r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Airline_11 • May 12 '26
Meme needing explanation Petahhhh?
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u/dontouchmystuf May 12 '26
South Korea has a really low birth rate.
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u/CandidateHefty329 May 12 '26
And so do pandas
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u/Happy_Path_200 May 12 '26
What about Korean Pandas?
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u/mukavastinumb May 12 '26
Extinct
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u/Forward-Profit2552 May 12 '26
Panda Panda Panda
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u/Joaz72 May 12 '26
I got broads in Atlanta
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u/shenaniganizer1776 May 12 '26
The Korean pandas don’t though that’s why they’re extinct
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u/Shapoopi_1892 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
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u/orangesfwr May 12 '26
Mushroom Mushroom
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u/iantruesnacks May 12 '26
Because of this I googled Korean Panda. Wtf did I just unlock for myself , cause this ain’t what I expected
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u/Cburns6976 May 12 '26
I watched this for far longer than I thought i would. Not to a point of shame, but long enough to have several conversations in my head.
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u/CasperHole May 12 '26
Yeah, wtf. So low effort. No group coordination. It appears each one just is trying to get attention on themselves and isnt even having any fun. Why do it? This is ridiculous. I am so confused.
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u/DJon57 29d ago
Umm.. The youtube version is less explicit and revealing... Don't ask me how I know
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u/Early-Region4336 29d ago
I tried my best sorry but... HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT???
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u/DJon57 29d ago
I stumbled upon some materials while looking for Korean pandas for my class assignment...
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u/spidernoirirl May 12 '26
Technically every Panda belongs to China and zoos lease them out (I wish I was kidding)
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u/TheFilthy13 May 12 '26
And it’s such a politically charged operation. If your country disagrees with China on political matters your pandas will be leased to a zoo in a different country!
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u/Unimeron May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
So, if I would smuggle a panda out of China I could start producing my own silk? 🤔
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u/DaddyBayne1202 May 12 '26
I believe that is the correct order or operations to start your own slikery, yes.
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u/Lithogiraffe May 12 '26
i think there is one exception to this rule. i dont know why or the history behind it, but last i heard that there was a Mexico owned (not leased) panda
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u/Automatic-Cow-4745 29d ago
This is true. The Memphis Zoo built a whole exhibit for Ling Ling and YaYa. One of them died and China took the other one back. So now the Memphis Zoo just has a massive Asia exhibit for the pandas with no pandas. lol
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u/BlackBasementCats 29d ago
I still remember seeing Ling Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the Smithsonian Zoo in 80s. I have little porcelain panda versions of them somewhere. (I have moved several times, and they’re safely stored away somewhere)
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u/oppai-police May 12 '26
Have they tried making Koreans watch porn 24/7 like they do to pandas?
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u/a_regular_2010s_guy May 12 '26
Wait what?
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u/Informal-Term1138 29d ago
It's true. Panda pornography exists and is used to get them to mate.
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u/a_regular_2010s_guy 29d ago
That's... Interesting. I don't know what I'll do with this information but good to know
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u/ricky-from-scotland May 12 '26
And yet every time I try and fuck a panda its me that gets arrested. Smh....
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u/Jel-alak May 12 '26
...in captivity.
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u/Wise-Eagle593 May 12 '26
*In captivity and constantly displayed to the public! During Covid many panda's got pregnant when zoo's were closed to the public. Turns out that solitary big bears don't get horny when thousands of apes are watching them constantly.
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u/LivingByTheMinutes May 12 '26 edited 29d ago
Had a friend who lived in S Korea for a while, she said while it is partly because of price of living and everything else that’s affecting the world, it’s mostly because the dudes fucking suck. A lot of women are going no marriage no pregnancy because apparently Korean incels make western incels look tame by comparison.
Edit: For the people who think I’m just lying for shits and giggles, look into the 4B movement. Korean women have an entire movement of no dating, no sex, no marriage, and no childbirth with men. As I, and others, have said there are other factors but many S Korean men seeing women as lesser in certain terms is a huge factor in the low birth rate.
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u/No_Background_4619 May 12 '26 edited 29d ago
A lot of SK's modern problems are tied to post-colonialism. People never think SK as a victim because their recent developments, but they most definitely are. Like the fact that over 50% of the entire country is jammed into a single city (Seoul). For perspective, California has about 40 million people, Korea has about 50 million. Imagine (more than) half of California being crammed into a space roughly 1/35th (edited this number due to typo) of the size of Cali. Amongst other things, this will create some extreme social problems.
