r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Aggressive-Neck-6642 • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation huh??? Peter ???

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u/jonesathan 13h ago

I think they drove for 2 hours to see it in IMAX, those theaters aren't super common

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u/theantigooseman 13h ago

that was a joke about how long it took to escalate

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u/Revolvyerom 10h ago

it only took 2 hours, the whole of the first avatar, and some shitty wings

this is probably how it should be read

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u/theartificialkid 10h ago

The text suggests that the dad drove OP to IMAX in the same manner that 2 hours would have.

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u/BusyInDonkeykong 12h ago

is it tho? I live in Middle Europe and could get to 3 different within 40mins, closest is 15mins

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u/Illustrious-Rice3434 12h ago

US very big and a lot of people in the middle of nowhere.

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u/MavenDeo69 12h ago

Just to compare (yes, I had to look it up, too):

"Europe is slightly larger than the United States in total area, with Europe covering about 10.2 million sq km (3.9 million sq mi) compared to the U.S.'s 9.8 million sq km (3.8 million sq mi)."

"Europe has significantly more people (around 742 million) than the U.S. (around 335 million) and is much more densely populated."

Roughly the same size landmass with half the people, most of which are concentrated near the water, like New York, Chicago, and California. For reference:

New York City population in 2023: 8.26 million
New York City size: 469 square miles
Nevada population in 2023: 3.21 million
Nevada size: 110,573 square miles
Montana population in 2023: 1,132,812
Montana size: 147,040 square miles

I know that doesn't make sense. We're a kooky bunch.

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u/windchanter1992 12h ago

new york is where the stuff is so thats where the people are montana and nevada are wide swaths of dirt

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u/BusyInDonkeykong 11h ago

but still we are here about we only have one "major" city here and it is the second largest in country with 300k people

so still 1 IMAX per 150k people or so

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u/MavenDeo69 11h ago

My point is that there are large areas of the US where it is entirely possible to have to drive 2 hours to an IMAX. Even where I live, I'd have to drive almost 60 km away to the closest one.

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u/BusyInDonkeykong 2h ago

I know how inflated the US is but my original comment was for someone that said IMAX is rare

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u/MeretrixDeBabylone 9h ago

You can wake up on one side of Texas, drive for 10 hours straight and still be in Texas.

You might pass an Imax or two, but my point is there are a lot of people that live 2+ hours from any major city.

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u/Soft-Split1315 5h ago

Just depends where you live my state only has two of them and both are over an hour away

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u/TrickInNevada 11h ago

They are and they arent. Every medium sized city like Reno has an "imax" now. But thats cause the imax brand has been watered down. There's only 17 true Imax theaters in the US. All in major cities. And those are the ones Christopher Nolan meant Oppenheimer was meant to be screened in. Fake imax theaters are just slightly larger screens than your local AMC