Yep. It lets you know exactly where their head is at. I love the Mark Twain quote about (to) Vanderbilt:

You seem to be the idol of only a crawling swarm of small souls, who love to glorify your most flagrant unworthiness in print or praise your vast possessions worshippingly; or sing of your unimportant private habits and sayings and doings, as if your millions gave them dignity.