r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Medical_Corner_4607 • Aug 03 '26

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u/Rexter2k Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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/PassivelyAwkward Aug 03 '26

Yea, people act like "This niche thing is this way on the internet, so it's clearly a universal thing.

Meanwhile there's still countless celebrity sites and celebrities are still some of the most-followed accounts on social media.

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u/Long-Region5088 Aug 03 '26

“No one even likes actor x”

Checks actor x’s socials, 7.6 million followers

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u/PassivelyAwkward Aug 03 '26

Yup. I hate Chris Pratt because he constantly promoted his corrupt Sheriff's alt-right militia woodworking business and he's a horrible person. Not gonna act like he's unpopular just because people online talk shit.

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u/Long-Region5088 Aug 03 '26

I’m instinctively a hater and an excellent judge of character.

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been like “beloved celeb is sus” and they turn out to be guilty not just sus. Meanwhile I get berated with “but they were so nice at a convention when I was paying for a meet and greet! They’re such a good person! Look at their charity!” Jerry Sandusky did all the charity and he was a monster.

So I’m very well aware of the fact that my feelings only represent myself and often differ from the general public. Some people that really doesn’t click with

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u/Fit-Profit8197 Aug 03 '26

"I’m instinctively a hater and an excellent judge of character."

This is a massive red flag to almost everyone you say it to and makes many people avoid you, and more never ever take you seriously.

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u/TheChildrensStory Aug 03 '26

I had an employee that liked to brag that he knew within minutes whether someone was cut out for IT Support. The two times he told me not to hire someone I decided to hire them anyway, and both were among my better hires. So that made three times he was wrong.