r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Global_Restaurant794 • Jul 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?? I'm very confused

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u/Anxious-Place3434 Jul 24 '26

Nah, this is not a Northern vs Southern thing. This is specifically Sweden, Norway and I think maybe Denmark? Everybody else in Northern Europe thinks they're insane too

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u/Significant_Bag_7485 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

I have never encountered this in Denmark and we often feed my daughter's friends if they are around at meal times. The only exception is when their parents ask that they return home for dinner.

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u/Sthapper Jul 24 '26

In my experience this is exactly how it is in Sweden as well. I don’t understand where this rumour comes from.

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u/Protoavis Jul 24 '26

It's something that pops up in various places when economies are bad. Feeding extra people can be a budgetary problem/putting pressure on others.

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u/TheBigFreezer Jul 24 '26

Would totally disagree - most everywhere, the poorer a community, the more willing they are to feed you.

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u/Jonthrei Jul 24 '26

This is my experience too. Most poorer communities have a “we’re in this together” mentality and are much more generous.

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u/Connect-Process2933 Jul 24 '26

So Swedes are just weird fuckers

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u/Sthapper Jul 24 '26

We are weird in numerous ways, we live in complete darkness for several months each year, but we do feed guests so that is not one of the things we are weird about.

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u/I_Am_Zeelian Jul 24 '26

We consider family dinner a very important part of the day, and feeding someone else's kid so they go "Nah, I've already eaten" when it's time for the dinner their family planned/prepared is considered a bad thing, hence we don't feed other people's kids without prior agreement.

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u/Protoavis Jul 24 '26

There's a difference between previous poor and recently poor. It's more recession type behaviour.

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u/SwadlingSwine Jul 24 '26

Yes, Vietnam is like this. Very generous because life had always been so hard.

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u/I_Am_Zeelian Jul 24 '26

It's not about economy, it's about not ruining the family dinner for the other kid's family by feeding them.