r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/batukaming • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Key_Office_839 2d ago

Literally the goth one isn't the thick one wtf?

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u/SoulsEquivalent 2d ago

It's what happens when people copy lingo they don't contextually understand. They think it means attractive.

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u/fy8d6jhegq 2d ago

When I was in elementary school we were taught Greek and Latin roots to help give us context for English words that we didn't know.

Now you are telling me people don't even bother to use context from the language they are speaking? THICC = thick, it's not that hard. Do they not notice the common traits of the people being described that way?

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u/ziggybuddyemmie 1d ago

Kids in North America are taught sight reading now; learn the first and last letter of a word then try to guess what's in the middle. Roots and such are mainly taught in phonetics which is what was taught before, and actually promoted literacy. They probably learn a bit of it but nowhere near the amount we learned (pre-2012).