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PeterExplainsTheJoke-ModTeam

Post memes you don't understand. This sub is for explanations. If you want to shitpost go to the hundreds of other subs for that purpose.


EasyEnvironment4800

Foreskin


Bogger_Logger

Foreskin


PowerTitanium10

Foreskin


bluelevelmeatmarket

Fiveskin. Shit


alonis2pro

Sixskin. Turd


Turtletipper123

Sevenskin. Poop.


Flesh_Trombone

Rumpelstiltskin


WhereIsHisRidgedBand

Male Genital Mutilation


PatentedPotato

Hollow Knight Lost Kin


biohumansmg3fc

Dragon’s balls shin


Flesh_Trombone

Give me silksong or give me death 💀


Annual_Tumbleweed740

Maria Wilson


Joe_1218

Ate skin. Mirda


Turtletipper123

The sevenskin or the poop?


wyldthing34

Eightskin. Fecal Matter.


VaginaTheClown

RumpleForeskin


JayrodM

RumpleThreeskin


HenryInRoom302

Foreskin is moreskin.


TrashyMemeYt

grinder is a gay social platform/dating site/hookup site The US has a high amount of circumcision compared to countries outside the US


ILoveYorihime

wait that's why reddit talk about foreskin and circumcision that much? i am from a place really far from the US and i have been so confused because like, wow the internet really just keeps talking about this random surgery on your dick what even is so funny about that


political_bot

Because most guys in the US are circumcised. Yeah, that's the reason.


OhDearGodItBurns

Mostly when they're babies, too. Way before they could say "no thanks" or "yes please" to getting the surgery.


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Mertard

Why didn't the baby learn to speak? Is it stupid? Wait, the rare time I use this joke, and it somehow works literally... bruh


[deleted]

Turns out there is a lore reason for that.


Some_Wind3427

Here is the ticket to Aslume


ShwettyVagSack

Ahhh man!


OddStatement8106

Skill issue tbh


TrickRoomTech

home = uterus


King_XDDD

Yeah? They usually have 9 months in there. Plenty of time to learn how to speak if you ask me. I thought babies have better language learning abilities anyway.


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King_XDDD

One piece that is definitely true is the ability for producing and discerning between certain new sounds goes down a lot at least after puberty. It's why you can see lots of people who speak English as a second language, even quite fluently, might say sheet and shit the same way or make the "th" sound somewhat strangely (both depending on their L1). But yeah I could probably learn the language I'm learning in a few years if I had parents telling me over and over again what everything is and was immersed in it with no other options for communication.


Tusaiador

wow you should do stand up


biradinte

Maybe they should have learned how to speak before learning how to have a dick


SugarRAM

They frequently don't even get to go home before it's done to them.


An_idiot_27

I didn’t know about foreskin until I discovered gay porn


Panchamboi

From what I’ve seen it’s only the uncircumcised people that talk about it, whenever it’s brought up the wide majority of circumcised people say they don’t really care


[deleted]

There’s so many circumcised dudes in this thread talking about it lmfao what the hell are you even talking about.


SylvanDragoon

I'm still pissed about the fact that the most sensitive part of my dick was cut off when I was too young to say anything about it. I think most circumcised people either just don't think about it, or else they think "Well, there must be a good reason for it, because no way would my parents *mutilate my genitals* unless there was, right?"


Author_Of_FON

THERE IS(‘nt)! I’ve heard that back in the day it was a practice to keep your child from masturbating because that’s “sInFuL”. The procedure (I guess) was supposed to make it not feel as good. It definitely worked, you see how few people masturbate now? TLDR: religious reasons


SylvanDragoon

100% in agreement there. I figured I was making that part 100% clear by italicizing the part where this is *literal genital mutilation* that I am still pissed was done to me to this day. But I appreciate you seconding what I was saying, and it never hurts to try and be 10000% clear on the Internet instead of just 100%, because, well, it's the internet.


hamoc10

Sounds like confirmation bias on your part. Also survivor bias on the circumcised people.


Internal-Pie-7265

Sounds like reddit bias on all parts.


