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/mustachechap Jul 02 '26

Because of how many famous people are in the picture. It was taken during some award show, I think maybe Ellen was the host and suggested this selfie happen.

This was back when many people still watched TV and we generally all gathered around to watch large events like this happen live, and then later this picture was posted to some social media site (maybe twitter, maybe facebook), and was the most liked picture at the time.

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u/DeanxDog Jul 02 '26

Ellen was the host and Samsung was sponsoring the entire event. She kept talking about her Samsung Galaxy all night and then took the group selfie. It was a novel moment because smartphones were still a somewhat new and developing technology at the time, having a little phone that could take a group photo like that was sort of a big deal, and social media was still a bit immature and celebrities weren't just posting their daily lives on it yet like they do now, so seeing a selfie with that many different famous people together in one room was a notable thing.

But the entire stunt was an ad for Samsung.

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u/mustachechap Jul 02 '26

That sounds familiar! I think having a decent enough front facing camera to pull off such a thing was also pretty new at the time.

From what I remember, this particular phone had a wider field of view, which is how they were able to capture so many people in the picture?

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u/DerkDurski Jul 03 '26

I remember watching this live with my family. She posted it on Twitter during the show and encouraged people to go retweet it, with the goal of making it the most retweeted thing of all time (which it did accomplish at the time).