# Matt Damon Is Okay **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542 "2009-03-24T02:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/41 "2009-03-25T01:40:46Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > You can suspect all you want, it didn’t sound like one at the time. He certainly wasn’t laughing and the rest of the interview was serious…well, not grave or anything, but it wasn’t a joking-around interview. [Here](http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/27/lkl.01.html) is a transcript of Affleck’s appearance on Larry King during the 2004 Democratic Convention. He doesn’t mention Matt Damon, nor does he do during his other 2004 appearance on the show. [Here](http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/lkl.html) is a page listing all of the transcripts of the Larry King show. It may be in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tyrrell_mcallister/32/16772_2.png) [@Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrrell_McAllister)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/42 "2009-03-25T02:50:41Z")
The fourth link that Google returns on “Matt Damon truther” is this very thread. The other three say nothing to link Matt Damon to that conspiracy theory. That’s the hallmark of a rumor coming into being before our very eyes. Certainly I’d expect the truthers to advertise it more prominently if they could claim him as one of their own ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/43 "2009-03-25T10:03:18Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > [Here](http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/27/lkl.01.html) is a transcript of Affleck’s appearance on Larry King during the 2004 Democratic Convention. He doesn’t mention Matt Damon, nor does he do during his other 2004 appearance on the show. > > [Here](http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/lkl.html) is a page listing all of the transcripts of the Larry King show. It may be in there somewhere. Then it was another show. I said IIRC it was Larry King, but it very well could have been another show. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/44 "2009-03-25T10:29:32Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Sol (our sun) is a variable star. T. No, our sun is not a variable star. While its output does change it is only by about 0.1% and that is over an 11 year cycle. Many stars outputs change by this amount, they are not all variables. True [variable stars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_star) have greater changes in luminosity and shorter periods. BTW, what is a 10-82? Never heard of this in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/45 "2009-03-25T11:00:27Z")
> [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](#): > > BTW, what is a 10-82? Never heard of this in the UK. It’s from a Kevin Smith movie - Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back IIRC. It’s the radio code for “dead hooker in Ben Affleck’s trailer”. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/46 "2009-03-25T12:05:07Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Then it was another show. I said IIRC it was Larry King, but it very well could have been another show. So what you’re saying is that you believe that Matt Damon is a conspiracy theorist based on something you vaguely remember Ben Affleck saying five years ago on some show or other, not really sure about that, despite the overwhelming lack of other evidence? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/47 "2009-03-25T12:21:04Z")
All I care about is that he’s an excellent actor. I mean, seriously, the dude has big time acting chops. Beyond that I don’t care if he’s a Scientologist, a “Truther,” or a Mormon. He could even move in next door for all I care as long as he keeps Affleck off my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/48 "2009-03-25T14:58:01Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > So what you’re saying is that you believe that Matt Damon is a conspiracy theorist based on something you vaguely remember Ben Affleck saying five years ago on some show or other, not really sure about that, despite the overwhelming lack of other evidence? :dubious: I remember it. You don’t have to believe it, it doesn’t affect my self esteem whether you do or not. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/49 "2009-03-25T14:59:35Z")
I’m just enjoying the irony, is all. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/50 "2009-03-25T16:19:45Z")
I enjoy him as an actor from Rounds to Bourne to the View Askew-niverse(Kevin Smith movies), but what got me to appreciate his politics was that fine line during the height of Sarah Palin-mania, (paraphrased) “It’s like the plot of a really bad Disney movie”. And yeah, his name really can’t be said any other way after Team America. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/51 "2009-03-25T16:23:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do a global warming documentary because the PC socialist liberal media says you owe them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/52 "2009-03-25T22:08:03Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I’m just enjoying the irony, is all. I don’t think that word means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/53 "2009-03-25T22:12:48Z")
Maybe not, but I’m smart enough to know that taking Ben Affleck’s word that Matt Damon is a conspiracy theorist isn’t any smarter than taking Matt Damon’s word about global warming. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/54 "2009-03-25T22:39:33Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Maybe not, but I’m smart enough to know that taking Ben Affleck’s word that Matt Damon is a conspiracy theorist isn’t any smarter than taking Matt Damon’s word about global warming. I never mentioned global warming. Please don’t put words on my keyboard. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/55 "2009-03-25T22:44:14Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Did you notice as he gets older he’s getting better looking while Ben Affleck as he ages is getting worse looking? That’s because Ben Affleck is being f_ **ed by Jimmy Kimmel, whereas Matt Damon gets to f** _ Sarah Silverman! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/56 "2009-03-25T23:20:23Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I never mentioned global warming. Please don’t put words on my keyboard. You’re right, you didn’t, I mistook you for someone else. Sorry about that. That said, it’s also not any smarter than believing in conspiracy theories, what with, again, the overwhelming lack of any evidence other than a dimly remembered interview with Ben Affleck, who has been known to make jokes about Matt Damon. And now whatever, since I don’t especially care about Matt Damon, I just think you’re being silly. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/57 "2009-03-25T23:27:29Z")
Actually, it is ironic that **Rik** is taking for gospel a comment made some years back in some interview by a friend of Matt’s, who may or may not have been joking, that Matt is a 9/11 truther, despite the sheer lack of supporting evidence…which is precisely what 9/11 truthers do regarding the crashes. Sorry, **Rik** , but that is the way it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Weston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8797f3/32.png) [@Weston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weston)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/58 "2009-03-25T23:37:28Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I don’t think that word means what you think it means. Yeah, it’s ironic because you’re acting like a typical conspiracy theorist. Bottom line, if the claim is controversial and you’ve no evidence to back it up, you’ve no business making it. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/59 "2009-03-26T11:16:35Z")
Whatever. Sorry your favorite actor believes something stupid. I guess it must be difficult to deal with. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542/60 "2009-03-26T12:04:30Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Whatever. Sorry your favorite actor believes something stupid. I guess it must be difficult to deal with. Yeah! Wake up sheeple and stop drinking the Kool-Aid! Jeebus, **Rik** , the whole argument is that there’s no evidence that “our favorite actor” believes anything of the sort beyond a possibly non-serious, half-remembered anecdote. Maybe he does believe it, but I’d kind of like some actual evidence to that effect apart from “something **Rik** thinks”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-damon-is-okay/490542.md?page=4)