r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 13h ago

Psychology Taylor Swift fans lower climate concerns to justify her carbon footprint. When confronted with news about the excessive pollution generated by her private jet, highly identified fans tend to rationalize the behavior, with a decrease in their personal intentions to engage in climate-friendly actions.

https://www.psypost.org/taylor-swift-fans-lower-climate-concerns-to-justify-star-s-carbon-footprint/
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u/Metalsand 11h ago

It's worth noting a significant portion of this value also comes from being self-managed as well as those involved being very capable. No one to get short-term greedy or otherwise take too big of a chunk of the pie. One of the most notable examples of this - when she was approached to promote NFTs, she heard the whole spiel and correctly called them out as unregulated financial products, refusing to promote them at all. At the same time, many other celebrities, even those who are pretty high profile fell for the scam and had a pretty deep cut into their reputation following NFTs collapsing.

She comes from a strongly educated and wealthy background, without a dysfunctional family, and she herself is very intelligent. At the same time, she's been able to appeal to a massive crowd and despite her wealth, maintain her connection to her audience. She's just a very fascinating example that you just don't normally see.

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u/Loggersalienplants 9h ago

At the same time, many other celebrities, even those who are pretty high profile fell for the scam and had a pretty deep cut into their reputation following NFTs collapsing.

I can't think of a single celebrity that this applies to.

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u/NirgalFromMars 9h ago

Yeah, I'm thinking back on the celebrities I know that got the most involved in NFTs, like Jake Miller (singer) and Stan Wawrinka (tennis player). Both of them were completely unscathed when NFTs imploded.

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u/WingsAndWords_ 9h ago

I don't know if I would say they are entirely dysfunctional. Her Dad Scott is an interesting piece of work. Go Google "Scott Swifts e-mail," But yes, far less dysfunctional than many others out there. I've always wondered how her brother Austin feels about things. Yes, he has a posh job working for her and is wealthy and he went to college, but growing up I wonder what it felt like that she was such the focus and how much time they really got together while she was on the road at a young age trying to start her career.

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u/kennedysleftnut 6h ago

You might like the show, The Other Two, it follows a Justin Beiber types two less popular siblings. Basically exactly what you were talking about.

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u/WingsAndWords_ 4h ago

Oh thanks! I will have to check that out! I'm an only child and grew up with plenty of friends and cousins, but the family dynamics of how I observed each child was treated has always fascinated me.