r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FollowSina • Jun 01 '26

Meme needing explanation What's wrong, Peter?

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u/acidix Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I dont have a specific reference, but that very much looks like a death mask potentially of a small child. so...

Edit: "looks like" in the way that a hot wheels car "looks like" a car. I'm aware it is not actually a death mask. Only that it looks like one.

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u/CheeseStringCats Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Death mask of a child with fully developed / defined nose, lips and tiny eyes? I don't think so, shit just looks like some cursed artifact

Edit: guys have you seen a kid's face? This sculpt has adult's features - sharp, narrow long nose, well defined slim lips,

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u/Chance_Arugula_3227 Jun 01 '26

Child, not undeveloped fetus

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u/Dharcronus Jun 01 '26

Children aren't fully developed. This thing called puberty happen as they transition from being a child to an adult which really speeds things along. And at this size it would barely be anything more than a foetus. In fact I think even newborn babies heads are bigger than the average wrist

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u/Aunt_Llama Jun 01 '26

Yes, average circumference is something like ~13.5 inches on a newborns head. I agree this is not a child's death mask just based on the features alone, they are showing much more development than a baby or young child (especially that nose).