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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I don't understand how for the last ten years this guy has been allowed to just associate with other comics like he's not a fucking pariah.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Kayfabe.

We assume the personas we see on the screen are a representation of the people they really are. If we really saw the truth behind our media we would feel hollow and sad and empty and realize how little substance there actually is in the world, so on some level we choose to believe what we already know to be untrue, because we prefer it this way.

[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

"Everybody out there that's watching, everybody that's watching this world? This world is bullshit. You shouldn’t model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we’re wearing and what we’re saying and everything." - Fiona Apple.

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