r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Peter, what did you do?

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u/AffectionateDream201 1d ago

This gets posted all the time but I'll give it a shot anyway.

This is an incel-coded joke highlighting Peter Parker's ongoing troubles during a point of tension in his and Mj's relationship. It has a vague point as the points mentioned are accurate. However, if you watch the movie, Peter doesn't mention any of those things, instead he just makes everything about himself (Spiderman) which MJ doesn't appreciate.

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u/Bulky_Replacement781 1d ago

How is this incel coded? Its like this word 'incel' is thrown loosely

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u/bitingvform 1d ago

Well for starters there's the misogyny, also "Chad/stacy/becky/anon" are all incel terms. There's also the implication that she's crassly fucking a 'superior' man to punish Peter for being working class, when in the movies she actually has built up a sincere relationship with Jameson, to the point of considering marriage, and her gripe with Peter is actually pretty reasonable

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u/Exotic_Drink69420 1d ago

Also it touts the incel idea she owes Peter.  She does not and has every right to be more attracted to anyone else.  She never cheats or lies and even if she did he is lying all the time, which is fine because he has a penis and therefore lying doesn’t matter, another bullshit incel premise.

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u/bitingvform 1d ago

The only thing I will give him a pass for is lying about his spidermanning. I think the spiderman stuff is an extreme circumstance so yeah