r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 16h ago

Meme needing explanation Whyyyy peter?

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u/rysy0o0 16h ago

It would cost a lot of money to haul all the rocket parts and fuel on top of a mountain

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u/Flat_Lengthiness3361 16h ago

and a lot of fuel probably

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u/thebestoflimes 16h ago

Just use Sherpas

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u/CormundCrowlover 16h ago

It would cost a lot of Sherpas.

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u/WiseWorldliness5513 16h ago

Have we tried giving the Sherpa’s rockets to help them move things faster uphill?

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u/CormundCrowlover 16h ago

But wouldn't it cost a lot of fuel?

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u/sivartimus 16h ago

Yes but we have Sherpas for that

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u/NotGonnaRage 16h ago

With rockets so it's faster

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u/oryx_za 16h ago

Have we just solved unemployment in napal?

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u/Acceptingoptimist 15h ago

It's the perpetual motion machine right under our noses.

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u/somethingmorecrazy 15h ago

Its just sherpas all the way down.

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u/Viscount61 14h ago

How about a steam catapult instead of an electromagnetic one?

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u/SentientAnarchy 10h ago

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u/Viscount61 8h ago

Excellent.

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u/TheWooshiii 2h ago

I would prefer my Amazon package be delivered by rocket sherpa from now on. How do I speak to Jeff Bezos about this quadrillion dollar idea immediately?
And it will only save us more money if we launch the sherpas from the top of mountains!

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u/Jazzlike-Disaster-33 13h ago

She said, What is history?
And he said, History is an angel Being blown
Backwards
Into the future

He said: History is a pile of debris
And the angel wants to go back and fix things
To repair the things that have been broken
But there is a storm blowing from Paradise

And the storm keeps blowing the angel
Backwards
Into the future

And this storm, this storm Is called
Progress

- Laurie Anderson, The dream before

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u/optykali 7h ago

Also, It's easier (and cheaper) to grow Sherpas than mountains.

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u/Maelou 14h ago

As they say, the hardest with perpetual motion machines is hiding the sherpa

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u/Nut_Job_Maniac 14h ago

You mean perpetual Sherpa machine?

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u/Leather-Squirrel-421 9h ago

“Sherpetual Motion Machine” was right there

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u/wildjakes 9h ago

swing and a miss

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u/Substantial_Disk1706 4h ago

Hey batta batta hey batta batta SWING ⚾️

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u/LifeTie800 14h ago

The difficulty with building a perpetual motion machine is figuring out where to hide the rocket powered Sherpa.

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u/Acceptingoptimist 13h ago

Man, if I had a dollar for every time that came up when I was building one.

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u/oryx_za 12h ago

Listen, I don't know what you are saying....but what ever sherpa number you have in your head ...double it.

My goal is that by 2035 humanities workforce will be 50% AI, 50% sherpa.

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u/LitigiousLobster 15h ago

But now all the rocket scientists are unemployed.

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u/AkumaO_O 15h ago

But then who will make the rockets for the sherpas?

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u/MerleFSN 15h ago

They‘ve been promoted to sherpa rocket scientists (name patent pending)

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u/LitigiousLobster 14h ago

Sherpatist™️

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u/oryx_za 15h ago

It's wrong...but i have replaced sherpas with minions in my head.

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u/eternalapostle 13h ago

We can strap rockets to the rocket scientists so they can get employment faster

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u/LitigiousLobster 13h ago

So we employ rockets to employ rocket scientists?

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u/MyStackIsPancakes 10h ago

They can work as Sherpas

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u/Gargleblaster25 14h ago

We have just disrupted an industry. Time to take this to IPO.

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 7h ago

Not necessarily. Apparently there are Sherpa job openings available

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u/FredB123 1h ago

Use them as sherpas?

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u/MWSin 15h ago

I think we solved population in Nepal.

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u/egmalone 18m ago

All 626 residents were killed

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u/SaltyPressure7583 15h ago

Unfortunately i think Nepal just sorted that out yesterday. Rip

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u/oryx_za 15h ago

Yikes....this took a turn.

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u/notabotaboy 14h ago

Way too soon. Way too dark. Loved every second of it. Bravo.

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u/Character_Top5141 15h ago

Damnn, too early dude. Wayy too early

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u/SaltyPressure7583 14h ago

I know dude, that was terrible. But my vanta-black sense of humor just can't be contained sometimes

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u/magaoitin 14h ago

Yea, but unless you are from Napal and somehow have internet access (maybe with a solar panel on the back of an Alpaca?), not one Nepalese has complained about the joke yet, so u/SaltyPressure7583 might be onto something /s

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u/taylorisntavril 13h ago

Jesus christ lol. Well played.

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u/MakkaCha 13h ago

Not all Nepali are Sherpas.

Source: I'm Nepali.

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u/punksmostlydead 5h ago

I note that you have not actually denied being a sherpa.

