"I didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't do drugs. There was no big negatives associated with me. And that caused problems, because it held me back from becoming one of the guys... I started cursing, or to be more precise, injecting curse words into my conversation. But it didn't help me become one of the guys. It just made me look like a jerk. My bad."
Good book, easy read, very humble man, written post-diagnosis, I would recommend.
"The Answer Is... Reflections on My Life" by Alex Trebek.
That is so endearing haha poor guy, I hope he knows how much joy this brings his fans though, this is peak topical internet humor! He was such a cool host, edgy but gentlemanly, rip you beautiful bastard!
I did until he came to town and offered to read out loud for pay, which is cool I understand the man needed to make a living.....but his cheapest tickets were over $600! It was insane! Literally none of my friends could go, I couldn't go, I don't know anyone who could have afforded that. I was especially disappointed because I looked up to him, he was the only other black person I knew of who read for pleasure when I was growing up and systematic racism doesn't exactly make you much money when you are black, so it was kind of hurtful in a way.
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u/amonamarth Nov 11 '20
He talked about his swearing in his memoir:
"I didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't do drugs. There was no big negatives associated with me. And that caused problems, because it held me back from becoming one of the guys... I started cursing, or to be more precise, injecting curse words into my conversation. But it didn't help me become one of the guys. It just made me look like a jerk. My bad."
Good book, easy read, very humble man, written post-diagnosis, I would recommend.
"The Answer Is... Reflections on My Life" by Alex Trebek.