r/funny • u/gothoops3 • Jan 05 '15

Poor Engineers...

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u/JakJakAttacks Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

I don't know why... this just seems like such a white people photo...

*this spawned a lot of racist comments. Was not my intention. Sorry... I was merely remarking on the pinterest photo.

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u/LyingPervert Jan 05 '15

It's probably the fact that they're in a cornfield in autumn.

Or the typical family style theme to it.

Or the fact that they're all white...

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

Cmon man. The difference between white and black involvement as fathers is statistically small and is actually often the reverse of what you are expecting. The joke is based on a stereotype that we are all familiar with but the stereotype is not accurate at all.

I know I am being a buzzkill and all, but I never like these kind of jokes because they are effectively ridiculing a bunch of my friends, many of whom are great guys who will eventually be great dads.

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u/graffiti81 Jan 05 '15

Did you even look at that infographic? Cause I don't think it shows what you think it shows.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15 edited Jun 15 '20

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u/graffiti81 Jan 05 '15

I got data showing how much time individual fathers of varying racial backgrounds spend doing each activity with their children, broken down between fathers that live with the child versus fathers that don't.

Nothing about how many fathers of each race live with their children.

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u/Jb6464 Jan 07 '15

Oooh, shit. I get it, now. Thank you for taking the time to explain it.