[video available on spotify] recently, i've found myself obsessing over a hypothesis i have. i hypothesize that people hate famous people now more than ever in history. let me share with you what i've observed in the world, and what brought me here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Listen, I'm not a scientist, okay? I'm not a biologist. I'm not a chemist. I'm not a physiologist. I don't even know if a physiologist is a real thing. I have no idea, okay? But that doesn't mean that I don't get to have a hypothesis every once in a while. And recently, I found myself obsessing over a hypothesis that I have. as though I am a scientist.
But again, not a biologist, not a chemist, not a physiologist, if that's even real. Rather, a new kind of scientist. Rather, a pop culture scientist. What is my hypothesis, you may ask? Well, let me share with you. My hypothesis is is that right now, today, people hate famous people more than they ever have before in history.
And that's saying something because I do believe that famous people have always been our communal punching bags. We've always hated famous people, whether it was politicians or controversial celebrities or even... just annoying celebrities, I feel like we've always hated famous people. And I say famous people instead of celebrities because I am sort of talking about any type of famous person.
That could be a mainstream celebrity, an actor, a singer, whatever, a politician. Nowadays, an influencer, a podcaster, an entrepreneur. There are so many different types of famous people these days that, I don't know, I feel like the word celebrity just makes everyone think of actor, singer, entertainer. And the industry of fame is so much broader these
I would say now more than ever because, I don't know, anyone can be famous with the internet, of course. I briefly paused this episode of Anything Goes to let you know that this episode of Anything Goes is presented by Amazon. Getting sick is horrible enough. The getting better part shouldn't be horrible too.
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Now let's get back to the episode. So that's my hypothesis, okay? And it's a hypothesis because I don't know that for sure. Here's the deal. Let me share with you what I've observed in the world, okay? What got me to this hypothesis? Number one, on social media, okay, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter X, I still call it Twitter, even though it's, I don't know, okay?
Reddit, which isn't really social media but is sort of a pop culture conversational platform, I just feel like there's more hate than ever. Okay? There's always been hate. But I'm noticing... A lot of celebrities turning off their comments, limiting their comments. When it comes to engagement, I'm noticing engagement on the biggest celebrities in the world is...
on average, from what I've noticed going down, it seems that people are hating on celebrities more than ever and engaging with celebrities less than ever on social media. That's what I'm noticing. And I find it really fascinating because five years ago, the love, the excitement, The likes, like, it was massive. Like, you know, I'm talking about for the top celebrities in the world, right?
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