Re: Jimmy Kimmel Laughs, Shares Staffers' Texts About CEO Killer Being 'Hot'

On 2024-12-11 2:03 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Dec 11, 2024 at 9:08:38 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:Lu
 

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest of
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
assassination.
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Kimmel used his monologue on Tuesday night to share screenshots of text
exchanges between people who work on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! and their family
members and friends.
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"We definitely know who wins Time's 'Sexiest Alleged Murderer of the Year',
that would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of
UnitedHealthcare," Kimmel began. He added that Mangione has "become the
hottest cold-blooded killer in America" as social media users circulated
photos of him online.

 Being so 'hot' is going to serve him real well in the penitentiary.
 

I remember hearing about someone who decided to post a picture of an historical figure on a dating app just to see how women would react to this handsome "bad boy". People reacted as he expected and drooled (figuratively) over the "bad boy". I was amused - in a rueful way - when I saw that the picture was of Stalin as a young revolutionary (and organizer of bank robberies).
Here's the picture (it's the one from 1899):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zhv747h
As far as we know so far, Luigi Mangione has only killed one person. Stalin is believed by many historians to be responsible for the deaths of 25 million of his own people (not counting WW II); some historians reckon him to be responsible for upwards of 60 million people.
But people continue to respond to looks on a visceral level regardless of who the person is or what he or she has done. What can you do?
--
Rhino