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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Watching this man's trainwreck is so mind boggling. I mean just a decade ago he had every single one of us believing he was real life Tony Stark. I mean even pop culture sci fi like Star Trek mentioned him along Sagen and Einstein... He really pulled the wool over our eyes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

His hype was otherworldly. I honestly think it outstripped his own efforts and became a cultural thing, probably affected his own self-perception to no small degree... Now here we are.

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