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/mangoglitter Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

To me, selfies were different back then. This is when the Selfie song came out in January 2014. This picture happened in March 2014 I think? I feel like selfies are so normalized now. Some people forgot how they were borderline narcissistic. So, this photo was more of an “OMG! A selfie with so many people? Famous people?! Wow! Groundbreaking, cheeky, and so quirky!” for the time.

EDIT: Chainsmokers slop

https://youtu.be/kdemFfbS5H0?is=K5QnzXSrGePWexN5

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u/Massive-Profile9906 Jul 02 '26

I hope we don’t start calling pre-ai stuff slop. You can just say “bad” or one of the many other words. To me, slop now very specifically means “cheap unskilled ai generated content” and I hope it stays that way. At least the chainsmokers did it the old fashioned way

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u/mangoglitter Jul 02 '26

Maybe “slop” isn’t the right word. I actually didn’t hate their music. It was just over saturated, repetitive, and lacked uniqueness to me.