r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WithSkelly • 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/Joe0991 Apr 24 '26

Well, by this logic they are doing the same thing. The person you replied to is agreeing that it’s NOT common/normal because everyone THEY see does the opposite of original commenter. So who’s to say which one is common/normal? Having met people, I’d bet that more people lean towards the original commenters description, even though it’s about 50/50 with the people I know