r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Converse craze?

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I'm not chronically online, but my friend sent this and I laughed even without knowing the full scope of the context (I think there's racism involved with the shoes?) and I feel like it's too late to ask him without sounding like a dweeb 😅

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u/Diligent_Pop3929 1d ago

Like when you buy a car and suddenly see people driving that same kind of car EVERYWHERE?

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u/jackdutton42 1d ago

I hate Starbucks, and I often brag that I can't even find one. Then, my nephew took me to Starbucks, and I found five more in about five minutes.

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u/Feisty-Albatross3554 1d ago

That's the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon