Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous — not necessarily from music, but from anything: social media, entertainment, or whatever? Would you want to be as famous as him? Why or why not?
No. Granted, michael Jackson seems to have had emotional trauma but you could argue a lot of his personal issues were directly caused by his celebrity.
Maybe Warren Buffet famous. Someone who is well known and listened to as among the most knowledgeable of his field …… but none of the constant hounding from paparazzi or gossip-mongers, no political/conspiracy theory bs
Every single year I get closer and closer to being an old loner in the woods with their dog, talking to no one. As a kid, I naively wanted that. Now I know how much of a hassle it is and there isn’t an amount of money or power on earth that would make me want that level of fame.
I never want to be famous. It sounds awful.
Rich, yes. Famous, no.
Why is this community suddenly filled with these open-ended opinion requests? What is the point of having a separate community from asklemmy?
Nope, I wouldn’t want to be famous at all. I like being able to mind my own business without being harassed or recognized on the street.
Jesus H Christ, no. Rich? Sure. It would make a lot of things easier and less stressful. Famous? Not on your life. Can’t imagine anything worse. And Michael Jackson levels of fame? Sounds like hell. No wonder he was such a monumental fuck-up.
No. I don’t even want to be my own level of famous, and I’m a nobody.
I don’t like to draw attention to myself so absolutely not.
I want to be tony hawk famous. Like famous enough that at relevant events people are stoked to see me, but out in public people are just like “has anyone ever told you that you kind of look like Art3mis” and if i said i am they are just like “haha suurrre”
“Are you Art3mis?” “yes” “Why?”
Even Michael Jackson, himself, grew to hate being that famous and often lamented it in interviews before he stopped giving them, and in the few he did give before his death.
fame becomes a curse to all
edit: I remember when he died… I was walking through Washington Square Park in NYC, and I got an alert on my phone. I was so stunned, that I sat own on the nearest bench and just stared at my phone. I noticed that everyone around me also got an alert, and they all just froze… Everyone around me just froze… The whole city just STOPPED IN PLACE. it freaked me out. Then the internet went down. I tried to call a friend, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t send a text or load a webpage… nothing worked for, like, half an hour. shit was fucked.
The only other time I remember something like that was 9/11
I was the in ER outside Philadelphia and there were sheets between the beds. The TV was up above where we could all see it. About three beds over I heard “he bleached himself to death!”
How much of that bleaching was medical vs choice?
I graduated highschool the day Micheal Jackson died
You don’t need to add “edit”. No one will ever know.
There’s an edit icon on that post…
And pointing out edits is good internet etiquette. Since edits don’t change replies, someone could edit their comment and make all the replies seem unrelated etc.
Do you really have nothing better to do than post pedantic, asshole replies like this?
Did you know edit is tide backwards?
tide comes in, edit goes out.
You can’t explain that.
Magnets man how do they work?
Fame seems like a burden. Given a choice, I’ll take the money.
Sure… as a writer. Think like Stephen King. Probably the most famous living writer. Maybe James Patterson or Brandon Sanderson. They do cool shit and people recognize them for it. Doesn’t seem too bad. Has a famous author ever really had it too bad as far as fame goes? Look at Brandon Sanderson, he teaches other people about writing. Goes around talking about what he loves.
Seems like Stephen king must have had nightmares about his fame
Unfortunately, I think JK Rowling might give Stephen King a challenge for the most famous living writer title. And she’s not using it for good.
Oof. Yeah. :(
No. The optimal (from a highly individual viewpoint) is being well-off, with friends but without fame.
From a societal viewpoint, the best is everyone being “upper middle class” - well off enough to live, but not so wealthy that one can simply mooch off others and give nothing back.
As MJ?
No. There are too many aspects of that level of fame that are not only undesirable, but dangerous, and we saw that with how his life went.
I wouldn’t mind being a one-hit wonder though. A couple of years of making millions and just stashing them away. I’d pull a Kerri Green and peace out at the height, take the money, and live off investment interest for the rest of my life. She only made like three movies, took the money, and told Hollywood to eff off.
It’s a shame MJ didn’t do that. Even after having to pay all the court settlements for broken contracts, he’d still have been alive and wealthy.
dangerous
Hee hee
Bro got taken out because he started exposing pedophiles. He spent his last few years being dragged in the press by parents that decided money was more important than their kids dignity or future reputation.
That level of fame essentially means you cannot possibly do actual good in the world or fight any powerful group. It’s not a level of fame where you could build a revolution, but its far too much fame to ever do anything positive in life.
Sorry, I know I shouldn’t, but I need to clarify. Are you saying that Michael Jackson was killed because he was exposing pedophiles?
Yes that is the popular theory post Epstein file release. Partially a joke, partially the best explanation we have for who paid the doctor to kill him. It was either the pedos or Sony, which is full of pedos.
