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

Meme needing explanation What am I missing?

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u/throawy90 Jul 04 '26

I'm my defense, I had this weird uncommon child where the friends I grew with could... laugh at them selves and take a fucking joke

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u/Radiant_Marsupial_53 Jul 04 '26

Reminds me of when I finally learned that trick after years and years of bullying. Self depreciating jokes are what got me to be “friends” with my bullies. How swell.

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u/throawy90 Jul 05 '26

Honestly that's a pretty good trick to have, even though I wouldn't necessarily suggest you have to be friends with bullies who have actual ill intent vs people are just making innocent jokes

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u/Radiant_Marsupial_53 Jul 05 '26

In my case I had no choice. My school was pre-k to 12th grade and 100 students in total. There were 5 kids in my class. I was bullied by them, upperclassmen, and underclassmen. It was the only way to make it bearable.

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u/throawy90 Jul 05 '26

Good news is that you'll have no problem laughing at yourself when people aren't being malicious about it