"Celebrities"

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Disclaimer: Please don't shoot me!

Having worked in the TV industry, I can say with 99% certainty thats it's a "(camp)gay thang".

Just my opinion.

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It makes me sad that a lot of great artists, musicians, actors etc are unable to make themselves known because they are lost in the sea of talentless morons

You could look at it another way:

These artists are known only to those people who deserve to appreciate their talent, leaving the talentless morons to be known en-masse by the other talentless morons. :-D

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motorollin wrote:
I disagree. I know loads of straight men and women whose lives revolve around the goings-on in the Big Brother house, the personal lives of footballer's wives and who is in the latest issue of Heat magazine.

I suspect it's because their own lives are so dull that they feel the need to obsess over people who are considered to be celebrities for some reason.

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"Camp" culture has been absorbed wholesale into popular culture these days though, I believe they call it "Bling" now but it's the same thing.

Also I think the attraction is like this: "I am a talentless waste of oxygen, the 'Celebrities' are talentless morons.  If I behave exactly the same way as them, then 'one day'(TM) I too can be a rich talentless moron."

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Oliver wrote:

CannonFodder wrote:
..."Camp" culture has been absorbed wholesale into popular culture these days though, I believe they call it "Bling" now but it's the same thing...

Really?  I can't say I've thought about it a great deal, but I had assumed the 'bling' thing to be related to US ghetto gangster culture, and a desire to demonstrate one's success and street credibility.  The prodigious display of jewellery, and wearing of ordinary clothing in alternative style, have been observed long before 'bling' was pretending to be a word.  How exactly did you draw the connection with a culture amongst homosexual men?

Note that I said "(Camp) gay" men.  Big difference.

What is the difference between an celebrity obsessed attention seeking "queen" wearing expensive/outlandish clothing/jewelry and an celebrity obsessed attention seeking "chav" wearing expensive/outlandish clothing/jewelry? (Other than sexual orientation, though there may be many gay chavs I would guess)

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motorollin wrote:

But honestly, I don't care what those people think.

The people you describe have the same outlook as you.  They don't care what you think. ;-)

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motorollin wrote:
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I don't quite agree with your comment that choice of clothing can make one either a "queen" or a "chav". Personally, I sometimes wear a heavy silver chain and a matching bracelet, and I also have my left ear pierced, but this makes me neither a "queen" nor a "chav". I also wear baseball caps, hoodies and rugby shirts, but this doesn't make me a thug. I may talk with an Essex accent, but that doesn't mean I'm dodgy.

I have six piercings in my left ear, one in the cartilage at the top of my right ear, and one in my tongue. I also have a skin head.

I wear clothes from Matalan and George these days as they are cheap.

WTF am I? ;-)

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odin wrote:
Beyond help? ;-).

:-D

Now, I never said I still wear the piercings.

Age and all that.......... ;-)

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Agafaster wrote:

CannonFodder wrote:

motorollin wrote:
@CannonFodder
I don't quite agree with your comment that choice of clothing can make one either a "queen" or a "chav". Personally, I sometimes wear a heavy silver chain and a matching bracelet, and I also have my left ear pierced, but this makes me neither a "queen" nor a "chav". I also wear baseball caps, hoodies and rugby shirts, but this doesn't make me a thug. I may talk with an Essex accent, but that doesn't mean I'm dodgy.

I have six piercings in my left ear, one in the cartilage at the top of my right ear, and one in my tongue. I also have a skin head.

I wear clothes from Matalan and George these days as they are cheap.

WTF am I? ;-)

I have two in me left ear, a beard you could lose a hamster in (provided it was black!) and a hair nearly down to me 4r5e (see pic) - I agree, Matalan's prices are great ! unfortunately I hate going there with a vengeance (must be the way me wife shops there !)

Ooops I forgot my beard.  It is tres-grande, but covers my chops too. :-)

Funny how we blokes who wear Matalan clothes never seem to visit the place eh? :-)

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motorollin wrote:
So is that you in your avatar pic then? :-P

Nah, it's of a late family friend.

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motorollin wrote:
@Karlos
So I guess that means you like putting people's cars on bricks and trying to stab em if they attempt to stop you  :-P  :-P  :-P  :-P  :-P

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Isn't that Scousers? ;-)