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Post by nightmarefarm on Dec 24, 2021 7:09:41 GMT 10
Like for example when Henry Cavill built a gaming PC, gamers and geeks started worshipping him because he's "one of us". Or when reddit became a shrine for Keanu Reeves back in 2019 just because he's "nice" even though any regular person being nice and giving money to homeless people wouldn't be treated like a deity. People hold the bar so low for celebrities these days and put them on a pedestal for the smallest things.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 24, 2021 7:27:21 GMT 10
Nothing wrong with celebrities but yeah some people treat them as deities. They are human too.
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Post by jaydawg89 on Dec 24, 2021 23:44:58 GMT 10
Yeah, it's good to appreciate their work but, there are people that go way too far.
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Post by al on Jan 5, 2022 3:38:01 GMT 10
Some people are calling it a replacement for religion since practice has been fading in the west for decades. I didn't used to think so but once you dig deep enough into some fandoms, it is kind of looking that way. For average people, I think celebrities almost serve as an archetype, like someone in your family or hometown might in a real life discussion, and there's like a universal bond in being able to reference them. The real problem comes when those who take it more seriously are who's setting the zeitgeist.
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Post by 10slover on Jan 7, 2022 7:16:58 GMT 10
Some people are calling it a replacement for religion since practice has been fading in the west for decades. I didn't used to think so but once you dig deep enough into some fandoms, it is kind of looking that way. For average people, I think celebrities almost serve as an archetype, like someone in your family or hometown might in a real life discussion, and there's like a universal bond in being able to reference them. The real problem comes when those who take it more seriously are who's setting the zeitgeist. Celebrities and media are a replacement to religion And I mean this unpretentiously
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