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/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"