I think at some point nearly everyone wants to be famous because we see famous people doing fabulous things with fabulous people in fabulous locations. We don't see them not being able to go to the grocery store or being stalked or otherwise treated like a commodity. When we realize that, oof, no.
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Elle Effigy
When I was little I wanted to be famous. Now I understand anonymity for the gift of privacy —and vanishing commodity—that it is.
Pseudonyms help.
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My maximum level of fame attached to my real name I ever want is 'oh yeah, didn't he..' about something good and positive, and niche.
As a neurodivergent queer woman, I strongly, strongly, strongly prefer not being famous thanks.
That's what we tell our kids all the time. All media features famous people, and the more famous they are the better.
And everyone just wants to be heard.
Fame gilds the cage, but it’s still a cage. Better a life lived fully in the margins than a headline written by strangers.
#TheGraceOfAnon
I'm old enough now to deeply appreciate my relative anonymity. I still love that my brother was industry-famous though. He lived well.
I wonder what it's like for them to travel abroad and suddenly be Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous again.
I once got to meet him, excitedly told my 🇬🇧 relatives, and they had no idea who he was. In 🇬🇧 he's just some tall Canadian guy.
She once sang for France in the Eurovision Song Contest.
One of her more recent songs. (She's got a magnificent voice)
https://youtu.be/CpYDOjJu5ko?si=pap7SJGxssrsqDYO
So I'm like the organist from Spinal Tap who could do without the rock and roll if he could still get the sex and drugs
I succeeded well with obscurity and am still working on the rich part...
They got to play massive gigs to stadiums full of adoring fans, but very few people would have recognised them in the street.
https://youtu.be/gsmuV7wLCl8
The only people who get famous, and enjoy it once they are, shouldn’t be famous in the first place.
but even at this level I’ve gotten uncomfortable parasocial stuff
*to be clear, I'm under no delusion that that's going to happen.
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