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“Celebrity Worship Is Over”: People Are Blocking Celebs On Social Media Amid Tone Deaf Met Gala
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“Celebrity Worship Is Over”: People Are Blocking Celebs On Social Media Amid Tone Deaf Met Gala

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Trigger warning: war, genocide, islamophobia

The greater collective online has declared that we are officially living The Hunger Games. Sparking outrage for its immense display of wealth, the 2024 Met Gala drew comparisons to Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novels. In response to perceived insensitivity from celebrities, a social media movement gained traction, advocating for the blocking of famous figures who remain silent on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

Highlights
  • The 2024 Met Gala sparked outrage, drawing comparisons to 'The Hunger Games' trilogy for displaying vast wealth amid global inequalities.
  • Social media users criticized the Met Gala's lavish spending, with tickets priced at $75,000 and tables starting at $350,000.
  • A social media movement urges a 'blockout' of celebrities staying silent on the Palestine crisis, drawing support and gaining momentum.

Last week (May 6), millions of people worldwide tuned in to see models, actors, and other influential figures in show-biz climbing up the famous stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in Manhattan, USA.

But with the current geopolitical situation, the world’s most prestigious and glamorous fashion event has been slammed by a growing number of people on social media, pointing to parallels with The Hunger Games.

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    The 2024 Met Gala drew comparisons to The Hunger Games amid outrage over its tone-deaf opulence

    Image credits: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

    The popular trilogy and the movies, notably featuring Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen, depict Panem, a North American country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and 13 districts in varying states of poverty. 

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    Every year, children from the first 12 districts are selected via lottery to participate in a compulsory televised battle royale death match called The Hunger Games.

    Much like the fictive Capitol’s ostentatious displays of wealth and luxury contrasted sharply with the impoverished districts, people have highlighted the real Met Gala‘s immense display of opulence amid broader societal inequalities. 

    Image credits: Vogue

    In addition to celebrities exhibiting their lavish and incredibly expensive outfits, social media users have also criticized the cost of partaking in the event.

    An individual ticket for the Met Gala costs around $75,000, while a 10-seat table starts at $350,000, the BBC reported.

    “This is genuinely so dystopian,” a man who runs the Climate Revolution TikTok page said in a video. “These people are living in a different plane of reality than the rest of us.”

    The backlash spurred a social media movement urging celebrities to speak out on the ongoing Palestine crisis

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    Image credits: Rotten Tomatoes Trailers

    He continued: “They aren’t even affected by the same political and economic issues that matter to us because rich people will always have the means to circumvent them.

    “War, abortion access, rent prices, sea level rise, extreme heat, food scarcity, these things don’t concern them.”

    Pointing to famous people’s silence on the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the content creator went on to ask: “What do they actually have to lose by speaking out about what is going on in Rafah? Nothing.”

    Image credits: Rotten Tomatoes Trailers

    On the same day the Met Gala took place, the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of 100,000 Palestinians from Rafah to make way for what it called a “limited” military operation in a city where 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering, Al Jazeera reported.

    As battles raged across Gaza, Palestine, where the health ministry said on Sunday (May 12) that the death toll since October 7 had topped 35,000, there was widespread panic in the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah as tens of thousands of people upped sticks and left, fearing an imminent Israeli invasion, as per NBC News.

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    “That’s more than the average American makes in a year,” TikToker Life Of Marie said as she pointed to the Met Gala’s ticket price. “And they spend it in one night for a few hours of fun. Eat the rich.”

    The Hunger Games trilogy parallels the stark divide between the Capitol and impoverished districts

    @fiorellaxcb to all the innocent lives lost – may you rest in paradise angels. 🍉✊🏼 • • • • #metgala #metgala2024 #metgalabestoutfits #metgalatheme ♬ origineel geluid – nina.editss

    Content creator Zaya Perysian posted a video on TikToker where she exclaimed: “Everybody that was at the Met Gala, those b*****s live at the capitol.

    “The rest of us? We’re in the sorry-*”s districts, girl.”

    She went on to juxtapose the luxurious social gathering with the “thousands of people protesting outside.”