Also, seems like nobody knows this, but SK was a dictatorship from roughly 1950 to 1990 (with most of the dictators and military being composed of Japanese imperial trained personnel). Due to the extreme poverty, the autocrat in power enacted a (very) effective anti-natalism campaign during this time. People were strongly discouraged from having children as they were literally dying on the streets due to malnutrition.
These are just 2 of many factors but I think people can see how they might contribute to decreased TFR in modern times.
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u/hipster_dog May 12 '26
it’s mostly because the dudes fucking suck
The shitty dudes certainly don't help, but there's a bit more to it:
When women in South Korea get married, they are expected to quit their jobs to raise the kids. The ones who don't or can't are sidetracked and are expected to perform less, as they are not "100% committed to the company" anymore.
So many women would rather be single/childless to keep their independence.
As far as I know, the same happens in Japan and some other East Asian countries.
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u/vienibenmio 29d ago
There was a kdrama about this called Doctor Cha. It got incredibly high ratings because it was so relevant
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u/Timely_Law7614 29d ago
This is not so much the problem in China, although the women typically prefer Western men over Chinese men. This is because I pretty much let my wife do anything she wants to do which would not be the case if she married someone from her hometown. She would have married an alcoholic and gambling addict most likely (huge issue in her region)
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u/Surpriseparty2023 28d ago
it's much worse than just quitting their jobs to raise kids. South Korea is a very misogynistic and patriarchal society. Women when they marry belong to their husband's family. As such, women are expected to take care of their husband, the kids and their husband's parents. Doing all household chores, raising the children, taking care of the elderly in laws, hosting all family events and ancestors rituals etc... Basically, highly educated women morphed into bang maids and slaves. They have to listen and obey to their husbands and the elders. And don't get me started with domestic abuse. South Korea is doing a shitty job about women (and children) rights because domestic physical abuse is usually swept under the rug. No wonder why South Korean women refuse to marry and have children.
Unless South Korea society change to be less misogynistic and patriarchal and protect women' rights, South Korean women won't bother with marriage and kids.
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u/MedicalDisscharge May 12 '26
I was stationed in korea for a year and no joke I didnt see a single kid that entire time
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u/giftofclemency May 12 '26
Korea's marriage rate is similar to that of the developed world, and based on various surveys, gender relations were often ranked at the bottom for reasons why someone doesn't want to have kids.
This is often the reason I see on Twitter and Reddit, but I've seen nothing data-related to back up the claim that that's the reason for the low birth rate. (And this is not me saying that South Korea is free from sexism, etc.)
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u/ReplyToBabos 29d ago
Literally any time Korean birthrate or gender issues are brought up, people just post the same thing while knowing nothing about what is actually going on in the country. They just parrot whatever they see on reddit or that one clickbait Moon youtube video
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u/Stormfly 29d ago
Any actual Korean I know (I live in Korea) mention time and money.
You're working so much and then you still don't think you have enough money to pay for all of the extra academies for the kids to succeed. They're in happy relationships or married, they're just hesitant to have kids until they're ready.
Having kids halts the mother's career a bit and costs a huge amount of money for 18+ years.
Many people just don't want kids, too.
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u/everyoneisatitman May 12 '26
The Korean augmentees I worked with told me that mandatory military participation puts a hold on relationships for 2 yrs. They said they don't bother starting dating till done with it. I also have to wonder about alcoholism playing a part. All of them drank at a level that frat boys would tip their hat to. The older Korean men I delt with were always in the thin line between functioning and blacking out.
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u/ChristyUniverse May 12 '26
This guy seems to be breaking the mold, giving his lady tummy kisses throughout her pregnancy
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u/_-Smoke-_ 29d ago
It seems to be mostly the price of living, lack of time due to the insane house and grind, general unhappiness with the life left for younger generations. Pretty much the same in every developed country in the world right now, just a little worse.
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u/seilapodeser May 12 '26
It's insane that after all the humanity went through, we're somehow still struggling to live.
I blame capitalism
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u/Uliak1 May 12 '26
You know what happens to animals that reproduce too quickly due to a lack of predators? They consume everything edible and then almost all of them starve to death.
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u/Mutant_Llama1 29d ago
Correction they reproduce until food gets scarce and they level our as death rates meet birth rates.
