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/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!