My childhood heroes were Optimus Prime, dinosaurs, and a big bin full of LEGO.
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Bill fucking Cosby. That guy was a generational idol.
Back in the '00s, he used to give speeches down at college campuses around the country that supposedly promoted ethics and social values for young men. The most famous of these, the Pound Cake Speech, was given out during the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision at an NAACP Legal Defense dinner, ffs.
He was this pinnacle of Respectibility Politics. This Model Minority. The quintessential American father figure. An intellectual. A charismatic icon. A pillar of the community.
Oops. Fuck. Oh well...
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A big hero of mine is/was "Weird Al" Yankovic. I feel like out of all celebrities that exist, he's the one that I probably don't have to worry about turning out to be a horrible person.
Just paniced by the name. Please tell me he hasn‘t done something bad.
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Tim Sweeny
Back when Epic was Epic Megagames I played a shitton of their shareware catalogue - ZZT, Jazz Jackrabbit, Epic Pinball, Jill of the Jungle. As a teen I loved Unreal and Unreal Tournament. After Tim sold Epic to Tencent and became a vocal piece of shit I actively avoid all Epic software.
That Bill Cosby guy...
Honestly liked the Cosby show, and even his standup. Was very disappointed when I heard.
Not so much a hero but I admired ~~his work~~ the projects he is associated with: Elon regarding Tesla & Space X.
I had heard that he was a bit of a nightmare to work with but I just chalked that up to the usual tech CEO being a bit of an arsehole but still delivering the vision. So admired the projects but wouldn't personally work for him.
The first time I came across something that gave me the impression something was off with him was when he called one of the Thai cave divers a pedo after the diver rejected using an unproven single person extraction canister Elon proposed.
It was just so uncalled for. Then the more I read and saw stories about him my opinion of him wained further down to a spoilt nepo-baby cosplaying as a design engineer who'd do best to get out of the way of the actual engineers trying to do the work.
Now I think the world would be better off without him and I hope the talented engineers currently work for him leave to find fulfilling employment elsewhere in the space and electrification industries as soon as possible.
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Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew on Loveline.
HOLY SHIT... Did those two unimaginably broken people take, at first different, but eventually converging, paths to the deepest part of hell.
Both irredeemable pieces of garbage.
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More by extension. My dad was a huge Joe Paterno / Penn State football fan. He thought very highly of Paterno as a coach, and leader. I was baffled when it broke just how much he had ignored. Just so cowardly and evil, allowing that man to rape and abuse so many kids so his football team wouldn't look bad in a headline or two.
Emir kusturica was my nr 1 director since forever until I found it he works for Putin now.
Black Cat White Cat and Underground were my favorite movies.
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I don't know that Tim Sweeney is a horrible person, but he's said some irresponsible things recently.
And I understand that Kirby Puckett became something of a louse after his athletic career ended.