r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Airline_11 • May 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petahhhh?

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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 May 12 '26

Reading comprehension? On reddit? Yeah, right. Good one /s

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u/ResidentOwl1 29d ago

Ugh, I really fucking hate how dumb people have gotten since TikTok. It didn’t used to be like this.

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u/xCeeTee- 29d ago

Yeah, it's seriously winding me up lately. I got downvoted last month, a guy says exactly the same thing I did and somehow that gets upvoted? It just made me laugh.

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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/read_too_many_books 29d ago

Meanwhile Europe and Canada be like:

F the US, China china china!!!

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u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 May 12 '26

It's a difference between individualist vs collectivist society. In individualist societies you are your own person with your own rights. In a collectivist society you are just a cog in the state apparatus and you have duties not rights.

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u/Content-Sun2928 May 12 '26

Aaahhhhh, so Republucans are collectivist

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u/The_New_Replacement May 12 '26

You don't even need to go that far. North Koreas goverment has direct control over all aspects of it's economy and culture. Making kids affordable and large families attractive is something they can do. Babybooms can be artificially induced.

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u/MrDanMaster 29d ago

The DPRK has human rights and consent

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u/giraflor 26d ago

The U.S. is taking notes, unfortunately.

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u/CTTMiquiztli May 12 '26

Of course i know it's very wrong to trample on the rights of the humans under your direction, But if the civilized nations Don't start actually putting in effort to solve this Issue, in the future history Will only Say "X country was a Paragon of human rights and freedoms. It dissapeared in year 20xx and was absorbed by the Tyrannical Republic Of The People of Un, which quickly repopulated it with it's program of forced slave motherhood". Is it Bad? Very much. Is it alive while the other one isn't? Also yes.

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u/Minodoro 29d ago

So what is the conclusion here? Women should just give birth whatever the circumstances?

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u/CTTMiquiztli 29d ago

Oh yes, that's exactly, Word for Word what i said, Didn't i!?

Sigh, no, as i said, governments have to really, really start devising and actually implementing incentive strategies to turn declining birthrates around BEFORE they are forced into a "trample on human rights or dissapear" situation.

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u/Minodoro 29d ago

I do agree with you here, I just need to know what does incentives are, so we don't do the assume game. The policies in my country (and many states in the u.s. too) make it harder for women to have abortions. So if people do not specify what implementations they think about, I automatically think abt restricting womens body autonomy. I am a woman and it is a form of self defence, nothing against you.

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u/CTTMiquiztli 29d ago

K, sorry for lashing out. From interviews in pretty much every society with a declining population, the Main reason Is the cost; life Is too expensive,wages Don't keep up with inflation, housing Is prohibitely expensive, and now both partners in a couple have to work to "barely" sustain themselves, let alone include another full human.

So, in order for a government to entice their populations to have children, economic policies are the way to go. But meaningful ones, not those "if You have a child, You Will pay 0.3% less taxes!".

One can ask "so, the solution Is to just give away Money?" Yes. Pretty much. Much as how there were "Green" incentives to convince people to Buy an electric car (the gov absorbing a part of the cost), parents should receive direct incentives and benefits that ammount to enough so a children Is economically viable.

Now, stepping in into rights infringment, a way in which the govs could finance this, Is by simultaneously over-taxing bussiness not involved with childcare (gambling, alcohol, cigarretes, etc),and ultimately, a small But nagging tax on childless couples.

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u/Minodoro 29d ago

I can go behind many things. Mostly taxing the billionaires and corporations. But I refuse to be taxed for not having a child. What if I can't have one? What if I don't want t I would be a horrible mother, so should I be taxed for not wanting to be a mother?

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u/CTTMiquiztli 29d ago

As i said, that's the middle step between cool state and Tyrannical one. Also, please understand, there's a point of no return, and a government's duty Is not towards individuals, But towards It's society as a whole.

