People who are famous because they comment on famous people freak me out.

insanity

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Tue May-26-09 10:20 AM
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People who are famous because they comment on famous people freak me out.

Actually, the amount of speculation about famous people and our culture's perverse interest in celebrity freak me out.

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cwydro

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Tue May-26-09 10:21 AM
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1. I have never figured out why

Edited on Tue May-26-09 10:21 AM by cwydro

Paris Hilton is famous??

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dana_b

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Tue May-26-09 10:22 AM
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3. and that other Paris - the guy

what talent does this person possess?

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insanity

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Tue May-26-09 10:29 AM
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6. I've often wondered who the hell he was

He sure as hell annoys me.

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DarkTirade

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Tue May-26-09 10:22 AM
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2. I never got the obsession with celebrity, even when I was little.

I remember one stupid 'personality test' I had to take as a kid, and one of the questions was, "Do you want to be rich and famous?" My answer was "Hell no. Rich, sure. Well known within a circle of people who are interested in something I do well, sure. Famous? No. I don't want that kind of constant scrutiny."

But I couldn't put that whole answer. It was just a yes or no question. And if you answer 'no', somehow that means that you lack ambition. :\

Stupid standardized tests.

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Auggie

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Tue May-26-09 10:25 AM
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4. Culture's perverse interest in celebrity is what got us so screwed up

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insanity

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Tue May-26-09 10:28 AM
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5. The Donald comes to mind

A man symbolic of the disease.

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Auggie

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Tue May-26-09 11:52 AM
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7. Perfect -- boggles the mind to think of the media time wasted on him

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skygazer

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Tue May-26-09 11:57 AM
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8. Yeah, the people who are famous for being famous

What circular logic that is.

And the idea that famous people are somehow different from other people - like being near them will embody you with some sort of special mojo. Very strange. Kind of creepy. But then, the human race has many strange quirks.

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