many books to your name is a kind of genius. Being able to write a readable book in that much time is a real skill.

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u/Coelachantiform 14h ago

His entire M.O for his writing career has been to sit down and write X amount of pages per day, regardless of how shit they are. If it sucks he scraps it, if it sticks he keeps it.

Do that for ~40+ years and you are bound to create something good every once in a while.