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Originally Posted by Cowperson
A Pew Research Center poll released in January showed that 81 per cent of 25-year-olds in the United States said getting rich is their generation's most important life goal. Fifty-one per cent said the same thing about getting famous.
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Okay, I can understand the "get rich" part, but why do so many people think it's important to be famous? If you are an actor or a musician then sure. If it's an athlete then sorry, but if you are 25 and still not famous, that ship has sailed. But why the regular people (that make up 99.9% of the rest of us)?
Really, the only way a regular person becomes famous is if they are either the perpetrator or victim of some spectacular crime.
And I assume most people know the difference between infamous (Joey Buttafuoco) and famous (Al Pacino). Don't they? Or is it infamy that they are interested in.
Sure there are a few special cases like Paris Hilton and Kato Kaelin, but I really hope half the 25 year olds out there aren't really pining for that kind of "fame", or expecting to one day find themselves in a Hollywood blockbuster if it's real fame they are after.