Current Events > I'll never understand the culture of worshiping celebrities.

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just from the few experiences i've had seeing what celebs go through on a day to day basis, like i remember chris pratt walked in to eat a meal at the restaurant i used to work at when he was filming a movie down in Louisiana, and all of my coworkers and all the customers there just bombarded him the entire damn time. he was just trying to get a bite to eat, let the damn man eat with his friends in peace. then sometimes i'll see a celebrity post on reddit or something and people are just like "wait, did ______ just reply to me seriously? OMG!" as if these celebs aren't real people that don't get on the internet and want to say something from time to time. they're just people, they have flaws just like the rest of us. only their job is to entertain so more people know about them. i can see why so many of them go crazy after a while because they can't do anything like a normal person (which when it comes down to, that's all they are, they just have a job that gets them more recognized nationally).
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I'm not going to read that because your signature is enshrined to celebrities.

Because their own personal lives are shallow and empty so they latch on to the stories of others and live vicariously through them.

It's the same reason people who aren't in good relationships have kids, because they don't feel like they're worth a damn as an individual so they want to force somebody to need them and no longer need to have any individual hobbies, interests or accomplishments.
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GODTIER posted...

I'm not going to read that because your signature is enshrined to celebrities.

I'm not saying that being a fan is a bad thing. I'm just saying I don't understand acting like these people are otherwordly beings whose shit doesn't stink. They're still just human. I love my sports teams but if I saw Drew Brees walking down the street I wouldn't try to pester him and try to act like he owes me something and try to spend 30 minutes talking about stuff he's probably heard from 100s of people a million times and trying to get selfies with the dude as if he doesn't have things he's trying to do that day or jst trying to mind his own business.
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There are a handful of celebrities that I really like for whatever various reasons but really I think at most if I ever saw or met them irl I'd just briefly say hey and that I really like _____ then just get on with my day and let them get on with theirs. It wouldn't be some thing where I care about just any celebrity and it wouldn't be some thing where I completely melted down screaming and losing my mind like it's the most amazing thing I've ever experienced in my life.
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Gamer99z posted...

It wouldn't be some thing where I care about just any celebrity and it wouldn't be some thing where I completely melted down screaming and losing my mind like it's the most amazing thing I've ever experienced in my life.

This is more or less what I'm getting at. Like some people completely lose their shit and act like they shouldn't be worthy of being in the presence of them or some shit. It's like, damn, I can understand liking whatever album/movie/show someone was in but I just won't understand how so many people put those stars on pedestals as if they're something above humankind. It's just not a healthy way to think. These people have to eat shit and sleep just like you. Only thing is they get paid to be recorded in some way and shown to you for entertainment and get paid a lot.
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