mizerable
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Post by mizerable on Feb 17, 2013 22:26:26 GMT -5
James Cameron almost KILLED Ed Harris, and it was all over trying to get a better shot. there comes a point where it doesn't matter what you're trying to do, you're just an asshole. It wasn't entirely Cameron's fault. There was several things that happened that didn't allow for Harris to get air. There was precautions made, but sometimes shit just happens. It's the same thing that happened with Vic Morrow, being an actor doesn't mean that accidents can't happen. Would Ty Cobb be considered a brilliant asshole or just an asshole? He was a good baseball player in his day but he wasn't a nice guy. nah he's just an asshole. being good at a children's game doesn't make you brilliant. and Cobb's one of the biggest assholes in the history of the game. Oh come on...children's game? As far as being one of the biggest assholes, it's true that he was unlikeable to a great extent, but there were far bigger assholes out there, that were confirmed racists and cheaters, something there is no real proof of with Cobb.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Feb 17, 2013 23:30:13 GMT -5
Cobb mellowed considerably and became a bit more tolerant after he retired, but during his active career his douchebaggery and racism were pretty bad, even by the standards for southerners of his era. Granted, he wasn't as bad an influence on baseball as Cap Anson who openly refused to play against blacks and lobbied for segregation, but we're essentially determining which turd reeks less.
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mizerable
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Post by mizerable on Feb 17, 2013 23:35:26 GMT -5
Cobb mellowed considerably and became a bit more tolerant after he retired, but during his active career his douchebaggery and racism were pretty bad, even by the standards for southerners of his era. That's debatable, and I can't single him out for it because there's no clear evidence of racism from him. Cobb for the record a black caregiver, played with black kids when he was a child, bought a house for a black chauffeur he had, which was on his land as well as other stuff, and that's not even getting into the stuff that he did later in life. All of that doesn't prove that he wasn't a racist, but the incidents of which he was involved in (he got into at least 2 fights with black people) doesn't prove he was one either. Cobb definitely had a short fuse, that is definitely true and got in plenty of scuffles. But that's like saying that out of the 100 fights I got into, 5 of which were people of a different race, that makes me a racist. Again, it's nothing that can be proved or disproved, but I think the actual evidence is in favor of Cobb not being a true racist. If you want to look at racists who were involved in the game around the same time, you have Roger Hornsby and Tris Speaker. Both of which were in the KKK. There's others as well that we can point at such as Cap Anson, a lot of documented cases, and they don't get nearly as much attention because they aren't the household names that Cobb is.
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Post by The Gambler Fan on Feb 17, 2013 23:58:31 GMT -5
I would say Steve Job but I do not think he is brilliant. Maybe I can call him a brilliant business man but that is about it. Bill Gates on the other hand is brilliant and an asshole. Gates is a computer genius and a brilliant business man.
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nate5054
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Post by nate5054 on Feb 18, 2013 2:54:44 GMT -5
Is Gates really an ass? I know he's a ruthless businessman and there's many Microsoft practices I'm not fond of, but I've never heard of him just belittling people consistently the way Jobs did. Maybe he did and it's just not publicized as much.
Jobs also had a weird habit of parking in handicapped spots too. While maybe in a big shopping center with tons of them it may not be a big deal, that doesn't say anything positive about his character to me.
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Post by paulbearer on Feb 18, 2013 3:40:12 GMT -5
Not true , Pat Stewart acted like a total prick when he did a con in UK......he's not friendly at all. Boo hoo , I got type casted as Batman ! (get over it West.....Suchet , Falk and Savalas got type casted too yet they never moaned about it) I like Bruce Lee but I also realize he could be a douche at times......that's why I've never liked those docu films that portray him as a saint (Dragon BL story , BL the man/myth etc) Otto Preminger can join that "mean directors" list too......nuff said
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 18, 2013 5:00:57 GMT -5
Alfred Hitchcock
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Feb 18, 2013 5:12:52 GMT -5
Dan Harmon and Chevy Chase Both assholes, and probably the reason neither of these two on working on 'Community' anymore. Well to be clear: Harmon was fired by NBC for being an asshole. Chevy left the show for no reason then for being an asshole
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