• Venator@lemmy.nzEnglish
    35·
    8 days ago

    There’s probably quite a few famous people in the Epstien files who were just paid to make an appearance or speech or similar at an event before he was infamous…

    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
      19·
      8 days ago

      Yeah, the guy had a real fetish for surrounding himself with smart people, especially considering he was (based on the evidence in the files that have been released so far) a remarkably dumb person.

      • LadyMeowEnglish
        1·
        8 days ago

        Isn’t that sorta extra damning for smart people who did hang around him? Like, hanging around people much dumber than you is…. Very taxing

    • Retro_unlimited@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      He wanted to play music with his band at my family business. We have a capacity for only 60 people or something small like that. He was so full of himself, he was offended we said no. He wanted to bring in 100 people, causing us to break the law and safety of our guests. Then I think he called us foolish or dumb or something. I forget because it’s been about 20 years or so. I couldn’t believe it.

  • Nythos@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    24·
    7 days ago

    Whilst obviously not as atrocious as being in the Epstein files, Keanu did appear on pseudo-archeologist Graham Hancock’s “Ancient Apocalypse” who has been shitting a load of pseudoscience into current discussion about archaeology and ancient civilisation.

    • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
      17·
      7 days ago

      was it on purpose or was it like when kate mulgrew unknowingly did voiceover for a geocentrism documentary?

        • undeffeined@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          7 days ago

          Flint Dibble’s debate in Joe Rogan was the desconstruction I needed to see to completley break the spell. Grahams stories really sparked my imagination and since I know very little about archeology, it was easy to not be more skeptic about his claims.

          Also looking at Grahams past interviews you can clearly see that he is a doomsday grifter.

          • TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            7 days ago

            Graham should have been writing books and make movies, maybe. I can tell that his theories are factually better than that indiana jones movie with the crystal skull. Unfortunately, he believes in them. His ancient apocalypse concept would have made a fine fantasy setting.

    • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      Dumbass take that entertaining ideas that the experts on archeology being wrong is like fucking children with billionaires. Like so dumbass it really doesn’t warrant much of a response other than, what?

      I guess we found the archeologist that is convinced he has all the answers to the unanswerable and instead of using reason to further his arguments prefers personal attacks on those putting forward alternate theories.

      Theories on subjects you have no way of knowing the answer to. Always beware those claiming to have all the answers, to questions we don’t have the data to have all the answers to. Regardless of whatever theories this guy you have a hard on for espouses.

        • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          What does that have to do with the Israeli honeypot operation entrapping the swells in fucking children on tape to blackmail them?

          Nothing. Although I don’t doubt someone questioning what you are certain you are an expert in makes you mad, it’s not applicable to fucking children and being blackmailed with that by fascists.

          As if being an archeologist would give one the answers to the unanswerable anyway. The fact that you can’t accept you don’t have all the answers destroys your credibility in fact.

      • Nythos@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        7 days ago

        Dumbass take that entertaining ideas that the experts on archeology being wrong is like fucking children with billionaires.

        whilst obviously not as atrocious as being in the Epstein files

        Right there in the first line my guy, I didn’t even come close to saying that they were one and the same, just that Keanu isn’t as “heckin wholesome” as people always title their posts seem to think.