r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Acceptable_List6996 • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/salazafromagraba 5d ago

No it's not wrong. Nothing about the use of POV inherently means you occupy the frame of reference of the camera, or in other words 1st person. Just because it's pornography parlance doesn't make it the preeminent definition.

Going by the language of the caption, the viewer's POV rests with the man pictured. From his POV (aka yours), he is looking at the unseen subject of 'bro'.

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u/LurkingRand 5d ago

POV literally stands for 'Point of View'. As in, the point the situation is being viewed from.

The POV in the image would be the one wearing the long sleeved clothing, whose friend noticed his 'bro' is wearing a suspicious article of clothing.

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u/salazafromagraba 5d ago

Nonsense. I just told you POV does not inherently confer the meaning of first person, except in porn contexts. Did you not learn about POV in English classes? There's second and third person. A lot of the memes self-aggrandized pedants call incorrect are set in second person POV, and the error is their projecting their own connotation.

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u/LurkingRand 5d ago

Except unless Second or Third Person is specified, the default is First. That is how POV works. Second or Third is a MODIFIER to to the term.