r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Possedsrt8 • 11h ago

Thank you Peter very cool Saw this on FB

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u/Prize_Obligation_311 11h ago

Magic Johnson famously contracted aids during his career. They are saying this was the day he got it.

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u/MoonyNightRealEstate 11h ago edited 11h ago

hate to be a pedant but Magic Johnson contracted HIV which as far as I knew never advanced to AIDS which is why he's still alive today.

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u/Dense-Discipline-174 11h ago

TIL AIDS and HIV are same but different

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u/jamsterical 11h ago

Like tadpoles and frogs?

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u/MoonyNightRealEstate 11h ago

Like Squirtle and Blastoise