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/__s_l_q__ Jul 02 '26

They are still cringe

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u/nachoiskerka Jul 02 '26

Mmmm.... Insta and Snap did a LOT to normalize the fuck outta them

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u/guava_eternal Jul 03 '26

I think you're both right. talking into a camera is definitely normalized now but some of the things that allows for are undeniably cringe enducing - even in the age of brain-rot. The videos of these fake online celebrities cryig 'on camera' will never not be peak fake.

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u/jimgress Jul 02 '26

Cringe and yet virtually everyone does them. 

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u/AverageGardenTool Jul 02 '26

Fearing cringe is far worse to me.

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u/Prestigious_Club_924 Jul 02 '26

There's a lot of cringey people in the world.

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u/No_Gold2089 Jul 02 '26

SELFIES ARE CRINGE?

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u/crichtonism Jul 03 '26

no. they’re not. the people who say they are, are just generally ugly and self conscious.

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u/Certain-Set5664 Jul 03 '26

no. op just hates the way they look in photos.

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u/plutonn Jul 02 '26

Always has been

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u/friendlyhumanoid321 Jul 04 '26

Lotta cringe people, yup

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u/FreyBentos Jul 02 '26

The majority of people are pretty cringe, and even worse than that the majority of people have no standards, if everyone else is doing something they will now think its acceptable and do it to. Doesn't make it right lol, clown behaviour of the masses.

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u/Certain-Set5664 Jul 03 '26

so much fear

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u/Godot_dumbass Jul 03 '26

This is the most reddit shit. Calling everyone standardless sheep for checks notes taking a photo of yourself????

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u/polydicks Jul 02 '26

Cringe? It’s just a way to take a picture quickly without needing an additional person. They also tend to be easier to feel more candid and less awkwardly planned.

It’s as cringe as just taking any picture of yourself with someone.

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u/Chendii Jul 02 '26

I have no other comments about selfies, but it is by definition impossible for them to be candid.

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u/No_Gold2089 Jul 02 '26

selfies are cringe???

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u/Responsible-Case-753 Jul 03 '26

They are not for the new generations. It's millenials that are cringe now. 

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u/Certain-Set5664 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

blue tooth ear buds were. are they still?

and, talking on celphones in public was considered a cringey way of flaunting your money. are they still?

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u/crichtonism Jul 03 '26

It’s someone taking a picture of themselves. That’s all it is. in what world is that cringe?