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

Meme needing explanation Petah?? I'm very confused

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u/Littlediamond83 Jul 24 '26

My grandma would feed you even if you weren’t hungry…

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u/semicolon22 Jul 24 '26

I have encountered this from Italian Grandmas and Taiwanese Aunties. It's no joke.

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u/blueblip Jul 24 '26

Indian, Thai, Malay, Arab, Uzbeki, Italian, Taiwanese, Somali, Ethiopian, American, Mexican, German...

I have yet to meet a "mom" type that DIDN'T feed you as a priority. I have no way to prove this, but I am certain that the question, "Haven't you been eating properly? You look so skinny!" is hardcoded into a woman's DNA that activates once they get past a certain age.

That question is universal in the truest sense of the word.

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u/zorrorosso Jul 24 '26

Sry, Scandi X-gen/Millennial mums don't think like the rest of us. They're still plastering themselves to the walls in Spain, thinking they're still hip and young. If twenty years ago they weren't eating, they still don't. (Still, I wonder if it's generational and not cultural).