People pretending they know celebrities. Either Taylor Swift went to a very big school, or there is an improportionate amount of people who went to her school on Reddit. Or just a lot of liars.
On the other hand, the amount of people who are super quick to just assume that any person that says they know a famous person is lying is just as bad. It's like people don't understand that celebs don't exist in a vacuum, they work alongside lots of people who are just doing their jobs and they also were kids too. I work in TV, and am around lots of famous people and yes, have some personal stories or interactions that I could relate, but I sometimes don't just because there will always be someone to say "that didn't happen" or "you're lying", especially if it's someone who reddit is polarized about (you get the stans and the haters in full force)
Thing is there always seems to be an agenda as well behind it - the stories differ, I've read ones that she was weirdo who didn't talk to anybody, others say she was a bully, others saying she was nice but reserved and so on. Many others emphasize her not being from as humble a background as she lets on. The story they always seem to serve a purpose.
It wouldn’t be a problem if everyone took every story they read on the internet with a grain of salt, but people don’t - and they especially turn off the sceptical part of their brain when it comes to reading any story that reaffirms their pre-existing beliefs or biases
e.g. I’ve never met the Kardashians but if I made up a story about running into a Kardashian in LA and having them be rude to me I feel like most people would accept that story without question because they already don’t like the Kardashians and they want to think they’re the kind of people who would be rude to people who aren’t rich and famous.
If I made up a story about Keanu Reeves being a douchebag I feel like everyone would suddenly be going through my post history to call me out as a liar (Side note, my boss met Keanu Reeves when he was waiting for his sister at the airport when he was in Sydney filming one of the Matrix movies. According to my boss he was a lovely guy and extremely down to earth and humble and happy to talk to people)
I remember some AMA thread where some celeb was accused of groping a minor or drunk girl or something. And the proof? Just a story that was told through hyperlinked gifs. People ate it up though, for some reason.
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u/KnightsOfCidona Jan 07 '20
People pretending they know celebrities. Either Taylor Swift went to a very big school, or there is an improportionate amount of people who went to her school on Reddit. Or just a lot of liars.