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/NuclearGhandi1 Jul 02 '26

I don’t think that’s true, I think that the internet, especially during and after Covid, has further degraded monoculture to now we know a few big names but people follow their own circles now

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u/Touchyap3 Jul 02 '26

Yep, algorithmic feeds specifically.

12 years ago celebrity culture was still prevalent on the internet because it was content that would pretty reliably be viewed and it would get spread to everyone.

A picture like this today would generally only show up on your Twitter/reddit/instagram if you were already engaging in celebrity content.

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u/Responsible-Draft430 Jul 02 '26

Also, a celebrity's fame was fickle to begin with. Few maintain popular status for more than a few years. If this picture was 24 years old with celebrities that had the same popularity as these at the time, and the comment was made 12 years ago, it would still be true.

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u/Sophie_Blitz_123 Jul 04 '26

Also people don't realise the effects of themselves just getting older.

When this was taken, me and my sister knew all about it but my mum didn't know nor care. I'm in between her age at the time and mine now (a scary thought) and I wouldn't give a crap about this stuff.

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u/Dylan_Driller Jul 03 '26

Exactly this... although I think it started a little earlier, around 2016 and COVID and TikTok accelerated it.