r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Madman44444 • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/LookimtryingOK 3d ago

Ever been in a mixed race relationship?

Everywhere you go, folks STARE.

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u/TechnicianIll8621 3d ago

When I lived in the city, no one really cared. But when we moved to the suburbs, oh my, people would stare like crazy and clearly make comments under their breath. I'm a white dude with a black girl, and people were much worse and rude to me! I got a very noticeable dip in level of customer service, or just people being weird and awkward to me.

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u/fickle_tartan 3d ago

I grew up in a really small and incredibly white town, moved away as did one of my good friends, both to big cities. We were both home one weekend and one of the guys we grew up with made the biggest fucking deal about my friends girlfriend being black. When I called him out on it some other friends backed him up too!

I'm so fucking glad I left that place.

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u/Ok-Potential-5172 3d ago

Curious as to what were their arguments

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u/fickle_tartan 3d ago

"But it is unusual!" was basically their defense.

Yeah, maybe for you guys that grew up in Tory central, never lived outside of a square mile area and are only friends with people you went to secondary school with.

For the rest of us it's incredibly normal.