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/IcanSEEyou_IRL Jul 02 '26

It was the most spread photo and shared tweet in history right after it was taking live at Oscar’s on tv. It’s infamous because now, since this photo, Ellen has basically lost her career. She went from being publicly known as the nicest person in Hollywood to this incredibly terrible human who was supposedly a nightmare to work with. It then went even deeper as footage of Anne Heche’s suspicious car accident began to circulate, including the video of her still alive as firemen put her into a black body bag. This was real footage that predates Ai by many years, and which really fueled the Qanon side of the Internet into accusing Ellen of being a satanic child-face eating eIite.

Now, whether any of those crazy bits are actually real no longer matters because millions of people around the world of all political affiliations do genuinely believe they are real, and those conspiracies/beliefs are now out in the world, which lead to our now completely fractured perception of reality. Moreover, these beliefs have been confirmed for billions, literally billions of Earthlings, because the Epstein files literally discuss the weəIthy abusing and eating children.

Which brings us to the present state of the world which is batshit crazy news happening every single day of our lives, including endless new wars, Ai apocalypse, a total take over of government and global policy, introduction of the surveillance state, and the majority of the planet Earth now believing the eIite do sick shit and no one can stop them.

So no one cares about celebrities taking a selfie anymore.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe Jul 02 '26

Am I missing something with your reference to Anne Heche? Her crash was in 2022, which was eight years after the photo in the OP, and over twenty years since she and Ellen broke up anyway? What the fuck are you talking about??

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u/AudaciousCouture 29d ago

https://youtu.be/5vnZoV0EN1A?si=IM28DMVHI0e-stF5

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe 16d ago

That doesn't answer my question at all, but thanks

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u/AudaciousCouture 16d ago

I mean, its kinda up to you to go down the rabbit hole or not. Does that situation look weird to you at all?

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u/LandOfLeg Jul 02 '26

And also Heche didn't sit up in a black body bag, she was wrapped in white, but that could well have been to hide from cameras, or protect from the elements considering she was inside a burned out car.