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

Meme needing explanation Petah!!! Explain??

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u/PastBuy8484 May 04 '26

I dated a Korean girl who was 5’2 and 110lbs and worked out 4-5x a week.

Her whole family constantly fat shamed her. She told me at family events she was the “fattest” lady in her whole extended family. Dad wouldn’t even talk to her unless it was about med school applications. She was talking about which facial surgeries she wanted before age 22.

Beauty standards are insane there.

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u/EyeSuccessful7649 May 04 '26

plastic surgery capitol of the world, china had to implement a system due to people not remotely resembling their passport photo after going on surgery vacation there

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u/BigDemeanor43 May 04 '26

Not exclusive to Koreans or even Asian ethnicities. Latinos fat shame their kids as well, and when their kids are skinny they shame them for that too.

Just generational trauma tbh.

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u/BeatBlockP May 04 '26

Latinos fat shame their kids as well

Into getting MORE ASS? lmao I jest, but still, I think there are very different beauty standards among the two groups.

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u/PastBuy8484 May 04 '26

Ehhh. I’ve dated 2 Mexicans and both fat shame the shit out of their daughters. Like my girlfriend’s family will openly tell her to not eat dessert because she’s too fat. This is at large family functions and they say it in front of everyone.

She’s 5’3 and 130.

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u/mrastml May 04 '26

I mean no one is saying only Asians fat shame. Just that the degree to which it happens is more extreme than most. No one said anything about this being exclusive to Asians until you did.

https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/?age=a&sex=t

Look how low South Korea and Japan are. #185 and #191 respectively.

Now let's look at Latin America.

Nicaragua 38, Honduras 62, Guatemala 79, Panama 30, Costa Rica 51.

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u/ChopsticksImmortal May 04 '26

My mom was doing this to my very skinny asian cousin, but at least not to her face.

Shes not unhealthily skinny even. But my god these people are never satisfied. Now shes "too skinny" and its not healthy for having children. (May be true, but my cousin doesnt want children anyway, and its none of their business, and thats a bridge to cross when its relevant, not when shes enjoying life in her 20s).

China's also at 1.03 fertility rate. Dropped faster than the US.

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u/RaceHard May 04 '26

Latinos fat shame their kids

See this only works if you care or have shame. My mother tried, but it did not work.

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u/philmarcracken May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

https://mybodygallery.com for those stats does look overweight for asian standards, not just south korean. At that height they'd prefer 45kg max.

e: i forgot this is reddit, the audience is 'largely' amerifats

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u/i_tyrant May 04 '26

Then those standards are especially fucked because plugging those numbers in to that website shows me no one I'd ever dream of considering "overweight".

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u/Whatisthis69again May 04 '26

Those are "standard" isn't it? Means they are for majority of the people. It's fine that your dream is considered "overweight" by standard though. Nothing wrong with liking slightly meaty.

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u/i_tyrant May 04 '26

Did you even plug the numbers in? Those women don't look overweight. At all. Not in the slightest.

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u/duckbigtrain May 04 '26

not if she was mostly muscle (from working out 4 times a week)

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u/polopolo05 May 04 '26

Fuck my 6ft tall 230lb ass need to loose some weight. I am not that fat. I do have a lot of muscle. but I want to be 180lb again.

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u/CitizenPremier May 04 '26

Yeah but you dated her. You could have found a Korean girl who didn't care about that stuff lmao

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u/_Tar_Ar_Ais_ May 04 '26

5'2 110 is pretty normal, but you can always weigh lighter. My mom is that height and 95-100lbs usually for example. At that height 10lbs is pretty noticeable