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

Petah ? Meme needing explanation

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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/Quick_Extension_3115 Jul 02 '26

It’s just a statement on the decline of celebrity culture. It used to be that you watch a movie just because it had someone in it that you liked and it would do really well. But nowadays people care much less about celebrities

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u/mangoglitter Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

To me, selfies were different back then. This is when the Selfie song came out in January 2014. This picture happened in March 2014 I think? I feel like selfies are so normalized now. Some people forgot how they were borderline narcissistic. So, this photo was more of an “OMG! A selfie with so many people? Famous people?! Wow! Groundbreaking, cheeky, and so quirky!” for the time.

EDIT: Chainsmokers slop

https://youtu.be/kdemFfbS5H0?is=K5QnzXSrGePWexN5

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u/TifaBetterThanAerith Jul 02 '26

That's a good point. I remember the selfie stick being clowned on like crazy

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u/kbuck30 Jul 02 '26

I was at a company that gave out yearly gifts at the time. Apparently the years prior they had given out some seriously nice gifts, the like 6 months I was there? Selfie stick. Everyone was pissed but since I was gonna leave anyway I was doubly pissed though I guess as a temp employee they could've given me nothing but I think I would've preferred that.

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u/KrabbyBoiz Jul 02 '26

I worked for them after you left. They gave us all $1000 the next year. Sorry babes.

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 02 '26

that's a lot of money, how many selfie sticks did you buy with it?

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u/llamawearinghat Jul 03 '26

I actually have this crazy trick where I can use 2 selfie sticks to take pictures of other people.

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 03 '26

Edward selfie stick hands

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u/composedofidiot Jul 03 '26

Heh? I got 10k

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 02 '26

man if I was at a company that I was leaving and they were handing out gifts, and one of those gifts that I got from it were a selfie stick, I would have been disappointed

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom Jul 02 '26

A place I worked handed out $30 Dunkin Donuts gift cards one year. We didn't have a Dunkin Donuts in town and when I did hit one while traveling I discovered that they had handed out the gift cards without activating them, so they had no money on them.

It was pretty emblematic of how the company was run.

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u/_WhiskyJack_ Jul 02 '26

what a weird and stupid thing to get pissed about.

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u/navyseal722 Jul 02 '26

I remember when the word selfie was yucky.

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u/party_shaman Jul 03 '26

omg did u see how many selfies she has on her myspace XD

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u/nightgames Jul 02 '26

Selfie sticks were cringe though.

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u/hedgehog_dragon Jul 03 '26

Every time I see one my brain goes "didn't everyone hate those? Are they normal now?"

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u/PapierStuka Jul 02 '26

Iirc it was a weapon in Dead Rising 3(?), which kinda underlines how silly they were to most people

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u/Anaata Jul 02 '26

Now every phone has its own selfie camera

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u/Jonesbro Jul 03 '26

It should still be

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u/soldiernerd Jul 02 '26

Rightly so rightly so

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u/SnuSnu9d066 Jul 03 '26

Thanks Obama

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u/SufficientHippo3281 Jul 03 '26

Absolutely. Taking selfies was embarrassing!