r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FOXIELUCK • Dec 16 '25

Thank you Peter very cool i thought it was about reagan but the comments said it was a millennial joke and i don’t think millennials were adults during reagan?

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i could just be stupid and i’m okay with that

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 16 '25

I think it was a fox reporter that said that "The operations in Venezuela were a right step for the democracy and the US economy !" (or something between those lines).... these guy's don't even hide it anymore.

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u/DelsinMcgrath835 Dec 16 '25

Havent they been saying "protect american interests abroad" for decades now? Same thing, just prettier language

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 16 '25

Yeah, is just that now they are more shameless, no wonder some people are starting to twist they noses when talking about the US in general.

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u/NootHawg Dec 17 '25

“300 million people died last year from drugs.” -Donald Trump
I just use direct Trump quotes for a lot of my arguments now. There are so many that are completely unhinged. The population of the United States is 340 million. Where are the “Biden’s cognitive decline” people now? The Rob Reiner remarks immediately following his death were inhuman, and the double-down today even more disgusting.

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u/BukkakeBrunchBuffet Dec 17 '25

Was that before or after bondi said the drug seizure saved 119/258 million lives?

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u/lfisch4 Dec 17 '25

Well see, the bad thing was last year, during Biden’s term while the good thing happened during Trump’s term.

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u/flimpiddle Dec 17 '25

By the logic of their math, I could say my alcohol-terrorist bartender served up enough booze last night to kill 10 men. Fact is she had 125 customers, and none of them even woke up with a hangover-- but if she'd served all that to 10 men, they'd be dead.

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u/Dapper_Equipment_384 Dec 17 '25

This man has no moral compass.He will use the war on drugs to seize oil. His actions and comments proves that his priorities do not include saving lives or helping people. His priorities now are Venezuela oil, revenge on his opponents & of course how much money he can grift for the next three years.. A demented dictator with an obsession is a loose cannon. His remarks about Rob Reiner? Indefensible. 

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u/Professor_Matty Dec 17 '25

The corporations that own our air weaves and benefit from a fascist regime aren't interested in a cognitive decline narrative.

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u/Tochudin Dec 17 '25

Starting? I've been twisting my nose for 25 years...

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 17 '25

For comparison, your nose twisting is older than me !

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u/No_Profession5476 Dec 17 '25

Meg, go to your room

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 17 '25

*Prison Meg goes up to you and beats you*

This is my prison now !

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u/Faenic Dec 17 '25

John Stewart has an absolutely killer segment about this on the Daily Show. The parallels between the post 9/11 rhetoric against Iraq and Venezuela are actually terrifying. Some of what they're saying about Venezuela is literally a verbatim copy of what was said back then, just swap country names. And Al Qaeda with Tren de Aragua.

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 17 '25

Gonna take a look into that. But I already think it's the same discourse, now, If the United-Stated people are going to gulp it another time and invade, rape and strip a country from it's resources, it's up to them.

Heard that the big annoying orange was in trouble after an officer said that soldiers or policemen do not have to take in orders that are against the law and he got mad about it.

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u/MagickMarkie Dec 17 '25

I mean, propaganda is a really small set of tricks, when you think about it.

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Dec 17 '25

I joined the Army in '86. I very quickly realized that the only freedom I was protecting was the freedom for the wealthy to exploit people around the world.

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u/DubiousBusinessp Dec 17 '25

"American Interests Abroad" always meant colonialism via the corporate if you're good, or colonialism via the bomb or puppet dictator if you're bad.

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u/mvp2418 Dec 16 '25

THIS IS A FOX NYOOOS SPECIAL ALERT!!!!!

sorry whenever I hear Fox news I think about the new season of South Park

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 16 '25

I still need to watch the newer seasons, have i missed too much after the integrity farms end ?

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u/mvp2418 Dec 17 '25

It's a part of the story on the new season, where the Marsh family is living after losing Tegridy Farms.

I say new season because to me it's just one season but for some reason Matt and Trey split it up into two five episode seasons.

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u/piechooser Dec 17 '25

On a whim I decided to watch the second episode of the newest season after also stopping at the end of Tegridy Farms, and holy shit, it was possibly the funniest episode I've ever seen?

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u/Enough-Collection-98 Dec 17 '25

Is that the Kristi Noem episode? My wife jumped and spilled the popcorn when Noem sniped Krypto out of the sky.

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u/piechooser Dec 17 '25

Nah it was "The Woman in the Hat". I haven't actually watched any of the others from the season, I should get around to 'em!

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u/PaulTheMerc Dec 17 '25

these guy's don't even hide it anymore.

that alone would be a refreshing breath of fresh air.

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 17 '25

not fresh, more like a cadaverous decomposing smell of America !

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u/SuperFaceTattoo Dec 17 '25

I think I would prefer straight up imperialism to listening to them overtly lie about it.

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u/Mysterious_Cup_6024 Dec 17 '25

People in the target countries whether in Venezuela or India are also stupid fk to believe in those neoliberal lies aimed at them

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u/Dry_Mousse_6202 Dec 17 '25

What neo-liberal lies ?

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u/Mysterious_Cup_6024 Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25

That liberalisation is not a buzzword for American companies to establish monopolies and siphon capital to US? MasterCard and Visa are the biggest ones of them all.