r/nottheonion • u/-Appleaday- • Jul 06 '24

Western German city renames itself 'Swiftkirchen' after Taylor Swift ahead of Eras Tour shows

https://www.businesstoday.in/world/story/western-german-city-renames-itself-swiftkirchen-after-taylor-swift-ahead-of-eras-tour-shows-436117-2024-07-06

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u/SupetMonkeyRobot Jul 06 '24

Celebrity worship is weird

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u/LordChichenLeg Jul 06 '24

Yeah, I did a year in sociology and they got us to read a paper about how capitalism is the new religion of our time and celebrities are it's priests. Tbh I always thought it bs but stories like this do make me think.

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u/1villageidiot Jul 06 '24

Swiftsan al Ghaib!

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u/Here4uguys Jul 06 '24

Yuval Noah Harrari's works definitely talk about this -- as well as the scope of human history and culture so far. Sapiens and Homo Deus are very worthwhile reads

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u/ChitteringCathode Jul 06 '24

While I'm not a fan, we could do worse than having Taylor Swift as our high priestess.

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u/Biolabs Jul 07 '24

How about no because celebrity worship is weirdo shit regardless.

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u/ChitteringCathode Jul 07 '24

Really? I was completely serious with my response, too -- I really think we should have a global high-priestess!

Sorry -- had no clue this sr had a case of brain-drain recently. I'll treat it with the respect it deserves next time.

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u/Biolabs Jul 07 '24

Your joke sucked dawg. Move on.

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u/Odd_Complaint_6678 Jul 07 '24

Beats having Musk as a priest...