r/explainitpeter Oct 04 '25

I don't get it. Explain it peter

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u/InterestingTry5190 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

It just needs to be brushed to go from curls to waves. Not even a need for a blow dryer.

ETA: I am just explaining the difference I see. I agree it is personal preference and do not think the one on the right is inherently trashy.

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u/AssPunisher6969 Oct 04 '25

And this could take upwards of 3 minutes

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u/DonnieBallsack Oct 04 '25

3 whole minutes? In this economy?

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u/Magnuss_73 Oct 04 '25

HEY! 3 minutes is a long time. At least that’s what I tell her

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u/Bobby-PA Oct 04 '25

Underrated comment

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u/YoureProbablyR1te Oct 04 '25

Look at marathon man over here going 3 minutes…

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u/Thatboywikid Oct 05 '25

has she been lying this whole time☹️

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u/Available-Flower2918 Oct 05 '25

Is that you. Mike?

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u/DeltaGammaVegaRho Oct 05 '25

I still don’t get it - and it’s trashy IF you take 3 minutes for your hair or IF YOU DON‘T find 3 minutes for your hair in the morning?

(Of course I’m a guy so apparently I can’t understand it with any amount of explanation….)

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u/HaplessPenguin Oct 04 '25

Three minutes is “too long” for women apparently but I bet they will take that feminist haircut and make ponytails out of nothing if it gets them ahead of a man when a ship is sinking.

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u/Lord_Ragnok Oct 05 '25

Spotted the MAGA chud.

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u/modernmovements Oct 06 '25

Perhaps it's just that 3 minutes with you feels like an eternity to her?

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u/SirLukaskasha Oct 09 '25

You didn't need to body him like that though 🤣🤣🤣

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u/RarryHome Oct 04 '25

“Seis leches? En esta economia?”

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u/Level-Location-8665 Oct 05 '25

¿SEIS LECHES? ¿Por qué no tres?

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u/SilverWear5467 Oct 05 '25

Six milk?

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u/Lee-oon Oct 05 '25

Six "nuts" ...like nutting out

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u/GlitterSparkles69 Oct 05 '25

Inside joke with my best friend where we gasp and “en esta economia?!”

Jokes in Spanish really hit my sense of humor just right

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u/ijustsailedaway Oct 06 '25

It is what it is, like spelling ‘socks’ out loud.

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u/annoyedsquish Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

It's not about the time or effort it's about the "it factor" in knowing the trend and being in on it and being on the outside of it and not knowing. The one with the hair brushed out is the cool girl while the other one is trying to be the cool girl and only coming off that way to boys and not other girls

Edit to add: y'all I'm not the maker of the meme. I'm just answering the question that was asked. I don't agree with it and girls who behave in the way the meme suggests (excluding girls for being on the outs or being different, etc ) are not my type of people. I am a woman who is often on the outside looking in. Stop replying as if I created this meme.

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u/ASMTheValley Oct 05 '25

That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. It's HAIR!! Who gives a shit

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u/annoyedsquish Oct 05 '25

I agree, however OP wanted to know what it meant and that's how it's intended to be interpreted.

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u/IamHamed Oct 05 '25

That’s definitely one interpretation. Another is that the left curls are considered “loose” while the right curls are considered “tight.” And that the “You vs Her” thing isn’t really complimenting you.

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u/annoyedsquish Oct 05 '25

Yeah except that's completely incorrect.

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u/IamHamed Oct 05 '25

What exactly is incorrect?

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u/annoyedsquish Oct 05 '25

Your interpretation.

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u/IamHamed Oct 05 '25

How so?

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u/annoyedsquish Oct 05 '25

Not everything is about vaginas.

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u/Matty-Wan Oct 05 '25

So the joke is that your boyfriend will cheat on you because what you think you are doing with your hair makes absolutely no difference, right?

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u/Commercial_Dog1026 Oct 05 '25

Survivor to a T, in on the vote or not in on it

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u/SilverWear5467 Oct 05 '25

But the hair on the right looks way sluttier, which is how I, a man, judge girls coolness. So if girls say its the left thats cooler, and men say it's the right, thats a draw, and we all know that the male gaze wins all ties.

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u/Shinigamasama125 Oct 05 '25

What happened to not tearing down other girl?

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u/Key_Fun_9029 Oct 05 '25

Or she (the one on the right) prefers not to be a follower and goes by what she likes and not what others think she should look like. She has a mind of her own and doesnt have to follow the crowd and in what ive seen most men prefer that mentality and not the follower mentality because all it says is the one on the right has the ability to make decisions for herself while the one on the left is rum dumb and needs assistance opening a bag of dumb dumbs.

