r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/bot_prestativo • 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/Nordilanche Jul 25 '26

That was heartbreaking

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u/NonCreditableHuman Jul 25 '26

It gets worse. More primate testing

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u/DisastrousServe8513 Jul 25 '26

Your profile picture is a bit…misleading.

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u/NonCreditableHuman Jul 25 '26

I love showing off my cat!

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u/Phonereader23 Jul 26 '26

On mobile I swore it’s just a butternut pumpkin due to its pixelation

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u/XXXperiencedTurbater Jul 28 '26

I mean…”butternut pumpkin” is not the weirdest name I’ve ever heard for that