| ▲ | BLKNSLVR 2 days ago | |
"Never meet your heroes". Also, the opening monologue to Tool's Third Eye[0]. The older I get the more examples I've come across of a person destroying their reputation by either self-over-exposure (social media) or just basic exposure via news of some outrageous or illegal behavior. I don't have a problem with whatever line you choose to not cross, and I was once much more self-righteous, but I've more recently pretty much made the conscious decision to separate product from producer, art from artist, etc. Theo Lengyel was recently arrested for murdering his girlfriend, and yet I will still listen to and enjoy Mr. Bungle's music. Gary Glitter... I still like the song Rock n Roll Part Two. J.K. Rowling has some controversial views on transsexual women, but that doesn't mean that the Harry Potter series is any less worthwhile reading than it was before. ReiserFS I still buy Nestle Quik occasionally Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, name almost any tech bro... (but not Steve Wozniak, he's a treasure) Sports stars. Musicians. I wonder how many other things are worthy of protest if we knew all the facts about all the people who were involved in it's creation. (I'm attempting to respond to the general concept of "he/she/they bad = it bad", not commenting on GrapheneOS vs CalyxOS or anyone's personal choice over where / what they choose to apply "he/she/they bad = it bad" to, other than saying that it should be a conscious decision not a reflexive reaction) | ||