Jumpcut: On internet 'fame'

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• mikelombardomusic
• internet
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• youtube

[terrastar12]

When you mentioned the high school crush thing, the first thing I thought of was Paper Towns. Every image we hold about a person is ultimately wrong and there's more to a person than he/she outwardly shows. All the parts have to be observed to really understand them.

I'll be the first to admit that I've done some serious fangirl-ing, but the one thing to remember is that celebrities, youtubers, and high school crushes are all people. They're not gods, eternal beings, or angels. They're people.

[angelwings1086]

I think people put too much weight on the word 'love'. I know my view is highly unaccepted but... I love many things, and although I do so in different ways and varying levels and though my feelings can be expressed using more precise terms, at the base of it all is love. I know many people feel the word 'love' is overused, and I understand that, but for me it is no less true no matter how many times I say it. I love fellow humans in general, so saying I love a stranger isn't foreign to me.

[pbjellybeanful]

I don't think it's strange to love someone who you haven't met, of course yeah, it's not the deep passionate love like adults have, but a high school crush is a perfect example. People see this person doing amazing things (let's use you as an example) you make great music and you seem so nice and sweet and you reply to people in the comments or on twitter. People respect you and want you to keep making awesome music so they show you their love. (and yay this was uploaded on my birthday.)

[dob1997]

this makes me think sooo much. im gunna come back to this another day cuz it really puts stuff in perspective. Thankyou. Im going to go and think now.

[ryoko7916]

I like when you ramble, it gives you a human earthy ness. also you make alot of sense which helps, some people talk and talk and never say anything. Thanks for being awesome

[TheTubaMonkey]

Also, story time, but I went to an All Caps show in pittsburgh a year ago. You were there actually, that's how I got introduced to your music for the first time. Anyways, afterwards I ran into Luke Conard. I am a completely straight dude, but I completely froze around him like he was a girl I had a crush on or something. I really don't know how to explain it. I think a lot of it is you always just expect to see them in the little video box, so its shocking at first to see them in real life.

[TheTubaMonkey]

I think the thing about YouTube stars, especially the DFTBA group, we look up to you, but you guy are also pretty easy to relate to. You've got this balance between celebrity and a real life human being that is just so easy to fall in "love" with.

Also, I think its impressive how long you can ramble, but it doesn't feel like a ramble, you have a great flow that most people who don't jump cut don't quite have. Kudos to you for that.

[DreamerRealist]

Part of the problem is that a lot of the time, people (including me) go onto the internet in order to escape their "real" life, and so a fantasy world is created. It's really prevalent on YouTube because you can both see and hear what other people are posting, and so it is exceptionally easy to pull them into your fantasy world and imagine what it would be like to know them. But, since all you have to go on is the optimized person they put out, it's easy to become unrealistically infatuated.

[baloneyandtrees]

Don't know if anyone will read this since it's a little old now...but here's my take.

I understand those girls. I sort of experienced this at a San Sebastian concert at our school. We had an awesome time watching and got really into it but were really scared to go up and meet them after the show. I think it's because when you're the spectator you are only expected to enjoy yourself. When you meet someone, you're expected to do something, and that's a little scary when it's someone you admire.

[KokoKringle99]

oh my gosh, brilliant. i love mike lombardo <3

[fecklessman]

i ain't scare of you, mike.