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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Same reason people like watching TV dramas. It's escapism. They get to vicariously live someone else's more colourful life - or are glad they're not living the celebrity's real or acted horrible life - for a short while to get away from their own.

And anyone on a screen is usually better-looking as well, which is a big draw.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago*

    This is a really fair way to put it. I can't understand it personally, but I read fantasy books to escape the real world, and I tell anyone I can that I read fiction only because I live in the real world and I've had enough of its shit. So appreciate your shedding some light on it, because I certainly didn't understand it (celebrity nonsense). Still don't, but maybe I will soon.

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