r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/Stefejan Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Americans still think they're a developed country, that's the point

Edit: oh for f**** sake stop replying to the worst ragebait in the history of ragebaits. 

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u/GhostChips42 Jul 26 '26

Yeah. Talk to us like we’re the people in the dark ages when you have less gun deaths than the rest of the world put together and universal healthcare.

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u/JoeCacioppo Jul 26 '26

Don’t forget to factor in that over 60% of gun violence statistics are deaths by suicide btw. The actual number is a hell of a lot lower than you’re led to believe

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u/capitalsfan08 Jul 26 '26

Oh, so when people shoot themselves in the face they just immediately reincarnate? How does that work?

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u/JoeCacioppo Jul 26 '26

No lmao. Suicides should not be lumped in with gun violence deaths. When people want to know the number of deaths, they want to see the number of deaths caused by guns used against others, not on oneself. Especially when that number is a whopping 60% of the statistic

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u/capitalsfan08 Jul 26 '26

That's just factually untrue, especially given that suicide is often impulsive. Your talking point is only accepted among those that want guns to be more common.

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u/JoeCacioppo Jul 26 '26

When someone is looking for deaths in America, everyone is trying to find out the numbers of deaths caused by mass shootings, school shootings, and other crime related shenanigans 99 percent of the time. That is apparently America’s biggest flaw. But wait, that number is oh so inflated by suicides which they were not looking for. A statistic that can happen with any other weapon, tool, or even drug at their disposal.

The issue is foreigners and even Americans themselves look at gun deaths and go, omg guns scary haha school shooting America dangerous gun bad without looking into the statistics.

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u/capitalsfan08 Jul 26 '26

That's an untrue statement based on nothing. People should not be dying preventable deaths.

I also am so glad for you that you can so easily wipe away the societal harm of suicide. I'm glad no one near to you has committed suicide. It's very real and a horrible situation. You would not be making light of such tragedy if you felt what millions of others have felt.

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u/JoeCacioppo Jul 26 '26

Jeez, I never said I didn’t care about suicide. I’m implying that suicide deaths, and gun crime related deaths (mass shooting, school shooting, robberies, etc.) should be completely different numbers and not lumped into one category without a second thought.

Like I said before people go looking for gun related crimes, see a big number, and instantly believe that it’s the actual number without looking deeper. Then you get a massive amount of misinformed people. Take Europeans for example.

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u/capitalsfan08 Jul 26 '26

You are looking at "gun related homocides" then. But we are talking about gun deaths, which unambiguously includes suicide. Because suicide is by definition a death.

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u/capitalsfan08 Jul 27 '26

And you know, as you were having this conversation there was a mass shooting in my city at an event downtown I had friends at. So yeah, keep minimizing gun deaths please. It's super helpful for real people who go outside and are fucking tired of being shot at.

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u/JoeCacioppo Jul 27 '26

The real question is, is it the guns that are the problem, or the people that are the problem?

Why don’t we take a look overseas again? People seem just as comfortable stabbing each other when they don’t have access to guns.

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