• @Telorand@reddthat.com
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    559 months ago

    At first, I was like, “Who cares?”

    But as I think about it, people and especially Conservatives, love to use the Wolf of Wall Street as a source of memes and personal meaning. They imagine their heroes are Jordan Belfort “sticking it to the elites,” and I have to wonder if they won’t feel some kind of cognitive dissonance when they want to use this character in the future, now that DiCaprio has come out against Trump and in support of Harris.

    • Hanrahan
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      9 months ago

      They used a gay actor I to BDSM for anti covid memes, so I dont that sekc reoefction is their strong suite.

      • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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        29 months ago

        I know you’re being facetious, but just to be clear for those in the back (since the internet often misunderstands words), you can experience cognitive dissonance and still continue doing the same things afterwards.

        It’s just that uncomfortable feeling when you are presented with an idea that conflicts with your beliefs about reality. I fully expect they’ll figure out how to get past it with some mental gymnastics, a thought-terminating-cliche, or (gasp) accepting reality and recognizing that the character is fictional.

      • granolabar
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        419 months ago

        In context of the hollywood if this is his only wierd thing, he is a saint.

        People get bent out of shape over him while hollwyood is literally filled with rapists and pedophiles who mostly went un punished with a few exceptions.

        • @pyre@lemmy.world
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          that’s a big if. there’s no way that a guy who can’t go near women with fully developed brains has no skeletons in his closet.

          • Steve
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            59 months ago

            He’s one of many celebs known for having close ties to Diddy so those skeletons will be coming out of the closet soon enough.

          • granolabar
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            69 months ago

            Yes i would not bet my farm on it but are there any credible reports?

            It seems any time a sex pests gets exposed, everybody in the industry already knew… Diddy, Weinstein, sheen etc

        • Cruxifux
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          229 months ago

          You can hate the pedophiles and rapists and still think what he does is creepy too. It’s not a sliding scale of dickbag where the more awful shit they do the more okay it is to do less awful shit. I can’t believe you got 7 upvotes for that.

          • granolabar
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            149 months ago

            Him being “creepy” is just your opinion that is shared pretty widely

            Rapist and pedos are criminals and get away with it because they are part of the club.

            Bringing up that hollywood is pedos amd rapists woll generally get downvotes while two consenting adults using each is apparently an issue worth society’s attention.

            Thats some whacked out priorities is my point here.

      • @WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        79 months ago

        Is it weird to be attracted to younger women, know that marriage isn’t for you, and then have different relationships within the type that interests you?

        Idk, I think he’s just marching to his own drummer rather than being an Epstein.

        • @basmati@lemmus.org
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          29 months ago

          It is weird he hasn’t matured in any way since his 20s, yes. Usually humans continue to develop throughout their lives, interest in relationships with people significantly younger than you either shows you haven’t matured since the rough age they are, or you feel people your own age are far too challenging due to their equal footing and prefer manipulating less mature people.

    • @webadict@lemmy.world
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      49 months ago

      Endorsements have been a thing throughout a lot of human history because we are very social beings. It may sound silly, but some people literally care more what an entertainer says instead of any or all politicians or political experts, and will vote because of it.

  • Zement
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    169 months ago

    Says the guy who uses private jets, yachts and helicopters… preach water drink wine.

    • granolabar
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      149 months ago

      We dont criticize elites consumption… They are our betters so they deserve to have polluting toys.