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TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow is not just a harmless grifter (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I never went as far as to defend Gwyneth Paltrow, but after her Hot Ones appearance I created a post (which I will link in the comments) where I suggested that she's done no more harm than male grifters and that the dislike of her as a person was primarily due to misogyny. That's before I learned about her promotion of these unproven "vampire facials". Now an unlicensed clinic performing this procedure has given at least three women HIV. You guys were right and I was wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't disagree, but this kind of post isn't really in the spirit of TIL

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I understand. I looked around for a "mea culpa" type of community but I couldn't really find one. Mainly wanted to get it on the record that I know what a boob I've been. Do you have a suggestion as to a better place to post?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just reply to the people you were talking to and apologize. Maybe edit any comments where you said something incorrect and put the mea culpa there. I often do that if I get something wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Lot of commenters in the original post. Guess I was lazy. Also half of them probably blocked me.

It'd be slick if editing a post notified commenters on that post, though I suppose it could be abused.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Is this like, a penance thing? Or is this the first time you've found out you were wrong about something? Because I guarantee you, no one learned about this and thought, "man I bet that sgibson5150 person really feels like a boob right now!"

You’ll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.

You'll find out you were wrong again. If you're doing it right, it'll be a daily occurrence. If you learned you caused harm in the past, it's probably good to go back and try to make reparations. Otherwise, just be humbled and move on.