The internet moves fast, and not everyone catches every joke, pop culture meme, or sarcastic comment. But don’t worry, it has a special safe haven for even the confused.
The r/explainitpeter community has made it their mission to educate the masses about online humor, using the voice of Family Guy’s gloriously simple-minded Peter Griffin. We’ve rounded up some of their funniest posts, where they break down simple jokes step by step. The twist is that the explanations are often funnier than the original memes.
Scroll down for a good laugh (and maybe learn a thing or two).
#21 Explain It Peter Who Is That Woman?

aodifucyhehsixjej8: That's Anita Sarkeesian, apparently she examines and criticizes tropes about female characters portrayal in pop culture and videogames.
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#22 Explain It Peter. What Is The Correlation?

equals420: Mormons love jello
ExtensionServe6904:
it’s not just that Mormons like jello. We are in the middle of a bunch of mountains at a high elevation. We are one of the driest states as well as having one of the shortest growing seasons. So most of our stuff has to be shipped up to us and the cost adds up. Dry goods are the cheapest things for us to get. Which lead to box dinners, jello, drink mixes, etc becoming very popular. With the mormon culture of having food stores in case of emergency it became the perfect storm to entrench these product into the local culture.
ExtensionServe6904:
it’s not just that Mormons like jello. We are in the middle of a bunch of mountains at a high elevation. We are one of the driest states as well as having one of the shortest growing seasons. So most of our stuff has to be shipped up to us and the cost adds up. Dry goods are the cheapest things for us to get. Which lead to box dinners, jello, drink mixes, etc becoming very popular. With the mormon culture of having food stores in case of emergency it became the perfect storm to entrench these product into the local culture.
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Keeping up with the internet shouldn’t feel like studying for a school exam. And that is precisely why the r/explainitpeter phenomenon is so brilliant.
Family Guy’s legendary protagonist isn’t a high-brow scholar, and he certainly isn’t dropping dense academic jargon. He’s just a clueless, reckless cartoon dad whose logical reasoning is as basic as it gets.
So, next time a nonsensical post crosses your feed and leaves you scratching your head, let Peter work his magic.
#23 Explain It Peter. Why Is The Thumbs Up Guy Cool?

International-Sky65: Dale Cooper, the protagonist of the tv show Twin Peaks depicts healthy masculinity while still being in touch your emotions in the perfect way.
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#24 Explain It Peter What Are These Names Relevant To?

reillan: They were tortured by a supercomputer in I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
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#25 Explain It Peter

Slaanyash: VLC Media Player supports almost every known video format and have a traffic cone as logo. And it's free.
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#26 I Need Your Help. Explain It Peter

PeterExplainsTheJoke: So basically, this is used to represent the fitgirl website, which is used for piracy. So, the joke is that PC players don’t complain about the prices of games because they pirate them, and so get them for free. Peter out!
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#27 Explain It Peter

Reesewithoutaspoon2: The screenshot in question is from the movie Midsommar, specifically the scene where the main characters (who are visiting a small rural village in Sweden) discover that the villagers have a tradition where people who reach a certain age commit a ritualistic tradition: taking their own life by jumping off of a cliff, and are ended with a giant hammer if they survive the fall
I am not a software engineer so I may be missing nuances, but it appears they they’re joking that there are no software engineers over 40 because software engineers do that ritual.
I am not a software engineer so I may be missing nuances, but it appears they they’re joking that there are no software engineers over 40 because software engineers do that ritual.
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#28 Explain It Peter

Responsible_Hall_471: a non electric guitar is called acoustic. im sure you can figure out the rest
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#29 Explain It Peter

Jixxie87: fractional banking, it's where a bank will only hold a certain % of money on their books, the rest gets loaned out to other customers to make money
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#30 Why Shouldn’t I Pick Blue Or Purple? Explain It Peter!

federalbureauofsocks:
Women are (apparently) more likely to pursue a man if he’s been “vetted” by another woman, meaning he’s just been in a relationship or, in some wild cases, in a relationship.
Women are (apparently) more likely to pursue a man if he’s been “vetted” by another woman, meaning he’s just been in a relationship or, in some wild cases, in a relationship.
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#31 Explain It Peter

