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[Vector]

If I was sixteen and offered this chance, I would take it.

Raise your hand if you can honestly say you wouldn't.

*raises hand*

[Diablous]

If I was sixteen and offered this chance, I would take it.

Raise your hand if you can honestly say you wouldn't.

*raises hand* Fame's overrated. And I don't like to sing.

As for Justin, I have no opinion of him. I've never listened to any of his music, or really know anything about the guy, so I can't form an opinion about him, or why people hate him.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

*raises hand*

If anyone honestly wanted to sell my singing ability for money, then I will know for certain that rich people are, in fact, aliens. Or perhaps memetic scizophrenea has broken out. Either way, I'd be in the panic room instead of singing.

[Realmfighter]

Fame's overrated.

Moneys not.

If anyone honestly wanted to sell my singing ability for money, then I will know for certain that rich people are, in fact, aliens. Or perhaps memetic scizophrenea has broken out. Either way, I'd be in the panic room instead of singing.

But they are stupid aliens.

Rich stupid aliens

[Vector]

Moneys not.

If I Bieber'd, I'd probably have to spend time working on looking "good," and America's vision of a "good-looking woman" is not worth the money.

Also, I know very well that that kind of money would just make me miserable.

[Diablous]

Fame's overrated.

Moneys not.

Speak for yourself. I have no intention of being rich. Sure, I want to make enough money to live comfortably, but I don't really want to be rich.

[SalmonGod]

+1 for it's a reaction not against the kid himself, but against the corporate manufacturing of celebrities and cheapening of art forms.

Also, at his age, I would have taken the opportunity.  I won't lie about that.  As I am today, I would turn it down.  Or I would play along just enough to get some recognition and then pull a 180 to denounce the bullshit lie that was my career and start over.

I also don't care about being rich.  I want a nice house for my family, a couple vehicles (nothing fancy either, just get me from point A to point B), and to keep up with technology for art production & gaming.  To travel once in a while would be nice, too.  If I can achieve all that, I'll be more than happy.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

If I was sixteen and offered this chance, I would take it.

Raise your hand if you can honestly say you wouldn't.

eh... i'd try to make something worthy out of it

[Aqizzar]

Spoiler: I kick my teenyboppers old school. (click to show/hide)

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du, yeah yeah

When people hear his voice they go "Wow, that chick must be hot" and then they find out that he's a guy and they have to hate him or they would be gay.

No one actually does that, it's just a played-out joke people make.

I don't know about thinking anyone's a chick, but I really did think that was a woman's voice the first time I heard it.  He was on TV for some reason and I wasn't looking at the screen, and I didn't know what I was listening to for a minute there.

[hawkeye_de]

he can sing etc. is out of question - regardless if you like his music or not.

i'm sorry but that's very much questionable. he has a terrible voice, and his songs aren't even good enough to be jingles, and are so unoriginal and cliche that they could very well be parodies of the genre.
and criticizing a terrible artist is very justified, especially if he is popular and successful instead of a better artist

That his voice crack does not mean that he cannot sing...it's a temporary issue. I would rather say his voice is pretty good for that short time he's a an artist...he did not get training before he was 'discovered' to my knowledge. He's more understanding concerning music than the typical boyband artist.

As I have mentioned, I also do not like most of his songs, nor does I also like the crying teen girls fanbase and that stuff. No question that he's a cash-cow for the media companies. But that does not hinder me to respect him as a person.

[Duuvian]

I think a lot of it is due to the way the music industry has decided to make him the new Michael Jackson, by bestowing awards upon him for music he likely had no hand in creating other than to be locked in a room with a microphone and told to sing the words some 30 something song writer wrote for him, designed to ensnare foolish teenage people despite having very little substance to the lyrics whatsoever.

In other words, because he is a well-compensated corporate slave.

[inteuniso]

I don't know about thinking anyone's a chick, but I really did think that was a woman's voice the first time I heard it.  He was on TV for some reason and I wasn't looking at the screen, and I didn't know what I was listening to for a minute there.

Heard his songs, thought it was a woman singing. She did sound mildly attractive. Then I found out it was a man. I WTFed.


My Biology teacher jokes that he's "Justa Beaver".

[Mictlantecuhtli]

As I have mentioned, I also do not like most of his songs, nor does I also like the crying teen girls fanbase and that stuff. No question that he's a cash-cow for the media companies. But that does not hinder me to respect him as a person.

I do not count him as a person. A person who sells his soul for the corporate music mecca, does not deserve awards nor respect.

In other words, because he is a well-compensated corporate slave.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

But that does not hinder me to respect him as a person.

But does any of this hinder you from respecting him as a person?

Finally, Bieber's behavior does not help.

[alway]

For me it's mostly the cesspit of corporate engineered teen culture which I despise. A time in their lives when they are probably most impressionable by outside influences and they are being spoon-fed lowest common denominator drivel. If you don't believe it is that bad, go watch a Disney show aimed at teens; count the number of times they overlay an 'audience laughing' sound effect over it and compare it to how many times you actually found something funny and not merely pants-on-head-retarded. It's so ridiculously cynical I find it rather disturbing...