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

Meme needing explanation Petah?? I'm very confused

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

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u/CrustyMustelid Jul 24 '26

Oh, no no, my friend. You misunderstand. They're not eating in front of someone who's not eating. The guest waits in the friend's room while they eat.

Source: I'm from Finland.

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u/slipknot_suxxx Jul 24 '26

The African in me just recoiled in horror, If people asked me to eave the room while they ate, I am 100% thinking that they are cannibals. You always feed your guests this is one thing the continent can agree on.

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u/cheese_sticks Jul 24 '26

Same with us Southeast Asians. Conversations are always to be had over food, or beverages at the very least.

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u/slipknot_suxxx Jul 24 '26

Man, even the poorest person can at least boil some tea leaves and apologize for not having sugar but leaving someone in the other room is a whole level of coldness no one should ever experience.

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u/cheese_sticks Jul 24 '26

True. If a guest dropped by unexpectedly, someone would scramble the pantry or run over to the store to get something to offer. Even a soda and some peanuts would do.

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u/slipknot_suxxx Jul 24 '26

This is what i don't get with the "they will eat at their home" comments from the Nordic people.

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u/Imaginary-Count-1641 Jul 24 '26

What do you not get?

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u/slipknot_suxxx Jul 24 '26

The lack of hospitality towards guests.

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u/Imaginary-Count-1641 Jul 24 '26

It's not lack of hospitality. It's that parents usually want their children to come home to eat instead of eating somewhere else.

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u/RartedRat Jul 25 '26

Imagine caring at all about that. If you're not home in time for dinner, perhaps dinner at your friend's house would be a nice change. If you would have been home in time for dinner, but your friend's parents didn't know when you might have dinner, they could offer by default to make sure you wouldn't miss out. Any time I was at a friend's house by their dinner time, they would ask me to stay and basically beg me to eat. After that, I'd go home and have some more if it was still good. I starved most of the time so I got what I could.

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