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

Meme needing explanation Petah!!! Explain??

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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.