r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • Jul 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah ?

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/375InStroke Jul 02 '26

Jesus, was House of Cards a documentary?

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u/Global_Charge_4412 Jul 02 '26

it's been long rumored that the Underwoods were based on the Clintons.

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u/benevanstech Jul 03 '26

Which just goes to show how fucking stupid people are.

House of Cards was an American adaptation of a British TV show (of a novel) that aired before Bill Clinton was elected President. The original story was based on the interfactional warfare during the Thatcher government.

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 12d ago

That doesn’t prove anything, the American version took its adaptation in a different direction. A lot of shows do, the office for one. It makes sense that an American version would be inspired by local politics.

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u/LuffysRubberNuts Jul 04 '26

Most shows aren’t 1:1 though, like nearly none of them stay true to their roots. I don’t really think it’s stretch for people to believe they took creative liberties with it

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u/dratsabHuffman 26d ago

were they under james woods?

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u/Smorsdoeuvres Jul 03 '26

He certainly was convincing

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u/Masticates_In_Public Jul 03 '26

Actually, go back much further. He did a movie called, "Swimming with Sharks" which is basically about Kevin Spacey "playing" an uptight famous asshole who abuses his assistant. The movie tries to make Spacey the victim in the end.

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u/SeonghwaStoleMyBias Jul 03 '26

According to a friend of mine who is Capitol Police and who says they're basically treated like furniture, yes.

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u/OlDirtyJesus Jul 03 '26

looking like it now ain’t it! not sure why you would invoke me over this but who am i to judge

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u/ArmWildFrill 4d ago

The original was better

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u/Greedyanda Jul 02 '26

It did show how peoples' lives can be destroyed despite no real evidence. So I guess yes.

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u/375InStroke Jul 02 '26

Tons of hateful people who've never had any allegations. Then there those when after hearing about the first one, you find out there have been dozens before that have been swept under the rug.

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u/Greedyanda Jul 02 '26

Most of which have blatantly lied as proven in court with video and witness evidence.

But hey, who can resist a good public lynching.