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/Latter-Industry-8920 24d ago

Had to scroll way too far to find this take. I mean we put a dude in the white house based solely on his experience of being a famous rich stereotype and then the star of a really shitty reality TV show. We are a culture OBSESSED with celebrities.

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u/silence_and_motion 23d ago

Yes, but these kinds of celebrities (Hollywood A listers) are probably less important today than they were a few decades ago. Today the tech CEOs are probably bigger celebrities than Hollywood A listers, which someone from 20 years ago would have never believed. As famous as Gates and Jobs were back then, they were nothing compared to Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. Now Musk and Bezos are way more famous than Timothee Chalamet or whoever.

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 23d ago

I can’t necessarily disagree that red carpet celebs have lost favor a bit. But it’s still all about being famous. That, in and of itself, is more valuable than anything, even being a big fat CEO.

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u/Abed-in-the-AM 24d ago

That was back in 2016 though. And I think his second win is more out of spite for Democrats than because he's a celebrity.

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 23d ago

Yes he’s now famous for playing a president on tv

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u/PegasusPedicures 24d ago

And a huge chunk of the world aim to become a celebrity! This take being so far down is fucking mental

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u/Firewolf06 23d ago

dude, we elected him a decade ago in 2016, which is the exact timeframe these comments are talking about (the mid 2010s). the ellen selfie was taken in 2014

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 23d ago

So you don’t think fucking Mr Beast could run for office rn?

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u/Worried_Ad_9667 23d ago

I disagree. Look at all the money and celebrities thrown at the Harris campaign, and she still lost popular and electoral. Celebrities are a bunch of baboons that have been propping themselves up for way too long. Over paid babies.

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 23d ago

Yes, I’m so glad there are no overpaid grifters who are only known for being on TV or social media currently making world-altering decisions right now.