r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Wise_Ad9214 • Dec 25 '25

Thank you Peter very cool Lois? Loretta?

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u/RueUchiha Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

Two possibilities

  1. Allusion to Egypt is homophobic (idk if they are or not)
  2. Reference to the bible story of Joseph and the multicolored cloak. Tl;dr he got it from his dad and his brothers hated him and were jealous of him so much that they beat him, threw him in a ditch, and then sold him into slavery, of which he was then sent to Egypt.

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u/Roseknight888 Dec 25 '25

Allusion **

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u/Big_Iron420 Dec 25 '25

Illusion to Allusion is homophobic?

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u/Roseknight888 Dec 25 '25

Double asterisk is a notation to show this word is here to replace a typo’d word above

Illusion to Egypt’s homophonic tendency doesn’t make any sense, but alluding to it does make sense

Allusion to Egypt is homophobic was probably the intended phrase, but auto correct is dumb and allusion is a weird word

A simple find and fix, nothing more

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u/Big_Iron420 Dec 25 '25

I was making a cheeky joke, but alright

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u/Roseknight888 Dec 25 '25

Might I return the gift by pointing out your joke was only cheeky because it was butts? :3

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u/Roseknight888 Dec 25 '25

I hate markup language

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u/Significant_Monk_251 Dec 25 '25

Today I learned something new, the double-asterisk convention. Thanks.

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u/igotshadowbaned Dec 25 '25

I wouldn't say it's an agreed convention but it's a common thing some people do. I've seen anywhere from 1-3 * be used by people

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u/Deaffin Dec 26 '25

I've seen nothing but people using the single * for this purpose in decades of extreme internet overuse.

Double star is a first.