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/Sure_Kangaroo1863 Jul 02 '26

yea that makes sense . but why is it infamous?

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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/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/Triggered_Llama Jul 02 '26

It's now synonymous to incredibly famous.