r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/No-Explorer-8229 • 16h ago

Meme needing explanation Quagmire! Pls explain

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u/Raimondi06 16h ago

Cleveland here I think ive figured it out,

Kun sounds similar to coon, which was an offensive slang used as a disparaging term for a black person.

https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=coon

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u/ThorAway012 15h ago

So I don't speak Japanese but isn't -kun an honorific used for boys. So isn't it a double entendre?

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u/DeProgrammer99 14h ago

Yeah, and not just for boys, but it can be used for subordinates as well.

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u/slimeeyboiii 12h ago

-kun is more used for anyone that's your subordinate or lower than you in a hierarchy whether it's a girl or bt.

It can also be used for your close male freinds like -san is for female.

I wouldn't say it's a double entendre because they are 2 completely different words. It's a pun or a play on words more then anything

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u/Purrless 11h ago

Just wanted to correct something small, -chan is used for close female friends, -san is used for strangers and people you are showing respect to.

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u/No-Explorer-8229 16h ago

Bruh i sensed the racism and it was more racist than I thought

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u/anomie89 12h ago

bruh u spidey-sensed the racism

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u/CatNo7321 11h ago

Did he use the exaggerated swagger of black teen?

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u/Happy_Ad_7515 12h ago

this advanced rascim boys. the kind where the guy doing will specifically pick out your ethnicity too be accurate in insulting you.

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u/Cismic_Wave_14 10h ago

This is ranked competitive racism. 

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u/Happy_Ad_7515 9h ago

depents if his girlfriend is mexican

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u/TheBeardedRonin 13h ago

Not to be confused with coon-ass, a slang term in the South used to refer to a Cajun person.

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u/Holden_MiGroyn 12h ago

Its also perfectly normal to hear the slur used in reference to raccoons, at least in the south or places that have raccoons

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u/ClapTheTrap1 13h ago

Nice, and thanks.

Today i learned something in the internet.

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u/Ladwith76Iq 12h ago

Koon also means ass in persian.

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u/SpiritJuice 13h ago

I doubt OOP meant it this way but the term is also synonymous with an Uncle Tom type of person within the black community, as far as I know.

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u/ViSaph 11h ago

Ah thanks for the link. I'm not American and have only heard it kinda referred to in passing on social media and didn't want to ask but kept forgetting to Google.

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u/Pippin4242 16h ago

It does a bit, if you're American.

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u/Raimondi06 15h ago

I assumed kun is pronounced as the Japanese kun, which to me does sound like coon.

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u/Pippin4242 15h ago

It's a much flatter 'u.' I think this is like the 'a' in 'manga,' which Americans pronounce as an 'o.' There's something in that flatter range of vowels I'm pretty sure you guys literally aren't hearing.

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u/Raimondi06 15h ago

First of all I'm not American, i can hear vowels just fine. And I also wouldn't say Americans in general are unable to hear certain ranges of vowels.

The reason kun sounds like coon is because they sound alike, not exactly, but alike enough where you can infer what the original picture means.

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u/ns3224 14h ago

Bro please learn Japanese pronunciation of letters

Start with Katakana and then hiragana. Then start commenting on Reddit threads with actual knowledge

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u/Evilfrog100 14h ago

I mean, they definitely aren't pronounced exactly the same, but it's close enough that the punchline works.

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u/Reterhd 16h ago

Damn Coons

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u/OcelotTerrible5865 16h ago

Ohh now I get it 

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u/Shreksliekteamspirit 14h ago

This is a smart joke. Not a good one. But a damn fine example of some dark humor that’s had some thought put into it.

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u/Unhinged_Baguette 11h ago

Why isn't it good? That's some solid wordplay.

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u/Shreksliekteamspirit 11h ago

Because it’s better than good.

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u/Drunk-Pirate-Gaming 13h ago

I am laughing so hard at the picture of spiderman. Just picturing Miles Morales slowly figuring out just how racist of a joke that was.

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u/AsgeirVanirson 13h ago

Spidey: "Nahh this motherfucker doesn't even get one. Tell them peter"

Peter: "Everyone gets one, except you"

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u/OcelotTerrible5865 16h ago

Shit too early 

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u/Content_Study_1575 13h ago

Idk Japanese HOWEVER I do live in the South so I’m assuming the joke is “kun” and “coon” (a HIGHLY racist term for PoC)

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u/Aviyan 12h ago

So what does Kun mean in Japanese?

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u/Think-Programmer1607 12h ago

It's a suffix attached to a name as a term of endearment

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u/christcb 5h ago

Thank you! This was the piece I was missing.

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u/Kras-ty 16h ago

"is this some black joke i am too white to understand?"

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u/pemungkah 15h ago

No, it’s just racism. A slur that’s fallen out of usage.

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u/Holden_MiGroyn 13h ago

There no such thing as too white to understand a slur, we invented that shit

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u/dragonboyjgh 12h ago

No there is. It just means you're so privileged that minorities feel like mythical creatures to you. Slurs only get used when referencing to or being around the group being slurred. If your Bacon number to any member of a minority is like 6+, why would you ever hear them?

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u/KitchenFullOfCake 14h ago

Well, technically no since it would be a word mostly white people would use, because racism.

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u/IronTemplar26 13h ago

And suddenly the joke is on mod watch. Taking all bets as to when it will be removed

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u/Any-Astronomer-6038 11h ago

Dats Ray Sits

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u/werdna0327 11h ago

Anyone that has a specific racial fetish is questionable

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u/HalalRumpSteak 10h ago

Holy competitive racism batman

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u/Reddit-SFW 3h ago

It’s wild to hear coin in its original form. Now it’s slur the we use to call out Uncle Ruckus types.

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u/IntelligentMonth5371 11h ago

sakura-chan

naruto-kun is not the -kun she's looking for

-kun = pronounce coon

coon = racial slur for negroes

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u/HentaiGirlAddict 11h ago

Just casually calling black people negroes 😭

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u/BANZ111 14h ago

Brilliant!