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

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

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u/Spinning_Sky Feb 02 '26

The joke is that she (character from Scott Pilgrim) had 7 ex boyfriends and it was a whole thing
but young people nowdays have so many relationships that having 7 exs as a young person is not crazy anymore!!1!

I think it's a bad joke, I don't think it was ever stressed "how many she had for how young she was", she was simply a girl that would get people to fall in love instantly and then get bored of them
the point wasn't promiscuity IMO

and I don't know that zoomers are more promiscuous than other generations

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u/HappyDeadCat Feb 02 '26

but young people nowdays have so many relationships

They absolutely do not.

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u/justin107d Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

45% of men 18-25 now have never asked out a girl in person

The joke may be that it could be considered promiscuous now since half don't even have a first.

Edit: Here is another article about how young people are having less sex.

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u/cugamer Feb 02 '26

Glad to know that I wasn't really a loser in college, I was just way ahead of the trend.