# Hero Worship Slapped Down...?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902 "2016-07-26T00:40:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902/1 "2016-07-26T00:40:16Z")

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What if you Really liked someone’s work (like Jon Stewart) but you found out that personally, for whatever reason, they Hated you and thought you were an Asshole.

Q: What would you do about it? What would you do?

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902/2 "2016-07-26T00:44:02Z")

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To whom does the pronoun “they” refer?

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902/3 "2016-07-26T01:02:57Z")

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> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> What if you Really liked someone’s work (like Jon Stewart) but you found out that personally, for whatever reason, they Hated you and thought you were an Asshole.
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> Q: What would you do about it? What would you do?

I’d deepen my respect for them, accept the feedback, and move on.

Just kidding! I’d probably start a smear campaign on Twitter.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902/4 "2016-07-26T20:27:06Z")

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John Singer Sargent hates my guts.

But that’s okay with me.

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**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902/5 "2016-07-26T21:08:39Z")

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Isaac Bashevis Singer stole my lunch money.

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**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hero-worship-slapped-down/760902/6 "2016-07-26T21:18:17Z")

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Florence Foster Jenkins told me I was a shit singer.