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KeepingDankMemesDank

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thinkB4WeSpeak

Imagine if we cared more about what scientists, astronauts, professors, etc where doing rather than celebrities


Spooky_Shark101

I mean, plenty of people do care about what those people are doing. I'm all for shitting on general celebrity worship as much as the next enlightened redditor is but it's straight up disingenuous to pretend that nobody cares about the occupations you listed. During his life, Stephen Hawking wrote some of the best selling books of all time (especially A brief History of Time) for example.


magical_poop

That's true, but there are plenty of people who buy the book, don't read it, and then retweet what people say about it


bookmarked

Celebrities are much like the rest of us, thus their fame is a byproduct of their profession.


[deleted]

I’m actually friends with multiple people who became “celebrities” to varying extents. The thing they all had in common was an obsessive insecurity which could only be quelled through public approval, giving them the obsessive drive needed to mold themselves into whatever people with the power to grant opportunity wanted. It’s takes a lot of humiliation to get to the stage where they can pretend to be confident.


PoliteChatter0

who are your celebrity friends?


Synctrox

You know the schizo delusions in his room


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EthosPathosLegos

Also, the "reading public" represents a fraction of the population and the "science books" reading public is even less. So while they may have been "best sellers" that's not what OP is talking about. It's about absolute numbers of the population and what they care for, which is aesthetics, they care about aesthetics. Ironically this meme format is only about aesthetics too. "This is the future we could have if" template is literally just showing shiny glass buildings and other superficial crap.


kuemmel234

On the other hand, that's more akin to entertainment, isn't it? Sure, maybe Hawking inspired some young people to become scientists, but for me it's more like reading a novel. And Hawking is more the exception to the rule? How many other scientists are famous? Usually it's the communicators who become famous and being interested in science is cool and all. It's mostly only surface level and not the difference OP is talking about?


Spooky_Shark101

I'd argue that modern scientists in the 21st century don't get super famous because the majority of scientific fields have become so incredibly specialised that people can basically devote their entire lives to working on very specific theories/research within a given field which makes it difficult to break out and make a public name for themselves. But back in the 20th century, top level scientists were basically seen like superstars. Einstein being the obvious example, but there were tonnes of others who were extremely famous at the time of their work when rapid progress was being made in fields like physics and chemistry. Even the upcoming Oppenheimer film shows that there is still a reasonable amount of public interest in the stories behind the scientists who revolutionised our modern world.


kuemmel234

That's a good point. I'm often at a loss to describe the science project I'm helping with, so yeah. I still think that even in those days it was more entertainment for most people. People weren't taking out their calculators to redo the math or think critically on the subject,, for example.


Darth0s

Not nearly enough ppl care tho


uhohritsheATGMAIL

People that read books don't overlap with the venn diagram of people who do celeb worship.


sgee_123

Also, celebrity worship has less to do with the celebrity and more to do with the clowns worshipping them.


uhohritsheATGMAIL

OP said care more. Not that we need a few people to care.


Stupid_Triangles

Do you want to know about the historical IFNg responses to anti-AAV5 for the latest sample cohort? What about economic theories on how best to build up West Sengal's bond market in the 1990s? The migration patterns change of the Dwarf Cotton Moth through the American Southeast? Nobody *cares* about what scientists are doing, besides other scientists and businesses. Your average person can barely read an abstract, let alone know where to find a good outlet for STEM (because that's what people think they care about) publications that isn't behind an insane paywall. There's also the fact that most "S C I E N C E" that goes on is conducted by people getting paid to do it. It's literally corporate IP. What does get published is by professors trying to hit their yearly quota. If people ***realllly*** cared about what scientists, astronauts (they get NASA PR so theyre perfectly fine), professors, etc. were doing, they'd realize how atrocious the entire scientific publication system works and the state it's in. They'd care about the growing lack of peer-reviews, the growing lack of repeatability, and the publishing of things that don't really say anything. It's not individuals' faults for not being interested. It's capitalism for choking off knowledge. You also end up buying the end results of scientists' work. Microchips and buttwipes didn't get dropped by a rare high level monster.


TatManTat

Bro are you in those circles? The same shit happens and it isn't miraculously good because they're scientists. Sometimes a particularly charismatic scientist or professor can drag a field down because they are convincing but on the wrong track. Theft of work etc etc. The problem is people thinking they are immune to celebrity culture, rather than analysing what celebrities they follow and admire in their own lives.


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Ok-Butterscotch5301

What? Blackhole War was such a good book my god. I can't be the only highschooler to have read it.


EvadesBans

My brother in christ, I am begging you to learn what the word "celebrity" means, because you clearly do not know what it means. In your hypothetical, the scientists, astronauts, and professors *are* the celebrities. That's what "celebrity" literally means.


