As a culture we only celebrate people who’ve taken something to an insane, pathological, and/or destructive level.
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Replying to @OortCloudAtlas
this is super interesting. our attention is drawn to novelty. in a culture where ego drives us to be the center of attention, abnormality = novelty. so in some ways the culture drives a discontent with the everyday. hm.
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Replying to @jayvidyarthi @OortCloudAtlas
we also have a fetish for the banal, i think; the combinations of these things yield some weird cultural outcomes eg reality television
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Replying to @msrmp @OortCloudAtlas
I always found it interesting that reality television in its original form (Japan) very much celebrated the banal. But when translated to western audiences, it became a different animal, where "reality" is exaggerated and celebrities are created.
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A typical “success” story goes: "I wrecked my family, body, mental health, friendships, was an asshole to everyone, took a steaming dump on the world, and now I’m a pinched miserable shell of a human, but it was worth it because I achieved X.” Cue the worshipful video collage.
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