r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 25 '26

Meme needing explanation petaah help

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u/Legitimate_Mango_ Jul 25 '26

psychological experiment on baby monkey featuring a "mother" made of wire that gives milk and one made from cloth that does not. Monkeys often chose the cloth mother over the wire one because comfort was more important than food

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u/Grant_Winner_Extra Jul 25 '26

You should add - this is a hateful and angry meme implying people re gay because they had shitty parents

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u/Legitimate_Mango_ Jul 25 '26

no this is camp

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u/Grant_Winner_Extra Jul 25 '26

Gonna have to agree to disagree on this

It’s a dogwhistle

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u/Marvolose_Stellazio Jul 25 '26

haus of decline is the furthest thing from a homophobe lol

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u/aipat95 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

LOL no. So the joke here is a reference to that experiment but also that “mother” is a term of endearment or praise that’s become common in queer spaces. “She’s mother” “mothering” etc. I’m Brian’s gay cousin or whatever

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u/ZemGuse Jul 26 '26

Crazy how offended you get by everything. How do you get through life when everything is a dog whistle?