Rebecca Black and her “breakout” “hit,” “Friday” have now definitely received more than enough recognition to be considered a legitimate entry in pop culture history and she’ll totally get a segment devoted to her on VH1’s “I Love the 2010s.” But should this have happened? And why exactly did it? Huh? Well?

I would argue that Rebecca Black’s success(?) is a perfect example of the sad state of our culture: how the things we currently champion, idolize, and aspire to don’t deserve our adoration and how our dedication to admiring and emulating fame and the famous only further cheapens our culture and ourselves.

But before I get to that, let’s talk about this.