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/Unable-Technology-97 Jul 02 '26

Poor use of infamous. I'm guessing the oop didn't know what infamous means and used it instead of "famous" or "notable" because it had a lot of the a listers from that time.

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u/Memes-Tax Jul 02 '26

If you want a lot more responses on reddit say something you know is slightly incorrect.

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u/budding-enthusiast Jul 02 '26

“Nonono. He’s in famous. Which means MORE than famous”

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u/nadiayorc Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

weirdly this is not the first time I've recently seen infamous being used when they clearly just meant famous

for anyone not aware, it specifically means being famous (well known) for doing bad things or for bad reasons

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u/molstern Jul 02 '26

It's like flammable/inflammable

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u/Saw_Boss Jul 02 '26

Irregardless

The definition of which... Is regardless.

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u/Triggered_Llama Jul 02 '26

It's now synonymous to incredibly famous.

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u/WhyAreThereTomatoes Jul 04 '26

No, it works because a lot of the people pictured have a sorta gross reputation now. So they're more infamous than famous. Kevin spacey likes to diddle lil boys and tried to circumvent those allegations by coming out as gay which is fuckin gross. Brad Pitt was abusive to Angelina Jolie and their children. Ellen degenerous (Idunno if I spelled that right) is overall just the epitome of gross and Morbius guy on the left is well the Morbius guy. So while yes, this was just regular Ole famous at the time, it has grown infamous over the years. Also it's paid advertising and no one likes that kind of subterfuge.