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Go watch one of his shows. He’ll often hang out afterwords. I’ve met him and he’s an incredible person. Penn is probably one of the most approachable and open minded celebrities out there.
Penn Jillette’s Surprising Success as a Computer Columnist
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#22Am I the only one who remembers logging into Penn's public BBS in the late 80s? Each screen would finish with "push any key to proceed to the next screen" followed by "except that one."
Ancient history I know, but he's been into computers since the beginning of the PC was.
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Go watch one of his shows. He’ll often hang out afterwords. I’ve met him and he’s an incredible person. Penn is probably one of the most approachable and open minded celebrities out there.
+1 In fact, I did this just last week. They both hang out after their shows until everyone that wants to meet them is able to. They also engaged in my attempts at conversation with far more grace than the attempts deserved. I look forward to the next opportunity I have to see their Vegas show again.
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#24Over the years, I've really come to appreciate Penn Jillette as a public person. Always pops up with new interests and insights. Believe it or not, something about his recent appearance on Rogan inspired me to cut down my drinking. Just the way he made a life of temperance seem aspirationally cool (and not just cool in a Christian rock sort of way)
LOL, "cool as Christian rock" would make for a nice expression!
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Go watch one of his shows. He’ll often hang out afterwords. I’ve met him and he’s an incredible person. Penn is probably one of the most approachable and open minded celebrities out there.
Yep, same. He's extremely nice, caring and thoughtful.
To hate on someone like Penn you must have to be in an awfully dark and hateful frame of mind.
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#26Am I the only one who remembers logging into Penn's public BBS in the late 80s? Each screen would finish with "push any key to proceed to the next screen" followed by "except that one." Ancient history I know, but he's been into computers since the beginning of the PC was.
Was this the Jungle Lord BBS?
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#27I still feel like the duo just cashed in on wrecking the magic of magic by focusing on just revealing the mechanics of how it's done. Obviously, not a problem for dry adults, but there's an in between world of folks who suspend their disbelief and the fun of doing that for the rest of us.
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#28I still feel like the duo just cashed in on wrecking the magic of magic by focusing on just revealing the mechanics of how it's done. Obviously, not a problem for dry adults, but there's an in between world of folks who suspend their disbelief and the fun of doing that for the rest of us.
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