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Who are these people?

Perry Como reminds them of Epstein?


So yeah, I think there's a generational disconnect here.

I'm a "Millenial" conservative- I'm in my thirties.

I've heard the name Perry Como, but that is 100% of my familiarity with him- he's just a name to me, and I have no familiarity with his appearance or even what made him a celebrity in his time. Per Wikipedia, his career started further before my birth than my current age, and and ended before I was born.

The photo does kinda resemble Epstein, and the signature is basically illegible, as many are.

No, I'm not defending people making a 'cancel' style fuss, but I think all the older folks here on FR would do well to stop and remember at times that their cultural knowledge and experiences are not universal.

You guys have people you consider celebrities that I'm completely unfamiliar with, and vice versa. And that situation is only going to get worse as time marches on...

The average age of people in the United States is 38. Perry Como (according to that same article) basically reduced his work to holiday specials starting in 1967. That's 57 years ago. His career started in 1932- 92 freakin' years ago.

I'm sorry to break it to you, but he probably hasn't been a 'household name' for decades. So rage all you want that people aren't familiar with him, but it just is what it is.

I'm going to say it again- the guy effectively retired from anything but holiday specials 20 years before most people alive today were even born- of course us 'younger' people aren't familiar with him.
15 posted on 07/27/2024 11:18:38 AM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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No, I’m not defending people making a ‘cancel’ style fuss, but I think all the older folks here on FR would do well to stop and remember at times that their cultural knowledge and experiences are not universal.

The reverse is also true, I have little or no knowledge of pop culture as it is today. I began tuning out around 1980.


17 posted on 07/27/2024 11:36:23 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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People don’t have to recognize Perry Como or have any idea who he is to not see Jeffrey Epstein in restaurant photos that don’t look like him.


19 posted on 07/27/2024 12:06:14 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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One should not begin sentences with “So yeah”. Not even spoken, let alone written.


20 posted on 07/27/2024 12:08:31 PM PDT by nwrep
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