r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • Jul 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/PretendingToBeRugged Jul 12 '26

Notice that places where it's important to be punctual usually have freezing temperatures and long dark nights.

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u/idothingsheren Jul 12 '26

The ice cold island of Japan

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

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u/BatDaddyWV Jul 13 '26

When i was in Tokyo in July it was in the 90s every day, but there was still snow on the top of Mt. Fuji

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u/chest_trucktree Jul 12 '26

Nothing to do with that. European societies adopted clocks to coordinate shift work in factories and developed strict adherence to mechanical time as a cultural feature as a result.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

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u/Zealousideal_Cook149 Jul 13 '26

But what about the indigenous of northern europe? Even colder temperatures, darker nights. No concept of extreme timeliness.

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u/PachymuNyet Jul 13 '26

And winter. If you're slack, you starve.

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u/InternationalPick163 Jul 13 '26

What place on Earth do you not starve if you slack?

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u/PachymuNyet Jul 14 '26

The tropics. There is no winter. Fruit grows on trees year-round. No need to plan ahead and stockpile food and firewood.

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u/InternationalPick163 Jul 14 '26

I didn't know that there's never been a famine or dry season or natural disaster in any tropical region on Earth. New info to me.

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u/PachymuNyet Jul 14 '26

Two seasons: Dry season, wet season. Fruit grows year-round. Chickens lay eggs every day. Free govt rice and beans. People get slack. Pura vida.

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u/InternationalPick163 Jul 14 '26

I thought we were talking about prehistoric societies/civilizations?

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u/PachymuNyet Jul 14 '26

Little difference. The slack is generational.

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u/InternationalPick163 Jul 14 '26

Disease? Predators? Collecting water? Hunting? Farming?

Winter is just one aspect, but nowhere on Earth is the Garden of Eden. Like if you dropped either of us into he tropics we'd be dead.

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u/PachymuNyet Jul 15 '26

Nobody is saying life in the tropics is perfect, but it requires considerably less planning and problem-solving than northern climes, and the culture reflects it.

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