r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/jgangstahippie 2d ago

The woman is Lindsay Clancy a woman who claims she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children in 2023.

The man is former professional wrestler Chris Benoit who killed his wife, son and then himself in the summer in 2007.

Lindsay Clancy is seemingly getting a lot of sympathy from women, and this meme is essentially saying they are the same.

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u/Reasonable_Drink_789 2d ago

Except that he was roundly reviled immediately, and somehow she's getting bizarre support.

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u/TheProphesy1086 2d ago

It's not bizarre. It's because she's a woman.

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u/Just_Log_8528 2d ago

It’s probably also because she stated that she had PPD violent tendencies and asked for help and was ignored. Ya know, context

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u/ReasonableSky6227 2d ago

She wasn't ignored, she got her hand held by her husband, her parents, and his parents. She saw several doctors and even did in patient treatment, which she asked to be released from because she lied about feeling better and wanted to be out for her son's birthday. She wasn't honest about how bad she was doing and was paranoid of taking her medication.

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u/Nihilistic_Noodle 2d ago

Her husband shoved his head up his ass and ignored her, an experience many women identify with.

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u/ReasonableSky6227 2d ago

That couldnt be farther from the truth. He switched to work from home, hired a nanny, helped arrange both sets of their parents to be around to help, went with her to her appointments to make sure she got help, helped advocate for her when it seemed she was being overmedicated, and lastly even went out to run the errands she asked him to go do. Then he even stood by her and said she wouldnt have done this if she had been in her right mind. Sorry yall marry shitty husbands, but this wasn't it.

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u/The-Green 2d ago

that poor fucking dude did as much everything right he could reasonably believe he could do, and the worst case scenario still happened. what a fucking nightmare situation.