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

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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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/keIIzzz Apr 24 '26

I mean people who work in L&D can tell you how common shitty fathers are…it’s not just anecdotal

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u/Ucklator Apr 24 '26

That's the definition of anecdotal.

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u/No_Application_2634 Apr 24 '26

At what point does it become data

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u/OnlyAdvertisersKnoMe Apr 24 '26

When there’s actual data and not just some going like “I feel like this happens a lot”

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u/Marquar234 Apr 24 '26

When you write it down.

The issue is, the nurses will remember the outliers or the extremes. There could be 100 good dads and 10 horrible ones and they'd only recall the horrible ones.

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u/upholsteryduder Apr 24 '26

When it's actually recorded and not just fucking vibes...

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u/Ucklator Apr 25 '26

When it is used as evidence in a peer reviewed study that is both repeatable and falsifiable.