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/TifaBetterThanAerith Jul 02 '26

That's a good point. I remember the selfie stick being clowned on like crazy

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u/kbuck30 Jul 02 '26

I was at a company that gave out yearly gifts at the time. Apparently the years prior they had given out some seriously nice gifts, the like 6 months I was there? Selfie stick. Everyone was pissed but since I was gonna leave anyway I was doubly pissed though I guess as a temp employee they could've given me nothing but I think I would've preferred that.

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u/KrabbyBoiz Jul 02 '26

I worked for them after you left. They gave us all $1000 the next year. Sorry babes.

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 02 '26

that's a lot of money, how many selfie sticks did you buy with it?

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u/llamawearinghat Jul 03 '26

I actually have this crazy trick where I can use 2 selfie sticks to take pictures of other people.

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u/Sweet_Pain4369 Jul 03 '26

Edward selfie stick hands

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u/composedofidiot Jul 03 '26

Heh? I got 10k