Brehs...how evident is this celebrity worship culture? it's getting bad...

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My boo and I were bored the other night and turned on Real Housewives of Atlanta for a bit. Oh my god these chicks are so fukking stupid. Can't put a group of them together for not more than a few seconds until they start gossiping and fighting each other. And they're in their 40s and 50s. fukking pathetic. I hate these shows, I hate celebrities, I hate reality tv, and I hate those who make it popular.
They hate you too :francis:
 

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My boo and I were bored the other night and turned on Real Housewives of Atlanta for a bit. Oh my god these chicks are so fukking stupid. Can't put a group of them together for not more than a few seconds until they start gossiping and fighting each other. And they're in their 40s and 50s. fukking pathetic. I hate these shows, I hate celebrities, I hate reality tv, and I hate those who make it popular.
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I think having an interest, or awareness of various 'celebrities' and their gossip isn't an altogether unhealthy thing, and people are entitled to their own interests….but, what I find so repulsive and just sad, is people who have no clue what goes on their own communities, or cities, much less the nation, and no clue about the rest of the world….but they can keep you up to date on the Kardashians intimate family details.

A lot of comes, in my opinion from many people having kind of mundane and 'ordinary lives', which ties in social media, IG/facebook and all the shameless attention whoring and attempts to glamorize ones lives….The celeb worship is a byproduct, if their own lives are mostly dull, routine, say a 40 hour work week, then 2 days out at the club…the Kardashains constant excess and drama seem pretty fukking exciting. Women are mainly guilty of this, in my my observations. Also, whats disconcerting, but not surprising is the way people look up to these kind of celebs, who are almost exclusively known for just their looks, which devalues women and places absurd expectations upon themselves…Like, do you REALLY aspire to be a trophy wife? That ties into society as a wholes obsession with beauty, sex, and from a male perspective the insatiable desire to acquire that beauty as another accessory.

Also, a good amount is just intelligence….I'm not unaware of celeb gossip, I'll browse through a People magazine, or participate in a thread here about a divorce, but i can speak in politics, writing, film, television, history, current events, local new, any number of topics, intelligently.
 

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You gotta just turn off the tv sometimes. so called news spends 50% of its time reporting celebrity gossip. Cnn talked about the oscars all day on sunday as if nothing else was going on in the world. growing up i remember when radio had a segment to talk about local issues and news. Now the news consist of celeb gossip and a recap of last nights love and hip hop. they have segments where people actually call in the radio station to discuss the latest love and hip hop episodes. its so embedded in our daily lives its crazy. the reason is that all the media outlets are owned by 3 or 4 companies. They control 99% of what your see and hear.
You're right.

I can't even listen to the breakfast club as much because a topic of the day is "do you kiss after oral" or "is beyonce pregnancy a sham"
 

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Does not mean theu are worshipped


As I said its more fodder to pass time and have shyt to talk about than anything else

I also think the unrelenting celebrity bashing on this site says more than this so called celebrity worship
I can see your view too.

Not all of its bad. These celebs can change lives and impact lives.

Hell, peep my AVY.

But ... the way it's force fed and always the main topic of some people's lives is sad.

And alot of people compare their lives to celebs and even their peers on social media and it causes depression and other issues.

I think it's just like anything else...too much is bad for you
 
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