I remember the exact moment I became aware of the existence of a person named Britney Spears. I was in the car with my then-girlfriend, and her younger brother. He was thumbing through some magazine of hers, looking for pictures of Britney Spears.
I had no idea who this bitch was, and asked her. About a month later, the stupid bubble-gum pop that has invaded our culture hit big and MTV was no longer watchable by anyone with hair between their legs. Patterico has a list of celebrities he doesn't know from the list of celebrities at Forbes.
A lot of bloggers are talking about this, so I figured I'd do my own. If you know who a celebrity is that I don't, for God's sake, don't tell me who they are. Every time I find out who a pop culture figure is, our culture sinks.
Think of the children. I beg you. Here we go: I don't know who appears on Grey's Anatomy, but I was aware of the show.
My calculus teacher watches it. But I can't tell you anything else about it. Same goes for Desperate Housewives, but I know Teri whatshername is on it.
I remember the exact moment I became aware of the existence of a person named Britney Spears.
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