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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:13 PM Original message |
Why do we care so much about celebrities? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm right there with ya! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Probably the need to live vicariously through others whose lives are more exciting |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. + 1 |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here is what I think is a decent reason |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I had dinner with Jonathan Harris once. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Abe Vigoda is still alive. That's really all that matters |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. All true, but we weren't bombarded with stories about Samantha or the Skipper on network news |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it builds on itself, plus it is so easy |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. What the Hell does this have to do with Tiger Woods!? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why do you care why others care about stuff you don't care about? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. People only have so much attention to give |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Sometimes you need a little mindless brain candy to rest your mind...so you will be there to fight |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because they put their pee pees where they aren't allowed to because of their magic finger rings |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. The media. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because our own lives are so pathetic. nt |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. More opiates for the masses |
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Capt. America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. +100! Info-tainment has replaced news and it is easier than real journalism, and it does not create |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's a reason why there's a Mount Olympus in Hollywood |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't. nt. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. What's this "we" stuff? n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Small things amuse small minds. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. we don't. i don't know anyone who cares about that crap. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'll buy a celebrity magazine to look at the clothes, to hear all about brangelina's kids, |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Could it be |
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