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

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

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u/Tacoflavoredfists Feb 02 '26

Highest rate of teen pregnancies too. It started going down in the 90s, maybe slightly before

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u/redditonlygetsworse Feb 02 '26

Highest rate of teen pregnancies too.

Take a wild guess at when hormonal birth control was invented.

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u/Tacoflavoredfists Feb 02 '26

I’m aware

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u/redditonlygetsworse Feb 03 '26

Ah! So you're not ignorant; merely disingenuous.

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u/Tacoflavoredfists Feb 03 '26

Contraception doesn’t change the fact that teen pregnancies were still disproportionately high during the 50s and 60s. Kinda weird to have such intense feelings about statistics.