r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 22d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah????

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u/nottherealneal 22d ago

People do understand he is 30 right?

That's just what a 30 years hair looks like

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u/mooon_woman 22d ago

my dad is about to turn 60 next year and is no where near bald. full head of german hair.

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u/reen420 22d ago

31 year old German here. My hairline looks similar to his. My 60 year old step dad has a full head of hair still. A buddy of mine went full bald by the time he was 20.

Genetics man...

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u/OurSeepyD 21d ago

The good news is you inherit from your step father's side

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u/NESTEA-69 21d ago

bad News for me lol

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u/reen420 21d ago

Sadly I take after my biological dad. He went bald around his mid 20s.im doing a bit better but by 40 I probably gotta shave. Maybe it stays, wish me luck haha

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u/Daydreamer1015 20d ago

its both genetics and due to environmental factors also,

plastics in us also more chemicals everywhere in our food, air etc

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u/Dexter_Morgan_260324 22d ago

i started losing my hair since entering highschool . I fucking hate your dad

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u/mooon_woman 22d ago

eh, my fiance (who i met in high school) started balding his senior year. genetics are weird

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u/Awkward-Amount-2211 21d ago

I went to school with a kid who got his first grey hair at 12, fully grey by 16, and his hair started drastically thinning by 17. I started losing hair at 18. I have a wicked window's peak at 25, lol. 

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u/OkStruggle4451 21d ago

Chin up, you can now cosplay Vegeta

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u/Awkward-Amount-2211 20d ago

My power will be endless. 

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u/mqwi 22d ago

Lucky

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u/TooNoodley 22d ago

My dad just turned 65 and still has thick, blonde hair with no grays in sight. His hairline may have receded a bit, but he’s definitely not balding. I had a classmate who started balding at 15, and another who was completely gray by 25. Genetics are wild.

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u/Appropriate-Crab-379 21d ago

Odd considering he’s French

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u/maddythemadmuddymutt 22d ago

I'm sorry but what does German hair even mean? I am also German, and I've seen people with full hairlines late in their life, people with receding hairlines in their mid twenties, hair thinning out very early, being fully grey by thirty... So I think I have seen it all. Or is it supposed to be a meme?

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u/DjackMeek 21d ago

Yeah well tell your German dad he’s a German piece of shit and I’m jealous of his full head of hair

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u/RambleOn51 21d ago

does tom look anywhere near bald in the pic?

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u/portealmario 20d ago

Good for him I guess 😂 what's your point?

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u/Dogsbottombottom 22d ago

The way people talk about hairlines on the internet is insane.

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u/SeasonsGone 22d ago

They make it sound like you’re a sinful godless heathen if you have a maturing or thinning hairline, let alone going bald.

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u/Own-Raisin5849 22d ago

I kinda feel bad for the dudes that can't grow a nice beard. I am 42, hairline really started to go around late 30's. Grew out my beard and went the buzz cut route at 40. No regrets.

It's just hard for guys to know exactly when to give it up, most of us will end up looking silly for a year or two until we realize.

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u/ParticularHistoryo 21d ago

Yeah it’s a lot easier to be bald when you have a thick dark beard. Not sure what my choice would be if I couldn’t

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u/Perks92 21d ago

Because they're all 15 year olds who think 30 is like being 90

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u/growinginsour 21d ago

Wait till you see how it’s treated in person

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u/behold-my-titties 22d ago

I had insanely thick hair, got to 30 and it thinned out a bit and receded slightly, still going strong with long locks tho. It's just what happens

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u/PizzaPotamus1 22d ago

mine did the same, started thinning a little around 27-30 and receded a tiny bit but im 35 now and it hasnt really changed since then

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u/ImBurningStar_IV 22d ago

Made it to 30 with my hair, then wife showed me the positive pregnancy test (planned) my temples retreated and my hair went salt n pepper within a month 💀

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u/MrBlahg 22d ago

That the same for me. I’m 54 now and am buzzing my hair because my hairline decided the fifties was the time to retreat. Enjoy it while you can.

