“Me hate shrinkflation! Me cookies are getting smaller,” the googly-eyed, furry blue muppet declared on X on Monday, tapping into an economic trend of the day. “Guess me going to have to eat double da cookies!”

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Except that isn’t how fame works. Fame is actually a transactional process. The famous person does something in exchange for attention but they do not get attention unless they offer something the average person can’t- they’re prettier or funnier or a better actor or whatever. If you can’t offer that, it doesn’t matter if everyone has their own TV show. It only matters if your TV show is the one people want to watch.

    Unfortunately, in general, their actual morals and ethics are not taken under consideration by a large number of those who give them the attention they want.