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Anonymous wrote:Explain more the dopamine and hyper fixation aspect for us normies.

Yeah I'm not getting how you care about the gossip but not the celebrities?
Like you have to care who is involved. If your neighbor is getting too old and wants a baby but can't, who cares. But when it's Jennifer Aniston, we care? Don't you have to care which celebrities to gossip?

I don't care about Aniston or Pitt or any of them. Kristin Stewart? Taylor Swift?. But I would open and read gossip about a favorite singer.

If you've ever the gossip blog ONTD, I think what they're saying makes more sense. Their tagline is, "The celebrities are disposable. The gossip is priceless." I think to them it's the drama involving movie stars and musicians that they care about, not that they like the people involved.

Anonymous wrote:Explain more the dopamine and hyper fixation aspect for us normies.

Yeah I'm not getting how you care about the gossip but not the celebrities?
Like you have to care who is involved. If your neighbor is getting too old and wants a baby but can't, who cares. But when it's Jennifer Aniston, we care? Don't you have to care which celebrities to gossip?

I don't care about Aniston or Pitt or any of them. Kristin Stewart? Taylor Swift?. But I would open and read gossip about a favorite singer.

Anonymous wrote:Explain more the dopamine and hyper fixation aspect for us normies.

I feel like autistic people can get hyperfixated on hypothetically anything, but because only men tend to get acknowledged as autistic, only their interests are associated with autism e.g. video games, comic books, etc. But we don't talk much about what autistic women are into.

There are lots of different types interested in celeb gossip. The casual ones who just pay attention to tabloid headlines, the ones who care about celeb gossip for the fun showmances, etc. And then there are ones who go deep into celebrity lore, write fanfic about celeb couples, write theories about the meaning of why a celeb did this or that, those who are interested in the image-making behind celebs, etc. It's a huge generalization, but I can see how there's a link between that type of hyperfixation and autism.

I am NOT saying autistic women can't be into "male-coded" interests or that being an autistic woman means you have to be into celeb gossip, etc. I am not interested in having an argument about statements I'm making that are clearly generalizations, so no one try me.

I’m not interested at all. They and the stories about them are all so fake.

Explain more the dopamine and hyper fixation aspect for us normies.

Anonymous wrote:I have ADHD and have a few very academic hobbies AND I like the dopamine of reading celebrity gossip. I don’t care much one way or the other about the actual celebs. It’s a way of engaging with gossip that is harmless and no personal. I would feel bad about gossiping in real life.

+1 DeuxMoi is a guilty pleasure

Yes! Like pp I get a dopamine kick from celebrity gossip. I don’t really care about the individual celebrities themselves too much, I just like the interesting news. For example, I think Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton are fun to read about but I’m always surprised when people seem so invested in liking or hating them personally.

Anonymous wrote:Not autistic, but I've always suspected a lot of the people who are super into celeb gossip are autistic. I think it's the hyperfixation element of it.

My dad is autistic and couldn't care less. I am autistic and care only about the celebs I'm into. So I don't care about the Kardashians, but I know which one is which. My dad probably couldn't name any of them.

Not autistic, but I've always suspected a lot of the people who are super into celeb gossip are autistic. I think it's the hyperfixation element of it.

I have ADHD and have a few very academic hobbies AND I like the dopamine of reading celebrity gossip. I don’t care much one way or the other about the actual celebs. It’s a way of engaging with gossip that is harmless and no personal. I would feel bad about gossiping in real life.

It’s more interesting to see how people respond to celebrities.