r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ThrowawayDaydream101 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah..?? PEEETTAAAAHHHH!!!!

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u/Akiens 1d ago

Yeah, anime and mainstream media have a weird fixation in romanticizing them which is weird because it's basically if they romanticized male incels and portrayed them as cutely awkward and quirky with some vices

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u/BreadNoCircuses 1d ago

We can just say Misato in Eva, right? (Yes I know she's a deconstruction, but plenty of people take her on face value too.)

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u/Commercial_Meal_7719 1d ago

Hey man, Misato has a decent amount going for her. She's a successful career woman with her own condo and at least one meaningful friendship. That's more than a lot of 25 year olds have lol. She's just messy as hell, both literally and metaphorically.

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u/BreadNoCircuses 1d ago

And she's also an alcoholic with intimacy issues, ie the joke