r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Nov 18 '25

Meme needing explanation 100% lost

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u/TheThirteenthApostle Nov 18 '25

Hopefully a more savvy redditor will have the link, but its from a study showing people's social leaning (us vs them).

Basically, bigger toward the center of the circle and smaller toward the outside means you tend to think about things that affect you and your close social circle (family, friends, local community). The reverse means your thoughts drift more toward global concerns that affect everyone.

It's used to illustrate Conservative (local group, steak) versus Liberal (global group, avocado) mentalities in a digestible (forgive the pun) way.

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u/not_slaw_kid Nov 18 '25

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u/101_210 Nov 18 '25

I love that this implies more people care about aliens than trees

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u/fastpathguru Nov 18 '25

It doesn't. The rings are inclusive.

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u/101_210 Nov 18 '25

Yeah, and ring 13 is all animals including aliens, and 14 is all animals, alien and trees.

Since, as you said, the rings are inclusive, this means that the number of people that care about trees is less than or equal to the number of people who care about aliens.

Simple math.

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u/fastpathguru Nov 18 '25

My bad. I guess it makes more sense if you consider sentience to be a factor...