Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous — not necessarily from music, but from anything: social media, entertainment, or whatever? Would you want to be as famous as him? Why or why not?

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    2 days ago

    Even Michael Jackson, himself, grew to hate being that famous and often lamented it in interviews before he stopped giving them, and in the few he did give before his death.

    fame becomes a curse to all

    edit: I remember when he died… I was walking through Washington Square Park in NYC, and I got an alert on my phone. I was so stunned, that I sat own on the nearest bench and just stared at my phone. I noticed that everyone around me also got an alert, and they all just froze… Everyone around me just froze… The whole city just STOPPED IN PLACE. it freaked me out. Then the internet went down. I tried to call a friend, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t send a text or load a webpage… nothing worked for, like, half an hour. shit was fucked.

    The only other time I remember something like that, when I couldn’t make a phone call/txt/use the internet was 9/11