#alexfromtarget

A couple days ago, #alexfromtarget went trending worldwide. Within hours, Alex (@acl163) gained 200k followers. As of today, he has 527k followers, and he started with 1k. Fandoms were stared, fanfictions were written, memes were created, fan accounts were started, etc.

The picture that started it all...

Basically, Alex gained worldwide fame...but for what? He doesn't sing, he doesn't dance, he doesn't act, and for all we know, he could be a complete asshole. But, yet, everyone who has a twitter knows him, simply because he's hot.

Yes, you heard me. The Alex fandom, which consists of teenage girls, hasn't even tried to deny that the only reason that this boy is so famous is that he's hot. In fact, they've very vocally expressed that this boy is famous because he is hot.

This shows just how superficial our world is today. You don't need to have talent, or even be a nice person, to be famous anymore. For all we know, Alex could be an arrogant, rude, asshole...but that doesn't stop us from making him famous.

The reason that Alex is famous is because of adolescent girls. It's almost the same reason that Justin Bieber and One Direction are famous, but their famous is enhanced, not created by appearance.

Other twitter users, such as @molsen7961 (her name's Melissa, but it's not my twitter), agree with me. @molsen7961 said, "#alexfromtarget proves that being hot makes you successful...so take that college! I'm gonna drop out and hit the gym tomorrow. " 

What's even weirder than Alex's odd rise to fame is that some teenage girl secretly took this photo of Alex. What if a man had taken a photo like this of a women? He would immediately be charged with sexual harassment and a slew of other things. If a man had tried to make a woman famous based on her looks, feminists would be outraged that a woman had been objectified in such a way.

Even worse is the fact that who ever did this is proud of their creepiness. In an on going twitter war, two people are fighting over who actually "created" Alex. @auscalum (whose page is now been privated) has been officially credited by this Yahoo article, but @GOLDILOCKS has argued that she/he posted the picture first.

Retweets from @GOLDILOCK's twitter page

The tweet that started it all, according to @GOLDILOCKS

Why does it matter who made Alex famous? These girls should be ashamed of being so superficial about men, and whoever originally took the photo should be made aware of how creepy and stalker-ish it is to do that.

The point is, it's completely pathetic that the world has stooped to a point where appearance determines success rather than effort, intelligence, or talent.