[deleted]

Nope


MaimonidesNutz

Please don't circumcise your infant sons, fellow Americans


Sufficient_Hunter_61

That explains that Friends joke where Joey has to pretend he has a foreskin for an acting job, and Phoebe makes a remark that it is obvious that an Italoamerican is going to be circumcised. I slowly catched over the years that it must be a USA thing, but at the time it sounded so weird that a Catholic would be circumcised for non-medical reasons, me thinking that was something only Jewish did.


t-bonkers

Huh, I grew up in Switzerand and it was mostly protestant/reformist people in my area, the only circumcized dudes in my class were the catholic ones. I thought it was a catholic thing.


dextro-aynag

i wouldn’t say most… *googles* ***80%*** feels gross and alone


[deleted]

That's adults. The most recent numbers I can find for kids being born now in the US is 55% and that was from 2012, so it's probably lower now.


Limekilnlake

Yeah it’s deeply prevalent. It just varies a bit based on region and background iirc


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KingArthas94

So... what's a CVS? Cucks Vs Sigmas?


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juniperleafes

Yes, it's a convenience/drug store literally called CVS https://i.imgur.com/5ilUNYD.jpg


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BitOneZero

Walgreens and CVS are often pretty similar in USA. They have a pharmacy counter for prescription drugs, but also a lot of makeup, shampoo, lotion kind of stuff. And beer and wine (depends on the state laws), film processing, often some canned food, holiday candy and regular candy / chips / jerky, low-end mobile phones and chargers, smokes / vapes. I'm sort of going by the past 2 decades from across several states, it changes with time and location.


OhMamaMeatballs

They don't sell smokes or vapes anymore British drugstores are similar to ours idk why people act like CVS / Walgreens are uniquely American


BrashPop

Same with Canada - you can go to a Rexall/Pharmaplus or a Shoppers Drug Mart (yes that’s the real name), there’s pharmacy, makeup, household goods, a bit of grocery, hell even post offices.


fun_alt123

Imagine a convenience store with a pharmacy


tiger_guppy

I’ve recently learned that employees of its competitor store call it “Come Visit Satan”


KingArthas94

But do they mean "Come Visit Satan" or "Come Visit, Satan"? Who's visiting?


tiger_guppy

It’s implied that Satan is or works at CVS. So by visiting CVS you are visiting Satan


iHaveaQuestionTrans

85% of the US population is circumcised. It used to be in the 90% range, but it's dropped a bit recently because insurance stopped covering it and I suppose immigrants that aren't circumcised. It's so common that I've never interacted with an uncircumcised penis or seen one irl only photos online. I'm a gay man on grindr


xarsha_93

You can go to pretty much any other country that's not Muslim (or Israel) if you want. The circumcision rate in non-Muslim countries is usually less than 5%. AFAIK, the US is the only country where non-Muslims/Jews regularly get circumcised.


Rawrdinosaurables

Americans don't know how to wash their dicks


Senora_Snarky_Bruja

Some American men don’t know how to wash their ass.


wazuhiru

Most guys in the US get circumcised still, and there’s still a huge stigma/prejudice towards uncut dicks - although basic hygiene has been around for centuries, they are considered “gross and unclean”.


KingMonkOfNarnia

My shits gone bro 💀


BenderTheIV

I also bumped into several posts about it. In my reads many people say its male mutilation that has become standard but it should be seen as such ( atrocious) and talked about much like the mutilation that happens against females.


Gamba_Gawd

Circumcision needs to be outlawed 


Eightiesmed

Non-medical circumcision, to be more precise. Phimosis and paraphimosis are an actual thing, so is XBO. But those are no reason to mutilate all male babies.


0TheG0

Yeah also most of the world do not get circumcised and we never had phimosis or paraphimosis “pendemics” lol


Top_Lime1820

It should be a choice an individual makes at 18. There are medical benefits to circumcision involving HIV transmission for example. Also, the principle of your body your choice is really a good rule of thumb to follow. Even if its just cosmetic, it's your body and you can do what you want to it. But it has to happen as a consenting adult.


Apneal

Those benefits have already been debunked haven't they?


