@thejakechristie: The famous Ellen Oscars selfie - Museum of Twitter #0615 #twitter #twitterquotes #museumoftwitter #oscars #oscars2026

kevink235 :

Do “get bam a water” from the 2024 olympics

Salt :

I can’t wait for you to cover the one megacock tweet in like a year

Drac :

this is the biggest "museum piece" in the museum

thanks for reading my comment :

it's so fascinating to have lived through this. it's hard to imagine anyone caring about a celeb selfie in 2026.

zyro :

how’d you just get to this

kitari._ :

I’d love to hear more about how this type of content went from popular to cringe seemingly overnight.

thenewpoetlawyerette :

people forget that selfies were still a pretty new thing and people would look down on you for taking them

Lara :

another thing about the photo is that from another angle you can see Liza Minnelli on the back trying to make it into the shot but she’s so short it just couldn’t happen 😭 I think she did get an individual selfie but this alternative angle still gets me

greg w :

it wasn't probably a promotion for samsung, it was explicitly a promotion for samsung! they were the main sponsor of the broadcast that year and they were trying to promote the selfie camera's ability on that particular phone to be able to capture a whole big group

Fae :

I never saw the actual video before and just realized this moment captured the phenomenon of someone not understanding what a selfie is and waving at the camera

Benji🦴 :

Honestly miss this type of internet where a photo like this was so cool

henry simmons :

Peter the goat of this photo

TraptOfficial :

I remember this being huge news for a week until it started to unravel that the whole thing was an elaborate commercial for the galaxy cell phone she was holding.

James Schuyler :

that same year Ellen ordered pizza and everyone is excited to see who ate the pizza

meana :

I think I signed up for Twitter just so I could like this post 😂😂

N.Boston :

Bueller - Movies & Heists :

Reminder that this photo happened the same year as The Chainsmokers released a viral hit single called "Selfie"

Bueller - Movies & Heists :

"Honestly, the people who aren't on Twitter have the right idea" -Museum of Twitter

samiammi :

The way literally nobody would care if this happened today

strix24000 :

Jared Leto jumpscare

jenny :

Jake i just have to tell you beyond being very funny you always have such thoughtful and well-articulated reflections on culture and media. I unironically think i learn something with every episode. Thanks for the good work

📸Jonathan📸 :

I feel like Ellen is staring in my soul

Jae :

idk this may be “elder gen z of me” but i absolutely remember the culture and impact this selfie had. and mind you i was still barely allowed on the internet at that point

Ed Casey :

As “the twitter guy” at my job at the time this was a really tough week.

Yosh :

I forgot taking selfies used to be taboo to do in public