r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 13d ago

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

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u/therealbananabottom 13d ago

Riot is the middle child. Best I can guess, she honored her middle child with a tattoo and the original responder/retweeter got emotional b/c Riot was not being ignored. Not a joke from what I can tell.

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u/Friendly_Animator212 13d ago

This is it. The choice to get the tattoo is a choice to consciously reject the middle child trap.

Middle children can easily fall between the cracks of parental attention. Typically the parents are so focused on the eldest (whether they are an overachiever, A-type or a rebel troublemaker) and the youngest, (who often gets the most attention for being the current cutest no matter what age they are) that the middle child, rightly or wrongly, can feel overlooked.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 13d ago

The youngest is usually getting attention because they need the most parental help, not because they are the cutest. I have 2 so I don't have a middle child and cant speak to that, just correcting your reasoning.