No_Spread2699: There was a guy doing a Super Mario 64 speedrun when the game bugged which greatly sped up the run. People have done analyses of it and the bug was literally impossible unless an ionizing particle from space hit the device playing the game to change the state of a bit
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#32 Explain It Peter

lordvatti: The photo references an old thought exercise about doubling grains of rice across a chess boards squares. Starting with 1 grain, then 2, then 4, 8, 16, 32, and so on. Easy at first.
A chessboard has 64 squares so while the initial numbers seem pretty manageable 264 is actually such a catastrophically high number that there would be enough rice on the "final square" to carpet an entire continent in a hearty layer of rice, hence the dramatic mister incredible.
A chessboard has 64 squares so while the initial numbers seem pretty manageable 264 is actually such a catastrophically high number that there would be enough rice on the "final square" to carpet an entire continent in a hearty layer of rice, hence the dramatic mister incredible.
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#33 Explain It Peter, Why Are Aliens Flying Past Here

Lord_Cthuwu:
So there are three parts to explain here
So there are three parts to explain here
- Some people (group 1) believe that saying "sorry, I have a girlfriend" is a gentle and polite way to reject someone. Other people (group 2) believe it is like saying "I wish I could, but unfortunately I have a girlfriend," and would be upset if their partner said that. @ppyowna is stating that they believe the latter.
- The response about the UFO is a joking way to say that they believe that @ppyowna and others in group 2 are idiots. The UFO is flying past because there are no signs of intelligent life.
- The Joe Rogan reaction image is a way to state that the sender is stunned by the wit and humor of the UFO insult
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#34 Explain It Peter

Dismal_News183: It’s nice to sit outside, relax and watch the drama.
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#35 Explain It Peter, What's So Special About This Controller??

fixermark: This is a prototype controller for the "Dolphin" development platform that became the GameCube. "DS" --> "Dolphin System." 3/4 speed indicated that this prototype had 75% the clock rate of the eventual planned production design.
(Just as a fun aside: the prototype names have a tendency to leak quietly into the final production product on Nintendo consoles. If you treat a Wiimote as a plain old Bluetooth device using an open-source Linux driver, you'll find it announces itself as "RVL-CNT-01." That's "Revolution Controller (Production) Revision 01.")
(Just as a fun aside: the prototype names have a tendency to leak quietly into the final production product on Nintendo consoles. If you treat a Wiimote as a plain old Bluetooth device using an open-source Linux driver, you'll find it announces itself as "RVL-CNT-01." That's "Revolution Controller (Production) Revision 01.")
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#36 Explain It Peter(Asking As A Guy)

Complex_Standard2824: This is about the importance of attraction in a relationship. Even if the guy is perfect, it is not going to work out if she isn't attracted to him.
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#37 Explain It Peter

djparent: Not everyone with autism looks or 'behaves' autistic. A lot of people don't seem to understand the nuance and will argue with someone that they are not even if they've been diagnosed. 'Acting' autistic makes people shut up and go away.
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#38 Explain It Peter

DenizBueno:
Geneticist Stewie here, morons believe that skin color mixes like paint, but in real life, parents contribute different genes that together yield various levels of pigmentation. By chance, their child can land anywhere on that spectrum.
Geneticist Stewie here, morons believe that skin color mixes like paint, but in real life, parents contribute different genes that together yield various levels of pigmentation. By chance, their child can land anywhere on that spectrum.
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#39 Explain It Peter

Whiskey079: I'm guessing something in the vein of companies at the corporate level not wanting to actually hire competent people - or of hr being so disconnected from the ground work, but so ingrained into the hiring process that they ultimately have the final say with no bearing on competence or of ideas of what is needed on the ground.
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#40 Explain It Peter

Objective-Ad3239: Japanese dots are organised in a neat table, others arent, playing into the japanese being strict and efficent stereotype.
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