Idiot should be a culture.

Go to any news site these days, and they have organized their stories into columns or tabs. You have main, sports, business, all the important stuff that people need to know, but very few do.

Then there's showbiz. You wonder, what does showbiz have to do with the world? I would imagine we can live in a world without one. But then, we wouldnt have the opportunity to enjoy the works of say, Micheal Jackson or other great musicians. Fair enough.

But thats not what the headlines there really tell you is it?

A recent visit to the Malaysian Insider inclined me to pen this phenomenon. Some of the headlines include:

"Kim Kardashian Files for Divorce After 72 Days"

"Rihanna taken to Hospital in Sweden with Flu"

Even on CNN:

"Piers to 50 Cent: I work out to "In Da Club"

I'm not bashing these specific news channels. Don't get me wrong. Please don't sue me with defamation.

Are these articles really necessary for the general public? What is our obsession with beautiful people that we need to know about Kim Kardashian getting a divorce, even though that is a source of endless humour. Two stupid people getting married and thats what you get, really. Amazing.

This really, is what the world has come to. That Rihanna has got a simple flu is newsworthy is quite stunning.

I should get off my high horse and remind myself that I too, sometimes enjoy these fluff pieces. Its a welcome relief to the seriousness of reality, but really, it isn't a necessity at all.

The money that these people are paid to look beautiful is also quite amazing actually. Granted if its something they've worked for, they deserve paycheques that have the same number of zeros as the number of germs underneath my shoe.

But Kim Kardashian? Really?

Between a sex tape, a really big ass, two failed marriages and a slightly dysfunctional family, I'd say she's not worth the amount she's paid. If she were a pornstar actually, the money she gets would probably be deserved, but not for whatever important work she's done.

In fact, I really cannot recall anything that she has been involved in. One failed Scary Movie? Ads?

Perhaps it isn't really her fault for cashing in on her fame. It really is our fault, society. We're so obsessed with their antics that fan the flame of their popularity. The media is driven by demand, and we demand that someone tell us the dating history of John Mayer.

Perhaps its the fame that we really crave. American Idol seemed to have hit a gold mine by taking advantage of that social need. Look no further than William Hung. She Bangs? What idiot would make such a gigantic fool of himself? Or "Pants-On-The-Ground" guy? Seriously??

I laud American Idol for picking up on our retarded need to attain even a slice of the spotlight. Otherwise, they would only air the auditions that were amazing, instead of the weird Americans that are tone-deaf. How do we know that? Because out of nowhere, in the later rounds, there is a petit, average girl with an amazing voice, and everyone's wondering, from which rabbit hole did this angelic voice rise up from? All because, the producers decide that ridicule attracts viewers better than quality.

And sadly so.

Its a weird world out there, and I'm part of it.