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Justin Bieber needs a reality check: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Apr 2013 OP
wow. what a little asshole. cali Apr 2013 #1
He is such a puke. Helen Reddy Apr 2013 #2
Can't think of anyone less deserving of celebrity status AndyA Apr 2013 #3
I find that the products Newest Reality Apr 2013 #7
I'm still digesting this sentence Tab Apr 2013 #16
Thanks for responding Newest Reality Apr 2013 #33
Seems that Justin Bieber is no different from Todd Akin of "Legitimate Rape" fame alp227 Apr 2013 #31
Reality check hell. He need a full blown whomping with the reality stick. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #4
The future train wreck has left the station. nt Javaman Apr 2013 #5
You don't recall his early interviews? He is uneducated. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #6
omg....... Marrah_G Apr 2013 #8
justin, we know you are a shallow, clueless, self-absorbed twit. it isn't necessary to demonstrate niyad Apr 2013 #9
I already thought my disdain for him was off the scale... hlthe2b Apr 2013 #10
What do you expect from a 19-year-old man who whips off his shirt for 10-year-old girls? Rozlee Apr 2013 #11
Or who goes through airport security shirtless and his pants around his ankles? Initech Apr 2013 #20
* Rozlee Apr 2013 #30
Self absorbed little puke, isn't he? SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #12
Has this kid actually reached puberty? MrMickeysMom Apr 2013 #13
Where were his handlers, unless they're tired of him and want him to fall oregonjen Apr 2013 #14
hallmark actually has a line of cards devoted to this . . . .empty shell. it was irritating before. niyad Apr 2013 #15
You mean there is a Justin Bieber line of cards? OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #25
just google "justin bieber hallmark cards" --actually online, ugh. niyad Apr 2013 #34
He needs to fire whoever wrote that bullshit. rrneck Apr 2013 #17
take a close look at the people he surrounds himself with to see where this comes from... nt msongs Apr 2013 #18
Holy massive ego, Batman! Initech Apr 2013 #19
poor spoiled kid. no grasp of reality at all. alphafemale Apr 2013 #21
I think he needs a swift butt kick, instead. MineralMan Apr 2013 #22
Vanilla Ice + Fred Durst + King Joffrey + the Beast of Revelations = ? MisterP Apr 2013 #23
And the Bieber fails again.....As Yoda might say, "A naive doofus you are, young Bieber." AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #24
He's a disaster area without his PR maven (who's still incarcerated in Germany) Bosonic Apr 2013 #26
So what DO you write in Anne Frank guestbook that could possibly be the least bit adequate? MotherPetrie Apr 2013 #27
He just rubs people the wrong way... In this case he managed to make it about him. octothorpe Apr 2013 #28
Maybe, but in the end he makes Are_grits_groceries Apr 2013 #35
I don't think I've ever heard a Justin Bieber song on the radio.... octothorpe Apr 2013 #29
Give a kid fame and money customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #32
What an asshole. Apophis Apr 2013 #36
What a punk. spiderpig Apr 2013 #37

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
3. Can't think of anyone less deserving of celebrity status
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:27 AM
Apr 2013

Beiber ranks right up there with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian in my book. Very little talent, very full of themselves, and basically not very nice people. Will be thrilled when their period of fame has passed.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
7. I find that the products
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:38 AM
Apr 2013

of this culture are very telling. In fact, they are glaring examples of the mesmerizing Simulation that compels us to comply, be it by cajoling propaganda or a growing militaristic bowl of alphabet agencies there to pretend about protection when the backup function seems more obvious.

Who gets up there and out there to be famous or influential on the capitalist stage tells us much about the many facets, filters and factors that comprise the system's nature, intentions and goals.

What is vacuous and trivial get's placed on a pedestal as in an infusion into the culture that promotes docile distraction and confused subservience to the Ringmasters of the oligarchical circus. The "citizen" is re-branded as the "consumer" and fails to notice they have become nothing more than another commodity, almost akin to a troop of clowns packing themselves in a small car to amuse people.

Rather than deserving our contempt or scorn for their place in the charade, we can pay more attention to how and why they are a valuable commodity and learn much from that.

Wisdom rules. Get more!

Tab

(11,093 posts)
16. I'm still digesting this sentence
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 01:20 PM
Apr 2013

"What is vacuous and trivial get's placed on a pedestal as in an infusion into the culture that promotes docile distraction and confused subservience to the Ringmasters of the oligarchical circus."

Actually I'm still digesting the whole post. Write dissertations much?

