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The end of an era.

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I remember his wife warned that by re-electing Obama we were entering a thousand years of darkness.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 48 points 3 days ago (3 children)

this guy a virulent homophobe; good riddance.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 days 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 7 hours 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 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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?

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.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days 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)

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

What did Shaq do to be grouped with Bill Cosby?

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

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

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Iain Watkins

Not H from Steps. The other one, from Lostprophets

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago

Rest in piss.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Insert Chuck Norris joke about being immortal here.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 3 points 3 days ago

Chuck Norris didn't die. He just chose to send the rest of the world into afterlife.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)