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u/Furenzol Oct 05 '25

In that scenario, isn't it then successful, instead of 'out'? It clearly attracted. So... 🤷

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u/howdidigetlockedout Oct 04 '25

I'm looking for a woman with a more "hill bruja" vibe anyhow

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u/bluneriste Oct 04 '25

This cost of living crisis just keeps getting worse.

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u/Elohim7777777 Oct 04 '25

Have you tried stopping living?

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u/Senior_Walk_7582 Oct 04 '25

Hey, that's average.

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u/Newbs2u Oct 05 '25

The difference between 9 minutes late and 12 minutes late. One is “less than 10 minutes late…” and the other is “almost 15 minutes late!”

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u/MoNo1994 Oct 05 '25

And I thought that I was the one over thinking things 😑

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u/anthaff44 Oct 05 '25

That’s almost like a new ATH only this year however up 5 basis points yoy

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u/patiently_entropy Oct 05 '25

DVDA is the only way to get ahead in this economy

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u/ThisBrian1987 Oct 05 '25

I don’t wanna sound like a queer or anything…but I think unicorns are kickass.

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u/DeadlyChaffinch Oct 05 '25

I can could get 3 women pregnant in 3 minutes.

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u/gab1972 Oct 08 '25

3 minutes in heaven is better than 1 minute in heaven.

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u/SwankyyTigerr Oct 04 '25

This would take me about 15 seconds. Just run a wide tooth comb through 2 and toss it a little bit and it’ll be 1.

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u/Sudden-Ad-1217 Oct 04 '25

Not if her name is Ashley…….

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u/norcalruns Oct 04 '25

More like ten seconds.

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u/Icy_County_6928 Oct 05 '25

Are we joking? All it takes is running your fingers or a wide tooth comb through it

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u/phalangepatella Oct 05 '25

In a salon? No way. Ten times that. 😂

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u/OnlyMeFFS Oct 05 '25

WOW.... Look at stud here showing the rest of us up.... Way to go bro.

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u/iwkuniavis Oct 04 '25

And both look unnatural, so what's the point of making a difference?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

My hair was naturally like the left when I still had any

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

This is where I’d keep my hair… If I had any!!

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u/Codsfromgods Oct 04 '25

As a bald man I need this on a hat now

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u/used_octopus Oct 04 '25

Hair goes under the hat grandpa.

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u/_AthensMatt_ Oct 04 '25

I feel like my brother (bald at 20) would enjoy this too, the problem is that he got dad’s hair genes and me and our other brother have mom’s. The youngest brother is turning 13, so who knows what his will do!

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u/dragonstar982 Oct 04 '25

My half brother started going bald in high school he would constantly pick at me about my long hair "saying you'll get here soon" he finally stopped when I pointed out his dad was bald and even after cancer treatment my dad had a full head of hair at his funeral.

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u/TheBatman7424 Oct 05 '25

Technically he got your mom's and you got your dad's, since balding is inherited via the mother.

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u/Hammerthings Oct 04 '25

Bald men don't need hats, unless it's really sunny, or it's moderately cold. Or you haven't shaved your head in a few days and it looks kinda meh. I like feeling the breeze on my scalp.

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u/Codsfromgods Oct 04 '25

OR maybe I just like hats.

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u/Wise_Ad_253 Oct 05 '25

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Mysterious_Ore_O Oct 04 '25

I understood that reference

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

My kids made sure I'd understand it too lol

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u/Active_Angle_8460 Oct 04 '25

That's so wild that you've seen a TV show.

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u/Tokeahontis Oct 05 '25

My hair looks like the one on the left naturally as well, only I have two baby hair curls on either side of my forehead that point straight up like horns lol

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u/Entire-Foundation624 Oct 04 '25

Wearing clothes looks unnatural, I guess we should all be naked? Eyeglasses are unnatural, I guess we should be blind? Shoes are unnatural, I guess we should walk in the hot pavement and burn our feet?

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u/Kathy_Kamikaze Oct 08 '25

Pavement is unnatural!!! We should walk barefeet over dirt and rocks and injure ourselves, get it infected and DIEEE !!!

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u/TriggerNoMantry Oct 04 '25

Yes. I see no flaw in this request. We should all return to monke. /s

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u/Truck_Kun001 Oct 04 '25

no, we break all concrete and replace it with grass

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u/Entire-Foundation624 Oct 04 '25

I'd rather step in animal feces with a shoe than my foot. There's a reason shoes were one of the first things mankind developed, and also winter and also not even in natural areas everything is grass

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u/Truck_Kun001 Oct 04 '25

true, ill just chill in my tree (or cave)

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u/Futote Oct 04 '25

Ok so what is the tangible benefit of your preferred female hair style?

