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[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, Cosby’s fall was larger than Kanye’s.

Unless you were alive in the 1980’s it’s hard to understand how beloved Bill Cosby was.

It was probably on-par to how Mister Rogers is remembered today.

He went from that to being completely persona non grata.

I think Kanye’s fall is nothing in comparison to that; especially considering that he still has a career even though it’s not as successful as it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

Cosby was on par with how we think of Tom Hanks today. He had a dad vibe that everyone loved.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Kanye is definitely up there. Because I hate so much about what Kanye has turned into... his music is just so, so fucking good. For all his personality faults (Or diagnoses... I dont think we will ever know for certain) the man is a musical genius.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He has a lot of the telltale signs of something akin to bipolar disorder. You can see very easily his ups or downs and whether or not he has taken his meds recently.

It sucks. He looks like someone who needs help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh very much so, but when someone with his means and access to treatment options keeps going off the deep end and ranting about Jews and how some black people must have wanted slavery. It reduces my sympathy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It certainly does. Simply because bipolar disorder doesn't magically create shit political views.

Otoh it is very hard to be convinced in the long term that you need help. It's a common phenomenon where people with bipolar disorder go off their meds during manic episodes.

I agree that money helps like hell, especially in the US. Otoh you also need some support around you. And he strikes me as an incredibly lonely dude surrounded by sycophants...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How are Crosby and Kanye even remotely comparable?? Crosby literally sexually assaulted others. From my knowledge Kanye isn’t a sexual predator? Crazy maybe, but not a pig? Correct me if I’m wrong though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

The "fall" is comparable not the magnitude of what they did, mostly because Cosbys shit mostly came out 20 years after he stopped being culturally relevant.