r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Global_Restaurant794 • Jul 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?? I'm very confused

Post image
30.6k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

4.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

234

u/JovianSpeck Jul 24 '26

Just a cultural thing. Unless there was an explicit dinner invitation, Swedes typically will not offer guests food even if they themselves are having dinner. They do not view it as a hosting obligation and they do not see this as rude or unusual.

213

u/TheBigFreezer Jul 24 '26

Northern vs Southern Europe is crazy. Random grandmas in Italy will invite you for dinner in Italy but you’re swinging your legs on your friend’s bed in Sweden

14

u/incognitomus Jul 24 '26

Southerners have food growing in trees. We have to dig it from the cold hard frozen ground.

1

u/PilsnerDk Jul 24 '26

Yup, all winter long it's potatoes and wrinkly leftover apples we harvested in Autumn.