Only in America can a guy whose only talents reside in being one of nineteen kids popped out of the same vagina and not being able to keep a secret of everywhere he wants to stick his (most definitely less than average) penis, be called a celebrity.
That may be true but is the fault his (Josh) or the fault of people who turn off the means of thinking? Same is true of the Kardashians or for that matter any form of celebrity or even sports and sports figures.
"OMG, did you see what "fill in the blank" is wearing or did you see what "fill in the blank" tweeted?"
Other than being a "rear end" expert in self promotion, what real talent does Kim Kardashian even have to begin with?
Other than a play on emotions to portray some purely fictional perfect form of "godly life" family, what real talent do the Duggars have?
Or let's show a "Duck" family who say grace at the table and all of a sudden what they say becomes gospel and worthy of our worship while ignoring the countless people and families who do the same thing every day. We don't offer them a podium to speak from. Why not?
We do the same thing with entertainers, sports figures, etc across a variety of topics and ideas and because they are on TV, it must be true what they say and do. Are our lives so damn shallow that we can't live and work to make them what we want but instead live a fictional fantasy through someone else who themselves are a fiction too?
Why is the example of "more wine and circus" used as a historical example of a negative?
Thus begs the question, is there a deeper intent at play here beyond mindless TV and advertising promotion?