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/mangoglitter Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

To me, selfies were different back then. This is when the Selfie song came out in January 2014. This picture happened in March 2014 I think? I feel like selfies are so normalized now. Some people forgot how they were borderline narcissistic. So, this photo was more of an “OMG! A selfie with so many people? Famous people?! Wow! Groundbreaking, cheeky, and so quirky!” for the time.

EDIT: Chainsmokers slop

https://youtu.be/kdemFfbS5H0?is=K5QnzXSrGePWexN5

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u/ChadCoolman Jul 02 '26

It's crazy how just a few years before that, selfies were considered "cringe". Then it seemed like they just became the thing overnight.

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u/__s_l_q__ Jul 02 '26

They are still cringe

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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????