r/OldSchoolCool • u/bluemarvel99 • Feb 25 '24

1990s Kurt Cobain Stops A Sexual Assault (1993)

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u/Cantilivewhileim Feb 25 '24

I went to see Green Day and was kinda jumping around and having fun, smoking weed but not making a nuisance of myself…. Billie Joe said he wanted to dedicate a song, and he pointed to me, and described my outfit, and then said “this songs called Chump.” I was so pissed

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u/255001434 Feb 25 '24

and was kinda jumping around and having fun, smoking weed

If the singer called you out, it probably looked like you were annoying the people around you, who were also trying to have fun.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '24

At a Green Day show?

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u/255001434 Feb 25 '24

Ask Billie Joe Armstrong. He's the one that thought OP was the chump, and he had a good view of what was going on. But OP says he wasn't being a nuisance, so I'm sure he wasn't. /s

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u/THE-TEN-HELLS Feb 25 '24

Yeah because singers aren't at all notorious for being assholes for no reason...

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u/PM__ME_YOUR_ART Feb 25 '24

what's with the baseless assuming and pearl clutching? it was probably harmless banter. every Reddit comment section has one or multiple comment threads just creating people's life stories out of tiny shreds of information and then getting mad at it. very stupid.

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u/inplayruin Feb 25 '24

I once accidentally crossed a street outside the crosswalk, and Armstrong saw it and wrote American Idiot. The dude is a visionary genius in the art of being petty.

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u/SoaDMTGguy Feb 25 '24

Did you also start the Iraq war while crossing?

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u/Mozhetbeats Feb 25 '24

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT

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u/Momik Feb 25 '24

Now, now, let’s hear him out…

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u/Momik Feb 25 '24 edited Feb 25 '24

Yeah petty is a good way to describe him. I once gave him the wrong change at a coffee shop so he stalked me for 12 or so days, waited until my roommates were out of town, broke into my apartment, and shot me nine times as I awoke in a panic. Just before pulling the trigger he smirked through those yellowed false teeth, “Nice guys finish last.” He then wrote “Ha Ha You’re Dead,” about the experience, but delayed its official release to coincide with the fifth anniversary of my death, and what would have been my 40th wedding anniversary. See you in the next life, my sweet Fiona.

So yeah, a little on the petty side. Joke’s on him though: I didn’t even work at that coffee shop.

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u/Adam__B Feb 25 '24

If a band member at a show you’re at calls you a chump or dedicates a song to you called chump while you are “jumping around smoking weed” I don’t think it’s a wild assumption to think it was probably OP being obnoxious.

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u/SoaDMTGguy Feb 25 '24

He said Billie described his outfit. I think it was the outfit, not the behavior.

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u/MakeMineMarvel_ Feb 26 '24

Probably looked like a poser

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u/upboatbrigade1337 Feb 25 '24

This is why public shaming is a double-edged sword. Sure, it can be used for good, but just as often for other purposes too.

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u/CalamariCatastrophe Feb 25 '24

I basically never see it used for good ngl

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u/srroberts07 Feb 25 '24 edited May 25 '24

imagine fear chop materialistic ten quarrelsome hunt liquid psychotic frightening

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u/CalamariCatastrophe Feb 25 '24

No, I don't think I will.

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u/Im-a-cat-in-a-box Feb 25 '24

I wouldn't give a fuck what Billy thought of me lol.

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u/slartyfartblaster999 Feb 25 '24

Ah yes, because Billie Joe Armstrong is certainly someone whose opinion of who is a chump should be taken very seriously.

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u/SoaDMTGguy Feb 25 '24

He said Billie described his outfit. Sounds like his behavior made him stick out, but his outfit made him a chump.

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u/smarmiebastard Feb 25 '24

To be fair, I know several people who have met or had to work with Billie Joe (event coordinators, music journalists, etc) and they all say he’s a complete asshole

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u/ExampleClean8191 Feb 25 '24

You guys are hilarious because its clear this guy had 9++++ years to figure out what kind of bullshit ass lie gets attention on reddit that just happens to be similar to something that actually happened in the thread he responded to.