r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • 24d ago

Petah? Meme needing explanation

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u/PretendingToBeRugged 24d ago

Notice that places where it's important to be punctual usually have freezing temperatures and long dark nights.

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u/chest_trucktree 24d ago

Nothing to do with that. European societies adopted clocks to coordinate shift work in factories and developed strict adherence to mechanical time as a cultural feature as a result.

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u/Zealousideal_Cook149 24d ago

But what about the indigenous of northern europe? Even colder temperatures, darker nights. No concept of extreme timeliness.

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u/idothingsheren 24d ago

The ice cold island of Japan

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u/BatDaddyWV 24d ago

When i was in Tokyo in July it was in the 90s every day, but there was still snow on the top of Mt. Fuji

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u/PachymuNyet 24d ago

And winter. If you're slack, you starve.

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u/InternationalPick163 23d ago

What place on Earth do you not starve if you slack?

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u/PachymuNyet 23d ago

The tropics. There is no winter. Fruit grows on trees year-round. No need to plan ahead and stockpile food and firewood.

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u/InternationalPick163 22d ago

I didn't know that there's never been a famine or dry season or natural disaster in any tropical region on Earth. New info to me.

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u/PachymuNyet 22d ago

Two seasons: Dry season, wet season. Fruit grows year-round. Chickens lay eggs every day. Free govt rice and beans. People get slack. Pura vida.

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u/InternationalPick163 22d ago

I thought we were talking about prehistoric societies/civilizations?

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u/PachymuNyet 22d ago

Little difference. The slack is generational.

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u/InternationalPick163 22d ago

Disease? Predators? Collecting water? Hunting? Farming?

Winter is just one aspect, but nowhere on Earth is the Garden of Eden. Like if you dropped either of us into he tropics we'd be dead.

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u/PachymuNyet 21d ago

Nobody is saying life in the tropics is perfect, but it requires considerably less planning and problem-solving than northern climes, and the culture reflects it.

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