If a person failed to become famous and wants to self delete then I ask why is fame such a big deal?

[Silver7]

I heard news that this girl tried to harm herself because she failed to become famous, but if you pause and think about it there are countless beautiful and talented people that don't make it in the world of acting or music ...so we should never be too hard on ourselves, we all should learn to take it easy

[justincarbunkle]

Their mind latched onto fame as the ultimate achievement in life. They want to be known and loved like all the famous people on the TV and Internet. If you dedicated your life to a creative medium like acting or music, it’s very easy to link your self worth with how many people consumed what you created.

Just remember everyone will be forgotten someday, and try to have some fun.

[kyupol]

Her ego was too attached to the identity of "famous person". When ego is too much attached to something or someone, it is bound to cause suffering.

[Lensing]

I think they connect being famous with being loved / success / money

[Silver7]

Just remember everyone will be forgotten someday, and try to have some fun.

Well you mean like 2000 years from now, no one will know who any of us were and such, well yes time moves on even after our bodies fade away

[NickRowler]

Social Media is horrible for young people. It shrews with people perception of the world and makes them more depressed. The issues is not that "beautiful and talented people that don't make it in the world", the issue is that we put too much value on being a celebrity to the point where people will lose their sanity and self-worth to reach that goal.

I like the saying "touch grass" because I think logging off and doing stuff off line does help people. I have heard of people doing this and realizing it broke an obsessive anxiety loop they were in that social media was feeding to them.

[thepenmonster]

like 2000 years from now

Closer to 30 years after your death, when the handful of people who remember you also die.

Few people have any impact on the world outside of their immediate circle. Our society is so obsessed with the decadence of celebrity that everyone is socialized to assume they're merely celebrities in waiting. And the internet is structured to magnify this delusion because it's profitable.

Stories like this are just one of many examples of our failing society.

[ThunderChicken]

I would rather self flagellate with a fistful of thumbtacks than be famous. I would never tolerate the constant scrutiny. You scratch your arse, then you end up on the cover of the tabloids. Screw that.

Rich? Yes please. Famous? Nooooope.

Thepenmonster is correct in that we are all eventually forgotten except for a very few individuals. Even famous people who were at one time a household name will not even be in peoples’ memories after a generation or two. I was born in the early 1970’s. Out of all the actors in the 1960’s I could probably name a half dozen of them, the ones who would have been hyper famous. Just picking this at random: the show “Eight is Enough” was popular in the 70’s. Who can name an actor from it today? Family Ties was huge in the eighties. Who under 25 could name an actor from it today without googling it? Hell, I was around then and watched it religiously and I could only name two (Michael Gross and Michael J. Fox).

Fame is fleeting. Death is forever.

This is why when I shuffle off this mortal coil I want to be cremated. No burial, no headstone. Why pay thousands for something that nobody will ever visit? Sprinkle my ashes in my favourite hunting grounds and party with the money that would have been spent on a funeral.