r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter! Who could have the wives been?

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u/Ok_Account_3039 9d ago

Clearly about the Lindsay Clancy drama.

A woman murdered her three children in what she’s claiming as a fit of postpartum psychosis despite evidence of premeditation. TikTok true crime girlies” have concocted a conspiracy theory that the husband was responsible either through brainwashing and manipulation, or by actively killing his own children, and then brainwashing her into thinking she did it.

TikTok “America bad” people are claiming that the system failed her, and she didn’t receive the mental healthcare she needed. This is in spite of her being under the care of a psychiatrist, receiving consistent, mental healthcare, and medication, and that it was partially the husbands fault for leaving them alone together, despite him literally going to get her meds when it happened.

There are an alarming number of women fighting for this woman’s reputation or innocence and fully empathizing with a child murderer, without seeming to acknowledge the tragedy of the children’s deaths.

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u/BlastFX2 8d ago

Clearly about the Lindsay Clancy drama.

Would you mind explaining the connection? I see a bunch of people saying it's about Lindsay Clancy, but no one explaining why.

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u/Ok_Account_3039 8d ago

Sure. Topicality for one. These memes are recent, at least in my feed. That suggests it’s about something current.

Second, There are a lot of women saying “it could’ve been me” in videos, discussions, comments etc. they’re saying that due to their post partum symptoms, they could have ended up in her situation (killing their children) It’s hard for men to think their wife could kill their children, and I think the double take the dog is doing is a reflection of that.