    @zayaperysian Dystopia IRL 😭 #metgala #metgala2024 #keeptiktok #fyp ♬ original sound – Zaya

    Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters were blocked by the police on Monday evening from getting close to the Met Gala, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (May 7).

    According to the news outlet, groups including students from Columbia University, Baruch College, and New York University converged at Hunter College, after which about 800 demonstrators marched toward the event.

    The Met Gala protests unfolded against the backdrop of the series of occupation protests by pro-Palestinian students, which started at Columbia University in April 2024.

    People criticized the cost of attending the Met Gala alongside celebrities flaunting lavish attire, labeling the event as dystopian

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    The movement has since spread globally, with universities worldwide demanding that their schools sever any direct or indirect financial and academic links with Israel, including by divesting from companies with ties to Israel, as per Al Jazeera.

    The protests are currently held in multiple universities across the USA, including Yale University, the University of Texas, and the University of Southern California.

    Other universities participating in other countries include the University of Geneva in Switzerland, the University of Valencia in Spain, and the University of Tokyo in Japan.

    “Once again, just like at the Oscars and the Super Bowl, when millions of people in America and in the West were tuned in to yet another pop culture event, the IDF launched another attack against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” TikToker Zaya said.

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    The IDF stands for the Israel Defense Forces, which is the national military of the State of Israel. 

    Zaya went on to cite influencers staying silent on the issue out of fear of losing sponsorships before admitting: “My humanity is worth more than any brand deal I could ever get.”

    The detachment of the wealthy from pressing political and economic issues was often cited

    Image credits: ohamandajane

    Caden McDonald posted a video on TikTok with The Hunger Games’ soundtrack sung by Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss, The Hanging Tree.

    “A ticket to the met gala was $75,000, the average income needed to buy a house is $110,000,” Caden wrote, adding: “We don’t want to watch your hunger games… we just want a future.”

    The song, which is meant to reflect the oppression of the Capitol, has become popular on social media in recent weeks and is often used by content creators to reflect on real-life geopolitical issues.

    @ohamandajane #stitch with @Live for fashion Thoughts on the met gala dress code #metgala #gardenoftime #currentevents #jgballard #hungergames ♬ original sound – Ohamandajane

    A TikToker who goes by Oh Cal declared in a video that “celebrity worship is over.”

    Celebrities pay $75,000 to sit around in this echo chamber of their own f*****g narcissism while they congregate in their little District 1-inspired outfits while they’re serviced by District 12,” the TikTok user said

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    She added: “And then they’ll have the nerve to try and relate to us on some personal level like they know the average American.”

    Amid the Met Gala, the ongoing crisis in Gaza was juxtaposed with the gala’s extravagant spending

    Image credits: oh.cal

    @oh.cal *edited to later include because of repeating comments: – this post is about dystopian level wealth / class disparity. I feel like a broken record at this point saying that. I know this is for charity. ive been made aware most celebrities have tables paid for by designers, though some pay for individual tickets. I am also aware of the importance of the preservation of art and history. I love art. Film. Fashion. But it doesnt make it any less dystopian, and outright uncomfortable when most of us dont even make 75,000 a year. If you cannot see the disparity, the juxtaposition and the contrast here. Idk what to say. 75 grand for a MetGala ticket. #areyoucomingtothetree #fyp ♬ original sound – 🤍

    The subsequent #blockout social media campaign has since gained momentum, and users have been urged to boycott celebrities who have remained silent on the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.

    Madeline Lillian declared on TikTok that she had decided to block “everyone in the Kardashian family.”

    Lady From The Outside launched the campaign last week in a viral TikTok video where she announced: “It’s time for the people to conduct what I want to call a ‘digital guillotine’, a ‘digitine,’ if you will.” 

    The subsequent #blockout social media campaign has since gained momentum, and users have been urged to boycott celebrities

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    Image credits: cadenmcdonald54

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    @cadenmcdonald54And that wont even get you a nice house♬ Champions league used my sound – SlowedSongs

    She continued: “It’s time to block all the celebrities, influencers, and wealthy socialites who are not using their resources to help those in dire need. 

