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[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 85 points 4 weeks ago

This is giving JK way too much credit. She's always be a shit person, she just has the money and power to let it show. She literally wrote a book about people who are persecuted for things they cannot change about themselves, and then she turns around in the real world to be Voldemort! There's something very personal deep down in JK she hates about herself and is projecting it.

[-] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 59 points 4 weeks ago

She unquestionably has some unaddressed, deep seated sexual or gender identity issues. She has said too many times she thinks she’d be trans if she were growing up today, uses a male pen name to write a book about a trans serial killer, can’t stop won’t stop TERFing even now that her lawyers are finally telling her she needs to shut up

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago

Could be either

She got her bag and now she can let her freak flag fly.
Rich people boredom turning her weird. She wasn't an outspoken transphobe when she was on welfare writing the rough draft of HP1 after all. Kinda ties to one but also notably different.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 53 points 4 weeks ago

That would seriously explain so much.

... Would actually be a neat idea for a book/movie as well: Successful hack author gets driven mad by some mold to go down the alt-right pipeline after they've artistically peaked.

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 4 weeks ago

It actually doesn’t explain anything. Sad reality is she is just a nasty, hateful person. Looking for external explanations is a disservice to acknowledging how prevalent bigotry is.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

Devils advocate, ignoring possible outside factors for behavioural changes is also a disservice to acknowledging how prevalent bigotry is, black mould of course over long term exposure would most likely just cause confusion and memory loss, but lead? Lead will fuck your brain right up and send you down all sorts of nasty paths.

Of course she may just be this way, but again, if there is even the possibility for an environmental factor causing degradation into this mindset for a large percentage of the population, it must be addressed or at least considered

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago

If you’re playing devils advocate then you already agree with me and know what my response will be. You’re also being too literal/reductionist with what I’m saying.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

No, kindly don't tell me what I'm saying. I'm playing devil's advocate to your comment which said "it actually doesn't explain anything", I'm saying why that statement has no weight behind it.

And who's deciding what's too literal here? You? From where I'm standing it seems like you just didn't like me disagreeing with you. If I'm being too literal may I suggest you're possibly being too emotional and holistic?

Perhaps separate your feelings on the woman and what she's done and look at evidence for possibilities rather than lashing out with a simple absolute like "Sad reality is she is just a nasty, hateful person."

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

No, kindly don’t tell me what I’m saying. I’m playing devil’s advocate to your comment which said “it actually doesn’t explain anything”, I’m saying why that statement has no weight behind it.

I didn't. The entire reason for playing DA (unless you're being an edgy teenager who doesn't want to be held accountable for what they say) is to provide a counter argument while expressly saying "I don't disagree, I am playing the part of someone who does for the sake of discussion." It is implied you somewhat or mostly agree but are essentially playing a part. So if you actually disagree with me and are trying to have a discussion over that disagreement/opinion you hold, you aren't playing DA.

It seems to me you're just disagreeing while trying to hide behind "well this isn't my opinion" to avoid accountability for what you say next/expressly disagreeing. It's the rhetorical equivalent of having your cake and eating it too.

I will never apologize for calling Rowling a nasty, hateful person while she continues to be a nasty, hateful person. Don't patronize me.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Okay man you're right, have a nice day

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

You too

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 weeks ago

I was joking. I don't think that bigotry is that prevalent. But growing distant to your fellow humans due to becoming stupid rich makes you more succeptible to it.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It's more a meme than truth. The "black mold" picture is of wallpaper and like much online gumshoeing it's sourced by people piling on an allegation without any bearing in fact.

JK Rowling's bigotry has nothing to do with her McMansion's state of repair. It's the standard English brain worms that every rich person in her social club develops.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

I believe the headline but what an awful article. They just link to the post about the mold and do no research on what wallpaper it could be. These articles are turning into ChatGPT summaries of conversations on Twitter.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago

Some redditor said to find this video:

to see an expanded view:

where they believe they see a tree wallpaper.

So whatever broke JK was arguably not mold. Cold black heart…

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

It was like this before ChatGPT. I'm sure that ChatGPT makes it a lot easier, though.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago

I mean, that article doesnt provide any proof that its wallpaper, and that would be some ugly-ass wallpaper if it is. Who would ever put that in a house? Also theres no discernable repeating pattern to it, though maybe we just cant see enough.

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It also doesn’t provide any proof that it’s black mold either, so we should go with the more reasonable explanation, which is that we have a less than stellar quality image of what is most likely just wallpaper or whatever.

For instance, I’m assuming this is zoom because it looks like she has “touchup my appearance“ on. That filter could easily have messed with the wall behind her as well.

Lots of possible answers here.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

Never even knew about the mold. Just thought the idea was funny. 😅

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

Article contains picture.

Article does not contain picture of the actual subject of the article.

[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, several books by Stephen King have actually been written by the mountains of coke and rivers of booze he did, as he has no memories of writing them.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Arguably, Secret Window.

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago

We need to get rich people back to the good old days where they'd build parks and libraries or have pet artists they'd pay to run wild.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago

In other words, when they'd have a thin veneer of decency to try to rehabilitate their robber-baron image, after already having exploited the people under them for decades unchecked to get to that point? Those are what you're calling the "good old days?"

...okay, fair enough — sad to say, but that is marginally better than the status quo now!

But still, if we're setting goals I'd prefer they be about stopping the exploitation in the first place rather than trying to encourage self-serving philanthropy afterwards.