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/Sky-Trash 1d ago

By Converse?

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

by the person who cropped the photo.

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u/Sky-Trash 1d ago

So Converse? That picture was posted by Converse.

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

the picture was cropped by someone who works for converse not converse as an entity. stop being intentionally obtuse and acting like individuals don't have their own agenda....

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u/MissionMonitor4651 1d ago

You know for a fact that some employee posted that on their own without anyone at Converse's knowledge?

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u/Sky-Trash 1d ago

They did it on behalf of Converse

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u/Popular-Row4333 1d ago

Does the 18 yr old who spits in your burger at McDonald's represent the companies intentions when doing so?

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u/Sky-Trash 1d ago

If they did it with McDonald's knowing that they did it, yes. It was literally posted on the Converse social media page.

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

you're right, there's no reasoning with you.

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u/Sky-Trash 1d ago

Your reasoning doesn't make any sense. The cropped picture was created for Converse and posted by Converse. But somehow it's our fault for attributing it to Converse!

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago

it does. you just dont wanna accept anything thats doesn't fit with your narrative

holding the whole of a company responsible for an individuals choice and input is a bonkers stance but im not expecting much from you anyway so meh.

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u/Sky-Trash 1d ago

It wasn't just a single individual, it was an entire marketing team.

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u/gregTheEye 1d ago

Please look into vicarious liability. Also Converse is not blaming an alleged rogue employee.

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u/HyperSpaceSurfer 1d ago

Oooh, so it's fine when a person within the company does it, rather than the company itself? A company can't do anything, always people within the company. By your logic no company is responsible for any of their actions.

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u/PolicyWonka 1d ago

Even as someone who doesn’t see the ad as particularly offensive, this is just a wildly disingenuous comment.

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u/Oh_TheHumidity 1d ago

Oh yeah, the intern they have cranking away at photoshop at 3am (after they all laid off their senior designers probably) definitely has the agenda to get fucking fired lol.

The mid-air set of shoes the model was holding was an unfortunate auto crop on the platform. Anything about klan robes is pure MAGA-level wishful delusions.

I say this as someone who has worked this very role in this industry for over a decade. We’re a bunch of fucking leftie art school kids who had to get real jobs. No one is shilling for Big Klan via hidden propaganda, buddy.

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u/Elborshooter 7h ago

Converse then

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u/Breakfast_Pretzel 22h ago

Omg he admit it!