I've spent the last hour or two on Tumblr enjoying one of my favorite pastimes-- stalking. Namely the talented and beautiful Zooey Deschanel. I honestly wish I could be her. She's unbelievably gorgeous is a totally real way; she has a wardrobe I'd kill for; I love everything she's acted in; and she has such a wonderful and unique voice. Basically she is definitely at the top of my "Perfect People" list.
So I'm sure you could imagine my dismay when I came across posts such as this:
And this....
I know these are really that harsh by any means, but for some reason they just really upset me. I get really silly when others insult celebrities or fictional characters that I love. It's almost like they've insulted a part of who I am...
Anyway, I started thinking about what exactly it is that encourages people to write posts like this, and I think I've come up with some likely reasons:
1. They are jealous of [insert celebrity here] and therefore are unable to find anything good about [aforementioned celebrity] simply because they wish they were more like [famous person]. The offender is unlikely to come to the realization that they are in fact harboring jealously for [beloved celeb] because humans are funny like that.
2. They are attempting to be a hipster and hating on whoever and whatever the so called "mainstream" is currently obsessing over. I could go into a whole rant about hipster right here and now, but I already wrote a blog post about that, so you can just go check that out if you'd like.
3. They really just aren't too fond of [celebrity in question]. Now there is nothing wrong with not being obsessed with someone other people really like. There are a slew of celebrities that I really don't think are as amazing as everything thinks, but I usually save the harsher reviews of their character/personality/talent for my personal friends and family. I don't go posting all over the internet about how someone's singing makes my ears bleed, or something about how people who like [celebrity here] have no taste. In fact I thin that is the one thing that bothers me the most-- the reason I get so upset when I see posts like this. Most of these posts don't just say negative things about the celebrity, they go even further to insult the fans of said celeb. I feel that is going too far. It's fine and dandy to express your own opinions so long as you don't attack others for having opinions different from your own.
Now I must admit that I am guilty of doing the above, but after having this recent epiphany I am going to try and be more respectful in the future. Though I can't promise that I won't be a dirty hypocrite occasionally because I'm human. Anyway, I'm sure you've already seen this video (it went viral almost instantly it seems), but I just feel like sharing it again because I really do love this duet:
