Comments on: Paris Hilton http://smashingtelly.com/2008/01/03/paris-hilton/ A hand picked TV channel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:10:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://smashingtelly.com/2008/01/03/paris-hilton/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Kevin Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:41:20 +0000 http://smashingtelly.oobject.com/?p=391#comment-515 "downfall of Empire" ? Better check your history... the downfall of empires has always been foolish wars, not skinny girls. Anonymous is completely correct. We all are pack animals. We all know this. So why is it surprising that we tend to look for someone to look up to? Why is this so bad? More to the point, who cares? Hell, what if Paris reforms, and becomes the greatest force for good in the world in 20 years eh? It's totally possible... the memory hole is alive and well, and she would not be the first person to have a wild youth and settle down to make meaningful change ( See years 18-30, of the life of christ... oh wait, you can't , because nobody wrote it down. What would we think of the man if they had had youtube and cell phone cameras then eh?) “downfall of Empire” ?

Better check your history… the downfall of empires has always been foolish wars, not skinny girls.

Anonymous is completely correct. We all are pack animals. We all know this. So why is it surprising that we tend to look for someone to look up to? Why is this so bad? More to the point, who cares?

Hell, what if Paris reforms, and becomes the greatest force for good in the world in 20 years eh? It’s totally possible… the memory hole is alive and well, and she would not be the first person to have a wild youth and settle down to make meaningful change ( See years 18-30, of the life of christ… oh wait, you can’t , because nobody wrote it down. What would we think of the man if they had had youtube and cell phone cameras then eh?)

]]> By: anonymous http://smashingtelly.com/2008/01/03/paris-hilton/comment-page-1/#comment-513 anonymous Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:45:54 +0000 http://smashingtelly.oobject.com/?p=391#comment-513 The internet gives and the internet taketh away. I like to think that eventually people will realise that sudden, overwhelming online popularity via attention whoring means nothing and the tay zondays and chris crockers of the world will fall back to obscurity where they deserve to be, but i think that one only applys to flash in the pan overnight memes. Every community site has its untouchable celebrity type, and the stroking of the ego of these creatures by users equally desperate for attention and on-site fame borders on creepy-especially when- cult-like- they pursue you back to your own page to attack you for attacking their god. I guess its just human nature to look up to someone else, and desire to be looked up to by others. The internet gives and the internet taketh away. I like to think that eventually people will realise that sudden, overwhelming online popularity via attention whoring means nothing and the tay zondays and chris crockers of the world will fall back to obscurity where they deserve to be, but i think that one only applys to flash in the pan overnight memes.

Every community site has its untouchable celebrity type, and the stroking of the ego of these creatures by users equally desperate for attention and on-site fame borders on creepy-especially when- cult-like- they pursue you back to your own page to attack you for attacking their god.

I guess its just human nature to look up to someone else, and desire to be looked up to by others.

]]> By: ashley johnston http://smashingtelly.com/2008/01/03/paris-hilton/comment-page-1/#comment-514 ashley johnston Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:00:16 +0000 http://smashingtelly.oobject.com/?p=391#comment-514 I think I hear some darwinist rhetoric in there. The net will become like the media. News papers are naturally decentralized. So are votes. Even labour for that matter. Things tend to take on structure. There will be a few companies that get the majority of web traffic, as there are a few companies that sell majority of newspapers. Everything new gets old again. I think I hear some darwinist rhetoric in there.

The net will become like the media. News papers are naturally decentralized. So are votes. Even labour for that matter. Things tend to take on structure.

There will be a few companies that get the majority of web traffic, as there are a few companies that sell majority of newspapers.

Everything new gets old again.

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