[falsaberN1]

Maybe people are paying attention to those things because there's a need to disconnect from the real world and its problems for a while.

[edhelas]

The issue is that we might have disconnected from the real world and its problem for a few decades already.

[jbm]

As a side note, this is actually akin to my favourite Slashdot troll.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kadin2048/Slashdot_Trolli...

> The Get Some PRIORITIES! troll began to appear after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. A classic offtopic troll, it employs highly hyperbolic language to criticize the other posters and Slashdot in general for discussing trivialities like new gadgets or changes in U.S. copyright law in the wake of such a horrific event. ([0]).

[0] https://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=114139&cid=967092...

[soulofmischief]

You're right! Therefore society should collectively stop having fun, playing games and propagating culture, until all of our problems are dealt with. I bet that will go just swimmingly.