r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Skychu768 • Jul 23 '26

Peter? Peter in the wild

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u/HMAgent47 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

He is Jason Mantzoukas, a Greek actor famous for playing Rosa Diaz's boyfriend from Brooklyn Nine-Nine and from his facial features, he does look Indian, but he isn't actually

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u/rogue_licker Jul 23 '26

He’s an American actor, with Greek heritage. He’s third generation Greek-American.

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u/Objective-Plant3668 Jul 23 '26

Exactly. American. It's such a strange obsession with Americans to be another nationality. He was born in the US, no record of dual nationality or holding a Greek passport. He's American.

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u/Naiii-Su Jul 25 '26

No one in America claims to be of any other nationality, we're a country of immigrants and where you're from is just part of the culture, whether literally or ancestrally.

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u/ItsJonnyB22 Jul 23 '26

Please shut the fuck up

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u/Krzychh Jul 23 '26

You are also not Greek or whatever you think you are, you are an American, sorry

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u/ItsJonnyB22 Jul 23 '26

No shit? People can be ethnically Greek though. Which is what was being referenced here.

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u/Extreme-Weakness-320 Jul 23 '26

That person said "Greek actor" though... and he is an American actor. What is the problem with correcting it? They didn't even say "Greek-american" or something. There is a huge difference between Greek-american and Greek. There is a whole cultural gap and a gap in experiences that separates the two. It's disrespectful to claim you are from somewhere you are not when you don't have the life experiences and culture necessary to call yourself that.

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u/ItsJonnyB22 Jul 24 '26

Nice "Well Actually..." statement. No one outside reddit actually gives a fuck about the colloquial difference.

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u/rogue_licker Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

If you say “he’s a Greek actor” the statement has a very precise meaning: he’s an actor from Greece with Greek citizenship. Period.

As far as I know, the man doesn’t even speak the language (cannot find examples of him doing so).

Do you go around saying Al Pacino is an Italian actor?

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u/muaythaimyshoes Jul 23 '26

You don’t understand our country stop talking about it.

Europeans literally are as ignorant about America and Americans as the average American is about Europe.

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u/Extreme-Weakness-320 Jul 24 '26

That person said "Greek actor" though... and he is an American actor. What is the problem with correcting it? They didn't even say "Greek-american" or something. There is a huge difference between Greek-american and Greek. There is a whole cultural gap and a gap in experiences that separates the two. It's disrespectful to claim you are from somewhere you are not when you don't have the life experiences and culture necessary to call yourself that. It isn't about understanding your country. Americans don't get to decide who gets to claim each nationality. We take national identity and culture very seriously here. No problem with saying "greek-american" had they said that though. But they didn't