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EL BROMANCE posted:I've been so tempted to use wayback machine to grab that awful countdown timer website for the Olsen twins and rejig it to be about being morally fine with hurling abuse at Barron. it will be morally fine to poo poo on Barron if/when he follows in his family's footsteps and does his own abhorrent poo poo. no "sins of the fathers" bullshit. personally im still hoping for the kid to just vanish into the night on his eighteenth birthday and live a normal life as Bob Haversham, furniture salesman
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Yeah, it's likely Barron will be terrible because almost everyone he's been raised by are terrible people, but he hasn't actually done anything of note aside from being really tall. So I'm gonna wait for him to actually do a terrible thing before I start making GBS threads on him.
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:I have serious suspicions about the coolness and goodness of anyone who got to his position in a company like WWE under a man like noted murder cover-upper Vince McMahon. I think it is reasonable to be a bit dubious for those reasons but so far it seems like he’s clean.
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Iirc Dwayne Johnson is some kind of moderate "hard work" Republican, but in general he's smart enough to shut the gently caress up about politics. I could also be totally wrong about his actual political views, because he does indeed keep them pretty quiet.
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Voyager I posted:Iirc Dwayne Johnson is some kind of moderate "hard work" Republican, but in general he's smart enough to shut the gently caress up about politics. He's rich and doesn't hate gays, so I think he donates to democrats enough to have a meeting with them and tell them "don't raise taxes."
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Voyager I posted:Iirc Dwayne Johnson is some kind of moderate "hard work" Republican, but in general he's smart enough to shut the gently caress up about politics. Wikipedia posted:Johnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention as part of WWE's non-partisan "Smackdown Your Vote" campaign, which aimed to influence young people to vote. He also had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention that same year. Methinks he may be like, "older-school Republican" (think more Romney than Trump), not this new flavor of Trump-obsessed ghouls. Or he's switched sides, who knows. Skwirl posted:He's rich and doesn't hate gays, so I think he donates to democrats enough to have a meeting with them and tell them "don't raise taxes." That, basically. Lovely Joe Stalin posted:I have serious suspicions about the coolness and goodness of anyone who got to his position in a company like WWE under a man like noted murder cover-upper Vince McMahon. I thought this was referring to Chris Benoit, but nope.  I guess I have some Dark Side of the Ring episodes to watch! (I've only seen Season 1).
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EL BROMANCE posted:I've seen the exact same thing but with a NOEL/LEON sign, so I think we can be safe to assume it's just a gag. But I know what you mean. I distinctly remember a British tabloid (or maybe a reputable paper idk) with a mother who bought a HAPPY BIRTHDAY sign and the letters (which were cut out individually) were all mixed up, she had to string them together herself and then it was misspelled so she went on a shitfit complaint spree and the paper ran this big photo of her under the misspelled sign going  with a  faceI used to be able to google it but I'm sure I've managed to get every little detail of this story just wrong enough
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Ngl I did not see Paris Hilton getting rehabbed as “good” being a square for bingo.
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dialhforhero posted:Ngl I did not see Paris Hilton getting rehabbed as “good” being a square for bingo. Even if she wasn't "good" the poo poo she went through would more than excuse her, to be honest.
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dialhforhero posted:Ngl I did not see Paris Hilton getting rehabbed as “good” being a square for bingo. Less rehabbed and more that the early 00s were a pretty misogynist time.
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yea I don't really think she did that much to need 'rehab' from. Like, she was just annoying, wasn't she? That was the bit, she played an obnoxious out of touch rich person?
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Read After Burning posted:Methinks he may be like, "older-school Republican" (think more Romney than Trump), not this new flavor of Trump-obsessed ghouls. Or he's switched sides, who knows. Yeah this is my perception of him and I appreciate that he keeps quiet. When he endorsed Biden, social media was full of his enraged chud fans shouting “Good luck ever having any success ever again you traitor!!” Meanwhile he broke 200M followers and became the most followed person in the world on Instagram, launched his own tequila, continued to be endorsed by all kinds of strength and body building products, released a couple more very lucrative movies, and posts pretty cool strong man content. Also, he very often posts about how great his daughter is and how little girls should be able to do anything and as a guy with a daughter that is really sweet to see from a famous masculine icon.