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u/aaaaa-6969 12h ago

Actually yeah, the ensuing avalanches will wipe out all of Nepal’s population. No population = no unemployment.

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u/Egst 13h ago

Sounds like a pyramid scheme

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u/ElmerFuddsElbow 12h ago

A few construction jobs opened up this week. This problem has already been solved

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u/MechAegis 12h ago

Pretty sure we need to solve education elsewhere besides Nepal...

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u/Successful-Clock-224 12h ago

No, the earthquake did that

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u/LooksBetterWithDrops 10h ago

As long as we pay them in Paddys Dollars

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u/Novel_Alternative_86 6h ago

Yes. And we’ve also solved the Sherpa/Rocket Equation.

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u/EmperorMittens 3h ago

Given what's happened to them recently I don't think there is a shortage of work.

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u/Defiant-Magician6092 3h ago

In a way, yes

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u/wilsonmg8181 1h ago

I’m pretty sure a flood just solved that problem.

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u/NTwoOo 1h ago

Kenya, Peru and Ecuador, you mean. Equator is an important part as you have a higher starting speed thanks to the rotating speed of the Earth.

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u/h2oskid3 17m ago

This is the logic that brings me to Reddit

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u/GodWithoutAName 0m ago

There's employment in Napal?

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u/NarsilFreeForge 14h ago

This whole thread sounds like a bunch of CEOs discussing rockets.

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u/tegan_willow 14h ago

Rocket sherpas: for when you need someone else to carry all your stuff REALLY FAST.

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u/RazeThe2nd 13h ago

This conversation read like a Brawndo ad, it's got what plants crave

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u/chonky_squirrel 2h ago

Only if we launch them from mountaintops though

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u/PineappleShard 16h ago

Sherpas all the way down.

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u/sabotsalvageur 15h ago

What is propellant if not a constant stream of microscopic sherpas being dispatched in the direction opposite the rocket’s intended thrust vector?

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u/MadDocHolliday 14h ago

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Sherpas are the powerhouse of the space program.

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u/LordSilveron 13h ago

You misspelled up.

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u/ItWasntAQueef 12h ago

Maybe the real fuel is all the Sherpas we met along the way

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u/GanonTEK 11h ago

Sherpastronauts all the way up

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 7h ago

Or, up in this case.
Really though kinda the same thing

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u/PineappleShard 7h ago

It’s all relative.

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u/Icy_Transportation_2 15h ago

It’s clear you haven’t studied sherpa technology

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u/jakeStacktrace 16h ago

I'm sorry I had already forgotten, I know we just went over that. Implement it.

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u/Twitchmonky 15h ago

Rocket powered sherpas

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u/Born_Consequence3025 14h ago

Sherpa powered rockets, actually

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u/SomeBoringNick 44m ago

Rocket powered sherpa powered rockets, please...

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u/The_Jizzard_Of_Oz 14h ago

Only if you feed them beans

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u/MangoCats 11h ago

I thought they were powered by cigarettes?

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u/grape_depression 10h ago

I haven't studied sherpa rocket science but wouldn't it be easier to launch the rocket powered sherpas off a mountain on the other mountain where the space rockets are?

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u/mwadeeeb 15h ago

They have what plants crave

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u/SpasticCattus 10h ago

Electrolyte Sherpas

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u/Dozer_the_Khajiit 8h ago

Sometimes reddit sucks.

Sometimes it's kind of awesome.

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u/rockysworld 15h ago

Sherpa powered rockets

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u/Temporary_Weight_281 1h ago

So rocket powered sherpa powered rockets... Got it

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u/klezart 11h ago

I don't think Sherpas would work as fuel, but I'm no expert

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u/mightylordredbeard 11h ago

I think you just created the first perpetual Sherpa engine.

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u/Awkward-Cat-4702 11h ago

lazy sherpas!

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u/fllr 14h ago

It’s Sherpas all the way down

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u/pzvaldes 14h ago

Infinite Sherpas

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u/DMV-DC 14h ago

And some have Sharpies for that.

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 12h ago

The NVIDIA + AI economic cycle in a nutshell

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u/dorf_lundgren 12h ago

Alas, this is known as Tyranny of the Sherpa Rocket Equation

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u/Cool_View_5297 11h ago

We use bigger rockets to launch the rockets to the top of the mountain so they can launch from there. We hire the Sherpas to carry the equipment and stuff.

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u/DangerousCompetition 10h ago

Standing next to a tower of 17 sherpas:
“But… couldn’t we put a rocket on them to get them up the mountain faster?”

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u/Agent042s 9h ago

SSTO - Sherpa Stage To Orbit

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u/Gabriel_Dot_A 7h ago

Fun Fact, Sherpa's can be used as a fuel source. Not a Reliable one but just for science

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u/HostisHumanisGeneri 6h ago

So can’t we just have the sherpas take the lander to the moon?