Famous while alive, famous posthumously

[warpus]

Yes I don't understand why people actually want to be dumb and spoiled.

Because people are bombarded by role models in the media who are rich, spoiled, and stupid. Intellectualism? No, that's not cool, nobody wants that. What you want is to snort some coke, expose your vag, bang a couple guys, then pass out. That's the sort of role models kids have these days.

 

[say1988]

I don't understand why so many people aspire to be Paris Hilton, and so few aspire to be Norman Borlaug

Three words: "Laziness" "Greed" and "Ego"



I most definitely do not want to be famous.

Some notability (for something good or even neutral, not being a serial killer or anything) up to a lot of people hear my name and go "oh, that guy" but I have no problem if the only people who remember me after I die are the people I knew personally.

 

[Zelig]

If I don't check in every 72 hours, I have contingencies in place that will ensure that I'll be famous posthumously.

 

[say1988]

Whatever you are going to blow up or however else you plan to commit mass murder, please do it in the US rather than Canada. That should remove the risk of my being near there.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I wouldn't mind being famous, I could do a lot of good if famous.

You don't need to be famous to do a lot of good. Remember, "to the world you are one person; to one person you are the world." For example, your daughter. You don't need to be famous to be a really good father.

Because people are bombarded by role models in the media who are rich, spoiled, and stupid. Intellectualism? No, that's not cool, nobody wants that.

I'm reminded of the episode of Sliders where the main characters slid into a universe where intellectual people were the role models. Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking were THE role models every kid aspired to emulate. Nobody cared about vapid people like wannabe actresses/heiresses - studying was considered recreational, as was a game show where athletes had to spout off their knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology while playing a complex game that combined basketball and chess.


Personally... I've been called infamous. That was at a science fiction convention, though, so nobody outside of a very small group of people knows about that.

 

[Narz]

You don't need to be famous to do a lot of good. Remember, "to the world you are one person; to one person you are the world." For example, your daughter. You don't need to be famous to be a really good father.

That's true.

 

[Zelig]

You don't need to be famous to do a lot of good. Remember, "to the world you are one person; to one person you are the world." For example, your daughter. You don't need to be famous to be a really good father.

I ensure good lives for my children by impregnating intelligent wealthy women with an overbearing sense of responsibility.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I get really annoyed by outspoken self-proclaimed 'artists'. The best ones are the ones are those who pass away without shouting about their field, but are quietly recognised.

I'd like to be known as that rather decent guy who made a few folk happy. If possible, then that rather hairy guy who made a lot of folk happy. I'll take what I can get.

 

[Quintillus]

Well, all else equal, lasting recongition is preferable to not having it. But I saw an e-mail signature with a quote today that I liked - "Si post fata venit gloria, non propero". Translated into English, it means, "If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry." I think it's a good quote to go by.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

I ensure good lives for my children by impregnating intelligent wealthy women with an overbearing sense of responsibility.

In other words: you practise celibacy...

 

[Zelig]

In other words: you practise celibacy...

No, they're only the ones I impregnate.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I don't have the energy or desire to dedicate my life to becoming famous (and it's debatable , given my limited talents , whether it's achievable anyway) . But it would be nice to have my 15 minutes for something cool like saving a drowning kid or foiling a bank robbery

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

I don't have the energy or desire to dedicate my life to becoming famous (and it's debatable , given my limited talents , whether it's achievable anyway) . But it would be nice to have my 15 minutes for something cool like saving a drowning kid or foiling a bank robbery

Well you can always find suitable nonswimmer secrately throw him in water and than save him...

 

[warpus]

I'm reminded of the episode of Sliders where the main characters slid into a universe where intellectual people were the role models. Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking were THE role models every kid aspired to emulate. Nobody cared about vapid people like wannabe actresses/heiresses - studying was considered recreational, as was a game show where athletes had to spout off their knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology while playing a complex game that combined basketball and chess.

I'm not sure if the problem is the media or the parents.. or a combination of both.