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This reminds me of a clip of Louis CK talking about losing the ability to just sit with your own thoughts and be really sad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H

This reminds me of a clip of Louis CK talking about losing the ability to just sit with your own thoughts and be really sad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c&t=53s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c&t=53s Shame he turned out to be a sexual deviant because he said some interesting things.

hedberg10 5y ago
"One bad thought ruins entirety of humans other thoughts, they are now null and void. News at eleven!"
- jonplackett 5y ago
  What’s that quote from?
  - arthurcolle 5y ago
    GP is making a statement in jest
  - alisonkisk 5y ago
    Poor use of sarcasm (as most sarcasm is).
    - anonomousename 5y ago
      How come? I'd argue that he made a decent point - one bad action of an individual doesn't invalidate everything else they've done. Using sarcasm can turn a bland, potentially combative statement like that into a joke.
- watwut 5y ago
  Tho, he did nor had one bad thought. Issue is, he had multiple bad actions that actually harmed people. And he had worldview that rationalized those actions as something ok to do.
reidjs 5y ago
I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss his entire act because of what he did. Watch his latest special to see his perspective. He’s not exactly Bill Cosby.
- watwut 5y ago
  Bill Cosby is rather low bar.
- carapace 5y ago
  > I wouldn’t be so quick... I was a big fan of Louis CK, it took me about five days to internalize what he did and decide that his career was over as far as I'm concerned. It broke my heart. The guy is a creep and I can't watch him anymore. Compare and contrast with what happened to Paul Reubens. He was arrested for masturbating during a film at an adult movie theater. He didn't force people to watch him like Louis CK allegedly did. It took eight years for his career to revive, and he arguably never fully recovered. > In July 1991, Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult theater in Sarasota, Florida. The arrest set off a chain reaction of national media attention that changed the general public's view of Reubens and Pee-wee.[3] The arrest postponed Reubens' involvement in major projects until 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#1991_arrest_and_retreat_from_public_eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#1991_arrest_and_r...
alisonkisk 5y ago
Two sides of a coin. "Deviant" and "interesting" are the same kinds behaviors but with different value judgements.
- elliekelly 5y ago
  I don’t think “deviant” is the right word to describe CK’s abhorrent behavior at all. Being different isn’t a bad thing. Rex Ryan is a “deviant”. Sure, some people may judge him but there’s nothing inherently harmful or unethical about what he chooses to do for sexual gratification. CK might be a deviant in that others don’t find gratification the way he apparently does but his deviance isn’t the issue. This issue is that he’s sexually exploitative of others.
  - jonplackett 5y ago
    I’m unsure if you’re saying I shouldn’t be criticising him or should be more critical? If he’d just been doing something sexually odd on his own I have no issue with almost anything that might be - but what he was doing abused his power and hurt other people.
redis_mlc 5y ago
Just for those reading the above comment about Louis CK ... If he hadn't voluntarily apologized, and hadn't been the biggest comedian at the time, there wouldn't have been anything to the story since it was consensual, and in one case, with another famous star. Anyway, he can afford not to work, but still does live standup shows.

hedberg10 5y ago

"One bad thought ruins entirety of humans other thoughts, they are now null and void. News at eleven!"

jonplackett 5y ago
What’s that quote from?
- arthurcolle 5y ago
  GP is making a statement in jest
- alisonkisk 5y ago
  Poor use of sarcasm (as most sarcasm is).
  - anonomousename 5y ago
    How come? I'd argue that he made a decent point - one bad action of an individual doesn't invalidate everything else they've done. Using sarcasm can turn a bland, potentially combative statement like that into a joke.
watwut 5y ago
Tho, he did nor had one bad thought. Issue is, he had multiple bad actions that actually harmed people. And he had worldview that rationalized those actions as something ok to do.

reidjs 5y ago

I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss his entire act because of what he did. Watch his latest special to see his perspective. He’s not exactly Bill Cosby.

watwut 5y ago
Bill Cosby is rather low bar.
carapace 5y ago
> I wouldn’t be so quick... I was a big fan of Louis CK, it took me about five days to internalize what he did and decide that his career was over as far as I'm concerned. It broke my heart. The guy is a creep and I can't watch him anymore. Compare and contrast with what happened to Paul Reubens. He was arrested for masturbating during a film at an adult movie theater. He didn't force people to watch him like Louis CK allegedly did. It took eight years for his career to revive, and he arguably never fully recovered. > In July 1991, Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult theater in Sarasota, Florida. The arrest set off a chain reaction of national media attention that changed the general public's view of Reubens and Pee-wee.[3] The arrest postponed Reubens' involvement in major projects until 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#1991_arrest_and_retreat_from_public_eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens#1991_arrest_and_r...

alisonkisk 5y ago

Two sides of a coin. "Deviant" and "interesting" are the same kinds behaviors but with different value judgements.

elliekelly 5y ago
I don’t think “deviant” is the right word to describe CK’s abhorrent behavior at all. Being different isn’t a bad thing. Rex Ryan is a “deviant”. Sure, some people may judge him but there’s nothing inherently harmful or unethical about what he chooses to do for sexual gratification. CK might be a deviant in that others don’t find gratification the way he apparently does but his deviance isn’t the issue. This issue is that he’s sexually exploitative of others.
- jonplackett 5y ago
  I’m unsure if you’re saying I shouldn’t be criticising him or should be more critical? If he’d just been doing something sexually odd on his own I have no issue with almost anything that might be - but what he was doing abused his power and hurt other people.

redis_mlc 5y ago

Just for those reading the above comment about Louis CK ... If he hadn't voluntarily apologized, and hadn't been the biggest comedian at the time, there wouldn't have been anything to the story since it was consensual, and in one case, with another famous star. Anyway, he can afford not to work, but still does live standup shows.