# Marilyn Manson didn't really think this one through - **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298 "2012-08-12T20:19:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/21 "2012-08-13T16:51:04Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > He’s certainly a well-spoken guy in an arena of art populated by many morons. > > Quotes: > > “The burden of originality is one that most people don’t want to accept. They’d rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they’re supposed to like, what they’re supposed to buy, and what they’re supposed to laugh at.” > > “We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.” > > “The word ‘Antichrist’, to me, is the collective disbelief in god.” Wow, that’s so original. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/22 "2012-08-13T18:02:02Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Last I heard, he was going [door-to-door](http://www.theonion.com/articles/marilyn-manson-now-going-doortodoor-trying-to-shoc,459/). No, [seriously](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2009/07/so_that_onion_a.php). Wait – he didn’t know any Zeppelin songs other than “Stairway to Heaven”? Yeesh, I actually heard “Black Dog” and “D’yer Mak’er” before I had heard “Stairway”. (And that was when I was in my teens) What a n00b. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/23 "2012-08-13T18:24:10Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Maybe it’s just the angle, but **MM** looks like he’s getting chunky. Yeah, he must wear about a size 16 dress. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/24 "2012-08-13T18:33:17Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Wow, that’s so original. Hey, I said well-spoken, not original! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/25 "2012-08-13T19:21:25Z")
Anyone else think that M.M. just basically copied Alice Coopers image ? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/26 "2012-08-13T20:33:07Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Anyone else think that M.M. just basically copied Alice Coopers image ? He might have riffed on Alice Coopers image, be he sure didn’t copy _any_ of his talent! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/27 "2012-08-14T07:05:51Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Anyone else think that M.M. just basically copied Alice Coopers image ? _Tried_ to copy maybe. Cooper never took himself as seriously as Manson does—and he looks _way_ better at 64 than Manson does at 43. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298/28 "2012-08-14T07:43:14Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > There’s no way in hell he would be allowed to board a plane with FUCK YOU scribbled on his face in magic marker, but I wonder if he could even got thru the TSA screening checkpoint looking like that? TSA employees can _read_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-manson-didnt-really-think-this-one-through/631298.md?page=1)