Wait, there was a wedding? Huh.
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Okay, technically I did know there was some "royal wedding" going on... somewhere, but I have no bloody idea who the bride and groom are and I was otherwise completely oblivious to every other detail of the ceremony (like that it has actually happened, news to me!).
If it weren't for people here on the Escapist (and oddly enough one of my college professors in a business course) mentioning it, I think I might very well have remained completely ignorant of the proceedings (instead of just almost completely ignorant of them).
Call me crazy if you will, but I fail to see how the actions of "celebrities" or glorified figureheads are in any way relevant to my life, or for that matter, interesting - what precisely is the draw to learning pointless details of the lives of strangers? Total strangers aren't going to give a damn if you get married/get divorced/go to rehab/cheat on your wife/husband/etc, so why does the inverse work differently? When you think about it, there's something very twisted going on when your average citizen cares more about celebrity breakups than they do the results of their country's last general election.
Do I care about things that are ultimately rather stupid and pointless? Oh hell yes, not going to even attempt to claim otherwise, but at least I know that, and don't expect anyone else to care along with me.
[small]Clarification: I have no problem with this particular wedding, I just think it's silly to care about it unless you were involved, or your tax dollars paid for it and you feel like complaining accordingly - mundane elements of the lives of strangers don't magically become important just because those strangers are "famous", and if you think otherwise you are wrong.[/small]