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she did really lean into it sometimes, i wasn't old enough to really be paying attention but i remember hearing about some absolutely boneheaded poo poo she did iirc Christina Aguilera is also pretty smart, and Kesha is a certified genius who speaks like four languages
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:Has any public figure ever turned out to be secretly smarter than they appeared? A couple of pages back. This one is regional based. But the host of Countdown in Australia in the 80s, Molly Meldrum turned out to be a member of Mensa. Which was a surprise to everyone. He is a man who famously forgot Prince Charles' name live on air. Whilst interviewing him.
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OH OH I just remembered another one. Slim Thug turned out to be really good at investing apparently and wrote a book about it and now runs a program that gets low income people into affordable housing.BrigadierSensible posted:A couple of pages back. Yeah but Mensa is some terrible bullshit and not at all a good indicator of intelligence or worth.
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The Rock puts out good vibes. There was a video where he pulls up next to a star tour- "You guys see my house yet?" :fanning out: No! "Keep it that way. Enjoy your day!" While he had an in with WWE, it was his talent that carried him higher. Even if you aren't a wrestling fan, his promos are killer. Particularly the one where he lets the crowd choose whether he was going to turn heel.
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MENSA always strikes me as some guild of puzzlers like RIDDLE-DEE-DEE TRY MY PUZZLES THREE and I hate that poo poo
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Zil posted:I don't care what anyone says, that is fake. I need at least some faith in humanity to remain. I once bought a pair of knee sleeves on Amazon and one of the reviews said something like "Size ordered: large - I received mine yesterday and got 2 left ones! Absolute garbage" with a picture of his sleeves' "L" tags, and there's not a night since that it hasn't kept me sleepless. Knee sleeves are just tubes, they don't have sides. I should have replied that I ordered mediums and got 2 middle ones.
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sexpig by night posted:yea I don't really think she did that much to need 'rehab' from. Like, she was just annoying, wasn't she? That was the bit, she played an obnoxious out of touch rich person? If only that could be all rich people. Instead we get that trait AND business tycoons and presidents and…
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Hokkaido Anxiety posted:Less rehabbed and more that the early 00s were a pretty misogynist time. The sex tape thing was crazy. It's straight up revenge porn from an encounter Paris barely remembered and then the dude had the audacity to turn it into an actual porno. The rights to it are still owned by an adult entertainment company. But I still remember the only context in which people talked about it back then was Paris being some socialite hussy and how hilarious it was that everybody was spreading it. People were so proud of having seen it. It's real gross and she moved past it in a super admirable way.
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:I don't see how you could commercially release, or own the rights to, a sex tape without the written consent of the people appearing in it. Amazingly the law allowed it at the time as you consented to the video to be made and left it with the other person. It's why a bunch of states started to pass a lot of laws against revenge porn because it was somehow legal.
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I don't know if I ever thought of Paris Hilton as either smart or dumb but I know that she was a petty, superficial, self-centered rich girl and that's enough for me to mark her as "lovely"
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Chamillionaire who did riding diry (more famous as the parody white and nerdy by weird AL) turning out to be a savvy businessman who made millions off venture capital was something I didn't expect I once attended a huge gala event promoting a new township where the developer was buddies with Paris Hilton and gave her a slot to perform her, uh, dj skills. She came up to the stage and did it, and the crowd was awkwardly watching her so she went "there's no dancing? Where are the dancers?" and the organizers had to quickly get the dancers of another show to go up on the stage to do some impromptu sexy dancing. "yeah! Now we're talking! Make some noise!" and suddenly her dj abilities went up by 10 and the crowd cheered and danced with her She was still terrible at being a dj but it also ruled
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EL BROMANCE posted:I've been so tempted to use wayback machine to grab that awful countdown timer website for the Olsen twins and rejig it to be about being morally fine with hurling abuse at Barron. You can easily make a countdown timer at timeanddate.com . I'm staring at one right now, counting the hours until I'm supposed to have finished a fic.
