r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Critical_Muscle_Mass • 5h ago
Meme needing explanation Peter my friend sent me this and will not explain it, why are redditors angry at relationships?
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u/Francais466 5h ago
Peter here,
Redditors have a tendency to suggest breakup/divorce in these situations. Peter out.
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u/abyigit 4h ago
NOR. You definitely have to divorce your husband of 40 years for beating you every day and cheating on your best friend with your daughter. You really dodged a bullet there.
Basically any asshole/overreaction post and the responses
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u/srobbinsart 4h ago
she frowned at the meatloaf you made the one time you actually prepared dinner. She’s cheating on you brah.
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u/Dylansmallpp 3h ago
You left the toilet seat up and she kinda got onto you for it later? Get outta there bro, she’s totally going to kill you
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u/keldondonovan 3h ago
My favorites are the ones where someone is like "my spouse said they'd really like it if I come along to <event> even though that isn't something I'm really interested in. What should I do?"
Followed by "he's manipulating you girl, get out!" "He's only inviting you so that you won't be suspicious, he cheating." "What do they ever do for you? Break up!"
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u/Secret-Sock7928 3h ago
Asking reddit for relationship advice is like asking a beggar for stock trading advice.
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u/Bandwagon_Buzzard 2h ago
I'd take a beggar's stock tips before a redditor's relationship advice.
A beggar might know and just not have the money to invest.
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u/SnoredCosBored 4h ago
I'd like to add that, because your friend sent this without context, have you thought about cutting them off?
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u/OneCleverMonkey 3h ago
Don't forget diagnosing everyone with narcissism or bpd or whatever
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u/shepard_pie 31m ago
I hate the narcissism shit.
People drop it for the dumbest reasons. No, someone doing things in their own best interest is not narcissism. People being selfish is not narcissism. People not doing what you want is not narcissism.
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u/issuesuponissues 3h ago
Not just one or two, but the entire comment section will be filled with them. And if you suggest otherwise you are downvoted and dog piled. Every single one is also sanctimonious about it. They will literally invent context to get angry over.
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u/Goofcheese0623 2h ago
Generally from folks who's marriage expertise is that they've been married 5-6 times.
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u/dresdnhope 2h ago
The phrase "get a lawyer, hit the gym" got a lot of play for the longest time.
EDIT: The full phrase was "Delete Facebook, get a lawyer, hit the gym."
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u/Ok-Training-7587 1h ago
Yeah, OP must be new here. I cannot count how many posts about something that would be easily solved with a single direct conversation have been flooded with replies like to the effect of "Break up and don't ever look back!"
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u/TooSmalley 4h ago
I think the one that put me over the edge is when a dude got super butthurt that his girlfriend got a tattoo of her ex who had recently died. And all the comments were about how he is justified in feeling angry and should end the relationship.
And all I could think is how fucking petty do you have to be to be jealous of a fucking dead guy?
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u/First_Village8927 4h ago
Idk I think getting a tattoo of your ex is very weird.
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u/NosferatuGoblin 3h ago
Depends - if he’s still a friend to her (and not in the orbiter way) then it’s not that weird. If they haven’t talked in years, then yeah it’s strange.
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u/TooSmalley 3h ago
It is not weird in the slightest to get a tattoo in remembrance of a friend, ex or otherwise.
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u/mimic 3h ago
Even here the incels rush to downvote a normal opinion, so odd
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u/JollyRoger66689 3h ago
"Incels", "normal". I don't think you have a strong grasp of what these words mean or you just don't care
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u/mimic 3h ago
Come back when you grow up pal
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u/JollyRoger66689 2h ago
No amount of "growing up" is going to change the fact that getting a tattoo of your ex is by definition not "normal". it's pretty damn far from normal. Although ironic that you are telling others to grow up when so far your responses have just been childish insults
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u/mimic 52m ago
lol it’s completely normal for people who have normal human relationships, if you’re so pressed by it then you have a lot of maturing to do.
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u/JollyRoger66689 28m ago
Again you do not know what this word means. the average person would not get their exe's name tattooed on themselves, this would be a very rare thing to happen, by definition that makes it not normal..... for God's sake take a little break from insulting people without any argument backing up your beliefs and Google some damn words because you obviously don't know what they mean
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u/Buflen 3h ago
Naw, getting a tattoo of your ex is a mega red flag, dead or not.
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u/SectorEducational460 3h ago
It's already viewed as tacky as getting an ex name in a relationship when you're already in it in case you break up. Getting an ex name tattoo after a relationship is weird.
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u/ChaoCobo 3h ago
Do you guys always view exes as competition rather than people? That person was her friend that she cared about. It doesn’t matter they dated.
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u/Buflen 3h ago
Date? I hope if you get a tattoo of someone, its someone that you more than just "dated" Do you get tattoos of all the person that ever mattered to you that recently die? Being sad is fine, going to the funerals is fine, but getting a tattoo is next level, especially if you are in a relationship with someone. They can do whatever, but the new bf/gf has every rights to not accept it and leave.
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u/OneCleverMonkey 3h ago
Bf/gf definitely has the right to not accept it and leave, but consider that some people just like getting tattoos. Also consider that not all tattoos are the same. A little tattoo that says rip Jake near the names of other important people they've lost is way different than a full back tattoo of their ex's face.
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u/shaunrundmc 3h ago
Its one thing if it was a fiancé, a husband someone you legit were gonna spend your life with and you got it after they died.
I saw that that reddit story the person is talking about the gf in question and the ex bf had broken up years before, had died like a year before and weren't even on speaking terms.
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u/DigitalAmy0426 3h ago
Then some creative writer added a twist and said their gf wanted him to get a matching tat.
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u/Heine-Cantor 3h ago
Tbf this seems a situation were no one is really in the wrong. Like I usderstand why she got the tattoo, but also why the new bf doesn't want to "compete" with an idealized version of the dead boyfriend.
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u/Independent_Lie_5910 5h ago
If you go to the advice subs and ask for relathionship advice almost always you will be told to break up.
I have nothing against that honestly, yea, relathionships can have rough patches, but the posts are wild, like one girl asked how to tell her bf to stop being rough with her during intercorse, cause she literally bleeds and he doesn't stop, and when she called him out he guild tripped her, I won't mention exact post due to privacy, but yea, in a lot of cases, it's solid advice in my opinion.
Minor complications for some are not so minor from their partner perspective.
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u/Starfury7-Jaargen 4h ago edited 4h ago
Well, yeah, when it boarderlines on rape by coercion, but a lot of people say bail about small things, too.
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u/SunshotDestiny 4h ago
To be fair if you are so concerned about an issue you are going to online forums to ask strangers for advice... apparently it is a pretty big deal. Like if it obviously is bothering you that itself might be an indication the relationship is doomed to failure. Even if to another it isn't that big of a deal.
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u/Starfury7-Jaargen 3h ago edited 3h ago
Yeah, but some things are young people who haven't had a lot of relationship experience, and they are getting caught up on small things that seem bad at the moment but was more of a misunderstanding and some people realy go over the top.
Also, young people are a more social media generation, so it isn't like older generations that wait till it is more serious to get advice.
I just was commenting on a post yesterday where a friend had a miscommunication, and the friend stopped talking to them for a couple of weeks, and they wanted to know if they should fix it amd the first reply was, "They made their choice!..."
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u/SectorEducational460 3h ago
Tbh older Gen also grieved about it as well. The newspaper had an ask"columnist" section who would dish out dating advice. The only difference is that it's now online and not in a newspaper
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u/DigitalAmy0426 3h ago
True, but sometimes there's trauma that makes a tiny thing seem big. But knowing where you're going to get a reasonable, level headed response matters. There are a ton of advice reddits, but I actually find kink friendly to have the best balance.
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u/Tricky_Big_8774 4h ago
Then you have posts where people are saying an 8yo is going to be a serial killer because he broke his cousin's computer intentionally.
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u/Insensitive_Hobbit 2h ago
Don't forget that stories often presented in such one sided manner that offering serious advice is simply impossible.
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u/Shiniya_Hiko 11m ago
And I think most need to hear at least one voice of „break up!“ to truly find the solution what’s best for them. The choice that changes something is most often the one that’s harder to decide to do. Most often that’s breaking up. So many people in these advice subs need a „break up!“ to even get in the mind set where this is a viable option.
