People are Just PEOPLE

Yesterday morning, I woke up to see that my phone had exploded from Twitter. The majority were from Alex Day (ThatAlexDay) talking about Pottermore and how he didn't know what the fuck it is. A few things that caught my eye though, were his tweets about privacy.

A few months back, he posted a long blogpost about his experience with crazy "fans" (I use that term lightly). One of them had evidently stood there knocking on their door for a good 15 minutes, whilst Alex sat there dumbfounded, eating a sandwich. Yesterday, some girl put some winegums through their door, and then proceeded to knock for a while...

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WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?

I'm sorry, but I would feel weirded out if some person tried to get my attention by knocking on my door, knowing full well that I have no idea who they are. Now granted, that's never happened, seeing as I've only got 200 something subscribers, but does that even matter? Just because Alex has got 375,000 subscribers doesn't mean he is famous. And even if he was "famous" (although, like Savannah said, there's no real way to define that), he's still just A PERSON. A person who's got fears, insecurities, and doesn't what random strangers knocking on his door!

Also, sidenote, if you're THAT much of an Alex Day fanatic, wouldn't you have read his blog post about stalking him? You're either completely mad, thinking that this rule doesn't apply to you, or you don't actually care about what he has to say. It's a great possibility that these people are among the population that just subscribe to stare at Alex or Charlie's faces.

Yeah, okay, I got off on sort of a tangent there, but my main point is this. It is disgustingly sad that Alex and Charlie have to actually take the effort to move houses primarily because of people who think the best way to meet their heroes (or whatever) is to stalk them.

That is all.

~Rachel
www.youtube.com/user/rachelmakesitawkward