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Justin Roiland used his ‘Rick and Morty’ fame to pursue young fans, text messages show
(www.nbcnews.com)
Danny Masterton 2.0.
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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I don't think so. Masterson seems like straight up rape. Roiland seems like a creep. Maybe a groomer, but I don't know if it's worth watering down the really horrendous groomers.
He's a creep who regularly took advantage of his fame to manipulate young women into sex. And it looks like in at least one the manipulation went both ways.
He deserves to be fired. He deserves to be known as a creep.
Also, John Kricfalusi 2.0.
No fucking shit what do you these writers think celebrities have been doing since the silver screen came out.
One last people for the shlubs in the fucking back.
This Country Runs On Money And Power Period.
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JFC, you know it's bad when you use GPT to summarize the article and it thinks you are violating policy.
Yeah. It's kind of gross, but whole genres of porn are barely legal 18-20 year olds. Sounds like that's what he's into. And he went about it in a very creepy way unlike Leonardo DiCaprio that uses the prestige of the model and hollywood industry.
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Something about people in power or fame that brings out the worst in people. Hope this dude rots in prison and goes broke.
not gonna lie, after reading the article, there's not a lot there. I understand that people can be put in positions where they feel like they "have" to say yes, but they literally don't? I think this is more of a case like Louie C.K. These guys are likely autistic and lacking the ability to really clue in on social cues. Guys that have always been unattractive and lacking in attention from women, suddenly has all the attention of women! So they do dumb stuff, that they should have learned not to do when they were young, but again, nerds gonna nerd, and nerds have not always been celebrated like they are today. I think he just going through a slutty phase because he finally can. from his texts he doesn't come off as a predator, but as a person who's so used to being told "no," that he doesn't know what to do with himself or how to act once they started saying "yes."
I think this is more of a case like Louie C.K
You tell me you say that the guy who literally waited for women in their dressingroom naked and started to masterbute as they walked in was just "lacking the ability to really clue in on social cues".
I don't know anymore with these apologists like you. Are you trolling or really this misguided?
If I remember correctly he asked them first and wasn't just in their room naked. They just felt they couldn't say no because he was in a position of power.
Although I think this is a little different because it involves children who may think they know what they are doing but don't fully understand yet. So a little different
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That doesn't excuse the underage thing.
These guys are likely autistic and lacking the ability to really clue in on social cues.
My wife is autistic, that's not how autism works. You may be bad at reading social ques, but that doesn't mean you don't understand rejection, or that you don't understand that you shouldn't be prowling for underaged women. Most of the times its just not picking up inflections of voice, or they don't know if theyre reading people's facial expressions correctly.
So they do dumb stuff, that they should have learned not to do when they were young, but again, nerds gonna nerd, and nerds have not always been celebrated like they are today. I think he just going through a slutty phase
Kinda sounds like youre equivocating powerful old dudes grooming kids to boys will be boys.......
his texts he doesn't come off as a predator, but as a person who's so used to being told "no," that he doesn't know what to do with himself or how to act once they started saying "yes."
The simple fact that he's talking to several 16 year old about sex is predatory in and of it's self.
Maybe its because I'm closer to his age than most people on here, but the thought of chatting up anyone close to 16 years old is fucking gross. I have nothing in common with a sixteen year old girl, he has nothing in common with a sixteen year old girl.
He just a gross asshole, and anyone who defends him because you like the same shitty played out subculture........ is also a gross asshole.
If I did what I did as a kid now I would find myself an asshole
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