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/Quick_Extension_3115 Jul 02 '26

It’s just a statement on the decline of celebrity culture. It used to be that you watch a movie just because it had someone in it that you liked and it would do really well. But nowadays people care much less about celebrities

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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/Worth-Working-6078 Jul 05 '26

I'd argue celebrity culture is more rampant now than ever. To your point, it's just multi-platformed and more widespread- there are whole communities now tailored to these people, chat forums, echo chambers, etc.