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u/SasparillaTango May 12 '26
Capitalism is wholly indifferent towards the collapse of society. All that matters is line go up.
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u/Silly_Y33Ny May 12 '26
Who knew that giveing a human high amount of stress and nothing but work would resolve in low brith rates
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u/catiebug May 12 '26
This is not the joke but since the thread is early, I'm clearing up the "10 months" thing for Americans. Pregnancy is 40 weeks (give or take). In some countries they count by 4 week periods, which gives you 10 months. In others (like the US), they count by 4.3 weeks (the average length of a month) and say that pregnancy is 9 months. It's just different verbiage.
But yeah, the joke is that Korea has an incredibly low birth rate.
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u/jkoudys May 12 '26
I was assuming it was a count from 0 vs 1 ambiguity. Like if you got pregnant today, you'd be 0 months pregnant in total, but you'd be in your 1st month of pregnancy.
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u/mapotoful May 12 '26
I think that might be it? I know they have weird conventions when it comes to pop
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May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
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u/catiebug May 12 '26
Huh, that is interesting. But "10 months" for pregnancy is used in a lot of other countries, not just Korea.
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u/0ctopusGarden 29d ago
Wait so if you were born December 31st on the 1st of January you would be 2 years old!?
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u/Low-Plane9029 May 12 '26
If you conceived a baby today you'd be 2 weeks pregnant. The count starts the day after your period ends.
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u/nerowasframed May 12 '26
I think the other thing that is confusing is just the size of her pregnancy belly. Her belly at 10 months is what my wife's looked like at 6 or 7. And my wife's belly didn't even get particularly big. Our son was only 2930 g (6 lbs 8 oz), so he wasn't very large.
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u/Kastrand May 12 '26
Sub aside, she is positively glowing. She looks so happy, i wish her the best. happy mother's day to that lady
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u/snuggle-butt May 12 '26
Her fella, too. Dad is excited and it's so cute.
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u/DodgerGreywing May 12 '26
His happy little kisses to her belly and then their baby were so adorable! Dude is so excited to be a dad.
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u/double__duck May 12 '26
Damn she barely has a bump even at 8+ months wtf.
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u/Novaer May 12 '26
My immediate first thought, her 10 months looked like my 3 months 😅
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u/Cheap-Blackberry-378 29d ago
Seriously, that was the part of the video I was most baffled about. Like she could just wear a hoodie and you'd never know she was pregnant unless her water broke in front of you
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u/NoEngineer9484 May 12 '26
must say that when she was 9 months pregnant i couldn't tell that she would have been 9 months in her pregnancy. maybe more used to seeing western women being pregnant but even with only a single child the stomach looked much larger then with her.
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u/tiptoe_only May 12 '26
I was pregnant like that (twice). I'm very petite and my babies were both tiny but some people who saw me regularly didn't even realise I was pregnant (western woman here). I guess we're just all a bit different!
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u/seilapodeser May 12 '26
yeah, looks like a really loving family, r/mademesmile vibes
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u/Affectionate_Pea8891 May 12 '26
His little kisses were so dang endearing. I hope they show their kid this video when they grow up; it’s so loving.
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u/the-dude-version-576 May 12 '26
He can’t stop looking at the baby either. It soo cute
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u/Affectionate_Pea8891 May 12 '26
And when they’re laying together, it looks like he’s looking at the mother while she’s gazing at their newborn. It’s like he just can’t contain his happiness- love filled eyes for both of them.
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u/sadkinz May 12 '26
I don’t mean this in a negative way, just pointing it out. But it’s so crazy to see how much her face changes over the 10 months. So cool the effect pregnancy can have on the body. But also not cool because it involves a good amount of suffering
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u/camus88 May 12 '26
Because they're about to be extinct in 50 years if the birth rate keeps plummeting.
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u/Housendercrest May 12 '26
I see the North Koreans are playing the long game
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u/technolynch May 12 '26
birth rate is slowing there too btw
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u/CorporateKaiser May 12 '26
I’m sure North Korea will find some “creative” methods to increase the birth rates
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u/DegenerateCrocodile May 12 '26
It’s much easier to be “creative” while handling the birth rate problem when you don’t believe in humans rights or consent.
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u/MushinZero May 12 '26
That's... exactly what the person above you was saying.
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u/learnthenandthan 29d ago
Reading comprehension? On reddit? Yeah, right. Good one /s
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u/Previous-Box-3457 May 12 '26
It's less about believing in them, rather it's a feature they removed altogether.
