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The end of an era.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 week ago (3 children)

this guy a virulent homophobe; good riddance.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah that wave of early internet jokes had its time but the actual person was a massive piece of shit

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

It annoys me when people try to dismiss it by saying things like "he comes from a different time"

M'fucker, there have been pro-gay people for hundreds of years; it was his ass that rejected it!

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Well shit, why are all our generations "heros" pieces of shits?

Mel Gibson

Bill Cosby

John Wayne

Rosanne Barr

Michael Richards

Kanye West

Hulk Hogan

Paula Deen

Steve Harvey

Shaq

Chuck Norris

Who am I missing?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

They are all part of showbusiness which is but an arm of US propaganda machine. The next generation "heroes" are exactly the same, just they had less time for the skeletons to fall out from their closets.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Iain Watkins

Not H from Steps. The other one, from Lostprophets

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

just a general warning that if you don't know who this dude is/what he did you're best keeping it that way unless you wanna spend the rest of the day fighting back nausea

[–] Mambert@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What did Shaq do to be grouped with Bill Cosby?

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

One time in 2003 he mocked Yao Ming, I'll never forgive him for that!

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

i guess we keep collectively forgetting that they're also flawed humans because of their elevated profiles and also everyone wakes up at their own speed; maybe it just these particular flawed humans are extra slow to wake up. (if ever at all)