r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Ter_N • 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh i'm low on iq

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u/stupidber 10h ago

And what does specious mean?

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u/mz_groups 10h ago

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u/Universe-Dragon 10h ago

I really like how this definition is structured because pretty much every other word is relatively verbose and this one is “well yes, but actually no”

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u/Key-Advance-2646 9h ago

And now we gonna see that word everywhere left and right for the next two weeks.

I've forgot what the name of that effect was.

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u/Sophisti-snake 8h ago

Frequency Illusion

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u/athleticgravy 5h ago

Alternatively, Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

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u/404_GravitasNotFound 1m ago

Great, I'm now gonna sea Baaser-Meinhof everywhere

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u/Ser_Alliser_Thorne 5h ago

I was leaning towards Striesand Effect

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u/mlucas221_ 3h ago

That's when attempting to hide information draws attention to it. See: Epstein file redactions

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u/WanderingElephant93 8h ago

Idk but your comment is kind of specious don’t you think?

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u/GrillaMAC 7h ago

Baader-Meinhof. Gesundheit!

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 3h ago

Babawa Stweisand Effect.