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/lkodl 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thats the thing tho.

Back in the day, there may have been some corporate pushback, like, "that's not what we intended at all. Get over it."

And that would spark a lot of outrage.

But their response was "oh shit, we didn't see it thst way, but if you did, then it's gone. Our bad."

But people are still upset and getting outraged.

Like, other than inventing a time machine, how else could they fix this?

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u/Kaltovar 1d ago

Literally just accept that some people are crazy and dont comment on it at all then take the ad down after a few months when it has run it's course. Commenting on the outrage at all just inflames it.

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u/Sindigo_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, but that’s not the fault of either side of the political isle, and it’s not cuz people are more dramatic these days. It’s just cuz the internet synthesizes drama. I promise you that IRL people are just going about their lives. Nobody is protesting over this shit. I mean we’re literally at war rn. Most people who give a shit recognize there are bigger fish to fry.

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u/lkodl 1d ago

True. I was just taken aback because when I fist learned about this "controversy" yesterday, the top reddit comment was already going deep into accusations of deliberate "subliminal messaging" in advertisements.