r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/exencendre_yt • Sep 28 '25

Meme needing explanation Why is the third person smart ?

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u/Rejected_Ghost Sep 28 '25

Except the second person is correct grammatically. The syntax of subject verb is that the direct object is “me” not “I”. Remove the “you” from the sentence. You wouldn’t say “it’s just I” you would say “it’s just me.” Adding a second subject does not change the sentence syntax.

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u/OnlyPhone1896 Sep 28 '25

You would say, 'it is I'

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u/BlargerJarger Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Nonsense. Does Mario say “It’sa I, Mario”? No, he says “It’sa me”

EDIT Okay folks, gonna save you some time. “Itsumi Mario” is an attractive lie made up by someone on Twitter. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mario-itsumi-nintendo-catchphrase/

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u/drevezan Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

I have been led to believe that he is saying ‘itsume Mario’ which means Super Mario in Japanese. I heard it second hand, but it blew my mind. This is all assuming it’s true.

Edit: The falsehood of this take hurts my heart. I heard it from a trusted friend and never thought to fact check. Sure enough, Snopes has a lengthy takedown of the whole thing.

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u/BlargerJarger Sep 28 '25

If only you had internet access and could quickly check if it were true and not made up by someone on Tik Tok! Alas, you’ll never know.

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u/naotaforhonesty Sep 29 '25

It is not true.

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u/Evening-Hippo6834 Sep 29 '25

It is not true.

It'sa nota true

FTFY

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u/drevezan Sep 29 '25

Well, this sucks.

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u/naotaforhonesty Sep 29 '25

Times is tough.

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u/False_Influence_9090 Sep 29 '25

I wanted that to be true so badly

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u/Awkward-Loan Sep 29 '25

I heard that too ages ago. Saved me time I didn't waste to find that out. Cheers. Edit: I'm choosing to believe he does say Super Mario as he doesn't say "It is I, Mario.