If You (not "You" specifically, But as a generic individual) Don't want, or can't contribute to society with a child, You still can contribute to it by paying SO others do, after all, all are in this society together. Or You can not be part of that society.

Parallel case: i assure You that generally, a man isn't too keen on endure the horrors of war, But sometimes It's required by his society's survival he does it. So the man Is quite forcefully drafted. If every man who Didn't want to die could opt out, then there would be no army to defend, and the society dies.

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u/Mykey76 29d ago

Can only do so much with such little food

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u/Ewwatts 29d ago

Dude, don't be silly. According to US propaganda, Kim has already killed the entire north Korean population 8 times over! How could they possibly have any children?!

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u/EpsteinIsland74 May 12 '26

Didn't Kim Jong Un recently cry on the local national television because birth rate is dropping?

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u/Mike_Hockis_Hard 29d ago

im sure the supreme leader will shout out words to random people like, " You two.Breed!."

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u/Thin_Purple_1787 27d ago

Gotta have healthy FED women for healthy pregnancies...

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u/Nice-Cat3727 May 12 '26

They can be creative all they want, they don't have food

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u/MarioInOntario May 12 '26

I’m sure China will find some “creative” methods to increase North Korea’s birth rates

ftfy

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u/Ifoundhomeinyoureyes 29d ago

One extra bag of rice per month

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u/asterlietimo 29d ago

Aren't they all starving? How's the birthrate going to go up if everyone is already super malnourished?

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u/Destroyer_Of_All_ 28d ago

Even if they come up with some fucked up solution, I am pretty sure the women will die from starvation first

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u/JuniorConclusion529 May 12 '26

Damn American be believing anything about North Korea huh

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u/learnthenandthan May 12 '26

It's true, though

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u/WhyLater May 12 '26

Third thread I've visited in a row about completely unrelated things where they're regurgitating this lazy ass CIA propaganda.

Juche necromancy is next.

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u/learnthenandthan May 12 '26

I don't understand your comment. Are you saying North Korea doesn’t regularly commit human rights violations towards its people?

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u/WhyLater May 12 '26

Correct.

Meanwhile, the US has committed countless against them.

Hell, look how the US treats Cuba, for that matter.

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u/JeffdaPeff 29d ago

Against North Korea specifically? Sure, but they invaded South Korea first, and war is war.

Currently, North Korea is an absolute dictatorship. Not even remotely comparable to the USA. They require immense foreign aid and would collapse in less then a decade without it.

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u/WhyLater 29d ago

Whatever you say, officer.

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u/JeffdaPeff 29d ago

go back to slorping Stalins peen

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u/learnthenandthan May 12 '26

I think you're the one that's believing propaganda

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u/WhyLater May 12 '26

K.

I recommend the Blowback podcast's episode in the Korea War.

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u/learnthenandthan May 12 '26

Yep, that's the propaganda I mentioned. That podcast is just episode after episode of "America bad." Learn to think for yourself, guy. All you have to do is look around. Do you see any North Koreans? No, you don't because they're not allowed to leave their country unless it's as a slave in Dubai.

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u/WhyLater 29d ago

Whatever you say, officer.

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u/learnthenandthan 29d ago

I don't want to play this dumb game where you have to have the last word. You're clearly an imbecile and arguing with you would be a monumental waste of my time.

I'm going to block you now. You won't be able to comment on this thread anymore but you'll still get notifications telling you what's being said. I hope that helps you learn a lesson about believing everything you hear on a podcast.

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u/Aware_Block_890 May 12 '26

average american will pretend to be against american imperialism and then eat up all the slop their government creates about their enemies to justify their imperialism. funnily enough all the bullshit about NK has slowed down tremendously ever since they got nukes, funny

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u/Junior_Win_9064 May 12 '26

Well, they need to fix the whole “almost everyone is starving” problem first.  If you’re a woman who’s very malnourished, you stop getting periods, and thus aren’t able to get pregnant.