When Einstein fled nazi germany for america, he was soon amazed at the extent to which the american people treated him like a celebrity, while in europe he had simply been a prominent scientist. After a few thousand autographs and as many unwanted photo opps, he exclaimed; "I have changed my profession from theoretical physicist to model." Einstein never got used to america. He really was more a supermodel than a model; assuming that the difference is degree of professional success (isn't it?).
Bar Refaeli is a genuine modern day super model, blonde, curvy, gorgeous, who used to date Leonardo Dicaprio, so they say. The other day she was fixin' to board an airplane, and like the rest of us, went through the "patting down" process. After the female employee finished the tactile inspection, Bar was not at all happy. She felt it had been a tad too personal. She tweeted something to the effect "there was no doubt at all about that woman's sexual orientation."
Nothing sensational about this, except that; one hundred and seventy two thousand people received the tweet on their twittering cell phones. All these people are "followers" of Bar Refaeli. "Followers" ! This means, one might deduce, that you can sign up to be a follower of Bar Refaeli, and she will, presumably at her leisure, send out "tweets', or messages to the members of the following.
By logical extension it can be assumed that famous people, celebrities, often do this; accumulate followers to whom they send messages, at their leisure. One can probably further assume that the sundry celebrities with followings usually arrange it so that none of the followers can message the celebrity; that would become chaotic. It must be a one way tweet - street.
Somehow one suspects that entertainers are most likely to do this; its a good way to enhance one's celebrity status, it adds a little PR value. Further proof that our modern american gods are the celebrity class, up to whom we look reverently, seeking messages from on high.
...one fearfully suspects that all these celebrity followers are not children or teen agers.
...how much more bizarre can american culture become...wait, don't answer that...
Bb
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