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How dare they successfully make music for a living, and expect their family to live normal lives! The arrogance.

sliverstorm 11y ago
More like, they make lots of money so we have a right to make their lives a living hell and drive them to substance abuse & suicide!
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  They make lots of money by deliberately signing themselves up for privacy violations. The relation between celebrities and paparazzi is symbiotic, not parasitic, despite what the former sometimes say (or some even think). It's how popularity manifests and grows, and popularity is what celebrities make money on.
  - PhasmaFelis 11y ago
    So are you saying that anyone who makes music for a living cares more about money than privacy? That there isn't anyone who would prefer to be able to entertain onstage and live a private life offstage, even if it reduces their income? Half the responses in this subthread seem to be from people who honestly believe that every actor and musician and athlete cares about money above all else and deserves any consequences of that drive, and it's just really bizarre.
    - TeMPOraL 11y ago
      I don't mean they care about money above everything else, not in a condescending way. I only mean that lack of privacy is a part of being a celebrity, and it is a fact about the nature of things, whether anyone likes it or not. Privacy issues come with the territory.
  - jon-wood 11y ago
    Except they don't sign up for privacy violations. They sign up to make music, or act in films, or whatever it is they do. I'm sure some famous people purposefully encourage paparazzi to follow them, but certainly not all of them. You must have noticed how most of the photos coming from paparazzi feature someone who's famous in particular circles looking pissed off at a gaggle of photographers following them around as they go to the shops with a hangover.
pizza234 11y ago
Stars make a disproportionate amount because of their popularity; the same attachment that raises their value, goes along with the attention towards their private life. If popularity wouldn't generate such attention, they wouldn't certainly get such amounts of money.
coldtea 11y ago
>How dare they successfully make music for a living, and expect their family to live normal lives! The arrogance. How dare they successfully make crappy music for a living, beating the shit out of the art of music, and willingly watering down their offerings, while at the same time selling themselves as sex symbols and teenage idols, oftentimes willingly cooperating and provoking the media for cheap publicity, and expect their family to live normal lives!
pjc50 11y ago
Relatedly, "How dare someone go into politics and expect their family to live a normal life!" Later, "Why is everyone in politics about as human as a lizard in a suit?" Or, in the Daily Mail, "How dare someone be trans and attempt to work as a teacher! We must expose them!"
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More like, they make lots of money so we have a right to make their lives a living hell and drive them to substance abuse & suicide!

TeMPOraL 11y ago
They make lots of money by deliberately signing themselves up for privacy violations. The relation between celebrities and paparazzi is symbiotic, not parasitic, despite what the former sometimes say (or some even think). It's how popularity manifests and grows, and popularity is what celebrities make money on.
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  So are you saying that anyone who makes music for a living cares more about money than privacy? That there isn't anyone who would prefer to be able to entertain onstage and live a private life offstage, even if it reduces their income? Half the responses in this subthread seem to be from people who honestly believe that every actor and musician and athlete cares about money above all else and deserves any consequences of that drive, and it's just really bizarre.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    I don't mean they care about money above everything else, not in a condescending way. I only mean that lack of privacy is a part of being a celebrity, and it is a fact about the nature of things, whether anyone likes it or not. Privacy issues come with the territory.
- jon-wood 11y ago
  Except they don't sign up for privacy violations. They sign up to make music, or act in films, or whatever it is they do. I'm sure some famous people purposefully encourage paparazzi to follow them, but certainly not all of them. You must have noticed how most of the photos coming from paparazzi feature someone who's famous in particular circles looking pissed off at a gaggle of photographers following them around as they go to the shops with a hangover.

pizza234 11y ago

Stars make a disproportionate amount because of their popularity; the same attachment that raises their value, goes along with the attention towards their private life. If popularity wouldn't generate such attention, they wouldn't certainly get such amounts of money.

coldtea 11y ago

>How dare they successfully make music for a living, and expect their family to live normal lives! The arrogance. How dare they successfully make crappy music for a living, beating the shit out of the art of music, and willingly watering down their offerings, while at the same time selling themselves as sex symbols and teenage idols, oftentimes willingly cooperating and provoking the media for cheap publicity, and expect their family to live normal lives!

pjc50 11y ago

Relatedly, "How dare someone go into politics and expect their family to live a normal life!" Later, "Why is everyone in politics about as human as a lizard in a suit?" Or, in the Daily Mail, "How dare someone be trans and attempt to work as a teacher! We must expose them!"

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