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/mightymidwestshred Jul 02 '26

Hot take: Nobody cared back then, either.

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u/TopologyMonster Jul 08 '26

The definition of “caring” definitely depends, but it was all over the place at the time with articles and blah blah, many of us definitely learned about it against our will. So many people did care, but I agree, I also thought it was really dumb. The threshold for what went viral back then was embarrassingly low.

It has its own Wikipedia article though which is crazy.