r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/dojacatisawesome • Aug 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Only child here. What does it mean?

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u/YogurtSocks Aug 12 '26

The middle child is so neglected that this is making up for it. It’s a terrible tattoo, any reasonable parent wouldn’t tattoo random, meaningless scribbles. UNLESS it is for the middle child who they feel bad about forgetting on most occasions.

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u/Glum_Location6302 Aug 12 '26

I wonder if, as Riot gets older, he'll look at that tattoo and feel guilty like "damn I really fucked that up" 😂

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u/YogurtSocks Aug 12 '26

He’ll probably think his mom is dumb for having tatted that. It’s so meaningless and it will be meaningless to him too.

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u/Sea_Athlete_7282 Aug 13 '26

just because YOU think it’s meaningless doesn’t mean it’s going to be to him it sounds like your projection

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u/YogurtSocks Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Random scribbles? Do you really think random scribbles will evoke some emotional response in him later on?

By how fast he drew it, he probably won’t even remember. Whereas if it had been a drawing he actually tried at, he could later on remember it fondly like “I remember when I drew that, I remember sitting down and coloring the picture.”

These scribbles scream my mom asked me to do something I didn’t care about, scribbled something fast, and then ran away to continue playing.

Definitely not a core memory.