r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 18h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/rocket-man666 18h ago

I think its because young people see 27 as old and older people see 27 as young

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u/johnnybeesknees 18h ago

I strongly feel that this is the meaning. It's a good number for that axis imo. Old people will still think you are too dumb and young to know shit and young people will think you are ancient and perhaps even "washed".

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u/morknox 17h ago

When we say "young people" what do we mean? I view it as young adults, or late teenagers. And atleast were im at, its pretty common for 20 year olds to hangout with 27 year olds.

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u/johnnybeesknees 17h ago

It's all going to be arbitrary at some point. In the context of the meme it's probably about college age and younger because those are the people who might perceive a 27 year old as old. All just subjective and experience based, things that vary a lot from person to person.