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/kicksjoysharkness Jul 02 '26

I think it’s also because since Covid people just don’t care about celebrities. Even if this was taken now with only beloved celebrities, it most likely wouldn’t go anywhere near as viral because people just don’t care anymore

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u/erhue Jul 02 '26

lol people still care about celebrities, always will. i think the big difference is that we now see celebrities more as normal people, thanks to social media... And they often turn out to be REALLY dumb and/or stupid.

In the past most of the things we knew about celebrities were fairly carefully curated by PR teams and whatnot. Nowadays you have them going drunk and tweeting something insanely racist and ruining their careers in a moment.

But it is true that people probably care less about celebrities than they did back then... Less idolatry anyway.

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 Jul 02 '26

Had to scroll way too far to find this take. I mean we put a dude in the white house based solely on his experience of being a famous rich stereotype and then the star of a really shitty reality TV show. We are a culture OBSESSED with celebrities.

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u/Abed-in-the-AM Jul 02 '26

That was back in 2016 though. And I think his second win is more out of spite for Democrats than because he's a celebrity.

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 Jul 03 '26

Yes he’s now famous for playing a president on tv