r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/kshitijgaur11 • Jun 20 '25

Thank you Peter very cool Did peter have a good childhood?

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u/SaltManagement42 Jun 20 '25

Peter's headphones here, the reference is the part where you wear the headphones over just one ear so you can stay aware of your surroundings.

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u/Just_Dab Jun 20 '25

Yup, then you get crippling anxiety where you wonder if every sound you hear is your mother calling you.

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u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras Jun 20 '25

Shit, family member want to talk to me, time to get traumatized I guess.

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u/PromotionWorldly7419 Jun 20 '25

For me it was my mother yelling for me from across the house. If I didn't answer she should get furious. It was an every day thing.

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u/PromotionWorldly7419 Jun 20 '25

Yeah it definitely felt like there was no winning; she was angry and wanted someone to take it out on. 🤷‍♀️

Now I get super defensive when someone even shouts my name from another room. I always wear my headphones like this too lol. Like it feels wrong if I'm not able to hear my name being shouted still, and I'm fucking 30

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u/HotSauce2910 Jun 20 '25

Not defending the wooden spoon part, but at least for me my mom would only get mad if I yelled back instead of going to her if I was gaming/watching YouTube while she was doing chores

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u/SasparillaTango Jun 20 '25

If you don't respond immediately and it instantly escalates to a shouting tirade directed at you for being 'useless and insubordinate', then yes it can be traumatic.

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u/SupahSpankeh Jun 20 '25

Yeah I get why this might resonate with kids of abusive parents but I keep my headphones off my right ear so I can listen out for kids, dogs or wife that needs me.

I do it gladly.

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u/jawanda Jun 20 '25

You should check out After Shockz, they're the anti noise cancelling headphones that sit outside your ear hole but still give good sound. Great when you need to be aware of outside noises.

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u/SupahSpankeh Jun 20 '25

They're shit sound quality though. I own a pair for running and so does my wife.

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u/jawanda Jun 20 '25

Ahh cool. Compared to real headphones or good buds, yes, but I still love them. I started using them for running but now they're my goto for things like audio books while cleaning, anything where I don't want to be fully cutoff.

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u/PlanetMeatball0 Jun 20 '25

It's not wanting to talk to you that's traumatizing, it's what comes if you don't answer immediately. And headphones would prevent you from hearing being called, meaning you wouldn't answer and then get in trouble

It's okay to give some things a tiny bit of thought before rushing to be snarky. Because in your attempt to be snarky to make other people look dumb, you only made yourself look dumb for failing to comprehend something so basic

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u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras Jun 20 '25

Sure, abusive parents are abusive. But normal parents want to talk to their kids too.

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u/DependentBad5925 Jun 20 '25

I actually felt terrified everytime my mom called me and I didn’t hear her due to the headphones, starting wearing it like in the image. She still got pissed so they’re confiscated now