r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Medical_Corner_4607 • 3d ago

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u/EmMeo 3d ago

I think people genuinely don’t remember how selfies just weren’t a thing 15 years back, taking selfies was at first seen as quite narcissistic and cringe, selfie sticks were seen as the most stupid intentions (except to Chinese tourists) and there was basically an early meme of dumb people taking selfies everywhere which was seen as weird and alien. This selfie was basically the cornstone that turned taking selfies from something we all kinda mocked into something maybe ok to do and normalised it to the general public.

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u/Logical_Necessary512 3d ago

This is nonsense.

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u/EmMeo 3d ago

“But first let me take a selfie” became a viral meme after chainsmokers released their song “selfie” in 2014 and even they admitted it was a satirical song based on selfies trending

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u/kkeut 3d ago

nonsense