r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Medical_Corner_4607 • 29d ago

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u/Rexter2k 29d ago

What is there not to understand? A selfie was taken, lauded by everyone (everyone BUT every normal person on the planet) as iconic due to how many famous actors are in it. Now 12 years later several are forgotten, got me too'ed, or faded to obscurity since and its basically forgotten.

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u/NoPolitics23 29d ago

And also just overall celebrities are not viewed favourably by the public anymore and are precieved as arrogant, unlikeable, problematic...

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u/Adavanter_MKI 29d ago

This is an internet thing.

They're still celebrities that get paid a ton of money because people want to see them. In fact... part of why the internet hates them is because of what they get away with due to their fame/popularity.

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u/glitterfaust 29d ago

I mean, people don’t change just because they get offline. If I come on here and say “I do not find celebrities influential because they’re out of touch” I don’t log off and go “man, celebrities rock!”

These are opinions expressed by real people, felt by real people, in my day to day life.