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[-] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 163 points 4 months ago

When he tested the look at outdoor Los Angeles shopping mall The Grove, “Nobody recognized me,” Bacon said. But the tide evidently soon turned. “People were kind of pushing past me, not being nice. Nobody said, ‘I love you.’ I had to wait in line to, I don’t know, buy a f***ing coffee or whatever. I was like, This sucks. I want to go back to being famous.”

Lmao this has to be a joke. Is this really what life is like for these people? No one said "I love you" to a stranger at the mall? He had to wait in lines? Maybe the most eye-opening thing about this is that Kevin seemed to expect to be treated more or less the same way he is as a celebrity, just without the selfies, which says to me that he thought everyone gets treated the same way famous people do. Sometimes it's interesting to get a reminder of how out of touch these people really are.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 102 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's super obviously a joke, probably with a large dose of mareting stunt.

[-] Nobody@lemmy.world 97 points 4 months ago

At least he was curious enough to step out of his bubble for a day and find out what it’s like. That’s better than the rest of them.

[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

I didn't read that as "he didn't realize those things" but as "he didn't think he'd care as much as he did". Like, it's easy to say "I could go without X" but actually doing it is different. That's a universally true experience that seems more likely than "Kevin Bacon thought average people get to skip lines and have strangers say I love you"

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It must be, if he doesn’t do it for others normally, or didn’t do it for others while he was disguised, the hell was he expecting?

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

it's amazing what constant praise and unlimited favors will do to your brain.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Only thing worse is blinding cynicism.

[-] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

I’d say an inability to recognize sarcasm, leading someone to take statements obviously said with tongue firmly in cheek at face value, is also worse.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

They're the same picture .jpg

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 4 months ago

Is that honestly what you think

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 4 months ago

Think about it in context of giving an interview. It's him giving an example of things that happen to him normally, not him having an expectation as a normy. It probably just made him realize how fortunate he is.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh... I once also tested a normcore look at The Grove!
Also, no one paid any attention to me.

this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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