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Rockman Reserve posted:yeah Paris Hilton, she played a plastic surgery addicted heiress in Repo the Genetic Opera,
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Inceltown posted:I thought Paris was pioneering the sex tape as brand building thing and released it herself. Lovely Joe Stalin posted:I don't see how you could commercially release, or own the rights to, a sex tape without the written consent of the people appearing in it. This. This is why it is all fake. Misogyny and gay-bashing is definitely a 2000s thing but this wasn’t a case of being ignorant. Anyways, I would accept Paris Hilton’s machinations over, say, Trump or Musk any day. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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FreudianSlippers posted:The most Neue Slowenische Kunst Christmas decorations ever. 
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Brawnfire posted:MENSA always strikes me as some guild of puzzlers like RIDDLE-DEE-DEE TRY MY PUZZLES THREE and I hate that poo poo AJ Jacobs has a book about attempting to become the smartest man in the world. He joins Mensa, and it's apparently just a bunch of awkward people hanging out and doing crossword puzzles. Inceltown posted:I thought Paris was pioneering the sex tape as brand building thing and released it herself. I believe that was Kim Kardashian (or rather her mom), although Rob Lowe and Pamela Anderson both had sex tapes before Paris and Kim did. Read After Burning has a new favorite as of 02:04 on Dec 17, 2021 |
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Read After Burning posted:AJ Jacobs has a book about attempting to become the smartest man in the world. He joins Mensa, and it's apparently just a bunch of awkward people hanging out and doing crossword puzzles. All I've read about Mensa (from people who thought it would be a good idea to join) is they're a bunch of liberal misogynists and would-be sex pests.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:All I've read about Mensa (from people who thought it would be a good idea to join) is they're a bunch of liberal misogynists and would-be sex pests. pretty much, you literally just pay to get in and do a test there's countless literal answer guides for, it's just a social club for exactly the sort of people who you imagine would want that as their social club
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sexpig by night posted:literal answer guides They should teach them in schools to make the tests even more useless, IMHO. (I got one as a kid and every test I've had to take followed the principles explained in it, but I guess they may have come up with something new in the past 20 years?)
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Pro wrestlers unexpectedly being eloquent, compassionate and progressive people isn't really a surprise when you realize they're basically just theatre kids who got really into weight lifting.Zulily Zoetrope posted:Has any public figure ever turned out to be secretly smarter than they appeared? Jim Varney (of 'Ernest' fame) is a fairly accomplished thespian, I think. Dexter Holland (the singer from The Offspring) has a PhD in Molecular Biology. EDIT: This one seems a bit tangential and could lead us into talking about the multitudes of musicians who happen to also be really good at other things - Brian May, or Bruce Dickinson, for example - but I think the Offspring example is especially apt because their ouevre is... California skate-punk, it's largely superficial party music for kids who don't wear helmets, but should. Mister Speaker has a new favorite as of 02:47 on Dec 17, 2021 |
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Rob Lowe made child porn with a 16 year old.... Oddly, this was also one of the tapes to turn up in Paul Reuben (Pee-Wee Herman)'s extensive porn collection.
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Comedian Jamie Loftus did a podcast miniseries all about her experiences dealing with MENSA members. It is hilarious and horrifying. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-my-year-in-mensa-55379945/
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cult_hero posted:Rob Lowe made child porn with a 16 year old.... Ayup! Guess how I learned about that? Please watch this (it's related, warning for NSFW language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZedcCm4hl8&t=230s (Starts at 3:48, timestamps are acting weird for me.)
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:OH OH I just remembered another one. Slim Thug turned out to be really good at investing apparently and wrote a book about it and now runs a program that gets low income people into affordable housing. I guess that’s why they call slim thug the boss
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Mister Speaker posted:Dexter Holland (the singer from The Offspring) has a PhD in Molecular Biology. EDIT: This one seems a bit tangential and could lead us into talking about the multitudes of musicians who happen to also be really good at other things - Brian May, or Bruce Dickinson, for example - but I think the Offspring example is especially apt because their ouevre is... California skate-punk, it's largely superficial party music for kids who don't wear helmets, but should. It's a lot less surprising but Milo has a PhD in biology, was a research scientist at Penn and for duPont, and was an adjunct professor at UD.
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