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Originally Posted by dar512
Then stop watching! Stop watching TV, stop reading People, stop reading Vogue etc. Everyone else looks a lot better when you stop paying so much attention to the top .01%.
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This is like 25 percent of the point I was trying to make. Another 25 percent had to do with reasons why we care so much about celebs to begin with. The remaining 50 percent related to humans being so greedy and envious that they resort to trailing celebs 24 hours a day in hopes of getting an ass-crack photo for money, fame or whatever the motive may be. What's worse is that people buy it, whether for the sick voyeurism or to "make them feel better about themselves."
Models, actors, celebs, whoever are made up and plastered all over the world for one reason: they're undeniably beautiful. I think most everyone agrees, and those who say they don't are lying or in denial. We, as humans, are predisposed to certain body types and features, and we put the cream of the crop on TV and in magazines because we like to look at and masturbate to them. Darwinism at its finest. While some people get those genes, other folks in this world share traits and abilities that carry differing degrees of importance.
Yes, the widespread attention given to celebs is not great, but if you have self-esteem issues, those are your own problems to deal with. No fault of the media, Hollywood or silicone that celebs and models look the way they do. This is the 21st century: You should be aware enough to know what happens to a photo before it graces the cover of Cosmo or Playboy. And those who think they can (or want to) look this way through plastic surgery/makeovers are likely lacking in the intelligence department, too.
Funny that you never hear of pro sports (which are becoming equally worthless as Hollywood) being blamed for someone considering himself fat, lazy and unathletic. Or Ivy league schools targeted as the reason someone feels he/she is dumb and intellectually inferior. Some folks just have it, while some don't.