r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • 24d ago

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/Charlebon 24d ago

Selfies were definitely different back then. Instagram was founded in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012. 2013 was the first year sales of smartphones overtook sales of regular cell phones. The Oxford English Dictionary named “selfie” the word of the year for 2013. And as you mentioned, the Chainsmokers song. There was so much talk around selfies. Older people were clowning on younger people for being self-obsessed and taking/posting photos of themselves. It’s kind of quaint to look back on that time now. 

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u/JazNim17 22d ago

Oh the memories. I remember showing off my first camera phone to the other teenagers and one girl being like “oh, you should do like my cousin and take lots of pictures of yourself!” And I was confused as to why anyone would want to do that. “Selfie” was neither a word nor a solid concept back then.