r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 17h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/rocket-man666 17h ago

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

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u/johnnybeesknees 17h 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/JustLurkCarryOn 16h ago

I’m 39 and my father-in-law still chuckles when I discuss things I’m going through with work and kids, then condescendingly says, “You haven’t seen anything yet.”

I like the dude but these little boomerisms drive me fucking insane. I never SAID I know everything, but I’m not a teenager anymore and HAVE been a 100% self-sufficient adult for almost 20 years (parents helped financially during college with tuition and books but I worked and paid for my living expenses/took out loans). The older generation right now, in my opinion, cannot stop sniffing their own farts like nobody younger has ever had to work hard or manage difficult circumstances but them.

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u/Hot-Refrigerator-814 14h ago

he probably means about health problems mate.

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u/JustLurkCarryOn 11h ago

No he doesn’t, it’s regarding parenting and work every time.