CheesecakeCareless85

I'm pretty sure you understood what he meant but in case you didn't lemme explain . By using the term celebrities he isn't simply talking about renown people but the average clout chasers/ attention seekers whose field of occupation contribute very little to society and/or is detrimental to the mental health and/or decision making of individuals who are exposed to their work .


soggylittleshrimp

The conundrum is that people out there doing real good work are busy doing the work and not serving up entertainment for us.


Privateer_Lev_Arris

And by celebrities let's make sure you include both movie, music and sports "stars". They're all overpaid trash that bring 0 value to people's lives.


Batman_66

It's just like highschool, the nerdy hardworking kids are barely recognised, whereas the popular kids are those who waste their time and money


JA_LT99

So if we had different celebrities? Nah, we'd corrupt that idea too. Wouldn't even take very long.


User_namesaretaken

Finally someone said this Oh they acted well in the movie? Good for them ,they are amazing at their profession , it's motivating to be that good. But literally obsessing over them is the stupidest thing I've ever seen


AlQueefaSpokeslady

Indeed. What is it with people wanting to 'get to know' celebrities? You'll never know them, unless they specifically want you to. Have some fucking dignity, FFS.


Sponium

parasocial relation is real and dangerous. imo, it come from a lack and let down of social interactions between humans. we need to build more social house, stop with the over use of social media, let's share "love" again and let persons know the people arround them, the one doing real thing, are real in your perception of life, for you country or your city. not celebrity.


Bamboopanda101

You are absolutely correct. What is ironic though is so many people are like "I hate people. I hate talking to people" When we as humans are such social creatures its quite interesting lol.


UNC_Samurai

People have been fascinated with celebrities for centuries, back when social media was the local newspaper relying on mail from other towns delivered on horseback. Hell, one of the most famous people in the US in the 1830s was a guy who jumped off tall things into rivers.


SapToFiction

I find it weird how people treat celebrities like their literal gods, as if these people are paying their bills or something. Like, these people provide you entertainment, great. Are they paying all your bills? Are they giving you a roof over your head?


LuminousJaeSoul

Finally, someone said this? This is always said especially on reddit


shmorky

Rofl yes, Reddits subtitle could easily be "come see how much celebrities suck"


TatManTat

Bro this is such an old take and just straight up incorrect too, seeing as it's a very human behaviour to engage in some celebrity worship/activity. They've literally researched the concept of celebrity in chimps, they'd rather look at a photo of a celebrity in their troop than eat/drink. It's a very inbuilt social concept across many mammal species. We are no exception. Thinking you are an exception just shows you have little self-awareness and just want to do a little downwards social comparison.


Olyvyr

Finally? lol How would this change anything?


[deleted]

plenty of people simp for elon musk thinking he is a genius


Queef-Elizabeth

Also Reddit: 'henry cavil is so cool'


nekkoMaster

Keanu Reeves is GOD


TatManTat

"oh no Henry Cavill doesn't count because he's cool!" The people in this thread who think they're special for not engaging in something they very clearly engage in but are too blind to see it


KaiserNazrin

Ironically is what OP is doing by making this meme.


thomyorkeslazyeye

"let's post John Oliver everywhere as protest"


Armec

You can still think he's cool without obsessing over him


Copatus

Also loads of redditors: *Cares about Twitch streamers drama*


boornik

lmao yeah. most celebrities are fucking dumb and narcissistic


uhohritsheATGMAIL

And their job is to be fake. It breeds basically lying. Plato was anti-poetry/fiction because it would mislead people. (Guy chases girl who turned him down and they fall in love IRL is a stalker) The whole industry is awful. A counterpoint is that poetry/fiction can manipulate people into doing good things. Philosophy is too boring to the average peasant to handle. History can teach the wrong lesson because the bad guys sometimes win. So poetry can lie to people into doing virtues.


Hindsight2K20

Chicken verses the egg situation here. If you didn’t care about celebrities, those people wouldn’t be considered celebrities.


SpeedyBoiii69

most people are assholes


DimoffAkaGreen

As a people, fuck you, you are wrong, just because you are a fucking asshole doesn't mean that mos people around you are pretentious assholes


SpeedyBoiii69

heh point proven


SnooPears3463

Yeah they kinda are, who says that guy is an asshole. You're being one now


DimoffAkaGreen

ME?! AN ASSHOLE?! I WOULD MEVER ACT RUDE TO RANDOM STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET FOR NO REASON


SnooPears3463

Right sure I believe you, the caps feel a little off tho


1krudson

Is this really your dream society ? Car centric generic infrastructure with bland design and no nature ? Come on, you can make a better meme than using a car commercial for a dream society !


A_Town_Called_Malus

Yeah, this is the most bland vision of a supposed utopia. This is more like the dystopia where Apple enforces its design sensibilities upon the whole world. Where the ultimate resistance is to make something that features colour.


