Why do some people care about celebrities and their lifes?

[SrFrog 927]

Every time I turn on the TV or computer I see the same thing, this celebrity did this and that celebrity did that. See, I don't care how people decide to spend their time but when they become clueless of more important matters that's when I think. What is wrong with those people?

 

So why do think some people care so much about celebrities and their lifes?

[Finesthour 7,287]

Every time I turn on the TV or computer I see the same thing, this celebrity did this and that celebrity did that. See, I don't care how people decide to spend their time but when they become clueless of more important matters that's when I think. What is wrong with those people?

 

So why do think some people care so much about celebrities and their lifes?

 

It's like the popular people in school-

 

Everyone knows them, so everyone wants to know everything about them.

 

Celebrities are higher than life people, according to America, so they are worthy of our entire attention span.

 

I don't agree with it.

[Killian Jones 2,655]

I make my own celebrities, these are people I follow on YouTube and Twitter. Never anyone popular culture put forward and always on the merits of the entertainment they can bring.

[Mephala 2,633]

TBH, I think it's stupid. There's people starving and wars happening but every time I go on the Internet (I don't watch TV) all I'm bombarded with is Kim Kardashian's ass. I don't give a flying feather!

EDIT: What Tich said. I'm a huge Crabstikz fan. He's like my GOD. And he's not popular at all! Basically, I don't like people who conform to others for the sole sake of fitting in.

Edited March 17, 2012 by PinkieDaShy

[Envy 6,192]

I've never understood the obsession either. To be honest, I couldn't even possibly care less about what they're doing. Celebrity culture is so ridiculous and annoying.

[SrFrog 927]

I make my own celebrities, these are people I follow on YouTube and Twitter. Never anyone popular culture put forward and always on the merits of the entertainment they can bring.

 

What happens if they become semi-mainstream like Fred?

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Because everyone does what society wants them to do.

[Nah 3,182]

Because some people don't have a life.

[Mephala 2,633]

^this.

[Killian Jones 2,655]

What happens if they become semi-mainstream like Fred?

 

It depends, do they still churn out good content or not.

[Strafe 594]

Yet no one cares about soldiers dying around the world, society is a disgrace.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

It's because people are getting stupider and stupider these days...

 

Just look at all the stupid little kids running around acting like complete douchebags

[SrFrog 927]

Yet no one cares about soldiers dying around the world, society is a disgrace.

 

Hilarious when people can remember the entire cast of Jersey shore but not able to point in a map where major wars took place. That honestly happened quite a few time when I was still in school.

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Listen to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfcZeLpWQsY

Edited March 17, 2012 by Devin Dash

[bee815 3]

Devin, you do make a point in that they often can justify their popularity because they make good music or rap or something, but the person who makes a good rap song is better known than the scientist who invented the vaccine and saved millions of lives? I don't get it.

Edited March 17, 2012 by bee815

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Devin, you do make a point in that they often can justify their popularity because they make good music or rap or something, but the person who makes a good rap song is better known than the scientist who invented the vaccine and saved millions of lives? I don't get it.

 

Because people look up to other people more so for who they are rather than what they do nowadays. As a singer, you express yourself and your life through music. And people can relate to that. Hence, "we're the fucking shit in their eyes".

Edited March 17, 2012 by Devin Dash

[FinalGamer 192]

Devin, you do make a point in that they often can justify their popularity because they make good music or rap or something, but the person who makes a good rap song is better known than the scientist who invented the vaccine and saved millions of lives? I don't get it.

 

Seriously, everyone knows Eminem, but I only ever met three people who knew about Jenner, and NOBODY but me remembers Sir James Black who created beta-blockers.

 

And what about James Clerk Maxwell, the guy who discovered FREAKING RADIO WAVES?!

Yanno, the single most important discovery of 20th-century technology, leading to the radio and TELEVISION!?

I mean, say what you want for Marconi, Bell (or Gray) or Baird, but they had no idea about radio waves until Maxwell, and without that, they wouldn't have springboarded their idea.

 

Celebrity is a harsh mistress. But then again, give them 20 years, maybe nobody will remember Eminem. I guarantee nobody will remember Kardashian in the next 10 years.

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

I'd personally like to think that people are simple minded in some cases, and like Rose/Finest/Yuki said, since celebrities are higher than us in life we feel the need to know everything about them. I believe that it may also be to furfill something that they weren't able to accomplish before so they latch on to someone else for them to succeed.

 

Or something like that.

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Seriously, everyone knows Eminem, but I only ever met three people who knew about Jenner, and NOBODY but me remembers Sir James Black who created beta-blockers.

 

And what about James Clerk Maxwell, the guy who discovered FREAKING RADIO WAVES?!

