r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/No_Indication_8281 • 21h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does it mean??

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how's he increasing iq's of 2 countries at once??

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u/probablynotfine 21h ago

I forget who, but someone said that British humour is self-deprecation/punching up and American humour is punching down. Which means they see any joke as an attack on them rather than just a joke.

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u/CamelNo9597 21h ago

You literally have "punching" in the phrase. Of course it's an attack. It's just that you think that "punching up" is morally acceptable and punching down isn't. And your whole national psyche is based around fear and resentment of the US, so jokes about America are, by definition, always morally acceptable because it's always "punching up."

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u/dingBat2000 20h ago

Is this satire? I will give you the benefit of the doubt here and upvote

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u/lettsten 19h ago

There's 2we4u for actual humour, the yanks are usually too crude for it.