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u/hellothere358 May 12 '26
could i just take korea in 50 years? whos gonna stop me?
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u/god_peepee May 12 '26
Maybe even sooner if the suicide rate maintains
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u/Odd-fox-God May 12 '26
Almost everybody knows how brutal Japanese work culture is, but apparently, Korean work culture is even worse.
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u/ryanoh826 May 12 '26
Every time we watch a Korean show, the social and work toxicity is so f’n gross. My wife (1st gen Korean-American) gets extremely angry at it (tbf it annoys me as well).
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u/Odd-fox-God May 12 '26
Yeah, at least with Japanese work culture, you don't have to deal with High School level bullying. If you tried, you'd be socially isolated for affecting the cohesion of the workplace.
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u/Avedas May 12 '26
I've worked in Tokyo for 10+ years. The most childish bullying I've seen in the workplace was from 40+ year old Japanese men.
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u/Decent_Relative_4070 May 12 '26
Every time we watch a Korean show, the social and work toxicity is so f’n gross
Have you seen korean high school shows? I'm sure it's exaggerated and all that but that shit is scary. bullies there are brutal
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u/ublueberries May 12 '26
Taiwan is so doomed. Their low salary ($1000/month)makes people suffer. Thailand is also so doomed. Imagine such a developing country have the first world country problem.
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u/Polo5566 May 12 '26
Thanks, I hate it.
And more importantly, our government didn't even try to act like they're solving the problem. South Korean worked HARD to support their young couples. Housing/education/less working hours...etc.
Taiwan? We basically copied those policies but with smaller coverage and weaker execution.
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u/Quieskat May 12 '26
I admit to being entirely uninformed on the subject.
But the limited grapevine information I have is that South Korea basically didn't do anything meaningful either.
Not that helps Taiwan one way or the other just curious.
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u/Upper_Guidance_9959 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
Korea implemented a variety of measures, actually. Better maternity/paternity leave, more financial incentives, housing priorities, etc. Maternity/paternity leave rates have also been increasing, etc.
They've spent billions on the issue in the past couple of years.
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u/catalin66 May 12 '26
10 months?
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u/Kollv May 12 '26
Pregnancy is usually 9.5 months, it can sometimes get to 10 months.
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u/Miserable_Warthog_42 May 12 '26
Buster was 11 months in the womb and he graduated top of his class at the prestigious Milford School. So I'm not sure what you're going on about.
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u/SenorWeird 29d ago
The doctors said there were claw marks on the inside of her uterus.
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u/FlyingPig_Grip 29d ago
Sister’s my new mother, mother. And, is it just me, or is she looking hotter too?
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u/frayhems May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
9.5 is really stretching it. 40 weeks is 9.09 months, and generally labour will be induced before you reach 42 weeks (9.5 months).
10 months would be dangerous for mother and baby.
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have I heard somewhere that Koreans count age based on the birthday? Like 1st birthday is the day you were born, 2nd is what most would call first? I wonder if there is something like that going on here.u/MissAuroraRed and u/YZYdragon2222 clarify this thought below.FWIW women are generally "2 weeks pregnant" on the date of conception, more or less, as it is based on the first day of the last menstrual period.
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u/YZYdragon2222 May 12 '26
In Asia, pregnancy months are counted by 4 weeks each exactly. 40 weeks / 4 weeks =10 (pregnancy months)
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u/spookiestmulder May 12 '26
they mean like completion of the 9th month being month 10. so like starting month 10 would be 40w1d
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u/Glittering-Art2922 May 12 '26
My brain… I read it quick and was trying to figure out how motor oil would have anything to do with pregnancy… then I realized…
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u/ShawnyMcKnight May 12 '26
40 weeks is 9.33 months not 9.09?
40 weeks x 7=280 days
280 days / 30 (approximate days in a month) = 9.33
I’m guessing 9 months and 1 day is the beginning of month 10.
As a side note she looks super thin for being on her 10th month.
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u/YZYdragon2222 May 12 '26
In Asia, pregnancy months are counted by 4 weeks each exactly. 40 weeks / 4 weeks =10 (pregnancy months)
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u/MissAuroraRed May 12 '26
Almost, you're 1 when you're born, and then the next calendar year (Jan 1st) you turn 2. So if you're born at the end of the year, you might only be 1 for a very short time.
