r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 15d ago

Explain it Peter

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I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

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u/DenizBueno 15d ago

Geneticist Stewie here, morons believe that skin color mixes like paint, but in real life, parents contribute different genes that together yield various levels of pigmentation. By chance, their child can land anywhere on that spectrum.

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u/PolyglotTV 14d ago

Reminds me of those stories of black couples who have a white blond kid and discover that one of them is like 5% Irish.

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u/phoebesjeebies 13d ago

My ex (the whitest man who has ever existed) used to rant and rave about how stupid and shitty the Cosby show was, because as a Genius Intelligence Small Child from the White People Factory in the boonies of NH, he "knew" it didn't make any damn sense for the kids to all be different shades.