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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJustin Bieber needs a reality check:
http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/14/justin-bieber-anne-frank-house-belieber/
Well Biebs, if this is your major response to visiting that house, you are as shallow as a gnat's swimming pool.
cali
(114,904 posts)Helen Reddy
(998 posts)Vomitus maximus each time I hear from or of him.
Isn't his 15 minutes completed yet?
AndyA
(16,993 posts)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)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)"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)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)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Javaman
(62,504 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Bieber is so far from reality that he will never know what reality is. Ever.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)niyad
(113,074 posts)the fact at every opportunity.
hlthe2b
(102,134 posts)Now, I'm going to need to redefine contempt as well.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)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)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.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)... 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.
oregonjen
(3,334 posts)What an idiot.
niyad
(113,074 posts)now I will have to say something to hallmark.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)Oy vey...corporatism + celebrity = Pure BS
Ugh.
niyad
(113,074 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)Then he needs to fire himself.
msongs
(67,361 posts)Initech
(100,041 posts)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..."
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)If he survives to 30 it will be a miracle.
MineralMan
(146,262 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Bosonic
(3,746 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)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)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)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)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)and more often than not, this happens. We've seen it with child actors and young sports stars, too.
Apophis
(1,407 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)I used to be a concierge and had to book tickets for this little jerk. Ugh.