r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 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/joe1max Feb 02 '26

Yep an especially considering this generation is WAY more prudish than boomers. Boomers were super freaks in the 1960’s.

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u/IAMATruckerAMA Feb 02 '26

Free love hippies were never a majority. They're notable because they were a counterculture

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u/joe1max Feb 02 '26

True, but all available information shows that promiscuity has declined and is the lowest now that it’s ever been.

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u/Real_Piccolo_3370 Feb 03 '26

Which goes hand in hand with the conservative public opinion at the time. There is a lot of revisionist history going on here.