Brad Pitt divorce - do we really care?

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It is nearly always unfortunate when couples divorce, and worse when children are involved, BUT - do the general British public really care about Brad Pitt's divorce? In other words, is this worthy of BBC news? I think it is just trivia. Even more trivial - on today's BBC 1.00 news we are told that Madame Tussaud's in London have separated their models of the couple to reflect their divorced status. News? Really?

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News media, aiming for the lowest common denominator since its invention. :)

might not be news to you (or me) but there is always someone who thinks they need to know.
 
phil.p":2de6x96k said:
I heard on the radio earlier that Adele has said how sad it is - she didn't know either of them, but it is sad ... :?

To be fair, she was probably asked what she thought; what could she say? "Sorry don't know them so I have no opinion"? Would come across a bit heartless really, divorce is usually a bad thing so much easier and inoffensive to say it's sad.

Or maybe, "That fantastic news, I've had a thing for Brad for years, maybe I'm in there now" ;-)
 
cutting42":zjhsey8h said:
phil.p":zjhsey8h said:
I heard on the radio earlier that Adele has said how sad it is - she didn't know either of them, but it is sad ... :?

To be fair, she was probably asked what she thought; what could she say? "Sorry don't know them so I have no opinion"? Would come across a bit heartless really, divorce is usually a bad thing so much easier and inoffensive to say it's sad.

Or maybe, "That fantastic news, I've had a thing for Brad for years, maybe I'm in there now" ;-)

Hello? Break into song, at least - or wind.
 
I care so little I'm going to reply to this thread about not caring.
 
Just googled them, apparently they are in a lot of films that I've never seen, she looks quite pretty though he does nothing for me.
In answer to "do I care," in all honesty if I'd have not read this thread I would have still been oblivious to their lives, so I guess the answer is No.

Back to the workshop.
 
surely there is always stuff in the news which is not relevant to me/you, but may be important to others.
They therefore present a mixed bag, seems very logical to me.
 
Small snippets of news come lower down the list, like that our government is giving another £35million in humanitarian aid to Yemen, putting our donations to them alone up to £100million this year. Still, the government can probably afford it, the money they make from selling ordnance to Saudi Arabia ... who then bomb Yemen. :?
 
phil.p":3cdiwbdg said:
Small snippets of news come lower down the list, like that our government is giving another £35million in humanitarian aid to Yemen, putting our donations to them alone up to £100million this year. Still, the government can probably afford it, the money they make from selling ordnance to Saudi Arabia ... who then bomb Yemen. :?

Funny old world ....... not :?
 
phil.p":275fzvsr said:
Small snippets of news come lower down the list, like that our government is giving another £35million in humanitarian aid to Yemen, putting our donations to them alone up to £100million this year. Still, the government can probably afford it, the money they make from selling ordnance to Saudi Arabia ... who then bomb Yemen. :?
That's called a profit margin Phil. Don't forget the counter insurgency training costs. Weapons are just the ice breaker. We won't mention contracts to rebuild infra structure after the deed. Its almost like it's a money maker eh? :?
Forgive the cynicism. I'm very tired.
 
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