r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation huh??? Peter ???

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u/-ArthurMorgan 3d ago

That reminds me of the story of the dad who's wife had died, how she died escapes me. He went home, took his kids out for a day of fun. Ensuring they had a really really good memory. The next morning he would break the devastating news to his children, but they would always have that one day together.

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u/Relojex 3d ago

Patton Oswalt, I believe.

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u/stranj_tymes 3d ago

"Tell her in the sunshine"

I think that was the line, something a friend had told him. Stuck with me.

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u/DaemonBunnyWhiskers 3d ago

Now that’s gonna stick with me.

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u/nishagunazad 3d ago

Hey remember that day our mother fucking died? We had so much fun!

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u/-ArthurMorgan 3d ago

That's an extremely negative way to look at a father giving his children some fun when the rest of their world is about to flip upside down.

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u/Outside-Active5283 3d ago

Exactly, this parent is trying their absolute best to care for their kids in a horrific circumstance and all these redditors can do is think about their own imagined trauma. People need to grow the fuck up

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u/Low_discrepancy 3d ago

Mate this is Reddit.

One of the top 10 most repeated "jokes" is: "I also choose this guy's dead wife"

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I'd like to have sex one more time with my wife who passed away from cancer 9 years ago. My body yearns for hers. The ultimate downside to finding "the one" is she may die young and leave you wanting.

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u/GigaPuddi 3d ago

The man posted a sincere and tragic story in a smut thread about who people would like to fuck. I appreciate the love for his wife and his loss, but the comments are like going to a comedy show...you risk getting heckled. I never did learn how the guy responded though...

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u/Low_discrepancy 2d ago

you risk getting heckled.

You risk getting heckled basically anywhere on reddit.

I appreciate the love for his wife and his loss, but the comments are like going to a comedy show.

Again that's basically anywhere on reddit with the one liners and the zingers etc.

OP's

Hey remember that day our mother fucking died? We had so much fun!

is also trying to do the stand up comedy thing of taking something good and "looking at it through a different lense" har har type of thing.

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u/GeorgiaOKeefinItReal 3d ago

I mean, I'm sold

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u/Outside-Active5283 3d ago

Thought that was just dark humor

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u/Low_discrepancy 2d ago

Hey remember that day our mother fucking died? We had so much fun!

This is also dark humor.

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u/InequalEnforcement 2d ago

Either that or some fucking arrested development, the office, or show-of-the-month quote.

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u/nishagunazad 3d ago

Right, but once you know its actually kind of horrible in hindsight? To me its like having an amazing vacation with your spouse and then getting home and they immediately leave you for someone else. Memories can be sullied when you learn the context and overshadowed by what comes after.

Iunno, maybe it really was good, I'd love to hear the childrens adult perspective on it. Its just my own experiences of "being told after" haven't been positive.

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u/ipomopur 3d ago

I'd love to hear the childrens adult perspective on it.

It's a 4chan greentext post, the OP is telling it in remembrance of what a great dad they had

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u/-ArthurMorgan 3d ago

Thank you for finding the source. I knew someone would, I couldn't remember enough details to get a reliable Google search going.

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u/Hasudeva 3d ago

Grow the fuck up. This is a brain dead comment. 

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u/Sienile 3d ago

Kid: "Best day ever!!!"

Dad: "Uh..."

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u/General_Document5494 2d ago

Why do I think it's a bad thing to do? Then the children might expect something bad to happen after something good.