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[–] stevedidWHAT 66 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

Unfortunately I’m at the age where you see a lot of your heros images decay in front of you. What I’ve picked up on is that, at the end of the day, you will never ever know any of these people unless you personally know them and have an open and honest relationship with them.

Now I just treat celebrities as companies, if they make cool stuff, I dig their work but that’s where the line is drawn.

Shout out to all the shitty fucking male role models in the world 🖤🖤🖤 /s

[–] Evia 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And shitty fucking female role models, let's not forget them #sickofseeingmyidolsturndark

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now I just treat celebrities as companies

Hard agree on this.

It seems to me that the process of becoming a celebrity either makes people shitty, or shitty people have a huge ststistic advantage to become celebrities. As if it comes with the territory.

The same is with companies - all of them are here to make money and most of them are happy to test the line of right and wrong.

So it's refreshing when you come across a celebrity or company that care.

But then there are those who do their best to be seen as the good ones and then suddenly take off their masks and you see you've been approving of human excrement.

[–] stevedidWHAT 3 points 11 months ago

I’m not really a devout religious person, but I think the concept of selling “your soul” for cash is pretty universal and doesn’t actually require any sort of god to be true, not to say there isn’t one of course.

You sell your attitude to companies, your time, your money, your energy, everything. And know people are actually selling their voices and images for AI profit too.

I get it, we all need money to get by but, it seems some people want to go past getting by and end up spending what time and energy they have left on earth for the prospect of a better future that only certain people ever achieve.

Idk I’m not so convinced in my own words either. Willing to debate if anyone’s interested!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're right.

Thankfully in this instance, it's a joke, playing with your expectations of headlines. But yeah, celebs are companies

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

They are marketing companies that supply advertising & influence to the people who pay them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I guess you're right. You can really never know them unless you personally have an open relationship with them.

[–] stevedidWHAT 2 points 11 months ago

And even then it can be tough! Trust erodes with time if not properly maintained and you go from keeping one secret to dozens because “I can’t go back now”

Most toxic mindset out there imo

[–] Damdy -1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Men can be good. Dismissal of 50% of the global population makes you far more bigoted than the bigots.

You post reads like grandpa Simpson talking about his belt onion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I think you greatly misunderstood what they were saying.

[–] stevedidWHAT 2 points 11 months ago

You’ve completely and entirely missed the entire crux of my argument, likely clouded by your own personal frustrations with your life’s experience.

Thanks for putting that on me, from one dude to another.

Lmao.

[–] recapitated 1 points 11 months ago

If you're feeling attacked here, that's kind of on you.

Personally since I don't think I have anything I need to defend for my own honor, I'm ok with reading the above comment without such fragility.

You might have something you need to address, but of course I can't really know that. But if you do, I recommend you start with accepting yourself and then make deliberate choices.