Celebrity Culture Critique

The cluster centers on discussions criticizing the obsession with celebrities, comparing it to interests in tech billionaires, influencers, and YouTubers, and questioning why people care about celebrity news.

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Keywords

e.g googleusercontent.com community.pdf HN UTF pinimg.com MTV intercoin.org C.K i.e celebrities celebrity famous stars star movie media cause obsessed cult

Sample Comments

shujito Jan 20, 2017 View on HN

why not celebrities in general?

jrm4 Jun 21, 2023 View on HN

Hard for me to strongly distinguish this from e.g. following celebrities and today, youtubers et al, for better or worse.

cratermoon May 14, 2023 View on HN

What doe celebrities have to do with anything?

theGnuMe Feb 22, 2025 View on HN

The cult of celebrity is why...

Because its celebrity news and people really shouldn't care at all

gojomo Jun 23, 2008 View on HN

Obsession with 'celebrity' is not healthy.

dmurray Jan 29, 2020 View on HN

I don't think it's the "billionaire bit", it's celebrity in general, and specifically celebrity in fields that HN readers find interesting.

guerrilla May 9, 2021 View on HN

Is that different than many celebrities?

geodel Jan 7, 2022 View on HN

Seems about same thing, since so many celebrities are indeed turds.

DoofusOfDeath May 6, 2020 View on HN

Different groups are interested in different celebrities.