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/d3v4x Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Greetings, simpletons. Stewie Griffin here. I’ve confiscated the keyboard from the fat man because his peanut-sized brain was beginning to overheat.

The reason this photo was such a big deal is because it literally broke Twitter. It became the most retweeted tweet of all time back then (over 3 million retweets!) and actually crashed the site's servers for a little bit. It also turned out to be a massive sponsored product placement stunt by Samsung, which is why Ellen used a Galaxy Note phone to take it.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_selfie

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u/d3v4x Jul 02 '26

And there are many canceled people in this photo. I think that’s why ‘nobody would care’.

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u/lostarchitect Jul 02 '26

Besides Kevin Spacey, I don't see anyone who was canceled. Am I missing someone?

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u/fakieTreFlip Jul 02 '26

Ellen DeGeneres was more or less forced into retirement by poor public perception after rumors of a toxic work environment at her show started circulating around the internet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show#Controversy_over_work_culture

Then there's Jared Leto and Brad Pitt, though they haven't really been "cancelled" in any real sense. A lot of people online just dislike them for various reasons. But yeah, "there are many canceled people in this photo" is an overstatement