CULTURE
Why We Talk About Dumb Sh*t
Some people think we should have more important things to talk about than The Slap, but they’re wrong
It was the slap seen around the world. The 94th Academy Awards. Celebrities. Oscars. Movie stars. Will Smith. Chris Rock. Blah, blah, blah. You know the story. A sideshow of a sideshow of a sideshow. An exclusive club of fabulously wealthy elites honoring one another with meaningless prizes and even less meaningful speeches. What did he say? What was she wearing? Who was snubbed? Who was slighted? Who deserved it, and who didn’t?
Who cares.
Really. No one cares. Outside of a few thousand people in an extremely insular and exploitive industry, nobody gives a rat’s ass. So why are we still talking about it? Why give it any oxygen whatsoever? Don’t we have anything else better to do? Nothing more important to discuss? Bigger fish to fry?
No. We don’t. And I’m going to tell you why.
We have honest to god problems in the world, from catastrophic climate change to massive shifts in economic power and population. Brutal wars. Epic corruption. Famine. Disease. Violence and inhuman poverty in the midst of incalculable wealth.
