r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Apr 24 '26

Is it? That sounds horrendous. 

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u/tiorzol Apr 24 '26

Nah it's not. I can see how someone would want to normalise such a shitty event to deal with it but the fathers I know and myself have been much much more involved and supportive than our fathers were 

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u/Square-Singer Apr 24 '26

This. Everyone sees themselves as the standard, the "normal". Even if they are far, far away from "normal".

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u/Doubtindoh Apr 24 '26

Here we are discussing a commenter making a standard out of their own experience when in reality they said "I guess it's pretty common".

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u/Icy-Struggle-3436 Apr 24 '26

It’s not pretty common though

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u/Doubtindoh Apr 24 '26

Are you speaking from your own experience, perhaps?

Edit: also note the "I guess"

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u/Ctenophorever Apr 24 '26

I mean, the nurse is shocked by the good behavior, sooo

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u/fiftysevenpunchkid Apr 24 '26

A meme was made of a nurse being shocked. That doesn't mean that anyone was actually shocked in reality.