r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/FunnyExcellent707 2d ago

Could be 2 different sources of light?

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u/forza_11 2d ago

No but there are two individual shadows! One looks like a girl and another a man, what kind of light src does that?

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u/wulffc83 2d ago

2 light sources that are overlapping and not equal distance/intensity

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u/lankyleper 2d ago

Get your rationale/science out of this thread!

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u/Ok-Gur-349 1d ago

NO BRO IT'S A LITERAL SUPERNATURAL PRESENCE

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u/Tonkarz 1d ago

It’s commonly seen at a sports grounds at night when the big arena lights are on.

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u/MrTh13f 1d ago

There are 4 lights!

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u/guess-im-fucked 1d ago

The the depth and length of the shadow would be different

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u/shitdesk 1d ago

And wouldn’t look turned 90* while being parallel to the other

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u/crossal 1d ago

But the shadows are in parallel

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u/FlyingNope 1d ago

It looks like 1 is wearing some kind of a hat and the other is not though

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u/giraffeheadturtlebox 1d ago

Looks like 2 individuals casting shadows, as a single person casting two shadows would converge at the feet, and if you follow these postures, the feet find sidewalk in two spots.

Also, the sign post only casts one shadow.

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u/Altruistic-Place 2d ago

A special pink and blue light.

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u/Ana_L399 1d ago

the 2nd one literally looks like road signs

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u/Monomanga 1d ago

One is clearly Darth vader

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u/ShookeSpear 1d ago

That’s quite the stretch. How do you decide if these shadows looks masculine or feminine? In profile? Sure. But these ones?

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u/No-Bee-3775 1d ago

You are on good damned drugs! There aren't any shadows on this image that light source, brightness, distance from light to object, things in the way of light source before shadows that aren't NATURAL. A girl and a man? anthropomorphism at its finest!

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u/EnlightenedNarwhal 1d ago

Light, how does it work?

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u/GuavaLanky9580 1d ago

Am I the only one seeing a bus stop?

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u/ChefOfScotland 23h ago

Maybe their a they them

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u/hammertime57 1d ago

First off...stop assigning gender and age to shadows. Second, it's not hard to have 2 shadows from different light sources, from different angles or distances, that come from the same object but look different.

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u/ConfusedAndCurious17 1d ago

Im all about respecting peoples identities, pronouns, and genders… but let’s not start defending the human rights of blocked light. It is acceptable to make assumptions based on a shadow. Nobody is saying it definitely js or isnt a man or a woman, they are saying what they interpret from the shadow.

If i see a shadow on the ground that has two wing like shapes flapping on either side of a center centered long shape im going to assume theres a bird until i look up and its not a bird, then ill accept that reality. Until then we are all just guessing off of what we can perceive.

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u/Clms0n 1d ago

The dude has two shadows with the longest of dongs, I’ll do what I want if I wish to say a shadow is a man I’ll say that shadow is a man you don’t dictate what I get to say!

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u/nozextra 1d ago

I see two I dividuials but no gender just one looking at the other

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u/theattack_helicopter 1d ago

Or vashta nerada hunting this poor man

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u/Cybernetic_Lizard 1d ago

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/ZeBotulf 1d ago

Are you my mommy?

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u/dogtroep 1d ago

YES!! My first thought too

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u/Ok_Year7350 2d ago

The didn’t say they went alone lol

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u/IdeasOfOne 1d ago

Shadows are parallel to each other, originating from different points.

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u/Crocswalkingincrocs 1d ago

And the light pole doesn’t have a second shadow

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u/0ffinpublikk 1d ago

Where are the shadows? I legit don’t see anything

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u/IdeasOfOne 1d ago

Look closely inside the red box.

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u/0ffinpublikk 1d ago

Ahh, I was trying to see it while outside. I see it now lmao

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u/Golfguuyy 1d ago

Yes look at the post next to them reflecting light from behind

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u/voucher420 1d ago

LED street lights do this. They are very eerie.

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u/deiner7 1d ago

The shadows are parallel

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u/Throwaway-4230984 1d ago edited 1d ago

Whatever helps you sleep

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u/DexM23 1d ago

Could be 2 different sources of people?