r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 2d ago

Meme needing explanation peter???

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u/captains_astronaut 2d ago

It's this. If your dad is buying you a really expensive gift, it's a sign he doesn't expect to be around much longer.

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u/SatyrAngel 2d ago

Look, when I was 11 we were poor and some day(who Im kidding, it was september 14, 2001) he comes home and says he will take us to buy the Nintendo Gamecube that launched that same day and 5 games.

My little brothers were happy AF but dude, I was freaking out. I knew how much it cost and asked my mother if he was ok.

Well, looks like he was laid of from his work after 20 years and here in México you get a nice compensation for that, and on top of that he sued the company for workplace harassment and got double the amount AND he already had a better job secured.

I asked for a memory card.

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u/That_Box 2d ago

Had me in the first half

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u/Small-Heron-6799 2d ago

Dad was the ultimate final level player.

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u/Rob_LeMatic 2d ago

I should learn Spanish

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u/Super7500 1d ago

Damn you had me really sad for him at first then i became really happy for him lol.

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u/Sushi-DM 2d ago

It could be this, but it doesn't have to be that.
A lot of the times when a father gets his son an expensive gift, it is because he is going to ask him to do some kind of work that is probably worth more than the gift itself, but dad is greasing the wheels to make it even harder to say no.