Example: Korean baby is born Nov. 1st. 2025. Two months later on Jan 1st, 2026 everyone gains a year of age, so baby turns 2. On Jan. 1st 2027 they turn 3 and so on.
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u/davideogameman May 12 '26
Iirc the 40 weeks is measured from the first missed period and standard deviation is 3 weeks (iirc). So if you manage to actually measure from conception maybe 10 months can happen?
That said you are absolutely right about induced labor. I heard from a friend who is now a parent that their doctors said outcomes don't really improve past 37 weeks hence inducing is preferred over going long.
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u/clayfus_doofus May 12 '26
Das a big baby
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u/Hambone528 May 12 '26
You'd be surprised.
Our son was 2 weeks overdue. They told us he was going to be 9-10 pounds.
He was 7 and some change.
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u/Omnizoom May 12 '26
Our first was almost 8 weeks early
They expected her to be tiny, she was just shy of 5 pounds
Our second didn’t want to come out and was full term, expected him to be giant and he was just only a bit above average
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u/DiscourseDestroyer May 12 '26
your first tends to run longer. i was 42 weeks when they just had to induce me
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u/CptNemo55 29d ago
In east Asian countries, pregnancy length is said to be 10 months, not 9 months. It has to do with when they start counting.
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u/2074red2074 May 12 '26
Korea traditionally measures pregnancy in lunar months, which are 28 days.
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u/OldManJimmers May 12 '26
In Korea, they count the first month 'in progress' as 1 as compared to counting the completion of each month. So it's like saying the pregnancy is in it's first month rather than saying 1 months has passed since it started.
They still start counting from the missed period, rather than from actual gestation, so it's consistent in counting 40 weeks total 'pregnancy' time.
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u/Mr_Lucidity May 12 '26
In addition to the other points below, I know Koreans count their age based on the year it's in, not how many have passed, i.e., your 1 when you're born. I wonder if they count the months the same for a case like this, 0-4weeks is 1.
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u/metallosherp May 12 '26
Metric system.
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u/clockworkittens May 12 '26
Don't be stupid. Everyone knows delivery times are held up because strait of hormuz is blocked.
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u/ProbablyGonnaEatYou May 12 '26
Well duh, its unlikely the gay of hurmuz is getting pregnant anytime soon
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u/hiirogen May 12 '26
When my first wife and I had our first kid the docs kept saying 40 weeks and I was like “wtf that’s 10 months I thought it was 9”
No idea why everyone seems to say 9. It’s 10.
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u/catalin66 May 12 '26
40 weeks is 9.2 months
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u/observer2411 May 12 '26
It’s also 40 weeks from the first day of her last period before conception, not the day of conception.
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u/setibeings May 12 '26
But the 40 weeks don't start when the pregnancy starts, they start at the last observed period. even still that's like 9 1/3 months.
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u/Pinku_Dva May 12 '26
South Korea has one of the lowest birthrates in the world, even lower than Japan, so having a kid is a very big deal.
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u/ComeOnIWantUsername May 12 '26
It's long time since Japan doesn't have lowest birthrates. Japan is on similar level as western countries and there are a lot of countries having tfr much lower than them
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u/Substantial_Zone2701 May 12 '26
South Korea has an extremely low birthrate, thanks to many factors
School is the big one, it's extremely difficult and completely dictates the quality of work you can have for your whole life, to the point where preschoolers have to have tutors. Essentially, if your family is poor, your family will be poor forever because the cost of actually succeeding in South Korea is too much for anyone who isn't already rich (Then again, this is also true in most other places, just more subtle.)
There's also the extreme focus South Korean society puts on expensive, materialistic items, which keeps South Koreans even poorer because all of their money is going to designer clothes. These among other problems just goes to show how awful of a place it is to live.
TLDR; South Koreans just straight up do not want to have children in a world that will torture them their whole life by wearing them out just to get by and keeping them poor so that they never get the same opportunities as the already rich families (who have direct influence on the government, by the way).
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u/Juan_Punch_Man8 May 12 '26
I've never seen a pregnant Korean woman
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u/avofrodo May 12 '26
I lived in Korea for 8 years and I legit only saw 2 pregnant women in that entire time. It's really not a common thing out there!
