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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
People grieve because of a connection. It's hard to mourn someone that you've never met or even heard of, but millions of people had a connection to Kobe due to being a sports icon and a positive role model. Every hand he shook, autograph he signed, or sick kid he visited in the hospital left a lasting impression. Of course his death is a huge deal, and no one should feel guilted over it
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Celebrity worship is a weird thing. I used to despise it, but after learning so much about it I realized that the problem isn't celebrities, it's how our brains are wired and we'll likely always be this way.
So the choices are to bitch and complain that some have elevated status in the hearts and minds of the global community or just accept that we're wired to look to others to worship and escape the struggle and mundane nature of our regular day to day lives.
We are weird animals. We have huge brains but are just in the infancy of discovering them. We're hypocrites in every sense of the word and it shines through every single day in every human being. If Jarome Iginla died tomorrow then everything changes.
Celebrities and celebrity worship culture is a symptom of our minds, not something forced upon us.