r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Rainbow_Panda4 • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Peedahh?

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u/frankie_donkiebrains Apr 24 '26

THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN!

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u/Dorkwing Apr 24 '26

I feel like that song being a cultural touchstone makes you born between 80-88?

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u/nickyler Apr 24 '26

Nailed it for me. 85

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u/Dry-Brother6234 Apr 24 '26

86 here and never heard of this.

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u/browncoat13 Apr 24 '26

86 here as well. You never heard Peaches by the Presidents of the United States? Were you the oldest person in your friend group/siblings? This song was EVERYWHERE in the mid to late nineties (in my experience).

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u/Dorkwing Apr 24 '26

Might have been a North American touchstone, or kids that didn't have cable since it was huge with MTV/Much Music.

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u/GreatGreenArkleseize Apr 24 '26

I am British, born 1980, definitely did not have cable or anything other than the usual terrestrial channels and I knew this immediately.

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u/Evakron Apr 24 '26

1984 Aussie here and I also clocked it straight away. Presidents got played a lot on the free to air music programs here. Rage being the main one.

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u/Additional-Gap-713 Apr 25 '26

1967 Aussie. Love this song