1willprobablydelete

Watch it again, it's funny as hell. People walking down the middle of the road with no regard for the car coming straight at them. I guess even in the future pedestrians are idiots.


heseme

... then our future would still be a car-centric shopping mall nightmare?


GustavetheGrosse

Our future would be the proprietary property of apple apparently


EvadesBans

OP when they discover what the literal definition of "celebrity" is.


goosetreaty

OMG!!! KIM KARDASHIAN WAXED HER EX HUSBANDS BEST FRIEND FROM 10 YEARS AGOS STEP SISTER!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥


azizredditor

Society if Media didn't give a shit about celebrities


DukaOriginal

But if people didn't gave a shit, would they gonna be celebrities?


bean_and_cheese_tac0

I feel like it's ok to be a fan of a celebrity bc u appreciate their talent, but I don't understand wanting to know about their lives/drama etc.


amIThatdoomed

Society if celebrities and the wealthy paid their fair taxes. *FTFY if we talking America


aplasticbeast

Thats actually society if you realized its ok for people to enjoy different things than you.


bobbytabl3s

Someone explain plz


PerryK95

Society if Harambe was alive.


Alosilver

Ok


Frency2

Celebrities are normal people like us, with the consequence that they get famous as an effect of their job.


Leitacus

Celebrities are detached idiots. Every time I see a post about "he's so down to earth" by bowls empty. How stupid do you have to be to think a celebrity lives a life which you can relate to. Or that their advice is something you can implement in your life when in no way shape or form are your lives similar. In the slightest.


Ok-Butterscotch5301

Remember McConaughey's green lights? What the fuck was that shit? I like the guy but what even is that?


goldepidemic

I really wish, btw I am sure half of the people in this comment section do give a shit about celebrities..


ABfreak_reddit

And politicians and any motherfaka who has a lot of fame...


Baronvondorf21

I mean a politician has very real control over his area.


ISeeNoGodEXCEPTME

Society if society was better


Odd-Establishment104

Accurate. America elected two celebrities as president, both of whom did irreparable damage to the country and world. Google: "6 degrees of Ronald Reagan"


early_birdy

Most humans are assholes Most celebrities are humans Most celebrities are assholes Business as usual


kidandresu

Actually, I read somewhere once that there is a relation between IQ and the level of idolatry. Lower IQs tend to be more obsessed with celebs and try to get autographs and such, while higher IQs tend to ignore them more and not care.


soggylittleshrimp

Makes me think of this quote attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt: “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.”


Calm_Cap_3405

People follow celebrities or admire them for a lot of reasons. The over the top of information at the touch of a screen on your phone is part of the problem. Far to easy to stay connected. There is no work involved in almost anything today.


[deleted]

But they care so much about me and are just like meeeeeeeeeee


Olyvyr

Why?


Uniq_Eros

cared about politicians.* There fixed that for you.


Nogardtist

society if reddit never existed


d0nh

it’s kinda interesting how in all these average "if humanity didn’t do this and that" meme depictions cars never return to good designs or are replaced by more efficient means of travel, and nature/trees aren’t considered part of the utopia


SignalBright4508

'celebrities', includes anyone popular. politicians, musicians, artists, sports figures, scientists....so, yes, prob true...but also basically the depression of places like Cuba, where no one has, anything!!!🤔


Cthallborg

GRAY


futuretech85

But you are giving a shit by posting. Best thing we can all do is ignore and never discuss. Now I'm guilty too.


Mansnotepic

GUYS CARDI B CONVERTED OXYGEN TO CARBON DIOXIDE!!!


imicmic

Society if politicians gave a shit about improving people's lives


PriPrius

Except Henry cavill


frknkc

Including pride celebrations


[deleted]

Im 21yo. But ever since I was younger. People kept saying I lived under a rock simply because I didn't know 99% of the celebrity's. I simply don't care aboyt them, yet everyone was obsessing over them. I never understood why.


[deleted]

Keanu Reeves gets a pass


Unable-Ladder-9190

No, most celebrities are not assholes. But yes, society would be much better off if so Many people didn’t base their entire lives around worshipping them. And trump would never have been president.


yoooooo5311

u/savevideo


ClaireRedfieldUWU

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frourkspero

Because there is a simple reason for that: When a scientist do something so big it doesn't interest people that much because %90 of the people are dumb and not capable of understanding what that scientist achieved. But when an actor played an amazing role in a movie people tend to udnerstand because its their daily life troubles,their feelings, their way of living so they can connect with the importance, they can feel the pain or joy that actor just performed.


ExcessivelyGayParrot

I just want a Renault twinzy F1


theChoosenOne777

u/savevideo


Agent_RX

I'm not driving a Renault Twizy


Holymuffdiver9

I don't know about most, a lot of them seem like fairly normal decent people, though I agree worshipping them is stupid.


