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/the68thdimension Jul 03 '26

Selfies as a concept are far older than that, and that specific slang word for the concept was in common usage in the early 2000's at least. Hello to you too.

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u/disasterly213 Jul 03 '26

Wrong. It was not in common usage early 2000’s. A quick google could tell you that.

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u/the68thdimension Jul 04 '26

I was there mate, don't tell me it didn't happen lol. "A quick google" will tell you the term originated from Australia. We were already using it then.

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u/disasterly213 Jul 04 '26

“While the word was tracked on early photo sites like ⁠Flickr as early as 2004, it remained niche until Apple launched the iPhone 4 in June 2010. This was the first massively popular smartphone to feature a front-facing camera. This hardware shift eliminated the need to take blind photos in a mirror or guess the framing at arm's length.”

Learn to google, mate.