[ SECRET POST #5399 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5399 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm still wondering how the hell are mainstream celebrities still relevant.

Maybe it's me turning into a Boomer, but little by little, the more samey films feel and the same casts used everywhere, and the more controversies sprung to light, I'd come to think nobody would end up liking normal celebrities.

... and yet, they remain as one of the main sections in newspapers.

[(Anonymous)]

Liking celebrities isn't the same thing as wanting to consume media about them, though. Controversy sells. People hate-read, or follow gossip and other "entertainment news" just so they could gasp and tut-tut over what's inside. It's not the best reflection of human nature, but it's weird to me that anyone would ever expect this to stop.

[(Anonymous)]

as with anything in human nature, I think it's possible to stop if the main drivers of such things made a conscious effort to refuse to cover it, make money off it, etc. given that humans are also inherently greedy and will make money off the worst things, that's the part I don't see changing.

before pop celebs it was royals. royalty and their courts were the trend-setters, fashion followed what they did. that apparently goes back as far as the pharaohs so humans have been doing this stupid looking-for-trends-from-our-admired-heroes thing for at least 5000 documented years. we can be better, but will we?

[(Anonymous)]

I always think of Maria Bamford's standup joke on this: "I do worship celebrities because they're very powerful, their moods create weather... I was feeling bad about it, but then I was like, of course, I'm just a tiny, frightened animal. You know, I look towards the most powerful and fertile of our species for information on how to survive. I need to find out what that Jennifer Aniston is doing, she's a strong sexy monkey. She's gonna tell us where all the bananas are located."

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DA - Huh. I like this.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. I don't think this trend (if you can call something that's gone on for like, all of human history) will go away any time soon. Liking celebrities or finding out that they've done awful things (also not new!) doesn't make any difference.

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

I was going to mention it's also stupid as hell to devote your time into hate-reading things, but I immediately realized that's what social media sites have been purposely crafted into.

Still, when I read the news, I'm interested in what affects me directly or indirectly. Even tech news are relevant because of that. I can even understand sports, even if I don't watch them nowadays. But celebrity gossip just seems... there. Someone else's life that is not only not the least relevant to me, but often it's also purposely crafted to get eyes on the thing, either by the editors or the people wanting to prop up the celebrity.

I don't think it's as comparable into following the lives of nobility and royalty, since they were the rulers in the past, whereas celebrities are just spoiled rich kids. A spoiled rich kid has no bearing on what may happen to me, whereas a head of state having skeletons in the closet has relevance in the way they lead, as it also involves their state of mind and mental health.

... Yeah. re-reading what I wrote, I realize I've become a sodding Boomer. Apologies. I do understand the factor on the need for celebrity gossip being human nature. Humans like all information, even gossip, as it tells them about their tribe, and this includes the fact people often have celebrities as parasocial relationships.

I follow fictional character lives, but that's because they're not real, and I love the fiction of it. I know they are explicitly written to be fun to follow, and they follow a story structure for entertainment. News of celebrities are only skin-deep.