The Picard Maneuver

Celebrities eventually sell out their values

https://lemmy.world/post/44550290

Mar 21 at 1:45pmWeb
Show threadchiselMar 21
I can’t believe Arthur, my favorite celebrity, gave in to corruption and became a sellout. Now I’m questioning everything. Is the library even fun?
Show threadThePowerOfGeekMar 21
He should have stuck with being an English alcoholic socialite in New York City.
Show threadtetris11Mar 21
Arthur… Bach? Is that the reference?
Show threadThePowerOfGeekMar 21
Yup.
Show threadtetris11Mar 21
I had to dig really hard to find this one. Why is he so well known to you?
Show threademeralddawn45Mar 22
I mean it’s a movie with the exact same title as the show everyone is talking about? Doesn’t seem like that much of a deep cut
Show threadtetris11Mar 22
whats the movie?
Show threademeralddawn45Mar 22
…Arthur, from 1981. Like I said, it has the same title as the show? Am I being trolled?
Show threadtetris11Mar 22

Oh!! Sorry - I thought the OP was referring to a real person called Arthur Bach.

I actually finally googled it and realized it’s just a film, from 1981 as you say. OP is not a connoisseur of the NY Social Elite… he just watched films as a kid

Sorry for the mixup!

Show threadinfinitesunriseMar 21
Do you think someone would actually do that? Just go on the Internet and tell lies?
Show threadtetris11Mar 21
Marc Brown in conjunction with PBS inspired 4 generations of children to learn tolerance, respect, and community. The good this man has done is arguably more far-reaching than Mr Rogers himself
Show threadcornsharkMar 21
gestures at America if he’s been at it for 4 generations then what’s all this?
Show threadWhiskyTangoFoxtrotMar 21
For four generations we’ve been associating tolerance, respect and community with childish cartoon characters; something to be outgrown.
Show threadtetris11Mar 21
He got 2 in 3 of us. The other 1/3rd I’d rather not talk about
Show threadHugeNerdMar 22
Well that’s a fine example of your “tolerance, respect, and community”
Show threadtetris11Mar 22
Perfect is the enemy of good
Show threadoozynozhMar 22
something was, in fact, wrong with Arthur’s nose
Show threadentwineMar 22

Arthur’s first book was nothing but beta cope, but once he took looksmaxxing seriously he ascended to become a celebrity and cultural icon.

Take notes, children.

Show threadI Cast FistMar 22

So I went and looked: aardvark means “earth pig” or “ground pig” in afrikaner

Also, this is Arthur’s reaction