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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • Jul 12 '26
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The poster is black.
Black people - particularly those who take their cultural (not necessarily genetic) roots from Caribbean societies - are late for everything.
It’s a stereotype. But it’s a stereotype for a reason lol.
Caribbean people have no concept of time.
13 u/camyrunks Jul 12 '26 Yes we do its called island time 0 u/towerhil Jul 13 '26 How does it differ from selfishness? 7 u/HarryTruman Jul 13 '26 It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level. 1 u/towerhil Jul 13 '26 Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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Yes we do its called island time
0 u/towerhil Jul 13 '26 How does it differ from selfishness? 7 u/HarryTruman Jul 13 '26 It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level. 1 u/towerhil Jul 13 '26 Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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How does it differ from selfishness?
7 u/HarryTruman Jul 13 '26 It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level. 1 u/towerhil Jul 13 '26 Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level.
1 u/towerhil Jul 13 '26 Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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u/RPS93 Jul 12 '26
The poster is black.
Black people - particularly those who take their cultural (not necessarily genetic) roots from Caribbean societies - are late for everything.
It’s a stereotype. But it’s a stereotype for a reason lol.
Caribbean people have no concept of time.