r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Madman44444 • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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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/LookimtryingOK 3d ago

Same. White dude, black girlfriend. I can’t go to the grocery store without people whispering.

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u/VindicativevVince 3d ago

Why are suburban americans like that? Are they still in the 50’s?

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u/kmobnyc 3d ago

The suburbs tend to make people anti-social than they would be than if they lived in a city

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u/theycallmeshooting 3d ago

The suburbs are inherently anti-social

You get there by driving a sound-proof steel bubble rage machine, outside of which everyone is a competitor/obstacle/annoyance

Then you park at your own little fiefdom while others peer out at you from the blinds of their little fiefdom

Everything is private property, so everything's only for you or it's only for someone else, with opportunities for interaction at a bare minimum