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Yeah. Right now the story is an hour old and has fifty comments. "How can Richard Stallman getting his bag stolen be that interesting a story?", I thought, as
by planetguy 14y ago
Yeah. Right now the story is an hour old and has fifty comments.
"How can Richard Stallman getting his bag stolen be that interesting a story?", I thought, as I read the headline. "I guess I should read the story, there must be, in the details, some more important point about how the bag was stolen or what it contains that has broader relevance!"
... turns out, nope. He just had his bag stolen. Y'know, that sucks and all, but I'm still not sure why I'm supposed to care. Richard Stallman didn't care when I got my bag stolen.
- glesica 14y agoOh come on. I'm sorry, but how can you be older than 12 and not understand how this stuff works? Would Steve Jobs have come to any of our funerals? Doubtful. That didn't stop literally the entire front page from being filled with articles about his passing. They're celebrities in our little community. For better or worse, people want to know when painful, wonderful or otherwise-interesting things happen to celebrities. Check out a copy of "People" or another celebrity gossip magazine next time you're at the grocery store. Same thing, but for a different community of people. You may be immune to celebrity-fascination, but most people aren't and that's just how the world is. Get over it.
- planetguy 14y agoEven by the standards of celebrity culture, though, so-and-so gets his luggage stolen is a pretty darn piss-weak story.
- smsm42 14y agoIt may be relevant if his following appearances - as it looks like he was on the tour - will be affected by this. I.e. if he will be unable to appear at the next planned event, people would want to know what happened. I know if I planned to meet some interesting person and the event was cancelled at the last moment, I'd like to know what happened.