r/television • u/Gato1980 • 15h ago

Ellen DeGeneres Is Unapologetic, Unrelatable and Totally Insufferable in Her New Netflix Special 'For Your Approval'

https://www.cracked.com/article_43701_ellen-degeneres-is-unapologetic-unrelatable-and-totally-insufferable-in-her-new-netflix-special.html
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u/Caelinus 15h ago

Money and power poison most people's brains, making them lose touch whith what is normal, and in turn it can cause them to think they deserve it is a way that is unique to them. That can often result in them being complete assholes, which then makes people pull back from them. Then when the smallest amount of that wealth and power is taken away, the out of touch person does not react well.

The pattern happens really often with high profile famous people who lack humility.

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u/threehundredthousand 15h ago

I also think self-awareness becomes warped when someone no longer relates to regular people. It's greatly amplified when you're very rich and famous and mainly associate with other famous people. It's like the reverse of living in a cabin in the woods alone for decades.

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u/evergreendotapp 15h ago

Fame corrupts. I've been reading rock and roll biographies such as Heavier than Heaven (Charles R. Cross, about Kurt Cobain) and The Untold Story of Alice in Chains (by Aaron de Sola) and as soon as you get a bunch of money and freedom to do whatever you want, your own sense of self becomes diluted and you're just swept up in the tide of consumerism and capitalism. I don't think even Leo DiCaprio planned on diving down the age gap iceberg when he first started out. Relating to regular people absolutely helps; this is why I coach disc golf and play Rocket League with randoms online.

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u/3yhHExDnu2 8h ago

ngl, I got to the last sentence and thought "Oh man, this has to be shittymorph, he got me again"

and I was kinda disappointed XD....