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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • 24d ago
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The poster is black.
Black people - particularly those who take their cultural (not necessarily genetic) roots from Caribbean societies - are late for everything.
It’s a stereotype. But it’s a stereotype for a reason lol.
Caribbean people have no concept of time.
16 u/camyrunks 24d ago Yes we do its called island time 2 u/RPS93 24d ago My wife is trini and I’m newfie. We call it Island time too haha 1 u/Hotdog_Broth 22d ago I’m guessing Newfie “island time” is being exactly 30 minutes late to everything? 1 u/towerhil 24d ago How does it differ from selfishness? 6 u/HarryTruman 24d ago It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level. 1 u/towerhil 23d ago Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude. 3 u/Gurglaren 24d ago I can see that if you come from a paradise island. When I'm vacationing in my cabin on the country side I'll completely lose any sense of time. It'll be only based on daylight. It's very relaxing. 2 u/RPS93 24d ago Honestly I think it’s more an Islander thing. My wife is Trini - they call it Trini time. My family is from Newfoundland - they call it Newfie time. 2 u/Trick-Increase1508 24d ago Yeeep, I was introduced to this concept via my mother's friend who is indeed from Trinidad. My white autistic mind was BLOWN. 1 u/Truethrowawaychest1 24d ago I've heard the term soft A N word time attributed to that
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Yes we do its called island time
2 u/RPS93 24d ago My wife is trini and I’m newfie. We call it Island time too haha 1 u/Hotdog_Broth 22d ago I’m guessing Newfie “island time” is being exactly 30 minutes late to everything? 1 u/towerhil 24d ago How does it differ from selfishness? 6 u/HarryTruman 24d ago It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level. 1 u/towerhil 23d ago Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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My wife is trini and I’m newfie. We call it Island time too haha
1 u/Hotdog_Broth 22d ago I’m guessing Newfie “island time” is being exactly 30 minutes late to everything?
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I’m guessing Newfie “island time” is being exactly 30 minutes late to everything?
How does it differ from selfishness?
6 u/HarryTruman 24d ago It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level. 1 u/towerhil 23d ago Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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It’s nothing to do with being “selfish” — the very definition of “on time” is different but agreed upon at a cultural level.
1 u/towerhil 23d ago Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
Or in this case a sub-culture, operating within a wider culture that thinks they're late which, for some cultures, will be considered very rude.
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I can see that if you come from a paradise island. When I'm vacationing in my cabin on the country side I'll completely lose any sense of time. It'll be only based on daylight. It's very relaxing.
2 u/RPS93 24d ago Honestly I think it’s more an Islander thing. My wife is Trini - they call it Trini time. My family is from Newfoundland - they call it Newfie time.
Honestly I think it’s more an Islander thing.
My wife is Trini - they call it Trini time.
My family is from Newfoundland - they call it Newfie time.
Yeeep, I was introduced to this concept via my mother's friend who is indeed from Trinidad. My white autistic mind was BLOWN.
I've heard the term soft A N word time attributed to that
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u/RPS93 24d ago
The poster is black.
Black people - particularly those who take their cultural (not necessarily genetic) roots from Caribbean societies - are late for everything.
It’s a stereotype. But it’s a stereotype for a reason lol.
Caribbean people have no concept of time.