Celebrity obsessions: a mark of insanity
If you have a tattoo of One Direction song lyrics somewhere on your body, if you religiously follow the Twitter pages of Hollywood's famed and forgotten, if your email address is something along the lines of 'mrsryangosling123@gmail.com' or 'meganfoxbabydaddy@yahoo.ie,' please X out of your browser. Because you, you sad pathetic human, are not going to like what I have to say.
Maybe it was the decent, rural Kerry upbringing I had, or maybe I was born with a rare gene that pre-supposes a blatant disinterest in all matters celeb. I will forever live in limbo as to the reason why. Inspiration for this post came when I was listening to the radio on the way up to college recently and a presenter implored us just before an ad break to stay tuned so that we would hear the "shocking reason why Miley is heartbroken." And I thought to myself, mother of sweet divine do people actually give a damn about this stuff?
Trending topics on Twitter are a disheartening reflection of society's blind obsession with celebrities - remember the whole Cut for Bieber thing when devoted fans of the over-rated Canadian singer vowed to begin a course of self-harm until he stopped doing drugs? I mean really. Self-harm is not something to joke about, so why connect it to the biggest joke of a young man this century has seen to date?
Degrading one's body is not a new thing when it comes to celebrity infatuations - see image below of a man covered with 82 tattoos of Julia Roberts - yes, Julia Roberts. I'm sure that's possibly the most random thing you've laid eyes upon all day. But people, your eyes do not deceive you.
What about those ones that get plastic surgery to look like their celebrity idol?
I'll bet at one point or another you've seen or experienced people's (or your own) hysterical reactions to celebrities, be it seeing them in person, receiving a retweet or favourite from them, or even just realising you're in the same country as them. No-one cares if Aoife Trench just followed you on Twitter cos let's face it, she's not famous. But OMFG PEOPLE THIS LIKE MODEL/ACTOR FROM CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER WHO NO-ONE HAD EVEN HEARD OF BEFORE HE WAS ON IT BUT OMG HE IS LIKE IN DUBLIN NOW SO WE'RE IN THE SAME TIME ZONE LIFE = MADE SDFAEUIFHAKFNASKJFHEAUIY34YWEBKAEBGAKJUTY43IYT3WEUH *faints*
If this post has accurately described you, I suggest getting professional help before it is too late and you end up clocking up numerous restraining disorders, or worse, waking up each morning with the surgically implanted behind of Kim Kardashian. Honestly, where were you got at all?
Maybe it was the decent, rural Kerry upbringing I had, or maybe I was born with a rare gene that pre-supposes a blatant disinterest in all matters celeb. I will forever live in limbo as to the reason why. Inspiration for this post came when I was listening to the radio on the way up to college recently and a presenter implored us just before an ad break to stay tuned so that we would hear the "shocking reason why Miley is heartbroken." And I thought to myself, mother of sweet divine do people actually give a damn about this stuff?
Trending topics on Twitter are a disheartening reflection of society's blind obsession with celebrities - remember the whole Cut for Bieber thing when devoted fans of the over-rated Canadian singer vowed to begin a course of self-harm until he stopped doing drugs? I mean really. Self-harm is not something to joke about, so why connect it to the biggest joke of a young man this century has seen to date?
Degrading one's body is not a new thing when it comes to celebrity infatuations - see image below of a man covered with 82 tattoos of Julia Roberts - yes, Julia Roberts. I'm sure that's possibly the most random thing you've laid eyes upon all day. But people, your eyes do not deceive you.
Yeah, why bother saving up for a relaxing holiday for yourself or paying off your mortgage when you could look like a beat-up version of somebody else? Which makes way more sense.
I'll bet at one point or another you've seen or experienced people's (or your own) hysterical reactions to celebrities, be it seeing them in person, receiving a retweet or favourite from them, or even just realising you're in the same country as them. No-one cares if Aoife Trench just followed you on Twitter cos let's face it, she's not famous. But OMFG PEOPLE THIS LIKE MODEL/ACTOR FROM CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER WHO NO-ONE HAD EVEN HEARD OF BEFORE HE WAS ON IT BUT OMG HE IS LIKE IN DUBLIN NOW SO WE'RE IN THE SAME TIME ZONE LIFE = MADE SDFAEUIFHAKFNASKJFHEAUIY34YWEBKAEBGAKJUTY43IYT3WEUH *faints*
If this post has accurately described you, I suggest getting professional help before it is too late and you end up clocking up numerous restraining disorders, or worse, waking up each morning with the surgically implanted behind of Kim Kardashian. Honestly, where were you got at all?
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