• Margot Robbie
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    415 months ago

    Jokes on you, you can’t unfollow me on Lemmy because followers aren’t a thing here.

    Also, esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie is always necessary.

    • Maeve
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      I’m following several people. I didn’t know if they’re considered celebrities by anyone else, but have touched my life from afar, so they are celebrities, to me.

        • Maeve
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          55 months ago

          Their kindness, thoughtful comments and humor makes the world a much nicer place.

  • FiveMacs
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    295 months ago

    It’s a job they do…nothing more. Can’t wait for this to also happen with sports.

    • @heartpatcherOP
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      25 months ago

      How would this happen to sports? Do athletes make money from people’s engagement?

      • mommykink
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        325 months ago

        … yes? Do you think those players would make as much as they do if no one was paying to see them play or watching their (ad-filled) broadcasts?

      • FiveMacs
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        45 months ago

        Yes…as do celebrities. It’s the idolizing that’s weird

      • Zeppo
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        35 months ago

        Uh, yeah… check out multimillion dollar product endorsement deals. Caitlin Clark is being paid to endorse Xfinity, Buick, multiple insurance companies and a few things actually related to sports.

  • BruceTwarzen
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    175 months ago

    Imagine how funny it would be if these celebrity/influencer weirdos would lose all their followers over night and they would just scream their bullshit into the void with no one to hear it. One can still dream

    • Margot Robbie
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      65 months ago

      But then what if some particularly clever celebrity shows up on a social media platform where you never expect them to, like that velociraptor in Jurassic Park?

  • Zeppo
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    175 months ago

    Are people realizing that? It seems like celebrity and sports star and influencer worship is worse than ever.

    • NickwithaC
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      75 months ago

      Taylor Swift’s Eras tour causes a bump in GDP of the areas it goes to. OP’s statement is crap.

    • @[email protected]
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      75 months ago

      There is a big protest that originated on Tiktok called block party, where everyone blocks all the celebrities. Kim n them already lost millions of followers on Instagram, Tiktok, etc.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      Im glad i never got into influencers; its weird hearing about people who care about them

    • @Pilferjinx
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      45 months ago

      I reckon it didn’t stop the masses from lopping her head off.

      • @heartpatcherOP
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        35 months ago

        Maybe because she didn’t give them cake

  • @ParabolicMotion
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    75 months ago

    I honestly think some people only become famous overnight so that someone can move large amounts of money from one hand to another through the use of someone else’s name.

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        Really? I figured the scam behind that one was some kind of trafficking with pieces of art being used as cover for the sales involved with it.

  • @[email protected]
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    15 months ago

    But, what if one does not like cake? Could I perhaps exchange my cake for, say, some shortbread biscuits?