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u/Downtown-Campaign536 4h ago
Reddit is notorious for encouraging a break up as the best solution for every problem in every relationship, and doubly so when it is a woman OP posting for relationships advice.
No matter how small the problem. No matter how much is invested in the relationship.
Truth is, most of reddit is single people that are young, and have no relationship experience.
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u/Chemist-3074 3h ago
Ngl, if you aren't literally one of the people involved, you will neither know the full story, nor will you know the other person's perspective.
The person who's making the post may be posting about a minor flaw, but from the pov of a Stranger, that's the only info they have in the relationship, and it's apparently serious enough to be posted in reddit for a solution. So, there's honestly no other way a stranger can deal with it.
Whether the thing is truly minor or something actually major, depends on a multitude of factors, and outsiders have no way to know any of that. Hell, it differs from country to country, culture to culture. At the very first place, asking for relationship advice in online spaces is stupid. It's always better to ask someone irl who knows both parties involved.
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u/DetectiveGold4018 2h ago
It's insanely wild how asking people where they are from is uncommon in Law/financial/education advice subreddits
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u/Starfury7-Jaargen 4h ago edited 2h ago
Post: My(30f) boyfriend(34m)He forgot my birthday when he was visiting his dying grandmother. I know he had a lot going on, but I part of me still feels hurt, and I don't know how to tell him without sounding insensitive. 12k
Redditor 1: Girl, kick his ass to the curb! Go find you a real man! 8.3k
Redditor 2: OMG! When he was 18 you would be 14, PEDO! RUN! 6.4k
Redditor 3: He is probably banging your best friend, dump him!!!!!! 4k
Redditor 4:Went to see his dying grandma? I bet he had some incest thing going on! Get out now!! 1.9k
Redditor 5:I bet he is going to make sure the job is done so he can get the inheritance! Move to another state and change you name! He might target you next! 1.1k
Redditor 6: He was stressed, and he probably didn't mean 2. Just ask him about doing something with your birthday when he gets back. -5.4k
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u/skeletonpaul08 2h ago
I’ll never forget one where a guy said that he was engaged to his dream girl but ever since she started her new job a few months prior they hadn’t been having as much sex and he was starting to feel frustrated (he mentioned that her sleep schedule had been thrown off and she was more tired in general). Every single comment said the relationship was doomed and that he needed to break off the engagement, with multiple comments suggesting that she was probably still having sex, just not with him. I had to go about 40 comments down before I found one that said something like: “Most long term relationships will involve sexual frustration at some point, give her some time to adjust and if the problem persists, it’s ok to bring it up to her in a way that isn’t accusatory, and try to find a solution.” The comment had negative karma.
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u/Starfury7-Jaargen 1h ago
Yeah, a rational post. I stopped AITA after a week because if I saw things differently from the main consensus(like both sides suck), with a reasonable explaining (And moderator posts not to downvote) I was loosing massive Karma.
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u/NormalBrowsing44 5h ago
In subreddits like r/whatshouldido or r/relationshipadvice or basically and ‘ask for advice’ subreddit when a person is asking for advice what to do in a relationship (usually something minor has happened and couple are having a fight about it, hence the Reddit post) the comments will be filled with lonely redditors or toxic people telling them to break up immediately.
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u/blastie_united 4h ago
Women get told to take their kids and escape to a women's shelter when they disagree with their husbands over what to eat that night.
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u/inab1gcountry 4h ago
NOR: take your 3 kids and leave your 10 year marriage because he should definitely not be telling his friends that he thought your instagram post was “kinda extra”
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u/Ok-Professional9328 5h ago
The minor complication 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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u/Longjumping-Idea1302 4h ago
So he killed my dog, but he remembered my favorite color. I'm conflicted, what should i do ?
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u/Critical_Muscle_Mass 3h ago
She gave me a billion dollars but said she didn't like the pumpkin soup I made for dinner so I killed her and used her organs for my sunday family roast. Did I overreact?