    “We gave them their platforms. It’s time to take it back, take our views away, our likes, our comments, our money.”

    According to the recently established Blockout.org website dedicated to the campaign, celebrities subjected to the digital guillotine include Beyoncé and Selena Gomez.

    “It’s time to block all the celebrities, influencers, and wealthy socialites who are not using their resources to help those in dire need.”

    Image credits: life.of.marie_

    @life.of.marie_ The Met Gala reminds me of the capital in “The Hunger Games” #met #metgala #metgala2024 #hungergames #capital #rich #money #fyp #foryoupage #fypage ♬ original sound – Marie

    Ironically, Jennifer Lawrence has also come under fire for defending Amy Schumer. In a cover story for Variety, The Hunger Games star said: “Amy’s choice to use her voice to speak for justice puts her under immense fire.

    “I wouldn’t say she navigates it so much as she throws her middle fingers up and walks away from negative comments like a gas station fire in a Michael Bay movie.”

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    “How you gonna star in Hunger Games and take away absolutely nothing from the role??” someone wrote in a Reddit post in response to the 33-year-old actress’ statement.

    The TikToker who launched the campaign said: “It’s time for the people to conduct what I want to call a ‘digital guillotine.'”

    Image credits: climate.revolution

    @climate.revolution we’re living in the hunger games y’all #metgala #consumerism #celebrity #influencer #fypage #foryoupage #foryou #hungergames #blockout2024 ♬ original sound – Climate Revolution

    Another person penned on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Is this the same Jennifer Lawrence who played Katniss Everdeen in FOUR Hunger Games films? LMAO what a joke Ms. Lawrence.”

    Amy has been an active advocate in support of Israel’s invasion of Palestine, often coming under scrutiny for making Islamophobic statements and inciting hate against Arabs.

    In November 2023, the 42-year-old comedian posted a cartoon to her Instagram feed depicting people protesting in a crowd holding signs that suggested all people from Gaza were rapists, murderers, and antisemites.

    An individual ticket for the Met Gala costs around $75,000, while a 10-seat table starts at $350,000

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    Image credits: aniston

    @aniston Block celebrities. We make them famous. #metgala#metgala2024#hungergames#district12 ♬ WHAT. – ⭐️

    According to the American Jewish advocacy organization Jewish Voice for Peace, antisemitism is discrimination, targeting, violence, and dehumanizing stereotypes directed at Jews because they are Jewish.

    Meanwhile, being an anti-Zionist means opposing the political ideology of Zionism, which resulted in the expulsion of 750,000 Indigenous Palestinians from their land and homes.

    “I swear we all live in District 12,” a person commented

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    Ryan-James O'Driscoll
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find the met gala distasteful, for sure. But the idea that celebrities must (or indeed must not) speak out about every political issue is ridiculous. No one HAS to speak about Palestine. I actually find it tacky and bandwagonish when people start tripping over themselves to comment on political issues, especially if they are not informed enough to say anything worth saying.

    Ellinor
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If people would dedicate the same passion they hate the met gala with towards people that actually are responsible and can do something for the war, maybe it would be really helpful...

    lenka
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it's not just about the war. While some commentors seem to have latched onto the idea that the protest is just about Gaza, if you watch all the videos and read the commentary online, you would see that its not just about that war. It's about the disparity experienced by millions of Americans who cant afford groceries, who are working two jobs to pay rent because billionaires like Bezos, who attended the function, are paying $75,000 for a dinner while his employees are earning less than a livable wage. People are upset because the companies that buy the tables claim it as a tax deduction while at same time lobbing against free school lunches, fundamental healthcare and increases in minimum wages. And they are pissed because these same companies are recording record breaking annual profits and shareholder distributions while average Americans are struggling with the cost of living. And remembering... just for perspective.... the "charity" we are talking about here... is costumes

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    rorschach-penguin
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think people are forgetting that the Met Gala actually is a charity event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 75k a head is not what it costs to feed and accommodate one attendee. That is, it isn't getting burnt; it's getting transferred. Whether we should be donating to art museums rather than donating to help refugees is a different question, but the issue in Palestine is not about money; it's about politics and Israel allowing aid to get through in the first place.

