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There is no need for Minority Report like technology, where 3D figures pop out of computers to personalize sales pitches that are tailored just for you. We do not need that technology because we already have it in the form of celebrities. Like it or not, at the end of the day, a celebrity's main job is to sell you junk that you do not need. It is that simple; there is nothing more to it than that. This is, after all, the only reason certain celebrities make more money than others. You are meant to assume that a person is paid by how talented they are, but talent has nothing to do with being famous. When you think about it, it is extremely easy to create art that most people will like. You see it all the time on social media; some influencer figures out what their followers love (generally an amalgamation of unboxing videos, reaction scenes and puppies) and, the next thing you know, some douche bag down the street has over a million views for selling you supplements for "anxiety" (anxiety is real, but most people who claim to have it have never received a formal diagnosis for it and very well could just be experiencing a basic stress reaction, which you cannot treat, no matter how many sugar pills you pop). Youtube celebrities are somewhat new, but trust me when I tell you that they are not really all that different from Hollywood celebrities. For example, why do celebrity comics go on standup comedy tours? Sure, it makes sense for someone just breaking in the business to do this because, well, no one knows who they are. But the higher up the ladder you go, the less sense it makes for these celebrities to go on tour. Standup comics often say that they are honing their craft, but really what they are doing is selling products. Touring actors, singers, dancers, and stand up comedians all have long lasting contracts with various companies. Dave Chapelle, for example, is owned by Netflix, and he does a wonderful job making money for them by advertising with his infantile shock humor, which Netflix then turns into a profit by selling various anti-gay films to extremist consumers. Don't believe me? Here is a list of so-called "spiritual movies" on the so-called "liberal" companies platform: A Walk to Remember (2002), Soul Surfer (2011), The Healer (2017), God Bless the Broken Road (2018), God's Not Dead (2014), An Interview With God (2018), Never Heard (2018) ...The Young Messiah (2018), etc. Chapelle's rabid anti-gay humor is encouraged by Netflix because it helps to sell these crappy movies to Christian extremists. But Chapelle is a lightweight compared to Oprah Winfrey, who was really the first big celebrity influencer. Conspiracy theorists like Joe Rogan, Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, and Tucker Carlson have all copied the Oprah sales pitch model, which marketers have named "The Oprah Effect". Oprah had the largest daytime audience..ever, and still does even in syndication. If Oprah mentions your product on the air, you are going to make big bucks because, well, Oprah's fans listen to everything she tells them to do, everything. You know, like a cult, which is all fandom really is. In 2014 Oprah simply mentioned Weight Watchers on the her show and overnight they were a multi-million dollar company. Oprah's fans eventually left weight watchers because it was ineffective at creating weight loss, but many of them have returned, led back to the same damn diet that does not work by various other celebrities like Jessica Simpson, Jenny McCarthy (who also happens to be an anti-vaxxer by the way) and Jennifer Hudson, who, go figure, just happens to make appearances on Oprah's OWN network all the time. They all work together to maximize their profits and you are fronting the bill. Of course the Oprah effect is nothing more than the Halo Effect, which elevates celebrities above the rest of us because "ow, look at that, they can speak well or sing or act". It is perhaps the dumbest bias and it could lead you to the poor house.
There is no need for Minority Report like technology, where 3D figures pop out of computers to personalize sales pitches that are tailored just for you. We do not need that technology because we already have it in the form of celebrities. Like it or not, at the end of the day, a celebrity's main job is to sell you junk that you do not need. It is that simple; there is nothing more to it than that. This is, after all, the only reason certain celebrities make more money than others. You are meant to assume that a person is paid by how talented they are, but talent has nothing to do with being famous. When you think about it, it is extremely easy to create art that most people will like. You see it all the time on social media; some influencer figures out what their followers love (generally an amalgamation of unboxing videos, reaction scenes and puppies) and, the next thing you know, some douche bag down the street has over a million views for selling you supplements for "anxiety" (anxiety is real, but most people who claim to have it have never received a formal diagnosis for it and very well could just be experiencing a basic stress reaction, which you cannot treat, no matter how many sugar pills you pop). Youtube celebrities are somewhat new, but trust me when I tell you that they are not really all that different from Hollywood celebrities. For example, why do celebrity comics go on standup comedy tours? Sure, it makes sense for someone just breaking in the business to do this because, well, no one knows who they are. But the higher up the ladder you go, the less sense it makes for these celebrities to go on tour. Standup comics often say that they are honing their craft, but really what they are doing is selling products. Touring actors, singers, dancers, and stand up comedians all have long lasting contracts with various companies. Dave Chapelle, for example, is owned by Netflix, and he does a wonderful job making money for them by advertising with his infantile shock humor, which Netflix then turns into a profit by selling various anti-gay films to extremist consumers. Don't believe me? Here is a list of so-called "spiritual movies" on the so-called "liberal" companies platform: A Walk to Remember (2002), Soul Surfer (2011), The Healer (2017), God Bless the Broken Road (2018), God's Not Dead (2014), An Interview With God (2018), Never Heard (2018) ...The Young Messiah (2018), etc. Chapelle's rabid anti-gay humor is encouraged by Netflix because it helps to sell these crappy movies to Christian extremists. But Chapelle is a lightweight compared to Oprah Winfrey, who was really the first big celebrity influencer. Conspiracy theorists like Joe Rogan, Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, and Tucker Carlson have all copied the Oprah sales pitch model, which marketers have named "The Oprah Effect". Oprah had the largest daytime audience..ever, and still does even in syndication. If Oprah mentions your product on the air, you are going to make big bucks because, well, Oprah's fans listen to everything she tells them to do, everything. You know, like a cult, which is all fandom really is. In 2014 Oprah simply mentioned Weight Watchers on the her show and overnight they were a multi-million dollar company. Oprah's fans eventually left weight watchers because it was ineffective at creating weight loss, but many of them have returned, led back to the same damn diet that does not work by various other celebrities like Jessica Simpson, Jenny McCarthy (who also happens to be an anti-vaxxer by the way) and Jennifer Hudson, who, go figure, just happens to make appearances on Oprah's OWN network all the time. They all work together to maximize their profits and you are fronting the bill. Of course the Oprah effect is nothing more than the Halo Effect, which elevates celebrities above the rest of us because "ow, look at that, they can speak well or sing or act". It is perhaps the dumbest bias and it could lead you to the poor house.