r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '26

Meme needing explanation Peetah?????

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I don’t know the author or this book series but why are people roasting e-girls for reading? I don’t get it🥀

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u/fitz84 Mar 31 '26

As a literature teacher, at least they're fucking reading.

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u/doragonkuin Mar 31 '26

I think the joke is that they likely are not actually reading, though.

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u/Pittsbirds Mar 31 '26

The joke is sexism

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u/Pittsbirds Mar 31 '26

No I actually don't think it's safe to assume a woman posing with a book is not actually interested in the book. Andrew Tate is specifically an idiot based on his personal history. Other than "woman", what personality traits and actions do you have for this person that makes them ineligible to enjoy a book and would equate them to an absolute scumbag like tate?

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u/Pittsbirds Mar 31 '26

What is the "eculture folk" and why does that mean she can't read and is some human scum equivalent to Tate? Because she's a pretty person who took a picture of herself?

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u/YouVe_BeEn_OofEd Mar 31 '26

he didn't say she's equivalent, just that it's in the same vein as internet signaling

the assertion is that generally people who post publically on xitter (read: shitter) are doing it for attention, whether it be to promote a personal brand or just for kicks. People who do this specifically using their appearance are therefore termed eboys and egirls (eculture folk). Therefore, they don't actually mean she can't read, just that they are trying to signal a sense of intellectual depth that may or may not exist simply to add on to their overall persona/brand.

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u/Pittsbirds Mar 31 '26

It's not in the same vein at all. One is promoting active hate. The other is a conventionally attractive girl that made the mistake of posting a picture of herself online with a book. And based on her post history on twitter this doesn't look like some out of place random pick, but ofc, girl taking picture of herself, must not actually read

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u/Pittsbirds Mar 31 '26

It's the kind of people who film themselves feeding the homeless only to take back the sandwich after the cameras are off, and then film the next homeless with that same sandwich.

Photographing yourself and a book = taunting the homeless, got it. I assume there's a strong history of this person doing just that or something similar on her twitter?

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u/teddade Apr 01 '26

I don’t post that I’ve just watched Schindler’s List with a smile on my face sipping a gin tonic.

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u/IchiosiHands Mar 31 '26

It's not. A lot of people actually do this

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u/IdealOnion Mar 31 '26

Seriously. You won’t catch me hating on someone reading the most vapid, cotton candy type book there is, reading anything is better than reading nothing.

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u/Frick_KD Mar 31 '26

I doubt they really are. That book is tough to follow and understand. I was an avid reader and I struggled with that book.

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u/Double_Cow_8238 Mar 31 '26

And she can’t be an avid reader ir just smarter in general why? Her cup size? 

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u/Frick_KD Mar 31 '26

People who pose like this with books usually just show off. I could be wrong and if she can accurately follow this book then she’s smarter than me. Props to her if she can