• ditty@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    Ye is a f***ing clown. A misogynistic, racist, Nazi, homophobic, ableist, sexual abuser who fell off almost 10 years ago now. I am so ashamed I used to love his music.

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      5 days ago

      Don’t worry, you can swear on the internet. At least here, you can’t do that on TikTok or Youtube

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      5 days ago

      You left out mass child abuser. But I wouldn’t recommend you reading about Donda Academy if you have a weak stomach.

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      6 days ago

      I still remember downloading The College Dropout when it released and loving it so much I had to share it with my friends. His whole album run up to Yeezus was great. But yeah the dude’s been mentally ill for awhile now. Haven’t listened to anything from him for a long, long time now.

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      Art is one of those difficult subjects. As long as you’re not financially supporting them anymore (including with streaming) there’s no harm in having a relationship with a track that came from someone who had a downfall. I still listen to the Thriller album sometimes, and though it is always freighted with the context of what came later, I am able to separate the art from the artist enough to still enjoy the thing in itself.

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      6 days ago

      Tbf hes in some pretty good songs. I dont like his music but you cant really avoid listening to him completely. Also if someone likes his music i dont care, just dont like him as a person.

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      6 days ago

      “Nooo! He’s just bipolar!” Some may say, but he’s actually really stupid.

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        6 days ago

        This is in no way a defence of his actions, but he definitely has mental health issues.

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          5 days ago

          Likely internalized bigotry too. Considering when we hear about his mental health falling off it’s always in this context of him claiming to be a Nazi.

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        6 days ago

        Apparently he got a second diagnosis and he’s not bipolar but on the spectrum, according to himself.

        Probably figured that was a better cover for being a nazi, after Elon’s Sieg Heil

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          6 days ago

          So now he’s just a stupid and slightly bipolar Nazi? Is that an “improvement” in his book?

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        5 days ago

        I heard that when he would start to talk to Kim he would start singing halfway through the convo. That reminds my of my one friend whose suffering from schizophrenia.

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      6 days ago

      Is it bad for business these days? Tesla still worth a shit tone of money and he fucking saluted on national television.

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        6 days ago

        Look at what’s happening to Tesla sales in Europe.

        Outside the States, yes it very much is.

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          5 days ago

          Sales don’t matter to him, stock price does, and its going up.

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              5 days ago

              Tesla is valued more than every other car company combined, but they sell a fraction of vehicles. You tell me what drives the stock price, it’s sure as shit not sales.

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                No they’re not, Tesla has a market cap of 1.13 trillion, and don’t just make vehicles, BYD alone is worth 776 billion. Toyota is around 250 billion.

                They’re big, but not “half the automotive industry” big.