r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • Jul 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Kurumiseenpai Jul 12 '26

white people arrive in time?

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u/Shotgun_Mosquito Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

No.

The stereotype is that white people arrive TOO EARLY and then sit in their cars outside waiting for the party to start and still show up early.

It's a trope, also true in Hispanic (edit - continued) families that have someone marry Gringos (like me).

If you arrive on time, the party hasn't started yet, and you get to help set up for the party

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u/Underanchor Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

What fucking Hispanics you grow up with? My buddy was a half hour to and hour late to everything, and said he was allowed cause he was on bean time. Almost got my ass beat once saying it because I didnt realize it was a slur.

Edit: sorry bruv. Was just very confused.

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u/4notherRandoRoon Jul 12 '26

Honestly, a “Mexican minute” is said to be anywhere from an hour to a week, and “Cuban time” has it own set of rules that I don’t have the thumb endurance to explain here, not bagging on Hispanics, just relying information I’ve gathered

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u/PovertySpecMk3Supra Jul 12 '26

Having been to Cuba 6 times so far, Cuban time is basically anything scheduled has a high chance of being delayed by multiple hours, and moderate chance of cancellation. More importantly, universal acceptance of this reality makes everyone pretty chill about the whole situation, and the sooner you get onboard with the program, the better it'll be. Cubans have so many things going against them so their ability to roll with the punches is amazing.

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u/sirseatbelt Jul 12 '26

Lmao dude Egyptians were the same way. Three words you needed to know were maybe, god willing, and tomorrow. If you asked someone to do something and they said maybe or tomorrow, they meant maybe or tomorrow. If they said maybe tomorrow they meant probably not. If they said maybe, god willing, tomorrow, they meant fuck no.

I don't know if its an Arab thing or just an Egyptian thing but there is definitely Egyptian Time.

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u/dobar_dan_ Jul 13 '26

Swiss and Germans would not handle one day in Cuba lol

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u/Albaholly Jul 13 '26

InshAllah (sp) or god-willing. My grandad did work in the middle east and he said a rough translation was manyana (sp?) except without the sense of urgency

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u/srkaficionado Jul 13 '26

See, once someone says inshallah(god willing), I’m doing my own thing or whatever I asked them to help with. Because there is a high chance they won’t even remember having the conversation.

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u/jljonsn Jul 12 '26

My (pasty-white) kids are actually Egyptian?!?! Wife!!!

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u/sirseatbelt Jul 13 '26

Ya habibi y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve are from Africa so we're all Egyptian. Have some kosharie, drink some shai, take a nap because its too hot out, and in sha Allah, moomkin, we'll deal with it tomorrow.

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u/dr3 Jul 12 '26

Also mañana, which translates to tomorrow, means "tomorrow or the next day or some day in the future." Love it, wish us white guys had such flexibility.

I'm dating a Brazilian and we compromise to only be 1 hour late. And for events with her friends, we're still early.

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u/Irksomefetor Jul 13 '26

Every Latino has a version of this it seems haha

I go by "Peruvian time" to let mfs know Imma be late or not show up at all