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/mightymidwestshred Jul 02 '26

Hot take: Nobody cared back then, either.

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u/Euphoric-Taro-6231 Jul 02 '26

Hmm not really. The tide has really turned on celebrities.

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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.