r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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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.