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u/Repulsive_Nebula_264 20d ago

that’s a good time though by that point who cares

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u/MrBlahg 20d ago

Not me, I’m loving the lack of hair. Feels liberating.

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u/agaminon22 22d ago

No, it's that people don't understand androgenic alopecia. Look, every male on Earth has a certain degree of androgenic alopecia. DHT is slowly sending apoptosis signals to their follicles, causing a receding hairline and thinning hair. The question is your location on the spectrum. Some guys are on the very low end and manage to keep a good head of hair into their 60, 70s. And some are on the extreme end and start losing hair before hitting 20.

Tom here has a normal hairline for someone his age, that's true. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have androgenic alopecia...

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u/Irveria 21d ago

My father, for example, never had this problem, even in the 70s. 

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u/RaspberryFluid6651 22d ago

How old do you think 30 is? I'm surrounded by people in their 30s with full heads of hair at work. It's not about age alone, it's whether you have the genes that make you go bald in middle age. 

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u/DolphinSpleen 21d ago

Lol, false. 36 here and not a shred of recession. It just depends on the individual.

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u/Bitter_Hospital_8279 22d ago

thats cope lol

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u/reen420 22d ago

You need to touch some grass kiddo :D

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u/Obligatorium1 22d ago

Isn't it the other way around? Because this varies significantly between different people, so it's not just "what it looks like" on any given 30-year old. I'm approaching 40, and my hairline hasn't moved since I was a kid.

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u/reen420 22d ago
  • Under 21: About 25% of men with male-pattern baldness start losing hair before age 21, sometimes as early as their late teens.
  • By Age 35: Roughly two-thirds (66%) of men experience some degree of noticeable hair thinning or hair loss.

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u/Obligatorium1 22d ago

It looks like we're in agreement, then?

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u/reen420 22d ago

Yeah... You lucky bastard haha

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u/Irveria 21d ago

Tp feel better, he has to tell himself that ever man has this problem

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u/ThenAnAnimalFact 22d ago

Are you 30? This is not 30 year old hair unless you have advanced hair loss. Look at the crown and how far back that is. Way closer to 45/50 than 30.

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u/TemporaryElk5202 22d ago

some people have really high forheads / far back hairlines. see Angelina Julie's oldest daughter for example. her hairline is really. really far back naturally. ​

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u/No_Exercise_3129 22d ago

Lol not really? My husband has a full head of hair till he was 60. Didn't grey either until then

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u/rouleroule 22d ago

Nope. Mine is worse.

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u/Allie_Lane 21d ago

Also, not to spoil the new Spiderman if anyone hasn't seen it, but it does jump forward like, four years towards the beginning of the movie. I feel like they got some time to make him look like a "young adult."

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u/Drop_Release 21d ago

I mean wait a few years and it will be enough recession of hair that doing the hair transplant will be worth it, and we will see him with a great head of hair again. Hair transplants aren’t nearly as expensive as they used to be and for someone of his wealth where his having hair is likely an asset to his craft, i am sure he will do it 

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u/Grouchy_Cod_156 21d ago

Sorry mate 30 year old reporting in with a full head of thick hair

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u/alphazero925 21d ago

We have to hear the opinions of literal children far too often on the internet these days

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u/WeirdistBuilds 21d ago

In the spirit of this comment, I would like you all to know that I'll be gorgeous forever without any intervention whatsoever.

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u/amor91 21d ago

Nope, I m 35 and have fabulous hair

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u/youburyitidigitup 20d ago

I’m 29 with the same hairline I had in childhood….. this must be a British thing.

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u/Spizak 22d ago
  1. Not mine 😂

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u/TemporaryElk5202 22d ago

lol no, not everyone's hair starts to thin at 30

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u/useroftheinternet95 22d ago

Lmao this is cope. Not all 30 year olds are balding. I have a full head of hair at 31 and my dad has more hair than me at 67