Between Pakistanis lamenting over how their phuphos are the number one fasaad perpetrators, the uncles i.e. chachus, taayas or mamoos get sidelined. However, the fact that their services aren’t brought to light doesn’t deny the fact that they secretly lend support to the phupho-ization in the family.
In order to pay a tribute to our desi uncles, here are some of the quintessentially Pakistani traits that each one of them possesses, in one way or the other:
1. Every time they come to visit you or vice versa, they’ll make sure to start a political debate and if you dare to contradict with their views, you are suddenly the badtameez bacha who doesn’t know how to talk to the elders.
Every Pakistani uncle thinks he's got his own prime time political talk show.
— Condescending Rumi (@CondescendingRu) October 11, 2016
2. While they criticize you for using the F word too frequently, they use the most R-rated gaalis when incited.
Pakistani uncles drop penchode like we do the F bomb
— Ghost (@Haroon_z) October 11, 2016
3. Casually asking you to cover your head is their favorite pastime while it suddenly becomes a matter of choice when it comes to his own daughters/wife.
4. Them telling you how the university you go to teaches atheism while their kids’ university is the most moderate one is your best conversation.
5. While they preach you to be considerate of their views, they end up saying the most racist/hypocritical/politically incorrect things.
“Tum tou kaafir ho.”
“apni caste se bahir shadi nahi karni chahye.”
6. Them constantly sending you friend requests on Facebook, no matter how many times you ignore it is a great online game.
“Beta, mujhse kia chupana?”
7. And if you finally end up adding them on Facebook, their profiles turn out to be the treasure troves of thaarak and inappropriate videos that they didn’t even know they had shared.
8. Them telling you how you have it all so easy while they worked hard to reach where they are today is great fun.
While their own kids are the most spoiled ones.
9. Religious debates or debates regarding your personal faith are their favorite way of making you feel like the most gunahgar person on the surface of planet Earth.
10. This.
I don't understand why desi aunties/uncles waterfall their drinks rather than normally putting their lips to the bottle ??
— Hina Lateef (@QueenLateefa08) October 1, 2016
11. And lastly, you just love how selective their eyesight is.
Desi uncles and aunties both:
Via Buzzfeed India pic.twitter.com/kBCa7XGQCM
— Reebish (@CerebralNitwit) October 1, 2016
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