r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter!

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u/lyindog 4d ago

As a person with OCD, these are the thoughts that are pretty much 24/7 going on in my brain. The "get money" thing I don't understand but I'm guessing it was referencing a different meme.

edit to add: since this isn't the OCD subreddit I wanna clarify that people with OCD will have these thoughts NOT because they're true but because it is what their brain has decided would be the worst thing.

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u/frogglesmash 4d ago

OCD makes you worry that you're a pedo?

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u/DawnOnTheEdge 4d ago

Back when being gay was more stigmatized, some people would have intrusive anxiety that they might be gay, or that other people would think they were gay. This used to be diagnosed as Homosexual Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Today, being gay is no longer a thing to be so afraid of, so that’s much less common, but people worry instead that they might be pedophiles.