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Mokinokaro
Sep 11, 2001

At the end of everything, hold onto anything



Fun Shoe

CharlestheHammer posted:

That’s literally what happened

He waited until she was 22 and had sex with her at a concert.

Not saying he wasn't grooming. Just that he waited longer than her just becoming legal.

It's still creepy as gently caress and there's some power dynamics involved given her being a fan and their age difference.

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Terrible Opinions
Oct 18, 2013



Hmm yes very normal for someone to gently caress 10+ people who they first met as teenagers while they were in their 40s. Yes very normal coincidence and not at all an intentional pattern of behavior.

Dutchy
Jul 8, 2010

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

"Power imbalance" really only applies if one person is the other's boss/supervisor or is somehow threatening or coercing them.

Yeah leaving aside anything else I hate this development of "power dynamics" as just anyone loving outside of their caste. I've seen more people talk themselves into woke anti-miscegenation in the past couple of years than I ever thought possible

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Ariong
Jun 25, 2012

Get bashed, platonist!

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

"Power imbalance" really only applies if one person is the other's boss/supervisor or is somehow threatening or coercing them.

I disagree. I think a famous person absolutely has a certain level of power over their fans. There is a well-documented history of famous people, particularly rock stars, taking advantage of this phenomenon in order to establish unhealthy relationships with fans.

Of course, none of this is to say that it is impossible for a rock star or e-celeb or what have you to have a healthy romantic or sexual relationship with someone who is a fan of their work.

Dutchy posted:

Yeah leaving aside anything else I hate this development of "power dynamics" as just anyone loving outside of their caste. I've seen more people talk themselves into woke anti-miscegenation in the past couple of years than I ever thought possible

I'm sorry, what? What the gently caress is "woke anti-miscegenation" and how does it describe the notion that middle-age rock stars shouldn't have sex with young groupies?

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

"Power imbalance" really only applies if one person is the other's boss/supervisor or is somehow threatening or coercing them.

It’s not the same thing, but you can make a pretty good case that a person who is a “fan” of someone else (root: fanatic) is predisposed to allow their own boundaries to be crossed because of how they regard that person, and the famous person might have the resources to isolate and control someone for a short period of time. You can see that dynamic in the story about (I think) Angry Joe, who saw someone he wanted to gently caress and immediately isolated her and started pushing her around by lying and then using his entourage to keep her separated from her friends etc. I agree that the idea of coercion works differently or is maybe absent, but they’re still using their status with another person to exploit that person.

And that’s not getting into the Cosby territory of “they’ll never believe you” or using access to drugs to dope people up etc.

Clip-On Fedora
Feb 20, 2011

Terrible Opinions posted:

Hmm yes very normal for someone to gently caress 10+ people who they first met as teenagers while they were in their 40s. Yes very normal coincidence and not at all an intentional pattern of behavior.

Its almost like there's a class of performers in this country that are taught this is acceptable and cool behavior by the media and their peers, and when people join this class of performers, they accept and act on these values!

...nah, that can't be it.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
just don't gently caress your fans and especially not the ones who've been fans of you since they were underage

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Dutchy posted:

Yeah leaving aside anything else I hate this development of "power dynamics" as just anyone loving outside of their caste. I've seen more people talk themselves into woke anti-miscegenation in the past couple of years than I ever thought possible

what the gently caress are you talking about

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

every time i see someone talk about how the root word of fan is fanatic i feel like im becoming the joker

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Ariong posted:

I disagree. I think a famous person absolutely has a certain level of power over their fans. There is a well-documented history of famous people, particularly rock stars, taking advantage of this phenomenon in order to establish unhealthy relationships with fans.

Of course, none of this is to say that it is impossible for a rock star or e-celeb or what have you to have a healthy romantic or sexual relationship with someone who is a fan of their work.


I'm sorry, what? What the gently caress is "woke anti-miscegenation" and how does it describe the notion that middle-age rock stars shouldn't have sex with young groupies?

Between using queer stolen valor to describe someone acting in a gender nonconforming way and woke anti-miscegenation being used to shun people for not liking barely-legal teens loving celebrities old enough to be their dad, I feel like we're going to woke ourselves back into the goddamn 70s.

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Alaois posted:

every time i see someone talk about how the root word of fan is fanatic i feel like im becoming the joker

you're becoming positively fanatical

Ariong
Jun 25, 2012

Get bashed, platonist!

The Bee posted:

Between using queer stolen valor to describe someone acting in a gender nonconforming way and woke anti-miscegenation being used to shun people for not liking barely-legal teens loving celebrities old enough to be their dad, I feel like we're going to woke ourselves back into the goddamn 70s.

