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    Quote Originally Posted by sweeterthan View Post
    do you have a suggestion?
    Sexual impropriety in the news?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Seaward View Post
    Sexual impropriety in the news?
    I believe that specific term is context-dependent, so it wouldn't work as a catch-all. What I like about "asshatery", aside from it being fun to say, is it plays on the word "assault", which some accusations include and some don't, but that element of concordance makes it pretty clear it's all plainly unacceptable behaviour.

    Sophomoric word choice? Perhaps, but honestly... this place has always been good about not taking itself too seriously, even when the subject under discussion is brutal — though we're all getting older now, that's something I'd like to keep doing, if only for my own sanity.

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    It's not necessarily the lack of seriousness that's getting me. And I'm not the biggest enemy of sophomoric jokes *notes username* it's just that "ass-hat" specifically seriously rubs me the wrong way. I think I'm always just a bit annoyed with those unfunny "random" insults that people think are funny. Sort of reminds me of the people who call Trump shit like Cheeto or whatever.

    Shrug, it could just be me - in which case I'd say fair enough, I'm not trying to make a big issue of it or anything.

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    It's always bugged that me that "asshatery" only has one T

    "Asshattery", surely

    Fantastic news about Lignadis... the theatre world is a cesspool, quite frankly

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    Governor Cuomo.

    Please let this + the nursing home scandal = Cuomo's last term.

    The COVID-19 pressers had so many people all over the country (world?) who are unfamiliar with his day-to-day governance, or lack thereof, falling over themselves to praise him as our fucking savior. I admit that I watched nearly all of them the first couple of months.

    While I know the entire country and world have endured so much through the last year, that initial period in NYC was horrifying. There was just so little information at that time and all we saw was mass graves and refrigerated trucks holding bodies. At the time, Cuomo balanced out 45's wild-as-shit, panic-inducing pressers. The things that make him good during times of crisis are the same things that make him a terrible governor.

    I know none of this has anything to do with the current story, but god. Fuck him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarah K View Post
    Oh my God. What an asshole. I hope this sinks him. That article was nauseating.

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    i changed the thread title to Sexual Abuse/Assault in the News. i thought about “abuse/assault/harassment” but i think harassment falls under the abuse umbrella. i almost added a “t” to “asshatery” but i feel like that didn’t solve the problem.

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    "John Geddert, former USA Gymnastics Coach, Charged with Abuse Dies by Suicide"

    https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/97144...iminal-charges

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    On one hand I think about what a country with a bourgeoning mental health program could do for people who are obviously broken like he was.

    On the other hand? Good fucking riddance to bad rubbish.

    So not quite even karmically, I think.

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    Cuomo is trying to convince the state Attorney General to not investigate and instead wants an independent investigator used. LOL.




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    TI and Tiny are apparently on some Manson-type shit, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarah K View Post
    Cuomo is trying to convince the state Attorney General to not investigate and instead wants an independent investigator used. LOL.



    Wtf ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarah K View Post
    TI and Tiny are apparently on some Manson-type shit, too.
    ELEVEN PEOPLE!? Holy shit. And they’re calling it a shakedown. I bet that number grows.

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    Too bad, I really dug this guy's music...

    Canadian singer 'Rhye' accused of sexual grooming and abuse.

    No apologism though. Fuck this clown forever.

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    I keep seeing grooming used in these stories and I feel like Andy from Parks and Rec at this point.



    PS please don't tell me, I also don't want to know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RowanSomething View Post
    https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/1...s-house-effie/
    https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18136065340183954/

    So, it turns out Armie Hammer is a real life version of Christian Grey, but somehow even worse. Like, seriously, that Instagram story was harrowing.
    Remember this? Hammer is now investigated for sexual assault: https://people.com/movies/armie-hamm...t-allegations/

    There's also this Vanity Fair profile that's very revealing: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...d-betrayal/amp

    He's a freaking piece of shit.

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    Why doesn't Biden ask Cuomo to step down?

    I'm disappointed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marodi View Post
    There's also this Vanity Fair profile that's very revealing: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...d-betrayal/amp
    JESUS. This was such a horrifying read. May this mannequin-fucking cannibal rot in hell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elevenism View Post
    Why doesn't Biden ask Cuomo to step down?

    I'm disappointed.
    He pretty much did:
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cuom...ry?id=76499093

    There IS an investigation being conducted, and - like Biden said - it appears that there is sufficient evidence for him to be prosecuted, as well as forced to resign.

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    "UK court rejects Johnny Depp bid to appeal 'wife beater' ruling"

    https://apnews.com/article/uk-court-...dac50a244a5e2d

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    Quote Originally Posted by ickyvicky View Post
    "UK court rejects Johnny Depp bid to appeal 'wife beater' ruling"

    https://apnews.com/article/uk-court-...dac50a244a5e2d
    You know, I get the feeling that those two both fought EACH OTHER. Some of you might remember that I went through a bit of shit like that back in 2013 or so.
    But, it all worked out for us.
    With Depp, I can see that he might have been in a similar relationship, where they wound up fighting one another.

    Edit: this is NOT the normal outcome for these sorts of relationships, it "working out," from what I understand.
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    Some people are just terrible for each other and make each other do things they wouldn't normally do. I've known a couple like this before (both were good people before they got together, but together, they indulged in their worst tendencies and weren't fun to be around) and it seems to me that Depp and Heard might be the same in that regard.

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    what a thread...

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    He has so many photos with high school aged kids. Its so fucked up. I really want the lid to blow off this story but that also means there are victims...and that's gross as hell. So fucked up.

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    Have I told you guys about that time that I realized Matt Gaetz was obviously a really bad person? I know I have a mixed track record on calling this out, but I win there! I was right!

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    (Eric Cartman voice with laughing face OHMYGOD, guys! Guys!)


    This is fucking hilarious. Tucker's reaction after the interview is priceless. Even HE'S not falling for this bullshit, AND, Gaetz tries to sort of implicate HIM, TWICE.

    "YOU know what I mean, Tucker. YOU'VE been falsely accused of..."
    "Uhh, yeah, but it was absolutely nothing like THIS shit, Matt: I was very obviously accused by a mentally ill viewer, TWENTY fucking years ago, so..."

    and then
    "You and I went to dinner! You're wife was there, and I brought a friend of mine! You'll remember her..."
    "Ummm. Matt, I have no fucking idea what you're talking about."

    And then tucker at the end, lololol. "YOU just saw our Matt Gaetz interview. It was certainly one of the weirdest interviews I'VE ever done..."

    Oh my god, I'm dead. This is too fucking funny.
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    "DOJ Probing Whether Matt Gaetz Paid for Sex with Multiple Women"

    https://nypost.com/2021/04/01/doj-pr...women-for-sex/

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    so... Matt Gaetz is ACTUALLY actively involved in some sex trafficking and inappropriate stuff involving minors and prostitution...

    Hey, Q Anon guys, where you at right now?

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    Bassnectar case is getting worse

    "Bassnectar and a variety of companies connected to the electronic music producer have been named in a new lawsuit alleging sexual abuse, grooming, human trafficking, the manufacturing and possession of child pornography and more."

    https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/9551892/bassnectar-lawsuit-sexual-abuse-trafficking-redlight-management-c3-presents/

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