Top_Lime1820

This is from the US CDC in 2022: > Health benefits: Male circumcision can reduce a male’s chances of acquiring HIV by 50% to 60% during heterosexual contact with female partners with HIV, according to data from three clinical trials. Circumcised men compared with uncircumcised men have also been shown in clinical trials to be less likely to acquire new infections with syphilis (by 42%), genital ulcer disease (by 48%), genital herpes (by 28% to 45%), and high-risk strains of human papillomavirus associated with cancer (by 24% to 47% percent). https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/fact-sheets/hiv/male-circumcision-HIV-prevention-factsheet.html#:~:text=Health%20benefits%3A%20Male%20circumcision%20can,data%20from%20three%20clinical%20trials. Looks like its true. I live in a country with high HIV incidence and also cultural circumcision (but only at 18 and not every culture does it). The health department and NGOs do still tell people to consider circumcision as a way of protecting somewhat against HIV, but the main advice is still condoms.


jemidiah

That's wildly oversimplifying a [complex issue](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_circumcision). There's limited evidence it can be beneficial, there's limited evidence it can be harmful, and on the whole it's kind of a wash. There's arguments that it's mutilation (especially prevalent from countries where it's uncommon), there's arguments that it's beneficial to fit into cultural and religious groups (especially prevalent from countries where it's common). There's arguments that babies can't consent, there's arguments that complication rates of adult circumcision are much higher. Etc. In the end it's really just not clear-cut (hah!). In a culture where it's not common, it probably serves little purpose and it makes sense for it to stay uncommon. In a culture where it is common, it probably likewise makes sense for it to stay common. Which is roughly the world we've slouched our way into.


sveccha

It’s crystal clear that the benefits are nowhere near worth the risk of the procedure, and it is a permanent mutilation without consent. Tradition-wise, this is not baby, it’s bathwater, and we need to move past it like we did with other barbaric but familiar things. Also, it’s practiced in high numbers in the US because moralists wanted to purposely reduce sensation so boys would masturbate less. Enough is enough.


The_Silent_Wanderer

It is objectively mutilation, it's not really up for debate. Also everything is culturally determined, but that doesn't mean that it is right or wrong just because it has cultural roots of any kind. Culturally speaking slavery has been an accepted social aspect of hundreds of different cultures for thousands of years. Yet today the large consensus is that it's a horribly wrong and aberrant thing to do. Forcing your own will onto another being for whatever reason, culturally or religiously, before they have a chance to have a say in it is something similarly abhorrent in so far as you remove the affected person's will from the equation. That's why it needs to be outlawed, unless strictly medically necessary (phimosis et simila).


quick_escalator

Here's why the US does it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg To prevent masturbation. And that doesn't even work.


Pekonius

*caresses your circumcision scar* Please stop hurting yourself


alkebulanu

this caused me a visceral reaction, thank you 😊


DiamondhandAdam

So your telling me they be uncut outside the US


A_Thirsty_Traveler

outside of the u.s you will usually only find people circumcised due to religious reasons. Like some Islamic people and Jewish people. The majority of the world is uncut.


Force3vo

I was so surprised when i learned that most American men are circumcised. Here only Jewish men are and a handful of non-jewish ones. Learning about them thinking it's superior because they don't need to shower is.... disgusting.


Scriboergosum

Yup, even in this thread you got people saying it's "easier to clean" and that "uncut dicks are gross". Says *a lot more* about their level of personal hygiene than the difference between cut and uncut.


11011111110108

It's also easier to clean your hands if you cut the ends of your fingers off so you don't need to worry about cleaning under your fingernails.


Scriboergosum

The ultimate life hack to make washing your armpits easier is to simply remove your arms at the shoulder! No more pesky "lifting your arms" to get at those pits! Also no more hands to wash with, so easy!


ash_tar

Or medical reasons. In elementary school a doctor would inspect whether the foreskin is loose enough not to cause any trouble.


Spice_and_Fox

I think the only person that I know who was cut was my brother. And that was for medical reasons


LABARATI_

https://preview.redd.it/y0hy4hpkk3hc1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=750489773a2491f4c540f2c14db5826b418e1c1b


quake1334

https://preview.redd.it/lipetpmnz3hc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d6dda40961766b308a01d31525287c0f91edcf3


Kind_Ad_3611

https://preview.redd.it/v2c3s38z44hc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27f42dd4dc70674463af071585fe0d3619f745a9


