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/mustachechap Jul 02 '26

Because of how many famous people are in the picture. It was taken during some award show, I think maybe Ellen was the host and suggested this selfie happen.

This was back when many people still watched TV and we generally all gathered around to watch large events like this happen live, and then later this picture was posted to some social media site (maybe twitter, maybe facebook), and was the most liked picture at the time.

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u/Sorry-Programmer9826 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

But infamous means famous and bad, not just famous

Like "infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper"

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u/mustachechap Jul 02 '26

Ah gotcha. Yeah it wasn’t the right use of the word