    lenka
    Community Member
    7 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its not the whole museum though -its only the costume institute. Companies are spending millions of dollars to invest in costumes. The met gala raises more money for costumes annually than most of the other art institutes combined. It's also not just about the war or the celebrities. It's about the fact that these companies have so much spare cash lying around that they can throw it at a 'good cause' (i.e. make a tax deductible donation to costumes) instead of paying their employees living wages. It's the disparity. Billionaires like Bezos, Bloomberg and Schwarzman who make their millions exploiting workers then going to a $75,000 dinner party. Maybe they cant end the war, but they could make a pretty significant impact on poverty in America. You are right when you say the money is getting 'transferred'. It is going from the company, who gets a tax deduction for their 'donation' from the government, which is reflected as a deficit in the coffers used for essential services paid for by tax payers.

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    Anony Mouse
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiot slacktivist tiktokkers. This is bad content for this site. Just people whining to get online attention. Please stop posting boring TikTok garbage.

    pep Ito
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once again. The event is entertainment for the rich masquerading as a charity event. As all charity events for the rich have been for centuries. The charity part is a way to tell themselves, and especially others ( Important role of the media ) how good and caring they are.

    Michael Fernandez
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, can we have a little sympathy for the Beautiful People, please? Met Gala tickets have gone up in price over 100% in the past two years. Inflation hits everyone; just try to walk a mile in their Manolo Blahniks.

    bbfa
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me it's not about Palestine, it's the general ridiculousness of someone preening in a 500K dress in today world, even if a designer lends it to them, when children go to school hungry, Native American school children have 20 year old school books, and senior citizens can't buy groceries or afford to be ill.

    Jerry Kelly
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is everyone slow waking up to the reality that most of us live in District 12? This Met event is a very public display of how the one percent live, while the rest of us can't purchase homes, cars, health insurance, etc. In America, this re distribution of the wealth to a small segment of people has been going on since Reagan became president. You could call it Plunder Capitalism.

    Marcellus II
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Celebrity worship is over" -- yeah right, that's been declared so often; last time was maybe the terrible "Imagine" cover sang from a collection of McMansions? In the middleages you had celebrity knights thousands would follow to die in Crusades (while attempting to kill locals in faraway places, for unclear goals), in WW2 celebrities would entertain the troops or read on the radio etc.

    John Harrison
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "According to the recently established Blockout.org website ..." There's nothing at that address.

    KasperKarl
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s the first tabloid I see dare to say genocide, the tide is turning, finally

    Gary
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if we don't see them, they are still there lol.

    Jack Burton
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How stupid it is to put Palestinian pictures with Zendaya to prove what ? So i'm not rich like them but if i spend 100 dollars on a restaurant meal you gonna say some people starve in some country. Bored Panda just keep posting memes and cats please.

    Carole G.
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Paaalease do away with this & other traditions as in Oscar's, Emmy's, Golden Globe's, Music Awards all of it. It's all accolades to one another, patting themselves on the back. The haves flaunting to the have not! Times have changed, these shows aren't important to or a part of the 99%.

    Jules
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sort of sh*t has been going on forever. At any moment in time there will be a war going on somewhere in the world, as it's clear humans are incapable of living in peace. If 'celebrities' speaking out against war had any impact then I'd be shouting from the rooftops for them to have at it. But sadly it makes no difference, so when I do hear one, I do wonder who they're saying it for? Is it to make them sound like good people to their fans? Like many others I find things like the Met Gala obscene, indulgent and wasteful but in all honesty I can't see it's ever going to change.

    Bernd Herbert
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about not giving a s**t what socalled celebrities do in the first place?

    DetriMentaL
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "in other news The Devil has tweeted that he can no longer give his guests the full hellfire and brimstone experience as his guests seem jaded upon entry and states that he can no longer accommodate for the expectations of Man topside because they cannot distinguish between the earth experience and that of the horned man's domain."