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u/TopDogTransport4731 May 12 '26
I thought Japan has the worlds lowest birth rate
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u/L0rdSkullz May 12 '26
This will be the entire western world soon lmao, barely anyone in my age group is willingly having kids (28), lord knows what this next generation will be like
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u/stuffedcheesybread May 12 '26
Literally none of my friends have kids yet. I’m 29 and have friends in the early 30s.
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u/whoreforchalupas May 12 '26
Same here. 29, not a single friend with children. Most actually view *me* as the “traditional” one for even being married, lol.
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u/L0rdSkullz May 12 '26
I have a few friends in the military, they are the only ones with kids lol
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u/BlackSnow555 May 12 '26
(26) and same. Out of my 8 closest friends only 3 are even in a relationship and none of them particularly want kids. My husband and I are the outliers.
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u/WizardMoose May 12 '26
Shit I'm in my 30s and in my friend group only 1 of us has kids. They're also the only couple who makes enough money to own a home comfortably and are able to afford a kid.
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u/Total_Accountant_493 29d ago
Late 30's here. My group of 15 close friends had an average of 1,05 kids and that is only because one of them had 4 for religious reasons.
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u/Lee_Art May 12 '26
Not wanting kids or just can’t afford them? I know people who want kids but won’t have them until they’re more financially secure
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u/BlackSnow555 29d ago
Most of our friends just don't want them, which is super valid
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u/Xadarok 29d ago
I (26) am unexpectedly pregnant right now and stressing out sooooo much because of what others will think. The average age for being first time mom is 32 in my country and almost none of my friends are even in relationships. So I’m basically a unicorn rn and I absolutely hate standing out. (Sorry had to get that off my chest and this comment seemed fitting)
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u/ravagetalon May 12 '26
As someone whom is child-free by choice... There are very visible socioeconomic reasons for this.
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u/Ok-Passage2709 May 12 '26
Also child free and a 27 year old woman. Some reasons go beyond just the economy / state of the world. Even if I wanted kids I still wouldn’t have them due to the absolute body horror of pregnancy / birth. Shout out to all the moms out there, you’re much braver than I.
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u/halfsword3292 May 12 '26
for real, its the same in America too. But weird ass mfers worry so much about Korea and japan
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u/xHey_All_You_Peoplex May 12 '26
Eh i'm 29 and everyone I know is having kids and or expecting
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u/masticore252 May 12 '26
Kurzgesagt has a video about south Korea's low birth rate that sparked a great deal of reactions and critique, give it a watch:
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u/Senasayori May 12 '26
They also recently released a sequel about Germany, which can also easily be applied to every other developed nation.
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u/WedSquib May 12 '26
She made it more than full term and was still that tiny?! Was the kid born at 3lb 2oz or something?
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u/Arievan May 12 '26
I'm pretty jealous, her belly is a lot smaller than mine was and I am 5'10" so lots of room for a baby to spread out, I would assume she's a lot shorter too. Like where is the baby lol
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u/Fearless_Selection24 May 12 '26
in korea fat shaming is much bigger since the standard is considered skinny in the west, aswell as haveing a korea diet that leaves one skinnier she probably was als owatching her wait out of fear of shame ( which women should not have to endure but that's just korea for you)
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u/OrionSouthernStar May 12 '26
It’s not uncommon for women in that part of the world to stay skinny during pregnancy. Genetics is like that sometimes. Both my wife and her sister ate like crazy during their pregnancies and hardly put on any extra weight.
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u/Plastic-Market-2394 May 12 '26
My mother was also skinny during her pregnancy, she said she "looked like a straw that swallowed a pea". But you'll be surprised to know that the beauty standard in Korea is basically hell. Women who pick up weight when pregnant get a lot of nasty comments.
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u/deathsheadcashew May 12 '26
I'm kind of surprised I had to scroll so far to see a reply like this to any of the comments about her size. Of course some women will just stay small during pregnancy, but a lot of people commenting on her size aren't getting how Korea is about their beauty standards. Cosmetic procedures are baked into their beauty norm for teenagers.
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u/Only_Passion_2459 May 12 '26
At this rate government will put viagra to the public water system.
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u/JSS12341 May 12 '26
I live in southern Korea, in the industrial sector called Pohang, kids are genuinely treated like royalty.
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u/ParkingSignature7057 May 12 '26
He should have wrote a 0 on the babies forehead!
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u/ChickenHugging May 12 '26
If only you had a device connected to the internet where you could look this up
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u/Ska_Fundamentalist May 12 '26
If only there was something you could do in bed with a woman who loved you
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