:pwn:

Wh... what?

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Honestly, it doesn’t seem like much good can come out of engaging with fans privately for extended periods no matter what, just because there’s a bad foundation to any kind of relationship if it’s born of one-sided admiration. I just don’t see how a genuine friendship or business relationship can come out of that.

But I’m guessing that sustained contact mostly happens because someone with a youtube sees a DM and thinks, “They’re infatuated with me. I wonder if they’d let me gently caress them.”

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

The Bee posted:

Between using queer stolen valor to describe someone acting in a gender nonconforming way and woke anti-miscegenation being used to shun people for not liking barely-legal teens loving celebrities old enough to be their dad, I feel like we're going to woke ourselves back into the goddamn 70s.

4/10, needs more misspellings and a few more swears to be a dril tweet, please see me after class.

Zetsubou-san
Jan 28, 2015

Cruel Bifaunidas demanded that you [stand]🧍 I require only that you [kneel]🧎
well poo poo, i was going to finish up watching the danganronpa LP

:negative:

...

Pat stares at Factorio, yay!

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Ariong posted:

:pwn:

Wh... what?

That other one was either broken out in this thread or the McElroy thread to describe Travis, IIRC. Honestly getting hard to sort the dramas out.

I dunno. It sucks seeing someone who gave a lot of people good memories ending up pulling poo poo like this, and I'm amazed "maybe he shouldn't have gone after fans half his age" ended up a hot take.

The Bee fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Mar 22, 2021

Kim Justice
Jan 29, 2007

Well this sure is a disaster.

Kaiser Mazoku
Mar 24, 2011

Didn't you see it!? Couldn't you see my "spirit"!?
...Eh, I dunno, I'll have to wait for more evidence to come out before I can form a solid opinion. That's not to say Dan is 100% a spotless angel here, but I also want to be careful not to strip women of their agency. (Assuming, of course, she was okay with the one-and-done hookup)

Clip-On Fedora
Feb 20, 2011

Antifa Turkeesian posted:

Honestly, it doesn’t seem like much good can come out of engaging with fans privately for extended periods no matter what, just because there’s a bad foundation to any kind of relationship if it’s born of one-sided admiration. I just don’t see how a genuine friendship or business relationship can come out of that.

But I’m guessing that sustained contact mostly happens because someone with a youtube sees a DM and thinks, “They’re infatuated with me. I wonder if they’d let me gently caress them.”

I think its this.

They don't want a friendship or a business relationship. They want to get their dick wet.

Because according to society, that's what cool successful Rockstars/Celebrities do.

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

It’s made that Danny don’t you know song real creepy for me. I kinda dug it because it was about dealing with your insecurities in hindsight or whatever.

But I also swear I thought the lyrics at the beginning were “Danny don’t you know that you’re hard as gently caress on the inside” but it was hot as gently caress so idk

Pants Donkey
Nov 13, 2011

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

(Assuming, of course, she was okay with the one-and-done hookup)
This is my issue with it (assuming it’s not grooming), as it’s hard imagining these fans just want a one-night hook-ups and nothing. Sure, some will, people got different needs, but it’s very easy as someone with a fanbase to string along someone, especially younger and more romantically inexperienced people, with the possibility of a relationship until you get what you want and dump them right after.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

CelticPredator posted:

It’s made that Danny don’t you know song real creepy for me. I kinda dug it because it was about dealing with your insecurities in hindsight or whatever.

But I also swear I thought the lyrics at the beginning were “Danny don’t you know that you’re hard as gently caress on the inside” but it was hot as gently caress so idk

Yeah. It's going to be a lot harder to enjoy the ha ha funny sex band now, when its clear the persona bled over way too hard and has lead to genuine creepiness.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

...Eh, I dunno, I'll have to wait for more evidence to come out before I can form a solid opinion. That's not to say Dan is 100% a spotless angel here, but I also want to be careful not to strip women of their agency. (Assuming, of course, she was okay with the one-and-done hookup)
well, considering shes the one leaking this stuff and making the callout posts to begin with, ill leave it to your skilled deduction to sort out, sherlock

Terrible Opinions
Oct 18, 2013



Antifa Turkeesian posted:

Honestly, it doesn’t seem like much good can come out of engaging with fans privately for extended periods no matter what, just because there’s a bad foundation to any kind of relationship if it’s born of one-sided admiration. I just don’t see how a genuine friendship or business relationship can come out of that.
Yeah best case scenario it's just gonna be an awkward talk about nothing. Spielberg or whoever you look up to isn't gonna become your besty.

