689
‘Mastermind’ Taylor Swift drives hoards of fans to voter registration site
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
689 points (97.1% liked)
United States | News & Politics
7233 readers
518 users here now
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Definitely not a fan of elites flying in their private jets to whatever luxury location.
But can you imagine Taylor Swift flying in a public airplane? She'd be harassed endlessly, even in first class.
Some people are just too well known, unfortunately.
Well let's be hoping she doesn't turn weird like JK Rowling. It seems there's something in the air that makes billionaires turn rather right wing
I've avoided saying things like fascist, nazi, bigot, because there's been a history of JK Rowling litigating people who call her a fascist, transphobic, bitch and I don't want to do that yet
I think a comment I saw recently makes this make sense.
A lot of people have told me as you age, you get more conservative. I have not noticed this happen, but I think an entire generation did. Boomers. As they aged they had so many advantages the entire generation acquired things. Things they don't want to lose because they feel like they earned it. In some ways they did earn it (eg, pursued that promotion, bought that house after "a whole summer of working OT!")... they just don't recognize they started on third base and did not in fact hit a home run.
So if an entire generation can be as awful as they are, I think it must be a general glitch in human psychology. As long as you FEEL like you earned something, you will fight to protect it. I think that's what happens to billionaires. And aging republicans. There will always be exceptions, but I think in general humans will just tend to be this way.
There has been research along those lines. If you give someone twice the starting money in Monopoly, they'll still say they won due to skill.
Humans are ridiculous.
There was a video I saw a while back of a look-alike getting swarmed by fans, fans who were bawling about meeting her, it's just fucking nuts. I saw Harrison Ford once from a distance, and I was like "hey cool, I saw Harrison Ford", but some people just go apeshit.
I bumped into Mark Ruffalo once. I just did a double-take and kept moving. I don't understand this stuff.
Bruno intensifies
Celebrity worship is weird. I was at a show once, and as I was walking out this guy basically runs past me. Right afterwards, he turns around and says really urgently "come on xxxxx, let's go!" (I don't remember the name). The guy was a very famous celebrity, and I imagine he was GTFO so he didn't get mobbed.
My reaction was the same as yours: oh cool, I recognize him. But I had no desire to talk to him or get a picture or anything, and I don't understand why people do.
Musical artists I can understand why people go nuts. Music is such a personal and emotional thing, both for the artist and the listener. I think it taps into something primal.
She'd probably be fine in first class as long as she got to board separately.
Celebs do get boarded separately if they request it.
However, I’ve flown several celebs around on a commercial n first class and zero people give them grief. They’ve all been quiet and low-key.
The unfortunate truth is that you have to do what you have to do to protect yourself.
Username checks out, i guess
You would have thought she would just pay to get trees planted to match her co2 output produced from jet travel. Not ideal but better than nothing.