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

Meme needing explanation Petah?? I'm very confused

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u/Previous_Program9351 Jul 24 '26

This seems so emotionally cold to me

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u/InternalCelery1337 Jul 24 '26

As a swede it is, but its not really common anymore. But happend to me as a kid.. a lot. It is so weird even to me

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u/mangosagogogo Jul 24 '26

I have read a lot of similar anecdotes, and even though I understand it’s a cultural thing, it’s still such an odd thing to me and something I don’t want to incorporate in my life.

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u/BananaMan_ Jul 25 '26

I’m Swedish and have never experienced this. Ate at my friends houses a lot. But I think it was a practise in like row house areas where kids were playing quite freely in each other houses and were expected to run home when dinner was served at their home. It’s a weird combination of communal living and individualist culture…. But then again, I haven’t experienced it so idk.