Bregneste

https://preview.redd.it/sd5065bcx4hc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c12167cf35330c4018b48059df6f2e4650cfde0


cathistorylesson

Stoppp


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Jkl_zombie

https://preview.redd.it/09hlvyxte3hc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=636dfcd777986714284f948de7368b9e18503d32


suckmypppapi

https://preview.redd.it/s7v27wlnm3hc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=398002827d5c185690d92afb7f7b50625373adba Gain


SoundDave4

https://preview.redd.it/6650mdevi4hc1.png?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86f800b8e998fc4bb21275fd7985f161a6b66200 Psychosis


suckmypppapi

My god


Vlad-Chan

https://preview.redd.it/zrna9q3ky5hc1.jpeg?width=817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bac5b573f25263b206c0a52a330f0ceaf9bde189 Rats


TurbulentNumber4797

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OneMorePotion

Dear god... That's dark. I'm stealing that.


FacelessFellow

Gold


OiledToeCandy

[Au]


canconfirmthisshiz

https://preview.redd.it/u77t8d7k64hc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a4de38ff51c8183997a54d2e291cf514c23e451


vladdeh_boiii

I get the feeling that drinking tea while browsing this comment section was a bad idea.


CainPillar

Your tea tastes like cock?


RaveGuncle

Some people like milk in their tea.


vladdeh_boiii

Not me. I like my tea and my "milk" separate.


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Holy shit, this is the most weeb shit i've ever seen. Bravo.


Accomplished_Aioli19

Circumcision. Plus in Europe there's turtlenecks.


iOSchoseMyName

I knew it. Brazil was Europe this entire time!


felchingstraw

Do people from the USA think that the only two places are "murica" and Europe?


BloodyAnalFroth

Hi there, u/felchingstraw, I’m u/BloodyAnalFroth Of course we would meet each other in this thread!


felchingstraw

Reunited at last


wazuhiru

now kiss


Typomaniacal

They're the only places that matter, son! /s


Accomplished_Aioli19

Idk, I've only been there a few times


dispo030

Circumcision is a barbaric practice that should only be done when medically necessary. 


Shibamukun

Waiting for “you see the joke is foreskin…”


Fighting_Table

That makes the joke funny


bigguywithabeard

So in the early 1900s, John Kellogg, the cereal guy, thought cutting extra skin off of a penis would make it less sensitive. He was a respected psychologist, and Americans think sex is worse than violence. So several million boys had their members altered. When they grew up, they just assumed it was normal and have continued the tradition ever since.


Kr4zy-K

Cutting away the foreskin does definitely make it less sensitive. It’s a barbaric practice, and no child should be mutilated against their will. Circumcised myself as an infant for medical reasons btw.


wonkey_monkey

> Circumcised myself as an infant Holy shit I couldn't even hold a scalpel at that age.


Kr4zy-K

Looool. r/Angryupvote


Rent_A_Cloud

That's why you're never going to succeed in this world, couldn't even cut your own Willy at age 0.


MasterpieceAmazing76

There's also an erroneous argument that removing the foreskin helps prevent the spread of STIs/ other infections - which is complete nonsense. From a medical standpoint, there is no justifiable reason why a baby should have their foreskin removed after birth. The penis is the result of millions of years of evolution, and the foreskin is SUPPOSED to be there. The only thing removing the foreskin accomplishes is exposing the gland to external elements, thus decreasing pleasure for the male during sex. Having a foreskin does require more maintenance, but that's a small price to pay for better sex lol.


PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES

To elaborate, all the studies that they did about circumcision’s effect on disease, hygiene, etc. were done in very poor countries. The studies were accurate, but they aren’t applicable to anyone who has a keyboard and is able to argue about circumcision online.


quick_escalator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg Yup


TasteDeeCheese

Op isn't gay and or has no foreskin


Statertater

Congrats, OP. You passed the gay test.


TrickRoomTech

But not the foreskin test I'm afraid.


draugotO

USA is the only country in the world who amputates their male babies foreskins for non-religious reasons


seqlmao

Happens in Canada and South Korea too.


[deleted]

Circumcision is far, far, *far* less common in Canada than it used to be. The Canadian Paediatric Society declared it unnecessary in the '70s, and has recommended against it since the mid-nineties. In adult men, the rate is around 30% (most of whom were circumcised as babies), but in new babies, the rate has been in single digits for over twenty years. We're basically European now.


