I know full well that I'm missing a few chips that other people have, but I just never have understood celebrity worship and my level of celebrity worship for any human being has always remained around zero.

So whereas I enjoy listening to some Beatles songs I just could never imagine worshiping them the way other people do. I've never been able to do that with anybody. Not Taylor. Not the Beatles. Not anyone. People have made fun of me my entire life for this and ask me questions like:

"Aren't you impressed by anyone or anything?"

And my answer has always been:

"Hmmmmm. Well not that much."

For example:

The New York Times. Not impressed. The President of the United States. (Whoever it is.) Not impressed. The Pope. Not impressed.

It's not that I dislike anybody or disrespect anyone. I'm just not impressed.

And I know that makes me strange because everyone tells me so. Okay, okay maybe I'm impressed by a few famous neurosurgeons and scientists, but certainly not by a pop star, or a politician, or anything like that. Oh, and maybe Hilary Hahn. I'm impressed by Hilary Hahn.

And the people who invented Band-in-a-Box and created BIAB 2024. Also, impressed by them. That I will admit.

Wait! I also am impressed by ordinary human beings who make incredible sacrifices for the common good, or make incredible sacrifices just to do the right thing and help other people. I'm impressed by those people.

But that's it.

I have met and interviewed and hung out with a lot of really famous people. Some of them are pretty cool, I think. And we had nice conversations.

But did I worship them?

Not in the least.

I'm missing that chip.

So this entire conversation about whether Taylor Swift is bigger than the Beatles? Or The New York Times said this and that?

I honestly can't tell you how meaningless I find the conversation to be. Again, I am missing that chip.

And I know that makes me really weird because everybody has always told me so!

It is just absolutely impossible to make me worship anything or anyone here on Earth.

David Snyder
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