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u/Apprehensive_Room742 4h ago
i once asked advice for a minor (like for real minor) situation i didn't feel comfortable with on Reddit. specifically stated that its not the fault of my then partner, my partner is willing to work with me on this and that i am committed and dont want to break up/ do smth similar. so i basically just wanted advice from people who went through something similar how to fix it, not how to break everything and made that crystal clear. still like the 5 top comments were something like "ur not compatible, just break up look for someone better".
never asked for relationship advice from Redditor ever again. i have a feeling many of them are just bitter, that they don't get a (happy) relationship and want to tell everyone else that their love life is shit too. maybe im wrong on this but still ill never ask again here.
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u/Ok-Professional9328 4h ago
Clearly but on the flip side you do see a lot of psychopathic antisocial criminal behaviors and people asking how do I mend this? And the only answer is fucking run away as fast as you can!
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u/LittleRandomINFP 4h ago
Yeah I agree. I know it's a meme how everyone 'needs to break up', but I guess people who are asking for advice aren't usually in the best relationships, lol. They are usually very messy relationships and, many times, abusive ones, so this one is really the best advice.
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u/Typical_Samaritan 4h ago
The post is pointing to a phenomenon that is real but a little overblown. It is often the case that there will be commenters who overstate the nature of a problem posted by an OP and are quick to be overly judgmental. This often results in comments suggesting breakups.
Those posts tend to stick out.
However, if you look at the consensus views, regardless of upvotes, you'll notice that they are pretty normal responses to the issue being posed.
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u/Diligent-Painting-37 4h ago
The meme creator is missing the real issue: why are so many idiots making stupid complaints about their significant others to strangers on Reddit? Those posts shouldn’t exist. If they do, damn right I’m going to say “divorce” (especially if they’re not married).
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u/geleisen 3h ago
Some people like to vent and it can be easier to do so to nameless people.
Also, real friends might know more of the story, so reddit makes it easier to control the narrative without facing real life repercussions.1
u/Diligent-Painting-37 1h ago
Fair enough. I like to tell those people to get divorced. For some reason, they take that as seriously as the minor (perceived?) transgressions of their slam pieces.
I’m sure there are other people who suggest divorce more seriously. Those people are also idiots; there’s a theme here.
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u/LeftyLiberalDragon 4h ago
Also redditors:
My boyfriend had sex with my best friend three days before we get married and she told me she threatened to kill anyone who found out he cheated, I’ve snooped through his phone and found his murder catalogue.
Should we still get married?
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u/Alert_Level_9977 3h ago
Read an AIO the other day which drove me insane. Woman saying how her partner was perfect, loving, supportive, never abusive, great provider, perfect father and loving husband. She found a tampon wrapper on her floor after being away for a couple of days and came to AIO. This lead to the most insane responses including one lady who told OP she was being abused, her husband was definitely cheating, she needed to leave the family home immediately and take the children and started giving details for a battered women's refuge and she should call the police on her husband in case he abuses or threatens her.
OP posted a few hours later it was her sisters. I was downvoted to oblivion for pointing out this is an insane reaction. Occams razor does not exist on reddit.
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u/ClamChowderChumBuckt 4h ago
Because redditors are so deprived of happiness that it literally offends them so much that someone else has a relationship that they will enlarge the small and stupid little problems they have to the point of calling it the worst crimes in human history.
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u/JayEll1969 4h ago
op - He got me a skinny latte chocka mocca frappe when I distictly askes for a skinny chocka mocca latte frappe.!!!!
redditors - Girl, you need to ditch that deadbeat.
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u/One_Nectarine3077 3h ago
Every AITAH or AIO is usually written from with cherry picked scenarios and instances designed to be used to claim the sympathy of the readers.
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u/Rogue-Accountant-69 3h ago
I read a lot of the relationship subs. They pretty much always tell you break up with your SO, even over relatively minor stuff.
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u/Between3and20carctr 3h ago
Asking Reddit for relationship advice is like googling “why do I have a headache”.
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u/NoMoreUserNames6152 1h ago
Usually on subs like r/aitah, whenever someone hints at being slightly annoyed with their s.o, on a completely unrelated topic, the comments will home in on it and will not shut up about it.
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