    CK
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminder: from Israel's point of view, they are waging a war against an existential threat. They won't just quit while they're ahead and allow their enemy to come back stronger. Not after October 7th. So, while you can have an opinion about ways they can mitigate the effects on civilians, if you want them to adopt a pacifist approach, dream on.

    ADZ
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Israel is committing genocide because Netanyahu is avoiding jail.

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While I appreciate what they do, I feel the gala is really just people shilling for careers. The attendees are random and range from D-listers like kartrashians to other randos. They could do better.

    lenka
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hunger Games is a future dystopian conflict book series written by Suzanne Collins that was later turned into a movie. Both the books and the movies are very good. The movies in particular feature elaborate costumes worn by the very wealthy residents of the city while the people out in the districts are severely oppressed and forced to sacrifice their children to fight to the death in a game, the Hunger Games, for the amusement of the wealthy.

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    rhoda cormier
    Community Member
    6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh for goodness sake people. When have celebrities ever cared about anything other then themselves???? They have always been in a bubble and most of them are egoistical completely in Their own billions dollar houses world and that's not going to change now. People need stop obsessing over them and freaking focus on other things and living their life. Jeez.

    Bradley Hoffman
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but pro-Palestine means anti-LGBTQ+. Muslim nations all over the world imprison and murder gays & lesbians. Choose better.

    Ryan-James O'Driscoll
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find the met gala distasteful, for sure. But the idea that celebrities must (or indeed must not) speak out about every political issue is ridiculous. No one HAS to speak about Palestine. I actually find it tacky and bandwagonish when people start tripping over themselves to comment on political issues, especially if they are not informed enough to say anything worth saying.

    Ellinor
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If people would dedicate the same passion they hate the met gala with towards people that actually are responsible and can do something for the war, maybe it would be really helpful...

    lenka
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it's not just about the war. While some commentors seem to have latched onto the idea that the protest is just about Gaza, if you watch all the videos and read the commentary online, you would see that its not just about that war. It's about the disparity experienced by millions of Americans who cant afford groceries, who are working two jobs to pay rent because billionaires like Bezos, who attended the function, are paying $75,000 for a dinner while his employees are earning less than a livable wage. People are upset because the companies that buy the tables claim it as a tax deduction while at same time lobbing against free school lunches, fundamental healthcare and increases in minimum wages. And they are pissed because these same companies are recording record breaking annual profits and shareholder distributions while average Americans are struggling with the cost of living. And remembering... just for perspective.... the "charity" we are talking about here... is costumes

    Load More Replies...
    rorschach-penguin
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think people are forgetting that the Met Gala actually is a charity event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 75k a head is not what it costs to feed and accommodate one attendee. That is, it isn't getting burnt; it's getting transferred. Whether we should be donating to art museums rather than donating to help refugees is a different question, but the issue in Palestine is not about money; it's about politics and Israel allowing aid to get through in the first place.

    lenka
    Community Member
    7 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its not the whole museum though -its only the costume institute. Companies are spending millions of dollars to invest in costumes. The met gala raises more money for costumes annually than most of the other art institutes combined. It's also not just about the war or the celebrities. It's about the fact that these companies have so much spare cash lying around that they can throw it at a 'good cause' (i.e. make a tax deductible donation to costumes) instead of paying their employees living wages. It's the disparity. Billionaires like Bezos, Bloomberg and Schwarzman who make their millions exploiting workers then going to a $75,000 dinner party. Maybe they cant end the war, but they could make a pretty significant impact on poverty in America. You are right when you say the money is getting 'transferred'. It is going from the company, who gets a tax deduction for their 'donation' from the government, which is reflected as a deficit in the coffers used for essential services paid for by tax payers.

    Load More Replies...
    Anony Mouse
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiot slacktivist tiktokkers. This is bad content for this site. Just people whining to get online attention. Please stop posting boring TikTok garbage.

    pep Ito
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once again. The event is entertainment for the rich masquerading as a charity event. As all charity events for the rich have been for centuries. The charity part is a way to tell themselves, and especially others ( Important role of the media ) how good and caring they are.

