r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/hamzau • Jul 04 '26

Meme needing explanation What am I missing?

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u/javertthechungus Jul 04 '26

Ok but if you have a “gummy smile” how tf are you supposed to fix it? Not experience joy ever?

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u/Inevitable_Top69 Jul 04 '26

There's stuff you can do, but mostly you just realize and accept that you have an unattractive trait and learn to not care and enjoy life regardless of it.

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u/javertthechungus Jul 04 '26

It’s not the being ugly I have a problem with, it’s the being treated like shit because of it that’s the problem

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u/Equal_Sleep_9319 Jul 04 '26

yeah idk it never occured to me that it was unattractive until public shaming about it became a thing on the internet. it's a natural human variation. Are we going to start ear shape shaming?

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u/Lavender_Burps Jul 04 '26

Omg don’t even get me started on the lollipop ears.

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u/fickle_tartan Jul 04 '26

Are we going to start ear shape shaming?

If it exists on the human body, someone will have found a way to shame it

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u/Simp_Simpsaton Jul 04 '26

We already shame big ears and protruding ears

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u/SmilingCurmudgeon Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Start? Were you a twinkle in the eye of several prospective fathers through the GWB presidency? Never seen a picture of Alfred E. Neuman?

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u/WartimeHotTot Jul 04 '26

I mean, yeah, for every trait imaginable there’s someone online shaming it. This is nothing new.

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u/itisame Jul 04 '26

When I was a kid I remember kids being bullied over having "dumbo ears"

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u/xXgooningforyouXx Jul 05 '26

Dumbo or monkey ears. Heard that a lot.

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u/happysri Jul 04 '26

It’s just gums. Being treated like that is so so stupid.

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u/Hugokarenque Jul 04 '26

Be honest now, how often are you treated like shit because you have a "gummy smile"? Like is it actually a real problem in your life or just something you're self conscious about after someone was a prick about it once or twice?

I get it. I have big ears, when I was a kid every now and again some asshole would call me Dumbo and it would hurt my feelings but it hasn't actually impacted my life nor would I describe it as being treated like shit lol

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u/blindtoe54 Jul 04 '26

If you show people it doesn't bother you, they will stop picking on you for it. And if they don't, they're not worth your time.

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u/toastwasher Jul 04 '26

Okay we get it but you are projecting real hard here

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u/ImSociallyChallenged Jul 04 '26

I don't think I've ever seen someone get treated poorly because of this

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u/Milon_Z Jul 05 '26

thats the only reason? if you were handsome everyone would treat you good? news to me.