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Ignorance is futile

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CELEBRITIES are everywhere and their impact is substantial. No longer those almost mythical figures we would see on our television sets once or twice a week, they’re now on our phones and in our ears during every waking hour. Ignoring them is not as easy as it used to be.

Once upon a time, a ‘celebrity’ would be the one presenting Saturday night game shows but now they’re not only presenting, they’re in the audience and they’re the contestants, hogging the limelight and robbing poor Joe Bloggs of his chance to win a much-deserved speedboat. They’re ‘writing’ best-selling books, recording chart-topping podcasts, marketing energy drinks and lending their vocal chords to the kind of songs that our children are listening to and then regurgitating at an alarming volume. That they appear to have no discernible talent – creating the illusion

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