Internet stars’ stupid fame

Alyssa Pometta, Staff Writer

In the past few years it seems as though there have been many situations in which teenagers get famous for extremely stupid reasons. Some examples of this idiotic fame include: Alex from Target, Damn Daniel, and other various over-hyped twitter, snapchat, and vine videos. Now some may argue these teens aren’t technically famous because they aren’t making tons of money. But hey, they’re still well-known enough for their completely normal antics and less than decent looks to gain them 300k+ followers over social media along with various catfish and parody accounts.
But honestly, what did these people even do? Did they save little kittens from trees and rescue a child from falling off the monkey bars? No. Did they even have a sliver of talent that doesn’t include the mediocre job of swiping and bagging products or wearing vans? No. So why are they famous?! This generation has the attention span of a goldfish and is impressed with things that are so unimportant. Kind of like how babies are with flashing lights and how dogs are with squirrels.
There are plenty of people in the world with actual talents and that benefit society as a whole by their actions that deserve proper recognition (even if it’s just ‘five minutes of fame’). We shouldn’t be so easily amused with insignificant sayings. We should be paying more attention to the people that take time out of their day in order to make someone else happier. If you’re going to make talent-less people famous, at least make their fame count for something more than a decent face and an overblown saying.