r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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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/Vel_Cosby Apr 24 '26

Yup, if they married and had a child with a man like this, you can't really expect the people they surround themselves with to be vastly different. So they'd think it's normal to be like this.

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u/nishagunazad Apr 24 '26

Its a lot easier to say "men are just like that" than to admit "my man just kinda sucks"

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u/Benevonstanciano Apr 24 '26

Tbf she didn't say all men are like that, just that it's common. And it is. Ask any L&D nurse.

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u/Junior_Reveal8704 Apr 24 '26

commonality cannot exist in a situation where the factor you are claiming is “common” is only done by the minority of people its applied to. For example, I cannot say its common for me to cry if I am only crying 20% of my life. Saying a absent partner experience during pregnancy is “common” is not correct. While it is terrible that it happens, and it shouldn’t happen at all, claiming its a common experience is inflating the issue and turns it into a completely different conversation then the one we should be having.