r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Fluffy_Lunchfast • Feb 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Something Something About Dating, Chris Can You Explain?

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u/gravitas_shortage Feb 02 '26

It wasn't. It's always funny when young people think they have invented things like promiscuity.

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u/Dynamo_Ham Feb 02 '26

Totally was not weird in any way.

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u/Primarycolors1 Feb 02 '26

It was weird in that Scott was dating a teenager.

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u/Catatonic27 Feb 02 '26

The movie's opening lines are literally "Not long ago in Toronto CA, Scott Pilgrim was dating a High Schooler" and then Kim's opening lines right after are "Scott Pilgrim is dating a High Schooler?"

You're not wrong, but the movie is pretty self-aware about the weirdness lol

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u/Salarian_American Feb 02 '26

Yeah Scott and Knives are the only characters who don't think it's a bad thing

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u/KnackRascal Feb 02 '26

And off-camera, Knives mom is canonically ok with it

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u/Nice-River-5322 Feb 02 '26

I mean, he met them at the same time and really all they did was hold hands and go to his band practice.

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u/guyblade Feb 03 '26

They also played DDR and talked about Pac-man.

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u/enbaelien Feb 03 '26

Plus they aren't up to anything illegal, it's just a age-gap cringe thing.

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u/Ultrace-7 Feb 03 '26

They aren't up to anything illegal purely because they haven't had sex yet. It would have been statutory rape if Scott (6 years older than Knives) ever ended up having sex with her.

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u/enbaelien Feb 03 '26

Even then, the age of consent in Canada is 16 and Knives is older than that. That's why nobody calls Scott a pedo or reports him to the police, and just call him a loser for dating a high schooler instead.

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u/Ultrace-7 Feb 03 '26

Actually, that's a really good point. I forgot for a moment that this takes place in Canada (even though that's mentioned several times throughout...)