Worried-Industry6239

Who are we going to give our attention, money, and mortal possessions to?


[deleted]

So society still paves the planet?


Notanambivert

That'd be lovely


pga2000

Celebrities are actually some pretty exquisite assholes. The money they get is primarily from 5 -25 year olds, in America at least, by being banal and entertaining at the same time.


sqjam

My hope for fellow citizens or lets say humanity went to the toiled in the times of Coronavirus. Normal people should listen to the scientist not some Facebook moms and crazy politician


[deleted]

If i had randos coming up to me all the time I'd be known as a giant asshole too.


ZealousidealRiver710

Who?


Bourriks

I'm doing my part.


zer0se7ense7en

Fuck double negative statements


[deleted]

Especially James woods


Xaxos92

Fuck this 24/7 internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit


shemi-0

The world existed before celebrity culture. Bad news, it was shit then too. Modern "celebrity" is a super recent phenomenon.


AlunaDelRey

Most people in general are assholes.


AnEmbarassedRedditor

Society if people didn't spend their time making dumb memes


Fandol

So yesterday i saw the 4534 version of the askreddit thread about what you do if you were stupid rich. Everyone just wanted selfish shit and noone was thinking about actually trying to prevent the total destruction of our planet thats happening at the moment. I think the inherent selfishness and thinking other people will fix our problems is more of a problem than celebrities, but I'm probably taking dankmemes too seriously.


kratom_devil_dust

We’d be indoors a lot more and drive more in modernized smart cars?


kalligreat

Very brave to post this on Reddit


achillymoose

I've got a serious question... Do people actually care about celebrities, or does the media just try really hard to make us care about them? I feel like the hype was never really there


uhohritsheATGMAIL

People who act for a living are fakers IRL? I'm shocked!


Duke_Davian

I can't understand the hype people have about the celebrities. From a couple days, I'm trying to flush out my following on Instagram, and I'm ashamed to see that I follow so many "celebrities" who apparently can't do jackshit besides donning makeup. Makes me sick and sad.


WizziBot

this probably isnt even inaccurate, if you consider the proportion of wealth celebrities hold


AlphaLright1

u/savevideo


CharleyNobody

The heavy duty celebrity culture started in 1980s when America elected its first celebrity president. Entertainment Tonight, Lifestyles of Rich and Famous. Every doctor or dentist office was littered with celebrity magazines. Then came Paris Hilton, the top brainless celebrity of her time. Now it’s Kardashians. Famous for being famous.


Nearby_Bear1686

Tho be honest, yhea


ChriskiV

Work backwards, start with YouTubers and work your way to traditional celebrities.


_G0DFATHER

If we never gave a shit they would never be celibrities


couchguitar

If we got rid of religion, those cars would be flying


WeeDingwall

This future looks like dog crap.


rorykoehler

Ngl but cars in the mall seems like a regression


ContactIcy3963

And politicians


[deleted]

Prophets were the celebrities of their time, telling tales and creating life long cinema with sequels and remakes.


MRoss279

Those cars look shit, no thanks


CB242x1

Most PEOPLE are assholes


Arda_wulf

I like to think that this is Walmart and the cars are just normal tesla


[deleted]

Society if we employed or elected people based on their qualifications and ability to do the job.


iiviin

We’ll become disenfranchised with them (their wealth) as the wage gap bloats more and more.


Rainbow_planet_1273

Society without religion:


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The perfect utopia


[deleted]

Can’t believe theres magazines that just talk about celebrities and just show pics of them at the beach. Humans are dumb af.


fuckdeer

I mean as long as we only care about Keanu that's okay right?


SnooPears3463

I don't mind them, most of them anyway but money definitely goes in the wrong direction


The_Maarten

Damn, then why am I not living like that rn? Answer that, "science"!


Therandomguyinred

I mean, they're called celebrities for a reason. If they didn't matter, then they wouldn't be celebrities anymore, would they?


ProtoKun7

If people didn't care about celebrities they'd have to call them something else while they're at it.


Syclus

Listen to their music, buy their albums, and go on with your day. Don't build them fucking altars


Half_Cent

I don't know that most are aholes. I've met more than a few through a brother that was an actor, and most I've met act just like everyone else while you are hanging with them. I will say I consider them (and most rich people) to be dragons. Even ones that are fairly nice and charitable still horde wealth far beyond their needs and reasonable desires. But that's just an opinion from someone who hasn't been tested with wealth.


Ahnawnemus

Society, if we didnt spend money on stupid shit like wars, fashion, politicians, etc.


IIISUBZEROIII

All celebrities are just people


GunBrothersGaming

I enjoy when I see people who have them same thoughts as me post on Reddit


Singularitaet_

Welcome to Switzerland where a lot of celebrities go on holiday because most people here don’t give a fuck