why do we care so much about celebrities?

[Fox]

It's not just you. Something ironic about Paris, is that's she's famous for nothing. She's heir to the Hilton hotel line, but what the hell has she actually done? Sure, there was The Simple Life and apparently she has some cd or whatnot, but my question still stands.

[TanyaShevenal]

Seriously though, 45 days or something?

Anyone else would be put in their for a year or more, and even then someone with a less harmful crime might be in there for 2-5 years.

I used to be a serious advocate in the whole Marijuana issue, while I don't smoke it anymore, the fact that people would be arrested for a single use and up to 2 years in jail for the possession is retarded. Especially when used in a safe manner around other people.

DUI's while influcned by anything, weed, alcohol, and even road head(bad attempt at a joke? haha), can take more lives than someone on a couch smoking marijuana.

[scorpion]

Im not fascinated with celebrities at al. I realy dont care what they do or buy and who they go to bed whit. I like them if they are good actors or good musicants and singers. Theirs private life means nothing four mee.

[yodajazz]

We get so much information on them, that we either indentify with them, or define ourselves by the contrast with them. They become real people to us. Then people wonder things like, "what were they thinking when they did that?"

I think it is natural to connect to human lives. Those not into mainstream media are probably discussing what their relatives are up to. We have our celebrities here on HA, or in the TS community. I once pm'ed someone here with my own pschological profile of Monica Foxx. I never met her, of course. I just wondered what the contorversy was about, and did some research.

I have also written about Iraq and politics, but the issues are often too complex for many people to discuss rationally. The Politics Forum usually ends up with name calling, worse than anything our ladies say when they argue.

[ska]

I agree, a total waste of a persons time to be obsessed with celebs. Ofcourse we all have our obsessions, tgirls anyone? lol.

But the point is true. I just enjoy their movies or their music or whatever it is they do and leave their personal life out of it. Now I'll admit when they do something terrible (ala Michael Jackson) it does affect my thoughts on them. But dui, cocaine use, whatever else they do stupid, thats their business.

[mbf]

oh, do we? i definitely dont.

[trish]

i only like female celebs when photoshop whiz-kids draw big dripping penises on them...otherwise i've got better things to waste my time on

[yodajazz]

Stalking rights?

So what are you saying Ms. Dupree?

[scorpion]

Stalking rights?

Hi..When did you change you name? I like it..real sensuell so it fits you.

[Quinn]

It's been my experience that people who get all hung up on celebrities – and the concept of celebrity in general – usually want to be celebrities themselves, even if that will never happen. By and large, I find most, though certainly not all, celebrities to be thoroughly underwhelming and uninteresting.

-Quinn