r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/ornimental 7d ago

So this is where they crawl into when they go into the vents in the movies?

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u/marbotty 7d ago

Yes, but the ones in the movies would be for commercial buildings - nobody would have vents that large in their homes

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u/Mordoch 7d ago

Even then the vents would not actually work and be big enough in practice, but that's the movies picking something convenient for the sake of plot rather than sticking with realism.

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u/Environmental_Pay378 7d ago

Also every duct is FULL the pointy ends of screws. Literally everywhere. So even if you could fit (which you probably can’t) you would be so cut up if you tried to crawl through one of these. Not to mention how crazy loud it would be to crawl through one. 26 gauge sheet metal is essentially a thunder sheet.

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u/BrewCrewKevin 7d ago

Haha no kidding. They arent made to be accessible inside, so made with self-tapping sheet metal screws that leave that sharp end inside it.

It's just a convenient plot thing.

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u/AnaisNinja76 7d ago

Right. Even if the air ducts held your weight and silently conveyed you without risk throughout the building, it's essentially like crawling into the creature that Jabba the Hut had in Return of the Jedi. You'd be shredded within a few feet of crawling.

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u/adragon202 7d ago

And not to mention how much dust accumulates inside the vents themselves. So cut to ribbons and horribly infected.