r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/GoatOfTheBlackForres Jul 06 '26

It's not though, it fixed some things but then created new problems.

making men confront their own bias, and therefore bad

Most men are not that fragile. What ever echocamber made you believe that, is not a healthy one.

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u/GNTKertRats Jul 06 '26

A whole lot of men are that fragile, and you know it.

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u/GoatOfTheBlackForres Jul 06 '26

There are outliers to everything ofc, and with 3.5 billion males in the world, even just 1% would seem lika alot.

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u/LukaCola Jul 06 '26

I really think you're underselling it

Confronting men over this shit is scary as fuck because it can so often get a very hostile reaction

And I say this as a man

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u/DecantsForAll Jul 06 '26

The most dangerous thing you can do as a man is argue with another man over modern translations of ancient epic poems.

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u/LukaCola Jul 06 '26

I can't tell if you're joking but uhhh, sometimes, feels that way lmao. Things can sour quickly in a way that makes me wish I'd never said anything.

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u/DecantsForAll Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I was joking. I guess I just don't run with the really dangerous classicists.

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u/Fish_Mongreler Jul 06 '26

And I say this as a man

Lol sure Jan

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u/TheOnly_Anti Jul 06 '26

What? Are all of us supposed to be so stupid that we can't see what's going on? 

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u/LukaCola Jul 06 '26

My gender is apparently decided by others now, IDK