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Offline jsem

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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #70 on: March 25, 2012, 09:01:51 AM »
Yup. But what, is that an excuse for his behavior?

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« Reply #71 on: March 25, 2012, 11:59:09 AM »
Anyone who's laughing at the guy for having a mental breakdown, obviously has no idea what it's like to be famous, well known, and get a crap-load of attention paid to you. Shit like this is not rare - fucking look at celebrities. Remember bald Britney throwing chairs and attacking a car, or whatever the fuck that was? Even knowing something might go viral doesn't prepare you for the kind of celebrity that will hit you.
IMO anyone with any common sense would have mentally prepared for this.

IMO, you can't prepare for it.
Sure you can, with a little common sense that not everyone in the world will love what you do.

Offline Rathma

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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #72 on: March 25, 2012, 12:09:26 PM »
I like how you assume that you know the exact cause of his breakdown.

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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #73 on: March 25, 2012, 12:16:13 PM »
Well let's see. In here: https://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/16/kony-mastermind-arrested-for-public-masturbation we see:

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Russell's wife, Danica, released a statement late Friday saying the negative reaction to the film impacted her husband greatly.

"While that attention was great for raising awareness about Joseph Kony, it also brought a lot of attention to Jason — and, because of how personal the film is, many of the attacks against it were also very personal, and Jason took them very hard," Danica said in the statement

Sounds like I'm at least partly right. :P

Offline Scheavo

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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #74 on: March 25, 2012, 12:29:26 PM »
Anyone who's laughing at the guy for having a mental breakdown, obviously has no idea what it's like to be famous, well known, and get a crap-load of attention paid to you. Shit like this is not rare - fucking look at celebrities. Remember bald Britney throwing chairs and attacking a car, or whatever the fuck that was? Even knowing something might go viral doesn't prepare you for the kind of celebrity that will hit you.
IMO anyone with any common sense would have mentally prepared for this.

IMO, you can't prepare for it.
Sure you can, with a little common sense that not everyone in the world will love what you do.

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There's expecting critique of your work, and then there's expecting fame and critique of you as a person - on a very fundamental level. And then there's this happening overnight.