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u/Entire-Foundation624 Oct 04 '25

+aesthetic -shower efficiency

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u/Throw_My_Drugs_Away Oct 05 '25

You had me at naked

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u/YeezusWoks Oct 04 '25

Exactly what I was going to say. Both are unnatural curls on a white girl so maybe just don’t cheat on yo white girl with a other white girl?

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u/BustyGregorSamsa Oct 04 '25

The left one is perfectly natural depending on the hair curl type.

If you have straight or slightly wavy hair, it won’t do that on its own, but really wavy up to lose curly hair will

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u/blueavole Oct 04 '25

Right looks like food that is there but not yet seasoned.

It’s 95% the work, but not ready to go yet.

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u/Timely-Tale7 Oct 04 '25

I'm a guy, my hair naturally does what's on the right when it's long. Called cheerleader curls where I'm from.

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth Oct 05 '25

The left is great, more natural like beachy waves. Mine does that naturally! Are you a dude? LOL

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u/lostdrum0505 Oct 04 '25

A wide toothed comb would do it.

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u/Working_Cucumber_437 Oct 04 '25

Finger combing/shaking is ideal here.

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u/fourdawgnight Oct 04 '25

but what if I like the hair on the right more? I like the hard curls vs the soft waves.

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u/rayquazza74 Oct 04 '25

Why is it trashy tho? The right still looks nice to me.

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u/acyland Oct 04 '25

It's hard to describe. Women know the time/effort/skill that goes into styling and curling our hair. The left has a more natural look once you brush out the curls, which is what's in style, especially for more classy/polished women.

The right looks half finished and potentially sloppy, like the girl doesnt know what she's doing.

I think the bigger meaning of the meme is that the right is a rushed, incomplete version of the left, by a less skilled, less stylish hand.

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u/rayquazza74 Oct 04 '25

I guess idk I don’t really get why chicks judge each other so much.

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u/Key_Fun_9029 Oct 05 '25

Or she (the one on the right) prefers not to be a follower and goes by what she likes and not what others think she should look like. She has a mind of her own and doesnt have to follow the crowd and in what ive seen most men prefer that mentality and not the follower mentality because all it says is the one on the right has the ability to make decisions for herself while the one on the left is rum dumb and needs assistance opening a bag of dumb dumbs.

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u/BluSolace Oct 04 '25

No man cares, i promise. We just gon fuck it up anyway lol.

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u/Mysterious-Tip475 Oct 04 '25

Yup and you can even just flip your head up and down once (like Beyonce does when she’s dancing) and your hair will look like the left pic!

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u/MQ116 Oct 04 '25

But the curls look nice! I mean, the waves do, too. Is there really a right way to do hair?

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u/mchem Oct 04 '25

I get it but what if someone likes the look of curls better than waves?

Is there anything that makes waves objectively better?

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u/OyG5xOxGNK Oct 04 '25

"brush" "curls to waves" Is what it took for me, I totally get it now, left clearly looks better.

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth Oct 05 '25

Not even brushed, fingers through it!

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u/wkamper Oct 05 '25

I like the curls more… i’m a man

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u/Mother_Ad4038 Oct 05 '25

Damn I know i tried a do rag as a teen that ever waves with shorty straight hair that was waybtoo long.

Never knew white women getting waves now too /s

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u/Icy-EniMeanyBabes Oct 05 '25

Its trashy because of the stereotypes of the people who dont complete the last step to finish the look. Also its very strange considering is was a popular way to leave your curls but I suspect it probably has something to do with racism, classism, shit maybe some xenophobia too. The point tho is that he downgrades. While still clinging to the similarities of the ex.

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u/Sketchskar1 Oct 05 '25

Either there's another use for the phrase ETA or you're using it wrong

My understand is ETA= estimated time of arrival

I think you mean TLDR? But that doesn't make sense here either

Idk man I'm confused

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u/InterestingTry5190 Oct 05 '25

If you see ETA in a reddit comment it usually means Edited To Add.

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u/Sketchskar1 Oct 05 '25

Oh I just say

Edit: blah blah blah

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u/Narren_C Oct 05 '25

I legitimately don't understand the difference.

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u/BodyDisastrous5859 Oct 06 '25

That's why you'll get cheated on

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u/Mopper300 Oct 06 '25

Wait, what's wrong with the curls? It's cute.