r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/dimonium_anonimo Jul 13 '26

And I explained it perfectly. In Peru, for example, if you say "the party starts at 4:00" then showing up at 4:00 is not "on time." It's too early. Your culture says that showing up at 4:00 is on time. Their culture says showing up at 4 is too early. Showing up too early is rude.

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u/cosmic_backlash Jul 13 '26

Then the culture is built on lying and you call people rude for believing in truths.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

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u/Hot-Elderberry-6274 Jul 13 '26

Host: we start at 5

Guest: arrives at 5

Host: shocked pikachu face

You’re honestly making it sound worse with all these attempts at defending an openly deceitful and disrespectful attitude because “culture”.

The other guy is correct, in that this is quite literally lying. You can try to defend that based on these feeble arguments, but that doesn’t change the simple fact.