I knew her when she was just Gaga

It was 11:30am on February 24, 2011, and I was eating lunch at the Tilly. While eating, there were these ladies, behind me, talking about weird dreams they have had in the past. One person dreamt that Lady Gaga was a close friend and once Gaga became famous, she started acting different and they had a fallout. This person kept screaming to her companions about how mad she was at Lady Gaga and kept reiterating how mad she was and how much she hated her throughout the rest of their conversation.

Possible context to the conversation:

Lady Gaga is a mean person, just ask Anna. Anna has lived in California for most of her life and because of where she has lived in California, she became really close friends with many famous celebrities including Justin Timberlake and Rihanna. She also had friends who later became famous, one of whom was Lady Gaga. Anna and Gaga had a special relationship. They did everything together; they shopped, had lunch or dinner together almost everyday, they were inseparable. Once Lady Gaga was famous, she started acting different. She became, what is known as, a diva. Gaga was very demanding to not only her assistants and manager, but also to those close to her, including Anna. Anna was upset. She was losing her best friend and was, in return, getting a high-maintenance star. 

Hoping for the best and for her friend back, Anna stuck by Gaga and did whatever was asked of her. But after a while, she felt that Gaga was taking advantage of her and treated her as another helper and not a friend. She was being treated like dirt and Anna couldn’t take it anymore. Anna was mad. She hated how Gaga, her once best friend, now treated her poorly and called her nasty names just because she became famous. Anna decided to cut ties with Lady Gaga and retreated to Alaska where she could get away for a while. To this day, Anna is sad that she lost her best friend but does not regret the unbearable person she left behind.

The conversation made sense to me because I knew what the ladies were talking about. I knew it was a dream and that everything the person had said was not real. It is very important to know the context of what this person is saying. Without the context, someone might conclude that “Anna” really did know Lady Gaga. They might also assume fictitious notions of Lady Gaga. For example, she treats people poorly and that she is a rude person. We should be concerned with context because without it, we do not know what people are talking about. What we think might be the farthest idea from what they were actually saying. It also gives us fake illusions of things. In this case, it might be the false portrayal of Lady Gaga.