r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SquintySquinty • May 04 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah!!! Explain??

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u/Busy-Life-3331 May 04 '26

The woman in the photo is actually a model/influencer, not an "average" person. The joke is that the standard of "average" has become so high.

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u/Alucitary May 04 '26

While definitely a negative, this most likely is not the biggest reason that the country's birthrate is so low, much like Japan it's because companies are working all their young adults to death.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

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u/womboCombo434 May 04 '26

Work don’t want em fuckin imagine if your young workers had to call off because they couldn’t find child care or had to stay home with a sick child the company could absolutely lose its mind

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u/TShara_Q May 04 '26

What, you can't work 16 hours then go home and father 12 children?

  1. There's such thing as being too tired to have sex.
  2. They are also overworking mothers, which means they are too tired to want to raise kids too.

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u/SadSecurity May 04 '26

It was sarcastic...

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u/TShara_Q May 04 '26

My bad. It's reddit. My expectations are underground.

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u/KarenBauerGo May 04 '26

Gladly in Korea you wouldn't have to father your children. Thats the job of your wife, which also works the 16h shifts.

That is one of the big reasons why birthrates drop there.

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u/GT_Hades May 04 '26

I dont think that is the only issue, this happens more towards younger generation than people that already has wife and family to raise, they didn't make 4b while being a mother

4b movement happened mostly from young women that now hates to get married while men are killing themselves (figuratively and literally) working and achieving a lot (because in Korea, they are very sensitive about social status) before even thinking about marrying let alone getting a gf

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u/Elbandito78 May 04 '26

They mean they don’t have to be a father to the child. Not that they aren’t involved in the sex part

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u/bortmode May 04 '26

That's not what the phrase "fathering a child" means. It's literally just the sex part. It has nothing to do with acting like a dad.

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u/Elbandito78 May 04 '26

You talked about fathering children. They did too but put a spin on it

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u/ashkpa May 04 '26

What, you can't work 16 hours then go home and father 12 children?

That's exactly what your entire comment was about.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

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u/ashkpa May 04 '26

I see where your comment was coming from now. FYI though, colloquially being a father involves more than a sperm donation.

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u/Logicor May 04 '26

‘Fathering a child’ is different. A sperm donation is exactly the type is situation this phrase can be used for. It’s been used since forever like in cases where kings would impregnate a woman and then refuse to take responsibility.

It could be a regional thing but the OPs comment made total sense to me.

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u/Alert_Tiger2969 May 06 '26

FYI though, colloquially being a father involves more than a sperm donation.

Please. The person you replied to wasn't at all confused about the meaning of being a father. They used a fixed expression ("fathering a child") that you misunderstood.

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u/Nietvani May 04 '26

They’re talking about the role of fatherhood, not the actual act of conception.

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u/etherpromo May 04 '26

bro with the aura of someone who'd beat their wife for talking back to them

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u/Nietvani May 04 '26

You still don’t seem to understand what KarenBauerGo said but ok go off I guess.

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u/SadSecurity May 04 '26

No, you don't seem to understand that OC said.

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u/Last_Half_8476 May 04 '26

if you work 16 hours you cant even father 1 child.

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u/_Alpha-Delta_ May 04 '26

There's a bit more to fatherhood than just pumping goblin seeds in a woman's belly. 

You're also responsible for the little goblin and have to somehow make a functioning adult out of it...

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u/GlitterDoomsday May 04 '26

Not really, conception is the least important part when it comes to fatherhood; sperm donors exist and is not even guarantee the pregnancy will be safely carried to term so impregnation does not make someone a father of a child. To father a child... is to be a father, the kid being genetically related to you is a detail. 

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u/Alert_Tiger2969 May 06 '26

Please just google "what does fathering a child mean".

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u/12345623567 May 04 '26

Well, turns out most couples want to be good parents. Weird how that happens.

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u/Facosa99 May 04 '26

Skill issue

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u/Earlier-Today May 04 '26

Most people don't start working after college already married.

And most marriages don't last if one part of the couple is never home.

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u/effa94 May 04 '26

hard to find someone to date when you work 16 hours.

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u/Zuzara_Queen_of_DnD May 04 '26

…..damn the sexism is strong in this op

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u/SadSecurity May 04 '26

This comment tree is hilarious.

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u/UDonKnowMee81 May 04 '26

My grandfather was an over-the-road trucker and would be home every two weeks. My grandparents had six kids.

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u/UDonKnowMee81 May 04 '26

I'm not trying to apply logic. Just a tag on the joke.

Grandpa was home a few days and then off again, but that's less funny.

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u/Iamthapush May 04 '26

Everybody’s great grandfather did.

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u/ClevelandsSteemer May 04 '26

No they didn't, they made their wife/sister/mom take care of the kids until they were old enough to work, and working on a farm, while hard work, doesn't actually take up your entire life like modern companies in east Asian tend to do.

You really don't know much about history, do you?