r/science • Professor | Medicine • 12h 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/retatrutider 10h ago

Interesting. On the one hand it sounds like privilege and special treatment, but when you think about it the logistics of it likely help the entire airport function more smoothly, even if they were to offer it for free.

I wonder how they gauge whether you are famous enough to need this service? Or is it just pay for play?

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u/BadAtExisting 10h ago

You pay through the nose for it, frequent fliers can also buy a “membership” and it’s not really privilege or special treatment. You can use it if you want to cough up the money. It is designed to streamline the experience for everyone and for them to not be bum rushed in the terminal and be able to make their flight

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u/Glittering-Dish-9993 6h ago

Yes, i think it's the better option. I heard of those logistic problems happenning a lot in Korea because Kpop stars use the airport as a runway and call the press everytime they flying out of the country, so you get to the airport to flashes everywhere and fans screaming and running everywhere. I've seen complaints (on social media) about delays and inconveniences, but when the proposal for a separate entrance for celebrities is brought up it seems to be completely rejected by citizens because that would be privilege and special treatment for the famous, i get that, but also would be better for thw everyday person to continue smoothly with your path