r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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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/Square-Singer Apr 24 '26

The self-formed bubble is such a common perception-distorting issue. It's the same with "Why aren't there any good guys, all the guys I date are assholes." or "Why aren't there any good women? All the women I date just want my money.".

Well, if you keep dating a specific type of person, you will end up dating that specifict type of person.

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u/BootlegEngineer Apr 24 '26

I heard or read somewhere a long time ago that you are a sum of the 6 closest people to you.

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u/MiamiPower Apr 24 '26

Foot🦶🏽👣 Loose "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" is a trivia game based on the "small world" theory, where players connect any actor to Kevin Bacon in six or fewer steps via shared movie roles. Created in 1994 by students, it highlights Bacon's prolific career; most actors have a "Bacon Number" of 2 or 3, rarely exceeding 6.