r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Phalanks 4d ago

You need to make up an awful story to overshare when someone asks you about it. Them's the rules.

u/Calculagraph 4d ago

I've got an eight-point nautical star on my inner forearm that's been there 22 years now. When people ask, I usually say it means "I'm eighteen."

u/thelonious616 4d ago edited 3d ago

Isn't the eight-pointed star associated with Russian mafia/prison tattoos?

u/Calculagraph 4d ago

I wouldn't know. I got it because I'm from a port town and it's what's actually on nautical maps.

u/thelonious616 4d ago

Right on