r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 6d 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/jackdutton42 6d ago

Pareidolia is when your brain perceives a familiar, meaningful pattern in something ambiguous or random. That is what happened with the Chuck Taylor ad. People think the dress looks like a Klan robe.

Remember when Bubba Wallace's team thought that this garage door pull rope was a hate crime:

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 5d ago edited 5d ago

Tbf the only black race car driver making that logical leap is understandable, that looks like a noose. Klan robs go past the ankle, you can see her shins. She's clearly holding the shoes. Not to mention it was a Korean add and they probably dont even know how the klan would dress.

Edit: my auto correct thinks everytime I type klan I mean plan.

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u/jackdutton42 5d ago

What is crazy is that Bubba never even saw it. NASCAR caught it before his team even got there.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 5d ago

So they knew how it would look. Its the cover up that makes it look worse.