<p>Yeah, I know it's a random question, but it got your attention, right?</p>
<p>I work at an adolescent store, one that is specifically geared towards individuals with an "x" chromosome. The customers are obsessed with Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers, Sharpay, you name it. </p>
<p>Do you think we (including our younger siblings) are basing our heroines and heroes on lame fictional characters who encourage conformity, as opposed to individuality? Are we living in a distopic society?</p>
<p>Actually everybody has an X chromosome...</p>
<p>ewww......</p>
<p>Okay, double XX, thank you very much.</p>
<p>Maybe in youth we measure "heroism" by fame, fortune, etc. As we get older, we learn that the true heros are those who make sacrifice so that we can all live in a better society (police officers, soldiers, etc.)</p>
<p>Though I don't understand how you've come to the conclusion that these charactors encourage "conformity." Nor do I understand the connection to dystopia.</p>
<p>:] Lol, I was wondering if you meant that, or were trying out a clever way to say "all kids" haha.</p>
<p>What do I think of Hannah Montana?</p>
<p>...Ugh</p>
<p>I don't care about Hannah Montana. At all. This is what I know about it/her:
1) Miley Cyrus plays her.
2) It's about a city girl who goes to live on a farm...yes? Maybe?</p>
<p>On a scale of -100 to 100, I feel 0 about Hannah Montana.</p>
<p>Edit: Ha ha - I looked it up on Wikipedia (aka Internet God), and I was totally wrong about what the show was about. Must've been another Disney show like that sometime.</p>
<p>Hannah Montana is not a real person.</p>
<p>Remember when kids wanted to be astronauts, firefighters, and doctors? That era pretty much died out when we hit puberty.</p>
<p>I think Disney Channel sucks in general, although I do love the old(er) movies.</p>
<p>"Remember when kids wanted to be astronauts, firefighters, and doctors? That era pretty much died out when we hit puberty."</p>
<p>This is indeed true!</p>
<p>It just sickens me how all of the 12-year-old girls WANT to BE Hannah Montana. They try on her rocker garb and flaunt her plastic headset. At birthday parties, each girl longs to look like one another. They are often modeled after Hannah or Sharpay Evans from HSM. In this vein, we are losing our sense of individuality.</p>
<p>Disney used to be great when they showed their movies every Friday (or something to that effect) and they were actually decent. </p>
<p>It sucks now, and so do Miley Cirus and the Jonas bros. </p>
<p>Should be listening to Mos Def, Immortal Technique, and such.</p>
<p>The desire to "fit in" is just human nature. It doesn't have anything to do with today's youth in particular.</p>
<p>I don't mind Hannah Montana at all. I think it's kind of amusing, actually. My sister likes it. She's not obsessed, though.</p>
<p>I do like the Jonas Brothers. Not my favorite band but I like them.</p>
<p>As a parent, I'd rather my tween idolize Hannah Montana than the Spice Girls. Or (20 years ago) Madonna.</p>
<p>Hannah who? Honestly I had no clue who she was until there was a story on the news about people paying $5,000 for tickets to her sold out show here. Then it never ended.</p>
<p>I definitely think you're reading too far into this, since Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, and whoever else might be hot at the time are the same as Britney Spears, N*SYNC, and Backstreet Boys of our generation. Everyone grows up with these media-attracting pop idols, but we've clearly all matured differently. I think the only reason we're currently saturated with this Hannah Montana person is because there aren't as many pop idols as their used to be, so she gets all of the attention. The Onion had a funny story on Miley Cyrus being depleted, but I don't think I can post the link...it has some sense to it.</p>
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<p>Ugh, yes. Every person under 12 that I talk to now wants to be a singer or dancer or actress or just famous, nothing realistic at all. Every generation says that theirs was the end of quality life as we know it, but I have no hope in these whippersnappers comin' up now.</p>
<p>MileycyrusHannahmontanaJonasbrothers ALL OVERRATED.</p>
<p>^^ agreed. y do they get to make millions...?</p>
<p>Because they have famous, wealthy parents.</p>