    Michael Fernandez
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, can we have a little sympathy for the Beautiful People, please? Met Gala tickets have gone up in price over 100% in the past two years. Inflation hits everyone; just try to walk a mile in their Manolo Blahniks.

    bbfa
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me it's not about Palestine, it's the general ridiculousness of someone preening in a 500K dress in today world, even if a designer lends it to them, when children go to school hungry, Native American school children have 20 year old school books, and senior citizens can't buy groceries or afford to be ill.

    Jerry Kelly
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is everyone slow waking up to the reality that most of us live in District 12? This Met event is a very public display of how the one percent live, while the rest of us can't purchase homes, cars, health insurance, etc. In America, this re distribution of the wealth to a small segment of people has been going on since Reagan became president. You could call it Plunder Capitalism.

    Marcellus II
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Celebrity worship is over" -- yeah right, that's been declared so often; last time was maybe the terrible "Imagine" cover sang from a collection of McMansions? In the middleages you had celebrity knights thousands would follow to die in Crusades (while attempting to kill locals in faraway places, for unclear goals), in WW2 celebrities would entertain the troops or read on the radio etc.

    John Harrison
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "According to the recently established Blockout.org website ..." There's nothing at that address.

    KasperKarl
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s the first tabloid I see dare to say genocide, the tide is turning, finally

    Gary
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if we don't see them, they are still there lol.

    Jack Burton
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How stupid it is to put Palestinian pictures with Zendaya to prove what ? So i'm not rich like them but if i spend 100 dollars on a restaurant meal you gonna say some people starve in some country. Bored Panda just keep posting memes and cats please.

    Carole G.
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Paaalease do away with this & other traditions as in Oscar's, Emmy's, Golden Globe's, Music Awards all of it. It's all accolades to one another, patting themselves on the back. The haves flaunting to the have not! Times have changed, these shows aren't important to or a part of the 99%.

    Jules
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sort of sh*t has been going on forever. At any moment in time there will be a war going on somewhere in the world, as it's clear humans are incapable of living in peace. If 'celebrities' speaking out against war had any impact then I'd be shouting from the rooftops for them to have at it. But sadly it makes no difference, so when I do hear one, I do wonder who they're saying it for? Is it to make them sound like good people to their fans? Like many others I find things like the Met Gala obscene, indulgent and wasteful but in all honesty I can't see it's ever going to change.

    Bernd Herbert
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about not giving a s**t what socalled celebrities do in the first place?

    DetriMentaL
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "in other news The Devil has tweeted that he can no longer give his guests the full hellfire and brimstone experience as his guests seem jaded upon entry and states that he can no longer accommodate for the expectations of Man topside because they cannot distinguish between the earth experience and that of the horned man's domain."

    CK
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminder: from Israel's point of view, they are waging a war against an existential threat. They won't just quit while they're ahead and allow their enemy to come back stronger. Not after October 7th. So, while you can have an opinion about ways they can mitigate the effects on civilians, if you want them to adopt a pacifist approach, dream on.

    ADZ
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Israel is committing genocide because Netanyahu is avoiding jail.

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While I appreciate what they do, I feel the gala is really just people shilling for careers. The attendees are random and range from D-listers like kartrashians to other randos. They could do better.

    lenka
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hunger Games is a future dystopian conflict book series written by Suzanne Collins that was later turned into a movie. Both the books and the movies are very good. The movies in particular feature elaborate costumes worn by the very wealthy residents of the city while the people out in the districts are severely oppressed and forced to sacrifice their children to fight to the death in a game, the Hunger Games, for the amusement of the wealthy.

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    rhoda cormier
    Community Member
    6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh for goodness sake people. When have celebrities ever cared about anything other then themselves???? They have always been in a bubble and most of them are egoistical completely in Their own billions dollar houses world and that's not going to change now. People need stop obsessing over them and freaking focus on other things and living their life. Jeez.

    Bradley Hoffman
    Community Member
    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but pro-Palestine means anti-LGBTQ+. Muslim nations all over the world imprison and murder gays & lesbians. Choose better.

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