Why do people think it’s cool?

[Emz1212]

To pretend they don’t know who trashy celebs are?

I think the whole MM news has highlighted it. But I notice it all the time on social media media when there is something about say the Kardashians and you get a comment saying “who?”

Now to be clear I don’t follow this type of celebrity and I have never watched a single episode of the Kardashians in my life - but I find it impossible that anybody under 60 doesn’t know who they are.

why do people do this?

I have no idea who she is or what she is famous for. I am old though, but not totally out of touch. I expect I’ve heard of people that you aren’t aware of too.

I'm so uncool, I'm cool.

Like Billie Eilish on the Olympics looking like she'd just got out of bed.

Me & Billie are just so effortlessly cool. Billie and I, I mean.

I can't think of any occasion where I've seen "who" when Taylor Swift, Ronaldo or Tom Hanks is mentioned.

I honestly didn't know who MM was until today. I don't follow celebrity gossip type stuff. I don't buy magazines etc. I prefer to read, watch things on netflix, and concentrate on my children, job, career, and uni. I'm 41. I'm definitely not cool, nor do I think I am. I have heard of the Kardasians, never watched their tv show or give two hoots about them.

Those comments are pointless🙄😂if you don't know wtf they are just scroll on.

This! I have no idea who they are, but I'm shocked a reality TV break up is breaking news. That's bizarre.

I don’t know who most of them are because I don’t live on social media and don’t watch much tv.

I only looked her up because I wanted to see which celeb called their child Bambi poor kid.

The thing is that 30/40 years ago we only had 3 TV channels and no internet so we all watched the same things and read the same news papers and watched the same new broadcasts. This meant that there was a small selection of people who were known to just about everyone. For example, most people would know the characters Hilda Ogden, Jack Duckworth, Pat Butcher and Frank Butcher even if they didn’t watch the soaps they were in because they would be parodied in comedy programs etc.

These days, and certainly more in the last 10 years, people have existed in separate bubbles. There are people that are famous on YouTube and Instagram that I have never heard of but every under 15 year old can tell me chapter and verse on them. And I expect there are people who are famous to me that the average 20 year old couldn’t name.

It doesn’t make any of us better, but it is very easy to avoid knowing who people are.

Of course people can not know who they are. Plenty of people just aren't interested in trash pop culture and don't look at it at all. lots of people have obsessive interests in other stuff that takes over - like sports or arts.

I think the opposite is true. 'look at me knowing who these pointless celebs are' I'm so cool.

Tattle is maybe better suited than MN for the over invested in z listers relationships.

If I'd had to guess, I'd probably have gone with MM standing for Meghan Markle... There are genuinely many, many, many celebs about whom I know either nothing or next to nothing. Just not my thing.

I genuinely didn't know who they were. Wouldn't go on the thread to say that though. Would just Google. Which I have done now, as I was curious.

I do know who the Kardashians are, but I haven't watched any of their shows.

I have a friend about my age who was raised in a very conservative & religious household. They were homeschooled, only went out with parents and then usually only to church or another approved outing in the community.
She finally left that life when she was in her mid 20s and now a few years later, she's still learning all sorts of things.
Like until she left that community she:
Didn't know who the President of the USA was (she's American and at the time it was Domald Trump)
Had never heard of Harry Potter
Had never watched a Disney film
Had never been to a fast food restaraunt
And I guarantee you she'd never heard of the Kardashians or Taylor Swift.

There are many, MANY people who engage in the world in totally different ways and have many different life experiences. I never assume someone is lying about what they have or haven't heard of.

It's actually kind of funny when people can't wrap their head around others not knowing about this stuff to the point that they think we must have some kind of ulterior motive like "trying to be cool". It's not that deep. We're genuinely not paying attention.

Well the thing is that this Molly Mae person is hardly in the same league as any of the other names here is she. Just a very minor sort of celebrity in her own lunchbreak type, obviously Kamala Harris is a very different thing as are all the other names you mention who are mostly famous for a good reason having worked at their speciality for many years

But I don’t know who they are. Not for any ego thing, I just don’t get interested in that stuff.

I know OF the Kardashian’s and they’re all K’s and that Kylie Jenner is linked to them but I couldn’t give anymore information than that.

My TV tends to revolve around kids TV in truth and if I read the news I use Sky and just pick things I’m interested in reading.

I could do Mastermind on Bluey though.

This, I know who they are, but I can’t believe this was breaking news on Sky news and BBC!!

My mum is in her 70s and had never heard of Taylor Swift until I mentioned we were going to the concert. She expressed surprise that Taylor was a girl’s name. And she watches the news several times a day!

@Maria1979

i think that's generous of you, I think most of them are only celebrities in their own heads!

@Emz1212

I wouldn't bother typing 'who?' Because it just looks a bit 'I'm too sophisticated to know who this person is' but when I saw the announcement, my first thought was 'who'

no pretending required.

i don't gaf about a bunch of 'no nanes' ir twats like the kardasians. I've heard of them, but haven't a clue which is which or how they're related to each other, nor do I care to know.

im 55. My friend is 72, she watches Love Island, Married At First Site and all that kind of stuff I couldn't be less interested in & she couldn't be less interested in Great Home Give Away etc.

So 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

It's one thing not to know or to care who these people are, milking their 15 minjtes of fame. I'm sure the majority of people fall into this category.

But to pipe up with "who?" on SM - that's just attention seeking, snooty, and juvenile.

Oh the great house giveaway. Me and DH are obsessed with it lol.

Have felt sorry for last series selling through the crash though.

So maybe they could put that sentence together and post it?

*I wouldn't know who Mollie-Mae was if she jumped up and bit me on the bum, but I don't make a habit of pissing on other people's chips.

I knew who MM is because I like Tyson Fury and watched his series with his family and his brother Tommy was in the series with MM

i haven’t ever watched love island or the kardashians
or big brother and have no plans to

but I know who they are because of Kim’s relationship with kayne West and I liked his music and that one of the girls dads was OJ Simpsons lawyer😂 and that Bruce Jenner is now well I’ can’t remember what she now calls herself

so I know who most of the celebrities are by other associations

So it's not okay to say you have never heard of someone?

@Emz1212

well, they're not trash celebrities are they?

you started the thread, you asked about trash celebrities.

you need to sort you own argument out before accusing people of being obtuse!