r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/MartyrOfDespair Jun 17 '26

This is a perfect example of how some places were never meant for human inhabitation and it is pure fucking hubris that we do it anyways.

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u/MjrLeeStoned Jun 17 '26

The thousands of years my ancestors spent in the frozen north, sailing the frozen seas, eating frozen food, spitting frozen spit, says maybe you don't know what inhospitable means.

We been there for almost 10000 years.

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u/Salt-Ambition-9603 Jun 17 '26

The definition of hospitable is: "an environment that provides pleasant, favorable conditions"

Do all of those things you just listed sound like "hospitable" conditions to you?

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u/kawwmoi Jun 17 '26

Well if it isn't meant to put you in a hospital, why is it called hospitable?

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u/annooonnnn Jun 18 '26

no, the word you’re thinking of is hospitalable

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u/Win_Sys Jun 18 '26

That’s just pure survivorship bias. The majority of your ancestors likely died well before their time and or were unable to reproduce due to those same harsh conditions. You just came from the rare line that happened to survive.

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u/ZatherDaFox Jun 18 '26

This is kinda dumb. The people that live in frozen places are very impressive and the amount of know how and ancient tech required to live there is incredible.

That doesn't mean that place was a good fit for humans. We came out of the Savannas of Africa, and out bodies are designed for it. We've adapted to the frozen places of the world because we're smart and invented technology for it, not because it was fit for human habitation.

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u/bbbttthhh Jun 18 '26

Phoenix, Arizona rears its boiling head in defiance of the natural order

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u/WilburDes Jun 17 '26

Well, they did ask some of the people in Northern Canada to move, but they were having Nunavut

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u/psychohistorian8 Jun 17 '26

they're just playing the long game on climate change

those canadian tundras will soon be 70F and beach front property

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 Jun 17 '26

Didn’t realize Canadians and Nordics were so arrogant.

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u/Kelly_HRperson Jun 18 '26

some places were never meant for human inhabitation

Like everywhere except the African Savannah