Yanno, the single most important discovery of 20th-century technology, leading to the radio and TELEVISION!?

I mean, say what you want for Marconi, Bell (or Gray) or Baird, but they had no idea about radio waves until Maxwell, and without that, they wouldn't have springboarded their idea.

 

Celebrity is a harsh mistress. But then again, give them 20 years, maybe nobody will remember Eminem. I guarantee nobody will remember Kardashian in the next 10 years.

 

To put this bluntly, who would honestly want to know what the hell radio waves are (not that I wouldn't want to)?

 

That's the problem. They're just not interested in that kind of stuff.

[FinalGamer 192]

To put this bluntly, who would honestly want to know what the hell radio waves are (not that I wouldn't want to)?

 

That's the problem. They're just not interested in that kind of stuff.

 

Ehhhh yeah I kinda phrased that badly. I guess it's all about entertainment value huh?

[Matackable 534]

Some people have extremely dull lives and the only why to make it seem any more exciting is if they follow the constant screw ups of a celebrity figure.

 

I can't help but feel bad for the celebrity in question at the same time though, because how many of them are actually living out healthy normal lives, but are just having their names sold with lies all in the name of entertainment and money? I don't believe half of the garbage I see plastered on the covers of magazines, so it really makes you question the integrity of American news in general. Not that it ever had any to begin with...

 

Speaking of garbage, I need to head to work.

Edited March 17, 2012 by Matackable

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Ehhhh yeah I kinda phrased that badly. I guess it's all about entertainment value huh?

 

I believe that in order to discuss this properly, we would need to understand the value of technology and the value of entertainment. For example, as Bee pointed out, a vaccine that would cure 7 million lives. But here's the thing, do people really care about that? No, they care about being entertained. However, here's the catch. Technology as we know it today is expanding exponentially. Anything from modest furniture to vaccines that can save lives fit in this category. We don't pay attention to this because we know it's going to come sooner or later.

 

Just think about this statement for a while. If I told you in the year 1900 that we would be flying the skies with "airplanes" in 50 years, you would laugh at me, right (But alas, in 1950 there is such a thing as commercial airliners! However, you would then realize that this was bound to happen: us flying in the skies)?

 

It's not like scientists and the other great people who revolutionized the world with their inventions aren't important. That's not the issue. In regards to them, their work is highly appreciated and without them we wouldn't be here -- it's just that we KNOW their inventions had to come to light sooner or later.

 

However, what about the other people? What about their needs, their need to relate to other things? To relate to other people? That's what celebrities are for. They're here for our amusement, regardless of the fact that they probably will be forgotten in a few decades.

 

Don't get me wrong though, there's such a thing as lawful attention and unlawful attention in which celebrities get. It's the unlawful attention that really irks other people. However, celebrities like William Shatner (Captain Kirk) may be engraved in history forever because a lot of people look up to this guy, and in a good way.

Edited March 17, 2012 by Devin Dash

[Victoria and Co. 782]

I read somewhere (don't remember where otherwise I'd cite it) that according to surveys and tests, people follow the lives of celebrities because they feel their own life is lacking in some way. They feel that by watching them that they are a part of something greater than themselves. The celebrity becomes a role-model more or less, and, as a role-model, their every move becomes interesting because it may help the followers be more successful in some way.

[Key Gear 6,663]

So why do think some people care so much about celebrities and their lifes?

 

In my opinion, it is a type of commercialized escapism. Celebrities are portrayed as living exhilarating, hedonistic lives of mystery and excitement. Because many people live boring, ordinary lives, they are captivated by the allure of excitement. So, they focus on the lives of celebrities to ignore the problems in their own lives.

 

Escapism is nothing new. So long as humans have been able to talk, stories have been told that allow people to use their imaginations to break away from the boring everyday circumstances of life. I think that this is an essential part of a healthy society. However, you can have too much of a good thing.

 

The problem in our modern era is that escapism has become a commercialized process that reinforces itself. Media companies make money based on the reputations of celebrities. They also have the power to control the news cycle. This means that they have incentive to report on every little detail on the lives of celebrities.

 

The more they report and talk about celebs, the more money they make, and the more people want to hear. Given that this is the case, it is no surprise that people care so much for celebrity lives and lifestyles.

 

Science, technology, and other important matters all get short shrift because media companies can make more money by focusing on the celebrity news cycle.

 

Edit: I love how the last few posts (including this one) all say roughly the same thing...

Edited March 17, 2012 by HAL 9000

[Oblivion 20,270]

Because people that aint them want to be them but realistically its Impossible to get to that status for the average person so we idolize those people as almost demi gods.