Do people pretend not to know who people are in order to seem intelligent?

I agree but I remember a thread on here a few years ago about a teenager not knowing that Freddie Mercury was dead and everyone saying how on earth could you not know that - even a teenager was supposed to know that, apparently.

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Maybe the truth hurts?

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I think we're all judgemental. You have judged me for being judgemental!

I have no problem with people being judgemental, personally.

You made a whole post judging people for not knowing who the same people are as you do, and calling them fake...

Remember, OP, that some people (me for one) really hate 'celebrity culture' and avoid the sort of people you're talking about quite deliberately.

I find the whole celebration of dim nobodies who, as far as I can see, are just famous for being famous, really depressing. I stopped reading the Radio Times years ago because, instead of being full of interesting in-depth articles about TV programmes and radio broadcasts it became largely just another celebrity mag.

So it's not always people pretending they don't know who KK is - some people actively avoid knowing and have a better quality of life for it!

Yes, I know who she is because I asked my daughter (who also rolled her eyes at the vacuousness of KK despite being 30 years younger than me ) but I'm still waiting to hear why she's so famous and why people take an interest in her. I think my daughter's words were: 'Oh, Mum - she's a stupid woman who's had implants in her arse and now she's famous for it'. She then showed me a photo of the back view of KK sitting on a log in which her backside remained solidly rounded in a very unnatural way.

Wow. Some achievement!

I genuinely don't

I haven't had a TV since the analogue switch off and I don't read the Daily Mail or any of the gossip mags. I have heard of Kim K but I probably wouldn't recognise her if she walked past me.

Unless they pass through my social media I am really non the wiser. They generally don't though as my friends are as disinterested in the sleb/influencers as I am.

You see, this is the bit I struggle with. When someone says so-and-so's face has been "everywhere" what do they actually mean? Media and culture is fragmented - there is no mainstream anymore. If you don't read gossip magazines, or watch "I'm a celebrity" type programmes, it's perfectly possible to have simply never come across an image of these people.

Could it be that so many celebrities favour a clone-like style these days - thick, slobbery lips, thick eyebrows, a perma-tan, Turkey teeth and often, hair pulled back tightly into a pony tail, or cascading waves/extensions?

Yes, this is so true- KK, her sisters, Megan fox, Katie Price, and many many other celebs are all looking like clones now with the same cosmetic surgery facial features so its not exactly shocking that people might not recognise them. There is a certain look that loads of D list celebs are adopting that makes them all look the same. And yes, I would class KK as a D list celeb because as far as I can see she, has zero apparent talent at anything

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Well, quite!

Could it be that so many celebrities favour a clone-like style these days - thick, slobbery lips, thick eyebrows, a perma-tan, Turkey teeth and often, hair pulled back tightly into a pony tail, or cascading waves/extensions?

I'd lost touch with the celeb world for a few years (don't get TV or gossip mags) and had to look very hard at Amanda Holden, who looked nothing like I remembered from 15 years ago. And as for Carole Vorderman - what has got into the woman???

Many have changed their looks dramatically over the last decade or so and have tended to adopt a very generic appearance.

I’ve heard of the Kardashians but I genuinely wouldn’t be able to recognise them!

I know the name kim kashadigan but I could but pull her out of a line up tbh. Katie price i could because she was famous when I was a teenager. Im not interested in this sort of stuff but I wouldn't say it makes me look intelligent

Id say id recognise them as someone famous but maybe not know their name. I don't watch much TV, and what i do is more crime drama, never celeb related, and I don't read magazines or newspapers. Im not even sure of the real names of the people in my current show, but would be more "oh that's the woman from handmaids tale"

Id definitely know Katie price but probably wouldn't recognise Kim K as herself unless she was with her family.

Was standing beside a somewhat famous boxer in an airport and only knew he was famous (maybe UK famous?) because people started asking for photos with him. Can't even remember his name now 😁

I know who KK is but honestly?- she's famous for a sex tape, her TV programme and being married to Kanye.

It's not like she's the prime minister of a country who is always in the news. I dont think it's that outrageous that you might have missed her in the media. Or, you may have seen her on tv and not taken any notice of who she is. Many, many people are completely uninterested in celebrities so even if theyve seen her in the media, their eyes would have glazed over and they wouldnt have paid any attention.

I feel that way about tennis for example, whenever I see or hear tennis on TV I kind of zone out - I couldn't name a single current tennis player as I find it really boring and dull 🤷‍♀️

This.

There’s a massive difference between not knowing who a less than Z list “celebrity” from Love Island is and not knowing who one of the most famous people on the planet is

Yeah but you know who she is, as in you’ve heard of her. At a party if someone brought her up would you say “who?” If you would it’s an obvious attempt to look superior and intelligent because you know who the person is talking about. And I bet you could pick her out amongst other celebs. Her face has been everywhere, you don’t have to have watched The Kardashian’s, or be an avid celeb gossip reader to know what her face looks like.

I dont see how not knowing who some random celeb is makes you morally superior though? Surely if that was your goal there are more effective ways to show it or brag about it? this seems way too subtle to be a high horse brag to me.

Eg People at work go on about the people on love island - I have never seen a single episode so have no idea who they are. It's not because I think I am morally superior to them, I just have zero interest in the programme so havent watched it.

I know people who dont even own televisions and dont read celeb magazines so maybe they genuinely havent seen these people

I understand your point, however
I’m not unintelligent and I genuinely wouldn’t know who Kim K is, because I’m genuinely not interested.

I know she’s got long dark hair, but I couldn’t pick her out amongst other similar looking celebs.

I suspect your stepmum is an exception though. None of my relatives in their 80s use social media. Most of them struggle to use a mobile phone due to the decrease in dexterity that often comes with age.

I’m in my 50s and virtually everyone in my peer group has stopped actively using social media except if they need to as part of their job.

Certainly is!

DH and I don't have a clue who half the 'celebrities' on TV are these days. This is not because we are intelligent or cool (or trying to be) it is because we are old!

And you should consider that it's illustrating how easy it is to have a guess and then look it up on Google to find out. Which is what the people who manage to type 'who's so-and-so?' should be doing.

You should ask Google to explain what a joke is.