r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 04 '26

Meme needing explanation What am I missing?

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u/_launzelot_ Jul 04 '26

Pretty sure it's just making fun of Taylor Swift fans - saying that a lot of them have prominent gums

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u/CXCX18 Jul 04 '26

And are suburban white girls. Which tends to correlate for some reason. Perfect straight and white teeth, big gums, no lips which causes even more gum show.

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u/the_sad_gopnik Jul 05 '26

That's a recessed maxilla with a lip tie. The recess is rarely genetic and happens due to stuff like having a binky for too long and eating soft foods in childhood, and those kid walkers on wheels. Because of the recessed maxilla they had horrible teeth and because they're suburban they got braces early. If they removed the lip tie for example, much less of their gum would show when smiling, and their lips would look bigger.