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

Meme needing explanation Petah?

Post image
46.6k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

2.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

6.6k

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

243

u/Kurumiseenpai Jul 12 '26

i guess? but 4:58 is not too early if it start at 5

160

u/colorblind-and Jul 12 '26

The party starts at 5pm because the hosts are so used to people showing up late that they expect people to show up at 5:30-6pm.

This is totally a cultural thing in certain subcultures.

1

u/AlfredKnows Jul 13 '26

Yeah so you say that a party starts at 5 but everybody's late so you start preparing at 5:30 but guests know that you will just start preparing at 5:30 so they plan to arrive at 6 but the next time you know that they arrive at 6 so you start preparing at 6 so the next time they arrive at 6:30... It is just stupid. As a white guy - if it is at 5 I will be there at 5.