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    I get told that I'm intimidating because "you're BoB!" and stuff.
    That is because YOU'RE BoB!!!!! I mean, you are like Dick Cheney or whatever...you aren't famous for doin much, just for being there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB
    If you respect all celebrities and look up to them, then you should really learn to put things into perspective, because celebrities are, for the most part, just ordinary regular people who happen to be famous for their line of work.
    Um, I hate celebrities. I'm talking about the mainstream population here. They're portayed as gods to the working/middle class youths of this society, and so many [strike]people[/strike] morons follow these celebrities' styles because the media pressures them to. Well, why they do it is beyond me, but they do. They respect them. Maybe it's different in different areas, but right where I am... that's how it is.

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    I think hating celebrities is just as bad as loving them, personally.
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    Why's that? Aren't people allowed to deviate? Though, for me, it's not just about deviation; it's about what's right.

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    They're allowed to, of course. But I think that it's just as good/bad to say "Oh, I love [person I don't know]" as it is to say "Oh, I hate [person I don't know]". If you don't know them, why bother with them?
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    How can you say you hate celebrities? That makes absolutely no sense; you know nothing about them apart from what's printed about them, which is mostly bull[img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]. Unless you're saying you hate them due to some way that one has treated you, or others, which is also stupid. That's almost like saying you hate Germans because of Hitler.

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    You're both precisely striking gold here, though. Why don't we know much about them? Because they mess their lives up so much that they don't want us to know the real people behind the skin. Models are the ones who annoy me the most. They have zero talent, and expose themselves for a bit of cash and publicity. Why!?

    Spiffing Cheese, that is entirely irrelevant. Anyone who hates Germans because of Hitler is a complete moron. Anyone should know of Germany's change since back then. I hate celebrities because of their behaviour, not their image. Their behaviour reinforces their image, but they go around without a care in the world for anything (the majority of them), buying fur coats, or hell, whatever they can buy with their endless wallets...

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    So all celebrities act the same, then?

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    No, I'm not saying that. I'm sure some of them are different, but many are presented as being similar, simply because nobody knows the real them (and they haven't really tried to change that). I'm sure there are some nice celebrities out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun
    No, I'm not saying that. I'm sure some of them are different, but many are presented as being similar, simply because nobody knows the real them (and they haven't really tried to change that). I'm sure there are some nice celebrities out there.
    Then you can't dislike celebrities in general, then. You can only dislike the ones you know who are jerks who've screwed up their lives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin
    Then you can't dislike celebrities in general, then. You can only dislike the ones you know who are jerks who've screwed up their lives.
    Yeah.

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    Pssh, fighting a losing battle, am I? I know that many of them don't care for the world in any way. The ones who wear fur coats in particular, gee, I hate them! That's enough for me, personally, not to bother looking into celebrities at all. I don't know about you, but that's me.

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    If you don't bother looking into them how do you know all this about them? Or are you just generalizing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun
    Pssh, fighting a losing battle, am I? I know that many of them don't care for the world in any way. The ones who wear fur coats in particular, gee, I hate them! That's enough for me, personally, not to bother looking into celebrities at all. I don't know about you, but that's me.
    "I don't need a reason to hate them - I just hate them by virtue of their physical appearance on TV."

    It doesn't make any sense. If you don't bother looking into them, you shouldn't give a damn about them.

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    Celebrities are well known for the "fight against fur". Particularly models.

    Also, saying models have zero talent just because they don't take up an office job is also ignorant. Anyone with a high IQ would realise that taking up a job that requires you to get paid large amounts of money for doing very little work while travelling the globe and doing the odd charity stint can't be a completely bad life. Is it stupid to live a good, easy life? Just because someone doesn't work hard doesn't make them stupid. Sure, a lot of models out there might be dumb, but I've seen dumb people in every walk of life and I don't go pinpointing them.

    I think you're putting higher expectations on celebrities than other people, Shaun. And once you come down to it, they are just other people.
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