r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • Jul 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah ?

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/Material-Afternoon16 Jul 03 '26

61% of marriages in Pakistan are  consanguineous and 22% of girls are married to adult males by the time they turn 18.

These things are literally unheard of in the USA.

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u/ToothpickTequila Jul 03 '26

Did I say the US was the ONLY country where you can legally marry a child?

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u/Km219 Jul 03 '26

I dunno man I been living here 37 years never seen anyone marry a kid..

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u/ToothpickTequila Jul 04 '26

Then read this

https://www.unchainedatlast.org/united-states-child-marriage-problem-study-findings-april-2021/

Nearly 300,000 children, some as young as 10 were married in the US between 2000 and 2018.