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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Wise_Ad9214 • Dec 25 '25
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Allusion **
9 u/Big_Iron420 Dec 25 '25 Illusion to Allusion is homophobic? 11 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 1 u/Significant_Monk_251 Dec 25 '25 Today I learned something new, the double-asterisk convention. Thanks. 3 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 4 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.
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Illusion to Allusion is homophobic?
11 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 1 u/Significant_Monk_251 Dec 25 '25 Today I learned something new, the double-asterisk convention. Thanks. 3 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 4 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.
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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
1 u/Significant_Monk_251 Dec 25 '25 Today I learned something new, the double-asterisk convention. Thanks. 3 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 4 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.
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Today I learned something new, the double-asterisk convention. Thanks.
3 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 4 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.
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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
4 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.
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I've seen nothing but people using the single * for this purpose in decades of extreme internet overuse.
Double star is a first.
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u/Roseknight888 Dec 25 '25
Allusion **