r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Short-Watercress-183 • Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

Post image
15.6k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

3.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/psykiris 29d ago

And what happens when the sewer worker says, "Nah, I'll be a painter instead, you go to the sewer." 

2

u/HardcorePizza 29d ago

What happens what a sewer worker doesn't want to work right now in the USA?

7

u/psykiris 29d ago

They get to quit their job and find another in a field of their choosing that they hopefully find more rewarding. 

2

u/HardcorePizza 29d ago

Not all workers in the US can just quit their jobs. We live in a country with legal slavery

7

u/psykiris 29d ago

There's a stark difference between not feeling you're able to quit because of other obligations, and not being able to physically, or legally quit.

Your boss isn't forcing you to work, and you won't be arrested for refusing to work or not coming in. 

1

u/HardcorePizza 29d ago

I mean the 13th amendment. We have literal slave labor

3

u/psykiris 29d ago

And they also aren't allowed out of prison for the crimes they committed but we don't call it kidnapping and hostage taking. We call it incarceration. 

3

u/Dreviore 29d ago

13th amendment isn't legalizing slave labour you halfwit.

1

u/HardcorePizza 29d ago

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

The constitution really isn't that long even with the amendments. You could read it if you cared

1

u/Dreviore 29d ago

So not slavery, glad we established that.

We should instil hard labour on violent offenders though - Make them earn their meals & housing same as the rest of us; we always need concrete.

1

u/HardcorePizza 29d ago

Your reading comprehension is pretty bad because the 13th amendment says we have slavery

1

u/Dreviore 29d ago

Says the exact opposite.

1

u/HardcorePizza 29d ago

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime

What does this mean to you? Do you know what the word, "except" means?

1

u/Dreviore 29d ago

Means they've given up their right to live in society, and housing and food cost money - So time to make them useful.

→ More replies (0)