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It was needed one comic to not shut up about Cosby being rapist for the whole issue to cause his downfall. That is why it is the Cosby effect. The same as Strei

It was needed one comic to not shut up about Cosby being rapist for the whole issue to cause his downfall. That is why it is the Cosby effect. The same as Streisand effect is named after Barbara.

NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
Do you have any evidence that he's a rapist? I know he hasn't been convicted, so I would hope you at least have something more than an unfounded accusation.
- pessimizer 12y ago
  There's been an update since the joke: Over a dozen women have openly accused Bill Cosby of being a rapist. I know it has been widely reported, so I would hope that you aren't reducing the statements of those women to "an unfounded accusation."
  - venomsnake 12y ago
    It is a classical case of he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said ... don't we hate when it happens like that.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
    Actually, that's the technical definition of "unfounded accusation". I don't have to reduce, that's what it is.
- glibgil 12y ago
  Sorry, I only have dozens of unfounded accusations that say he might be a rapist. Do I need something more substantial to say that he might be?
- venomsnake 12y ago
  20+ women, all telling eerily similar stories spanning across 4 decades ... it is enough to extinguish reasonable doubt for me.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
    It's sex abuse hysteria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria The women aren't deliberately lying, but they're not telling the truth either. They've talked themselves into believing these things, forming false memories. The more who come forward, the more likely even more will come forward who have had interactions with the man in the past, since when the women tell their stories to the press they're creating an environment where more false memory formation is encouraged (at least until the supply of women who were acquaintences is exhausted). I mean, since we now "know" Cosby is a rapist, every female who ever met him or spent time with him starts wondering if they were drugged ("I might not even remember if I were rufied!"). So poorly remembered details from 40 years ago are re-analyzed, in paranoid fashion, until they're quite sure it was a thousand times creepier than it seemed back then. Every time they go over it in their heads, details mutate slightly. New embellishments occur. Stuff other accusers said in interviews gets conflated with stuff they think they remember...
    - glibgil 12y ago
      NoMoreNicksLeft, these were adult women, not children. And Bill Cosby is a comedian, not a day care provider.
      - NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
        Yes, adults. Adults do the false memory thing all the time.
    - DanBC 12y ago
      People said the same about Saville and Glitter and Max Clifford and Rolf Harris and DLT and etc etc.
glibgil 12y ago
Then a better name would be the Hannibal Buress effect.

It was needed one comic to not shut up about Cosby being rapist for the whole issue to cause his downfall. That is why it is the Cosby effect. The same as Streisand effect is named after Barbara.

NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago

Do you have any evidence that he's a rapist? I know he hasn't been convicted, so I would hope you at least have something more than an unfounded accusation.

pessimizer 12y ago
There's been an update since the joke: Over a dozen women have openly accused Bill Cosby of being a rapist. I know it has been widely reported, so I would hope that you aren't reducing the statements of those women to "an unfounded accusation."
- venomsnake 12y ago
  It is a classical case of he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said ... don't we hate when it happens like that.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
  Actually, that's the technical definition of "unfounded accusation". I don't have to reduce, that's what it is.
glibgil 12y ago
Sorry, I only have dozens of unfounded accusations that say he might be a rapist. Do I need something more substantial to say that he might be?
venomsnake 12y ago
20+ women, all telling eerily similar stories spanning across 4 decades ... it is enough to extinguish reasonable doubt for me.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
  It's sex abuse hysteria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria The women aren't deliberately lying, but they're not telling the truth either. They've talked themselves into believing these things, forming false memories. The more who come forward, the more likely even more will come forward who have had interactions with the man in the past, since when the women tell their stories to the press they're creating an environment where more false memory formation is encouraged (at least until the supply of women who were acquaintences is exhausted). I mean, since we now "know" Cosby is a rapist, every female who ever met him or spent time with him starts wondering if they were drugged ("I might not even remember if I were rufied!"). So poorly remembered details from 40 years ago are re-analyzed, in paranoid fashion, until they're quite sure it was a thousand times creepier than it seemed back then. Every time they go over it in their heads, details mutate slightly. New embellishments occur. Stuff other accusers said in interviews gets conflated with stuff they think they remember...
  - glibgil 12y ago
    NoMoreNicksLeft, these were adult women, not children. And Bill Cosby is a comedian, not a day care provider.
    - NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
      Yes, adults. Adults do the false memory thing all the time.
  - DanBC 12y ago
    People said the same about Saville and Glitter and Max Clifford and Rolf Harris and DLT and etc etc.

glibgil 12y ago

Then a better name would be the Hannibal Buress effect.