r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/BeatnikBun Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

I'm gonna guess that she's happily startled because, for example, mine hit his weed pen outside every 15 minutes and fell asleep on the couch and never once came near me. I think that my experience (or smth similar) is pretty common.

Edit: Hi, I'm an actually human person and was the first to comment on this. I'm not trying to start a damn war of the roses, and apparently this is NOT the correct answer (see the next comment below mine). Just popped in with my stupid, obviously incorrect thought about what this could mean. So chill with calling me a stupid whore.

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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/Infamous_Try3063 Apr 24 '26

It is very common unfortunately.  The younger generation of dads are more supportive and involved and its so awesome to see.

*I have enough years in healthcare to be that many people my age are retired.

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u/upholsteryduder Apr 24 '26

86% of all fathers now attend the birth of their infant

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026661381000104X

14% is not "very common", it's the exception, not the rule

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u/MyEmptyMind Apr 24 '26

“The younger generation of dads are more supportive and involved and it’s so awesome to see” Jeez genius it’s almost as if that’s what the comment said.

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u/Deftly_Flowing Apr 24 '26

Off topic but what percentage of something do you think that something needs to be before it becomes 'common'?

Like I would think 20-50% is a solid range for common and then 50%+ is when its very common.

But then again, if you consider that there's probably 10-20 births a day in a hospital, then you would probably see 1 or 2 fathers not showing up daily. So if its a daily occurance does it drift back into the realm of commonplace even though the percentage is low?

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u/upholsteryduder Apr 24 '26

"Common" generally means shared, widespread, or ordinary. It refers to things occurring frequently.

To me, common means the thing that is most likely to happen or happens more often than not, aka the "norm".

Frequent/Widespread: Widespread, prevalent, general, popular, familiar, ordinary.