I would say that an average person who works hard and helps people meet their basic needs are worth more than any celebrity or sports star. People who collect the garbage, clean the streets, produce goods, repair infrastructure etc. Anything practical, really. People can be entertained by anything, and have been for thousands of years, the work a movie star does isn't worth 10 000 regular people and they shouldn't get it. Or the people who do research and invent new technologies. The people who invented and refined the refrigerator and the microwave oven have done more for humanity than every movie star combined.
I don't browse this forum very often, so I didn't notice this was an old thread, I thought it was new. I clicked the thread because I didn't remember who Gilbert Gottfried was. And I replied to you because yours was the first post and also the most impassioned. After I posted I started to think that I'm always responding negatively to your posts, and I just wanted to make it clear that I don't have anything personal against you. I think you're fine, just it doesn't seem we see eye to eye all the time.
I didn't mention "worth," I mentioned "celebrity." The world has never come to a grinding halt at the death of your garbage man, but
has stopped at least a second to remember someone iconic remembered fondly for their history by countless millions. And as much as you want to diminish someone's contribution to society, you must conceded that entertainment is a large part of it. People use comedy as an escape, to be happy, and those proficient enough in it to garner a following that mourns their passing is someone of note. Where you place the value of an individual's life is on you, but MOST people understand someone adored by
millions will always be more noteworthy than someone hopefully adored by
dozens. Does that mean the former is worth more than the latter? No. But is acknowledging that "Steve down the street" is less recognizable than someone who spent 5 decades making people laugh? Absolutely.
Point is: don't post in a thread telling people to not feel bad because someone they never met but enjoyed has died because people die every day. Wasted keystrokes. Troll-ery. Bullshit. No one cares what you think about what
they think, especially when it's a bunch of condescending, self-righteous nonsense. It's the Internet, not a diary; we [ideally] converse here; if you've something substantive to add to the discussion, please do; if it's just "I think, therefore I'm right," there are literally hundreds of threads you can do that in and engage with equally bullheaded people who will entertain your antics, i.e.: Current Events.
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