Kaiser Mazoku posted:

...Eh, I dunno, I'll have to wait for more evidence to come out before I can form a solid opinion. That's not to say Dan is 100% a spotless angel here, but I also want to be careful not to strip women of their agency. (Assuming, of course, she was okay with the one-and-done hookup)
I feel like anonymously sending the vids in quest to someone else to publish online, isn't something you do if you're cool with everything, and several of the other women involved aren't okay with it. The only real way it's really okay is if all the vids were stolen and the stories around them fabricated.

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth
There have been tons of creators who say poo poo like 'I loving hate when I find out tinder dates are fans of my stuff because it feels so awkward' so while 'power imbalance' is clumsy wording the idea that not everyone feels comfortable loving their fans isn't some crazy idea.

Like, yes, sending someone texts about how you can't wait to be able to gently caress them in your tacky hotel tub when they're underage is about the definition of grooming, it's not a literal felony and nobody is claiming it is but it's loving gross and something typically associated with the most scumbag kinds of celebs.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Terrible Opinions posted:

Hmm yes very normal for someone to gently caress 10+ people who they first met as teenagers while they were in their 40s. Yes very normal coincidence and not at all an intentional pattern of behavior.
It is kind of weird how everyone is fixating on the exact details of this one case with receipts and not the fact that this particular receipt was preceded by multiple accounts of the exact same behaviour.

Junpei Hyde
Mar 15, 2013




It was literally grooming what the gently caress how is this hard

Vonnie
Sep 13, 2011

Junpei Hyde posted:

It was literally grooming what the gently caress how is this hard

Goons.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Dan wouldn't happen to enjoy Super Smash Bros. Melee, would he

McCloud
Oct 27, 2005

Wtf is queer stolen valor? I googled it and all it gave me was gay porn, most of it involving cops

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth
me, watching a video of a man in his 40s telling a 17 year old how much he wants to gently caress her when he can legally, absolutely pretending this is some kind of relationship: this seems normal to me, you're probably sex-negative

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth
here's a really simple monkey brain appeal, if you had a 17 year old sister and found out a dude in his 40's sent her a video of his hotel tub talking about wanting to gently caress her in it, are you gonna go 'oh, cool, sounds normal' or are you going to bash that guy's skull open if you see him in the street?

Kaiser Mazoku
Mar 24, 2011

Didn't you see it!? Couldn't you see my "spirit"!?

sexpig by night posted:

me, watching a video of a man in his 40s telling a 17 year old how much he wants to gently caress her when he can legally, absolutely pretending this is some kind of relationship: this seems normal to me, you're probably sex-negative

She was 22.

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth

I'm sorry, I mistook when the tub video was, that was after the what three years of contact with her including when she was underage, that makes it normal

Violet_Sky
Dec 5, 2011



Fun Shoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUm6no5MXYA&t=91s

Member when people got for illegal downloads of music?

I was a little kid when all this went down but there still were stories of "some kid" getting a million dollar lawsuit for downloading music floating around. I had no idea it actually happened.

Kaiser Mazoku
Mar 24, 2011

Didn't you see it!? Couldn't you see my "spirit"!?

sexpig by night posted:

I'm sorry, I mistook when the tub video was, that was after the what three years of contact with her including when she was underage, that makes it normal

Also I wouldn't give a gently caress about my adult sister's sex life because I'm not some weird paternalistic rear end in a top hat.

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Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

kaiser badpostku

Clip-On Fedora
Feb 20, 2011

sexpig by night posted:

There have been tons of creators who say poo poo like 'I loving hate when I find out tinder dates are fans of my stuff because it feels so awkward' so while 'power imbalance' is clumsy wording the idea that not everyone feels comfortable loving their fans isn't some crazy idea.

Like, yes, sending someone texts about how you can't wait to be able to gently caress them in your tacky hotel tub when they're underage is about the definition of grooming, it's not a literal felony and nobody is claiming it is but it's loving gross and something typically associated with the most scumbag kinds of celebs.

I'm glad you've found some creators who aren't assholes, but I've come to the point in my life where I believe most celebrities are untrustworthy, sleazy scumbags until proven otherwise. You're lucky if they don't murder anybody.

Like sure, they say 'I loving hate when I find out tinder dates are fans of my stuff because it feels so awkward', but you don't know that they actually think that. They might just be saying that because they think it will trend well.

Clip-On Fedora fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Mar 22, 2021

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Psychologically normal people probably don’t seek fame very often. They’re not all narcissists, but a lot of them probably score higher than average on the index.

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Augus
Mar 9, 2015


McCloud posted:

Wtf is queer stolen valor? I googled it and all it gave me was gay porn, most of it involving cops

it’s when you make up a fake story about having been on a helicopter that was shot down during the Gay Wars

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