[ SECRET POST #6897 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6897 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say they're extreme by default but only because fan conversations are all extreme by default. Most people don't listen to a song on the radio and ponder the greatness and/or the sins of the person who sang it, they go "oh a catchy tune, cool" and that's the extent of their opinion. People who are already getting into discussing the creator as a person are already way more invested

"Did you like that song?" is a conversation you might have at work. "What do you think of this artist as a person?" is already non-neutral to begin with

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if that's really trrue. Mainstream media has always made the personal lives and issues (moral and otherwise) of famous people into a water-cooler conversation topic, the more incendiary the better, and it's doing so to greater and greater extremes every day.

Think of (as a random example) the inescapable Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie wank of the nineties, plastered over every newspaper and magazine cover you passed in the store, only amped up to a bajillion by always-on devices constantly shoving their drama into your eyeballs unless you invest in 47 different paid-for adblockers.

[(Anonymous)]

ia. there's frequently gossip about celebrities who have done something that has made the news even if people don't really care about them. i mean earlier this year those randos at the coldplay concert got a ton of attention just because they were in the headlines. no one really cared about them as people but they were a popular news topic so lots of people who weren't invested in them at all were discussing them.

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[(Anonymous)]

A funny or ridiculous news story is different from caring about celebrities though. Jokes being passed around is common and those people happened to be a big joke.

Discussing something that random actors are doing in their personal lives with the office is not usual lol

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I'm guessing it's been a few years since you spent any extensive amount of time in an office environment. Because that is absolutely what people discuss.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

Been in various for years- some media focused even- and I have never had anyone randomly bring up their personal feelings on celebrities at any one of them unless as a joke or "did you hear about the ridiculous news story" in the exact same vein as "did ya hear about the travesty of a game last night?" Everyone goes ha ha and moves on.

People getting personal and opinionated about celebrities as people sounds very much not normal and like an uncomfortable work environment to me.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Also been in many office jobs over the years and the only celebrity discussions I've ever had happen have been about things like news stories/scandals or stuff like "so do you think Swift and Kelce are gonna get engaged?" Definitely not a topic people discuss beyond whatever's going on in the news at the time.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

i get the impression the anon you're replying to hates the taylor swift discussions here and is trying to imply that if you talk about her at all, you are invested in her. 🤷‍♂️ people at my job chitchat about personal lives of celebrities from time to time too, just passing the time

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[(Anonymous)]

Yeah no, I'm literally saying fandom is more invested in fandom, and their conversations will naturally be more vehement about fandom topics than non-fandom people who are casual about it and don't care that much beyond a surface level... and people are objecting to that, dunno why.

I have no feelings on Taylor Swift or the conversations about Taylor Swift, but it's easy to see why said conversations get more heated in fandom / online than offline. It's not a big mystery

[(Anonymous)]

Relationship drama, yeah. To a lesser extent, literal crimes. Other than that, I can't really think of much?

Plus things being in tabloids doesn't mean people were actually talking to each other about it, vs. idly consuming news- or at least I sure never heard anyone making small talk to coworkers or family about the latest Brangelina happenings because people were entertained but didn't care that much. Idt anybody is standing around a water cooler discussing Taylor Swift's private jet, unless they're the odd one in the office

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, just the other day there was a secret about Sydney Sweeney, and a good two-thirds of the commenters pointed out that they only knew who she was because of all the outrage over her jeans advert and how she was "suddenly everywhere".

Things being in tabloids (or the modern internet viral 'news' equivalent) has always meant people end up talking about it. That's how that particular form of "news" has remained as lucrative and popular as it is.

[(Anonymous)]

People who do not follow the lottery at all do hear about the billion dollar jackpots when they happen, yeah. That doesn't mean people normally talk excitedly about the powerball at work a lot.

Big ridiculous things do get talked about, as big ridiculous things. But if a coworker started randomly telling others, or asking people of their moral judgements of celebrities as people apropos of nothing that would be super awkward.