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那些我们既恨又爱名人 　　 　　 　　 　　I hate Spencer Pratt. And I imagine most people do. In fact, there are many people I hate. Yet, these are all the people that land on magazine cover, week after week. It seems as if I can’t pick up a copy of People magazine or Us Weekly without seeing Spencer Pratt’s face plastered somewhere, whether it’s marriage speculation, more drama from The Hills, or Spencer changing his name to King Spencer Pratt.2 It seems as if the answer is simple—if I hate Spencer Pratt so much, I should just stop buying and reading the magazines that he is on. Yet, I, along with millions of Americans each week, plunk down3 that dollar ninety nine in order to satisfy our hatred for Spencer. 　　 　　It is a simple function of the human mind—somehow the people we loathe, the people that we detest, the people that we absolutely abhor—also happen to be the people we are the most fascinated with. Their triumphs allow us to scoff at4 them; their failures allow us to be glad that we aren’t living their sad lives. This simple obsession with the people that we hate simply allows us to feel better about ourselves. Pouring out hatred into people allows us to distract ourselves from our real everyday problems. It is far easier for us to hate someone rather than to approach our own problems. 　　First of all, pop culture and media are significant parts of our everyday lifestyle. But most often, it is the celebrities that we hate that are most read about, and their shows are the most watched, hence the phrase, “People we love to hate.省略, a widely read celebrity gossip website, Paris Hilton was the number one most hated celebrity of that year. Yet, during 2008, each of the magazines that she graced5 sold on average, over 1.5 million copies. We often complain that we are sick of hearing about these people’s bad behavior, hard-partying habits, and mental breakdowns. Yet, it is us who consistently6 lands these celebrities on the magazine covers. Magazine companies know that we hate