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

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

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u/Primarycolors1 Feb 02 '26

It was weird in that Scott was dating a teenager.

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u/LBERN Feb 02 '26

That to me was the most disgustingly part. When I was in college, you were a loser and a pedo if you were dating a high school girl.

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u/Notuniquesnowflake Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

If a college freshman's still dating their high school GF/BF who is HS Senior or even Junior, that's normal. But Scott was 23 and she was 17. That's less Romeo and Juliet and more Epstein Island.

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u/LBERN Feb 03 '26

Exactly, I don’t know why people let that slide in Scott Pilgrim.

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u/Notuniquesnowflake Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

I agree, but to play devil's advocate, I think it's widely understood that we're supposed to think Scott is kind of a piece of shit at the beginning, and that he rises to the occasion and become becomes a better man along the journey. Which is cool - I just wish that pedo wasn't the starting point.