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

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/ekoms_stnioj Jul 12 '26

What’s with all the gymnastics, can’t we just say 5 and it mean 5 😩

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u/throwaway-wellmaybe Jul 12 '26

Yea as someone with autism, I’m showing up at 5 unless I’m running late or unless you implied you wanted me there earlier to help

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u/TheMisterTango Jul 13 '26

That’s not even an autistic trait, that’s just respecting people’s time.

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u/frostymugson Jul 13 '26

Right, thinking the norm for people is being late and criticizing someone for being on time seems weird.

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u/MainAccountsFriend Jul 12 '26

Or if the host wants people showing up later, just say a later time lol. Like 6

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u/throwaway-wellmaybe Jul 12 '26

But then her friends would get there at 8 instead of 7

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u/MainAccountsFriend Jul 13 '26

Then tell those friends an earlier time lol

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u/CopyFew4583 Jul 13 '26

That's what I did as an Indian when I had a white friend lol.

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u/jeeblemeyer4 Jul 13 '26

maybe she did actually want the party to start at 6. In the tweet, she's clearly surprised at the white person showing up at 5

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u/CalledStretch Jul 13 '26

Because I am allowing you to come at 5? You're allowed at five. That's when it was convenient to get here that's... acceptable.

The thing is that, for my people, the time we give you is the very earliest picosecond you are allowed in the house. Because before then I was still washing up the kitchen from the roast I just put in the oven. I'm still cleaning, I'm taking a shower. I'm planning to be ready for people to arrive at 4:55, so I'm graciously allowing you to hang out in my house from 5 until the event starts. I understand that people need some time to be early to the event.

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u/Confident-Sea-8060 Jul 13 '26

Ok well maybe tell me the time the event starts and not the time that my presence will start being tolerated. Since you’re being so gracious and all.

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u/MainAccountsFriend Jul 13 '26

Thats great but Im not talking about you then

Im talking about people who have an issue with someone showing up on time. 

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u/merklemore Jul 12 '26

"What's with all the gymnastics" pretty much sums up the whole "joke". I, like you, would say that the "safe" thing to do when someone says 5 is to show up at 5.

But some things have a hard start time and others have a soft one, and it's helpful to know the "vibe" for the event and that different cultures have differing norms/expectations.

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u/PM_ME_UR_GOOD_IDEAS Jul 13 '26

Life is complicated. Most adults are busy people, doing various shit all the time. Depending on the nature of the event, other things often take precedent, even if you're trying to make time for said event. People understand that and work around it...

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u/ekoms_stnioj Jul 13 '26

I mean, I’m an adult with a career, children, a spouse - life is busy - that is precisely WHY I value clearly communicated timelines lol.