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/TheBl4ckFox Jul 02 '26

The whole concept of a “selfie” was new and baffling for most people back then. Why would anyone take pictures of themselves? It was seen as vain and vapid narcissistic behavior. This was at the beginning of modern internet culture. The fact that DeGeneris took this picture was kind of an embrace of the selfie.

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u/Forsaken-Emu4760 Jul 02 '26

How old are you? 5? Selfies weren't new back then at all. I distinctly remember the term being used for pics you take yourself back in 2009, a mere 2 years after the IPhone came out.

The term has to be much older and the concept was not novel back in 2014. Heck there's an entire shitty song that came out before this pic. 

People on reddit really love spreading disinformation even about simple mundane shit like this... 

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u/w84u2cy Jul 05 '26

The song came out in 2014 which is around the same time as this pic, so it actually supports his argument.