A “Peter Parker Moment” or “PPM” is when you try to do the right thing, but it just ends up blowing up in your face. Making you worse off than if you just chose to be a worse person in the moment.
Guy 1: “Man, Stacy dumped me because I was late to another date!”
Guy 2: “Why we’re you late?”
Guy 1: “There was this cat stuck in a tree, so I went to go save it and it took like 15 minutes.”
Guy2: “Aw, I’m sorry, man. What a Peter Parker Moment.”
Guy 2: “Why we’re you late?”
Guy 1: “There was this cat stuck in a tree, so I went to go save it and it took like 15 minutes.”
Guy2: “Aw, I’m sorry, man. What a Peter Parker Moment.”
by Ezra Bergenstein January 19, 2022