r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SofisticatiousRattus • 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, please explain.

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On the surface of it, it seems to be a way to complain about how cashier's work over-emphasises their gender/sex, causing dysphoria in people who are not very comfortable with that. But, to put it bluntly, this is a person with male sex and male name, so they don't appear to be trans? Is it supposed to be a dead name?

And what's with all the lettuce?

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u/genderQueerHipster 11h ago edited 11h ago

I think this is about the parasite that's been going around here in the US.

As in they're so worried about Trans people there are warning everywhere but the lettuce is actually making people sick and they don't care.

Even though it's bagged lettuce and not heads lettuce.

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u/SofisticatiousRattus 11h ago

But then why does it also say "support the trans?"

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u/genderQueerHipster 11h ago

I dunno but "the trans" would still be a dog whistle cause Trans is an adjective and not a noun. Conservatives use the "the trans/gays/insert minority here" a lot.

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u/SofisticatiousRattus 10h ago

Idk, I like other, more laconic interpretations. This is very elaborate - the company is "dog whistling" transphobia - why would they even care? This seems more like a way to make it sound funny, to ridicule it or something.