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Generation fame: when a real job just isn’t enough

30 Nov 06:00am

Filed under: Celebrity, Enimem, Fame, Society, Youth

If Dickens was alive he’d concede talent counts for little and intelligence for less in one’s bid to become famous in modern society.

Thanks to the internet and TV today we’re breeding a generation of talentless twits who view fame as a right, not a privilege.

In the Dickensian era, society had great expectations of those who aspired to walk among the elite.

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Hank says:

08:52am | 02/12/10

The world needs another hairdresser about as much as it needs another journalist mate. So just shut up, get on with it and write something positive for once you tool. You are no better then anybody else. Read more »
Jessica says:

07:18am | 02/12/10

I’m one of those ‘good kids’ that did well in Year 12 and am now completing my undergraduate degree. But I’m not going to pat myself on the back for it or pretend that I’m better than anyone else. You’re ‘wasted opportunities’ are other people’s opportunities. And just because YOU… Read more »

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