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
33. Thanks for responding
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:23 PM
Apr 2013

and the feedback. Maybe I need to apply some brakes, but that's the way I tend to think. It is not my intention to be obscure and I am glad that you have taken time to digest it.

Phil Rokstroh tends to have my condition, as well, if you have read any of his insightful, philosophical and political articles.

Oddly, it may have been dropping out of formal schooling in sixth-grade and self-educating during those years. That may contribute to my literary Asperger's or dissertation autism. There is no cure, I hear.

One gets the feeling that one is painting pictures with a palette of words and the wider the spectrum of verbal "colors" available, the more elaborate and interesting the picture. That does end-up getting over-blown and might come across as elitism when it is meant to be artistic, creative and more interesting. Intellect can be expressive and deep, yet as a tool, it can become a device for oneupmanship. It all depends on the context.

Thanks again for nothing that.

alp227

(32,006 posts)
31. Seems that Justin Bieber is no different from Todd Akin of "Legitimate Rape" fame
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 06:04 PM
Apr 2013
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/justin-bieber-says-you-got-raped-for-a-reason-ladies/

Here is Bieber’s full statement on whether abortion is justified in cases of rape, with the revised section in bold: ‘Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I don’t know how that would be a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.’
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
6. You don't recall his early interviews? He is uneducated.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:37 AM
Apr 2013

Bieber is so far from reality that he will never know what reality is. Ever.

niyad

(113,074 posts)
9. justin, we know you are a shallow, clueless, self-absorbed twit. it isn't necessary to demonstrate
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:46 AM
Apr 2013

the fact at every opportunity.






hlthe2b

(102,134 posts)
10. I already thought my disdain for him was off the scale...
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:49 AM
Apr 2013

Now, I'm going to need to redefine contempt as well.

Rozlee

(2,529 posts)
11. What do you expect from a 19-year-old man who whips off his shirt for 10-year-old girls?
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:51 AM
Apr 2013

I was appalled to hear my little 5-year-old granddaughter tell me she liked Justin Bieber. Now, she'll need an exorcism. My daughter got the tongue lashing of her life.

Initech

(100,041 posts)
20. Or who goes through airport security shirtless and his pants around his ankles?
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 01:54 PM
Apr 2013

Or who goes and tries to take a pet monkey through customs and just leaves it? I'm amazed anyone would admit to liking this douche.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
13. Has this kid actually reached puberty?
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:59 AM
Apr 2013

... and what the fuck is a "belieber"??? Does one need pubic hairs for that?

I'm glad his quotes will live on so that he can read them when he grows up.

niyad

(113,074 posts)
15. hallmark actually has a line of cards devoted to this . . . .empty shell. it was irritating before.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 11:12 AM
Apr 2013

now I will have to say something to hallmark.

Initech

(100,041 posts)
19. Holy massive ego, Batman!
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 01:52 PM
Apr 2013

Justin Beiber is a product of the beast known as the desolate one. He can go live on the same street as the Kardashians, Kanye West, Lebron James, Taylor Swift - just all egomaniacs who don't really contribute much, if anything to society other than their massive egos.

I went to the Anne Frank house when I was in Amsterdam a couple of years back, I did not have that same impression. I was like "Holy shit, we're standing in the actual attic..."

 

MotherPetrie

(3,145 posts)
27. So what DO you write in Anne Frank guestbook that could possibly be the least bit adequate?
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 04:25 PM
Apr 2013

I'm no Bieber fan, but I do think he was trying to show respect and sensitivity and an attempt to make a connection. Unfortunately it came off as crass, but the first part of his comment indicates that he didn't really mean it that way.

octothorpe

(962 posts)
28. He just rubs people the wrong way... In this case he managed to make it about him.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 04:38 PM
Apr 2013

I'm sure we all know people like that. They are annoying whether they realize they are doing it or not.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
35. Maybe, but in the end he makes
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 03:17 AM
Apr 2013

himself the center of the story. He has to be the center of all because he is in his own mind.

He needs to get a grip because if the last few weeks are any indication, he is out of control. I'm not giving him any leeway because he's a 'kid.' That's part of the reason he's such a jackass now. He doesn't have to drop his career and go to McGill. He does need to take a hiatus and listento some other people.

octothorpe

(962 posts)
29. I don't think I've ever heard a Justin Bieber song on the radio....
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 04:40 PM
Apr 2013

I switch up my stations quite a bit too. So it's not like I'm just listening to to a single genre either. I don't see how this kid could be so popular. Those Canadians are up to something. I just know it.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
32. Give a kid fame and money
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 06:24 PM
Apr 2013

and more often than not, this happens. We've seen it with child actors and young sports stars, too.

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