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What is the point in mentioning that you've never heard of Zooey Deschanel, a popular celebrity (who starred in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)? Does that add something to your comment, or are you just trying to show proud you are of being out of touch with popular culture?

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If you have never heard of someone, you wouldn't know what they usually sound like

EDIT: PS I haven't heard (of) her before either

You don't need to know who the person is to be able to hear what they sound like. When I first heard of this effect it was a sound clip of a blogger with whom I am not familiar with, but I got the gist of it without knowing her identity.

The point is the what, not the who. They could have put any affected female in her place without changing anything.

You're in for it now.

So she's an actress? Is that what you're telling me?

It's odd that your own website has a movie section and a link to IMDB and several movie critics [1] and yet you're here on HN trying to show off pretending that you're so far removed that you have to go out of your way to explain to random people that you don't know who this person is when no one asked if you knew and knowing who she is isn't even relevant to the topic.

Do you walk down the street telling passers-by that you don't follow celebrities? Is it that important to you?

[1] http://lee-phillips.org/info/movies/movies.html

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mention...

Apply cold water to burn area

No, but I was in the supermarket the other day and noticed that almost every magazine in the checkout area had the same woman on the cover, so I asked my wife, "Who is this Kim Kardashian?" She didn't know, either. Is she an actress, too?

And, I should really update that page. It's ancient! - doesn't even follow my current style.

Impressive. I usually can't remember the names of people I've never heard of before.

Recognition and recall are different things. You can recognize an actor in a film without knowing their name, and you can recognize a name without knowing who the person is.

Neither can I. But I hear about her all the time. I just don't know why.

Is this important to you?

I'm not freeunter and it's not important to me but it is obnoxious; that being someone going out of their way to make themselves seem above something or someone else when no one asked nor cares.

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[Ignore below. I misread the comments but I'm leaving for context. I think the above comment stands without the evidence below.]

Quoting from above:

  some girl I never heard of

... and below:

  I hear about her all the time

He may not know that she's an actress but it's clear he had previously "heard of" her and lying only makes it more obnoxious. It's the same behavior you can read about in The Onion link.

That's dishonest. You know quite well that, above, I was referring to the actress interviewed in the article under discussion, and, below, to Kardashian, who, you must know, is not the same person. To accuse me of lying by lying about what I said is pretty contemptible.

EDIT: And if they are the same person, you can hardly blame me. The lady on all the magazines looks totally different from the one in the interview. How could I know?

> That's dishonest. You know quite well that, above, I was referring to the actress interviewed in the article under discussion, and, below, to Kardashian

I'm sorry. I honestly missed that. That was meant as evidence to support that you were in fact doing what i was describing. I mistakenly accused you of lying but it still seems the behavior fits (EDIT: not lying rather the behavior in the first paragraph of my original comment).

You're piling more contemptible behavior on top of what you already did, while pretending to apologize. So you admit you were wrong, and have no evidence that I lied, but are tying to suggest that I'm a liar anyway with the ambiguous phrase "it still seems the behavior fits". Amazing.

You know other people can see your comments, right? Not just me?

> while pretending to apologize

No it was genuine. I don't think you lied at all and I apologized for it.

> but are tying to suggest that I'm a liar anyway with the ambiguous phrase "it still seems the behavior fits".

Re-read my original comment. The behavior I'm talking about is what is above the edit, not lying, but I can see how you would have that mistaken interpretation. I'm not having my best day with communication.

> You know other people can see your comments, right? Not just me?

Yes, I'm quite aware.

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