Before I start, lemme just say I'm 100% serious with this, and I'm aware the thread will derail after 3rd reply, but I have to put this down.
I can't categorize pop culture and pop "idols" or celebs or whatever you call them just "a part of pop culture".
Nothing could be more further from the truth.
Nothing can be "just" this or "just" that. By sayin "just" you're implying that those things are semi-random or benign...and it ain't. If it were benign, we wouldn't have this 50 years ago;
Beatles fans.
Now, before I go into this, we have to dissect people into two main groups for this argument. People like me (intelligent, perceptive, aware of all the bullshyt, trickery, glitz, blitz and facade of the materialistic capitalistic propaganda heavy world) and sub-people, dumb ass lazy c*nts who beg politicians for crumb handouts and hope politicians will provide them with money, and pop culture idols (music, sports, movies, etc) will give them meaning in life.
Sub-people are the big problem, and should be dealt with, but they won't ever be, because their stupidity feeds the system. And we know - stupidity is infinite. So that's that.
Now I'll skip all Beatles, Elvises, Michael Jacksons etc...................and go more recent.
Look at this shyt
Lady Gaga's new haircut - you will have masses rocking this blasphemy in 1 week.
People worship these heavily promoted PEOPLE like gods, nothing they do is out of line...but if you did the same shyt, you would get banned from any job, fired, kicked out of your house etc.
etc.
It's preposterous.