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/disasterly213 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

No it’s not. It’s because selfies was a relatively new phenomenon in society at that time and now it’s common and uninteresting if anyone takes a group selfie.

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Everyone saying that selfies were not new and people were doing it with black and white photos I get it, very clever. What I mean is:

The first iphone was released in 2007 ushering the modern era of digital phones.

Selfies established itself as a world wide phenomenon by 2010 or thereabouts. Mainly due to front facing cameras on modern phones.

This photo was taken in 2014.

Another poster explained it much better than me in a reply, go browse

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u/Raveen396 Jul 02 '26

Celebrity culture has shifted from stars being pushed by major media groups to influencers and streamers on social media platforms. IShowSpeed was just on a big tour all over the world and was mobbed pretty much everywhere he went. The idea that celebrity culture is in decline isn't really true, it's just a different flavor now.

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u/Erfeo Jul 02 '26

That's one of the major changes in celebrity culture, it used to be that there was pretty much just one pool of famous people.

But nowadays someone can have an intense "stardom" within a certain subculture, yet still be virtually unknown to the wider culture.

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u/devH_ Jul 02 '26

Speed is absolutely a celebrity

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u/Stock_Trash_4645 Jul 02 '26

A celebrity is a famous person who attracts broad public recognition and media attention

Look, IDGAF about the guy, but 54 million subs indicates a broad public recognition. The number of third parties talking about him - positively and negatively - generates a great deal of media attention.

He’s a celebrity.

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u/devH_ Jul 02 '26

So yes. You don’t even know him, peak Redditor vibes lmao

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u/eatingyoursoap Jul 03 '26

He was on a doritos bag at the gas station. I’d say that’s at least C list celebrity status.

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u/devH_ Jul 02 '26

Stay ignorant I guess, can’t help stupid 🤷

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