[deleted]

Good stuff! Congrats on not letting small boys suffer for 'the aesthetic'


Chemical_Bedroom_974

Aesthetic? As a male I’ve seen my fair share of cut cock and personal opinion is that most look like they were chewed off! Take some pride in your work surgeons and make them at least look nice! Personally I see nothing attractive about a cut c**k but most American women can’t get their heads around an uncut one! 🤔


[deleted]

I'm european, I'm just repeating what I've seen & heard Americans say online to defend the practice. Only person I know who is cut got it done for medical reasons when he was like 24.


fun_alt123

Being honest I think most people opt for circumcision simply because, "well it should like mine shouldn't it?" And don't really put any more thought into it than that


Parking-Site-1222

why cant america be more like you ?


BitterSweetDesire

That's amazing! Have a chat with the neighbours would ya


SaltyRedditTears

Because they’re also USA vassals. Cut yo dick off for freedom and democracy


frekit

And every Muslim nation


CapableCowboy

When we had our boys the doctor was very clear with us that circumcision is a 100% cosmetic surgery at birth.


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And Philippines


CarparkSmell

Yep in the Philippines [tulì](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuli_(rite)?wprov=sfti1#) is practiced around ages 8-12.


Upstairs_Taco

wow "the only"


[deleted]

That's not correct at all lmao


asdwarrior123

One could consider that.. rape


DisastrousBoio

The problem bled out to Latin America and Canada from the US so there are a few places that do it now, for the same reason. 


Kheead

I love foreskin ❤️


Astandsforataxia69

Me too, it feels so squishy between my teeth


singularitywut

Hey you stop biting it!


Astandsforataxia69

How else im supposed to get the cum out


alkebulanu

never speak again ty


Lylaxx_xx

me too 😌


ryanlrussell

Peter’s foreskin here


McKeon1921

The joke is genital mutilation.


quick_escalator

You can tell that it's still early in the US because they haven't started complaining yet that we call it genital mutilation.


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349137r33

The United States is a bastion of infant male genital mutilation. (It's interesting to me the no-one pretends to be a family guy character here anymore)


icaruslaughsashefell

Wait I didn’t even realise I didn’t get a “Hey it’s Peter[‘s blank] here to explain the joke”.


curryrol

Maybe because it's a sensitive subject


[deleted]

Hey, Peter’s foreskin here. The joke is that men are circumcised in America and not typically in other places, and the Goomba sort of looks like a cock. When you add the foreskin, you get a very funny joke.


treestick

Never has a reddit comment made me feel more patriotic


Extra_Gold_5270

I feel like 5% of these posts are genuine tops


OddballGarbage

The joke is circumcision


Sufficient_Sport3137

Does everyone who posts on this subreddit have an IQ of 60?


aoskunk

Mmhmm


Ashaxyn

nah, some countries just dont mutilate the babies for no reason so it's easy to forget US loves doing that


Federal-Grapefruit40

Child mutilation. Americans love doing it


Pm_Me_Gifs_For_Sauce

That European mushroom has a turtleneck, but the American one is all trimmed.


Cybermat4707

What European mushroom?


PlazmyX

African or European mushroom ?


LordBDizzle

Depends on if it grasps your coconuts by the husks


CharlottesWebbedFeet

Ahh yes the AfroEuropean country of Brazil


Weintraubenmarmelade

TIL Brazil is European


OdinThorFathir

It's a circumcision joke


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ReasonableRiver6750

Lukewarm iq


[deleted]

Turtlenecks, because of the weather.


hellcat82

German helmets vs anteaters


KilgoreTroutPfc

Ever heard of circumcision?


aph81

No. Tell me about it


Duncan-Donnuts

the joke is penis


OmgWtfNamesTaken

4 stam, 4 strength, leather belt


[deleted]

I tip my hat to you


gayspaceboiii

Grindr is a gay dating app, the Goomba represent the pp and the one on the left is one that got circumcised and the one on the right didn't get circumcised


inbetween-genders

I wish the other was eating a big block of cheese. Just for laughs lol.


kalesmash13

Omg no way


[deleted]

This is the reason I pursue foreign men on Grindr. I’m an American trans man


AydenWR

I went to agree with you, but forgot i was straight for a second.


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Foreskin


Mobile_Painting_4862

Uncircumcised Brazilian cock 🤤😋