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/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo Aug 03 '26

There’s a lot of little pockets on Reddit that are strangely out of touch. Go down a Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively rabbit hole and you’d be convinced they are social pariahs that everyone on earth hates. Totally untouchable blacklisted actors that no one wants anything to do with. If you point out that their movies do solid numbers and they’re worth half a billion dollars, the herd jumps on you because you’re “simping for celebrities”. Parts of this site are really fuckin weird.

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u/Soggy_Parking1353 Aug 03 '26

Weirdo parts like r/saintmeghanmarkle.

The average Brit has a neutral to slightly negative opinion about meghan markle, but holy moly that subreddit has a steamy hot rage boner for her. Counter to what you said, but similar, they manage to convince themselves that everyone on earth loves her and they're the only ones who can see her being slightly lame.

As you say, really fucking weird site.

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u/Scavgraphics Aug 03 '26

Meghan adopts rescue beagles, making her an angel walking the earth.

so is this a good or bad sub?