• dog@reddthat.com
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    22 hours ago

    Back in the 2000s he kind of had a reputation as a “ladies man” who was confident, funny, and charming and who could sleep with any woman he wanted. At least, that was the perception I and many other people at the time had of him. Although even then there were real ones who seen straight through his act.

    Naturally, as a teenage boy I wanted to be just like him and I looked up to him as a blueprint for how to be desirable to women. It’s a good thing that after a couple of years I began to see him for what he was and is. First and foremost a predator, but also a grifter and a liar.

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      11 hours ago

      What, am I the only person who always found his looks offputting? It’s like he has some money and okayish starting parameters, but went through typical sleazy ‘pickup artist’ bullshit. Silk shirts and such, eugh.

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        13 hours ago

        More like Johnny Depp wannabe. Different vibes. He did end up joining the alt right circuit, but that was more the conspiracy side and through rogan. He leaned full on into the new-age-Jesus aesthetic at some point, so the fascist adjacent crystal mommy to anti-vax pipeline seemed like a layup i Imagine

        So yeah, comparable but a different type of grifter