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Myitchychocolatestar t1_j6lxpoj wrote

Reply to Lisa Loeb and Sarah McLachlan 1998 by indikacat

I was standing next to Lisa Loeb about 20 years ago while waiting for a ride outside a downtown Minneapolis hotel. I said “Hey, you’re Lisa Loeb!” She said “Sorry, you’re mistaken, but I get that a lot.” Then her assistant came out with a guitar case labeled “L.L.” What a cheeky babe!

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teachertb16918 t1_j6lwgzw wrote

Reply to Andy Kaufman - 1970s by TheMegaSage

My only conspiracy theories

  1. Andy Kaufman faked his own death because he was a twisted guy and it was somehow a joke. But then, he liked the anonymity and simply remained “dead”.

  2. The drug companies actually have the cure…not the treatment to HIV/AIDS, along with several other diseases no doubt, but HIV certainly. They simply won’t release the cure for HIV to the public because it is more profitable to treat you for the disease than to cure you. With HIV, you will be on a regimen of expensive medications for life. If they cure you, you take a few pills and it’s over. No profit in that.

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SlinkyTail t1_j6lvcn4 wrote

Reply to comment by gravejay77 in Andy Kaufman - 1970s by TheMegaSage

I thought the same for many years, since his other persona showed up after his death multiple times, but I'm not sure andy would attempt fate either just to get out of the lime light, he had a weird paranoia about him.

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norrisrw OP t1_j6lvak2 wrote

Reply to comment by skinnyminnesota in Piano lounge on the Hindenburg, 1930s by norrisrw

A valid point, until you realize that prior to 1937, not very many people were aware what was really happening, and those who did know were treated as though they were crazy. The propaganda machine he had was one of the best of its time.

And in the US, people tended to cover their ears and yell "LALALALALALA" at the mere mention of Hitler's name. In 1940, Charlie Chaplin produced The Great Dictator, one of the greatest political satires ever made. But Chaplin himself is on record as saying that he would not have made that movie if he was aware of the extent of the Nazis' atrocities.

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