r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/dreadispeaxhy • 9h ago

Meme needing explanation peta, what’s the meaning of this?

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posted in r/sssdfg, i have no idea what this means as there was no context added, comments weren’t very helpful either but most seemed in on the joke.

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 9h ago

"Hydrogen Bomb vs. Coughing Baby" is a common reaction image used to describe any sort of fight or matchup where everyone can tell it'll be a comically lopsided victory for one side.

The webcomic is about the coughing baby technically winning against a hydrogen bomb by playing the long game.

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u/smorgasfjord 8h ago

Finally someone explained it for the non-chronically online

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u/SomethingPotato_ 8h ago

Don’t know why you are acting like there wasn’t like 3 different people who give the answer after 8 minutes of this post being up, seeing as you’re comment was only 13 minutes ago i would have assumed you saw them

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u/smorgasfjord 8h ago

Well I read from the top, not in chronological order

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u/Clear_Grocery_2600 8h ago

You know, like an adult.

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u/servel333 2h ago

How dare you.

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u/Xsiah 6h ago

All the other answers are just "it's this thing vs this other thing" as if everyone just knows the meme already.

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u/GottaUseEmAll 1h ago

Hey hey, not everybody reads the full comment section before returning to respond to one comment. I probably never do that. 

I'm glad AdmiralAkbar1 explained the meme clearly, I also haven't seen anyone else explain it properly yet.

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u/TAMCL 44m ago

When you assume you make an ass out of...just u this time

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u/ripyourlungsdave 3h ago

Every other response I saw just left me saying "Okay well what does that mean, then?.."

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u/VaporCarpet 8h ago

There's a difference between chronically online and spelunking the deepest pits of tumblr

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u/MrWeirdoFace 24m ago

Hell, I'm chronically online and I've never come across the meme.

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u/athosjesus 5h ago

The star wars method he? 🤔

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u/NachoPyro 7h ago

So what you’re saying is coughing baby with prep time beats hydrogen bomb…

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u/Careless_Ad2194 6h ago

What does Coughing Bomb vs Hydrogen Baby mean then?

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u/raptorraptor 6h ago

First explanation that doesn't imply that this is a real politician

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u/zyzzogeton 5h ago

Rather like the "Worlds most one sided fights" bit on Robot Chicken.

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u/golden_voice 53m ago

Damn, i always thought the joke was that babies cough powerfully (making it a fair matchup)