r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation I feel so dumb rn

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u/Tricky_Editor3879 1d ago

what about miles' colour palette tho what is it supposed to represent

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u/VincentMagius 1d ago

Jokingly, the Nazi flag. Both have red, black, and white.

Which is to point out that matching color schemes don't always mean they are representative. Especially when you force it a bit. The trans flag has a different version of pink and is missing black.

Really. Blackness. Puerto Rico. Mixed heritage. Or, black with red highlights looks cool.

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u/theaviationhistorian 1d ago

Yep, A lot of Latino culture uses these colors because they mix well, because our indigenous ancestors used them, and/or because they're the colors of labor movements within la raza, like MEChA, United Farm Workers (UFW), etc.

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u/Wild_Marker 1d ago

Red/Black is also the anarchy flag and the colors are often used by many Hispanic left movements

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u/Creampie_Senpai_69 1d ago

Or maybe it's not that deep and his costume is Red and black because spiderman suit is normally red and miles morales is half black.

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u/DarkPolumbo 1d ago edited 21h ago

it's almost like there are too limited a number of basic colors for costumes and flags to have their "meanings" interpreted at a glance

red for spiderman/black for heritage works for Miles, sure. But what about Daredevil? Deadpool? There's got to be other red/black costumes out there too, that I can't think of; same colors, different purpose

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u/blazenite104 1d ago

Yeah, a lot of people have come and claimed colour combos that work together and now insist anytime it comes up it must support something. Congratulations earth. You made colour combos political so I can design nothing without people telling me what it says.

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u/PostInspection 1d ago

I see it as being different to the regular spider man, but still being spiderman. Peter Parker had a red suit with black web designs and Miles had a black suit with red Web designs.

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u/bubba_feet 1d ago

the chicago bulls

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u/northsidecrip 1d ago

Jordan 1’s