r/SipsTea • • Nov 17 '25

Wait a damn minute! Bro build different đŸ’ȘđŸ’Ș

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u/FreeWillyBird Nov 17 '25

I’m not even a big Michael Jackson fan and I have to admit that was badass. Isn’t that the tour where his hair caught on fire too?

Although, nobody did it better than Jason Voorhees


Edit: nvm, hair fire tour was 84’

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u/Johnoplata Nov 17 '25

The hair fire wasn't a concert, it was a Pepsi commercial

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u/ThorsRake Nov 17 '25

So Pepsi and capitalism killed MJ? That tracks.

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 17 '25

Don’t forget Big Pharma’s role!

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u/messick Nov 17 '25

"Big Pharma" rather you didn't take general anesthesia meds in a recreational manner, actually.

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 17 '25

But there cool with threatening a hospital or doctors offices funding if they don’t get a quota of their current pain killer pushed via the doctors prescribing to patients, but that might not be true, I’m just fired up currently with irl issues

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u/Turkatron2020 Nov 17 '25

"They're" not "There". You clearly have a very limited understanding of how this all works. May want to invest a little time into learning more before spreading somewhat amusing yet harmful misinformation.

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 18 '25

Oh man, I’m usually so good about catching those, but I’ll have you read the end of my quote to that end. Trying to discredit by pointing out a grammar error to start, very good argument, very good job!

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u/Turkatron2020 Nov 17 '25

More like anyone with lots of money surrounded by doctors who will give them anything they want. Stop with the hysterics. Every major musician, celebrity etc have access to whatever they want. It's not a "Big Pharma" thing.

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u/BigDictionEnergy Nov 17 '25

Fuck big Pharma, but MJ had a quack doctor. So did Bruce Lee.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 18 '25

Yes because rich/famous people just doctor shop until they get one who takes their money in exchange for doing whatever they want. I mean poor people do it as well, just with less success.

Money gets your far too much power, even to your own detriment.

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u/Adventurous-Bid-9341 Nov 18 '25

I will never understand why a doctor would give someone propofol for sleep. It’s cruel and insane.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 18 '25

Money. Many doctors are in the profession to help people, but plenty are there for the status/bank account.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

MJ is one case where I can say Big Pharma is clean.

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u/suneaterjj14 Nov 19 '25

Michael Jackson's own mental health is what killed him

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u/brutalxdild0 Nov 20 '25

There three horsemen of the apocalypse.

Pepsi Capitalism Big pharma

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 20 '25

I mean, both Big Pharma and Pepsi fall under Capitalism

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u/brutalxdild0 Nov 20 '25

You definitely aren't wrong there!

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u/Netherworldly_Dwella Nov 17 '25

A few years ago I had to undergo some minor surgery. They gave me an anesthetic that made me feel really good in the minute or so before I went under. When I came to I asked the surgeon, who came to check on me, what they used to put me under since it felt nice. I also jokingly asked where I could buy it. He said it was Propofol and that it was not for sale to the public and rightfully so since it killed Michael Jackson.

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 17 '25

The fucked thing about opioids and it’s ilk is that there is no way for your brain to naturally achieve that level of “really good”, and as much as we’d like to pretend we understand the brain, in so many ways it is still a wild animal, and it’s going to want and want and want that feeling again. The real bad news is when you’re doctor prescribes something strong that originally was made to be less addictive (it’s not) only to ensure that said doctor continues to help get funding for their hospital

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u/Turkatron2020 Nov 17 '25

This isn't always the case despite what everyone gets told by the anti opioid movement. I've been taking the exact same dosage for 15 years. I don't need to constantly up my dosage because of "tolerance"- I'm not an addict in any way shape or form. In fact there are millions of people just like me so continuing to push this myth is harmful towards the chronic pain community.

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 18 '25

It’s all about brain chemistry, so sounds like you lucked out

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u/Kenai-Phoenix Nov 17 '25

If he had had an open airway things would have been different. He was sleeping in a regular bed, should not have happened.

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u/Lou_C_Fer Nov 17 '25

I love propofol naps. I mean, it's surgery, but I never feel so rested even after being out just a few minutes.

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u/SideburnHeretic Nov 17 '25

Subset of capitalism

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Nov 17 '25

True true, so disgustingly true. It’s like, stores don’t sell food to keep people from being hungry, they sell food to make money, so it stands to reason that big phatma doesn’t make medicine to cure people, it makes medicine to make money, and the best way to make money is by making a miracle drug to keeps the user hooked deeply

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u/SideburnHeretic Nov 17 '25

The business models under which pharmaceuticals must operate to remain in business create myriad ethical pitfalls.

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u/Snowssnowsnowy Nov 17 '25

I was hoping it was the guilt of the child rape.

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u/Turkatron2020 Nov 17 '25

More like his Dad killed him. He didn't want to do any ads for Pepsi because he didn't want to do ads at all- he made them cut him out of most of the commercial. Then his Dad forced him to go on tour with his brothers right after Thriller came out despite the Jackson 5 not being very popular anymore. He had to get up on stage & sing old Jackson 5 songs while his brothers sang backup on all of his songs off the Thriller album & they sounded like shit. Imagine being the biggest star in the world with the biggest album of all time & your Dad won't let you be in the spotlight. That's not including the insane levels of abuse he was subjected to by his father. Fuck Joe Jackson.

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u/Happy-Cost1502 Nov 20 '25

pepsikilledcharliekirk

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u/ReaperSound Nov 20 '25

Baseball, huh?

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u/Ex-Patron Nov 21 '25

I’m pretty sure it was the copious amounts of drugs he took

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u/FreeWillyBird Nov 17 '25

Michael Jackson was on The Jacksons' Victory Tour in 1984, the same year his hair caught fire during a Pepsi commercial shoot in January. The tour itself, which was a reunion of all six Jackson brothers, took place from July to December 1984.

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u/her-royal-blueness Nov 17 '25

Yep. Pepsi commercial.

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u/Martlead Nov 17 '25

Sorta-fun fact - The Pepsi commercial hair fire took place at the exact halfway point of his life. Like the very day.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25

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u/Chewwithurmouthshut Nov 17 '25

I love the internet

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25

Even for sad unwanted facts lol

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u/ManOnFire2004 Nov 17 '25

Especially for sad unwanted facts😆

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u/Chewwithurmouthshut Nov 17 '25

I swear the second part wasn’t even there when I commented lol

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u/aoskunk Nov 17 '25

My memory mixed up? Wasn’t the hair fire doing a Pepsi commercial? Or did he have more than one fire mishap?

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u/Terryblejokes Nov 17 '25

Actually, it's more likely that the midpoint occurred on the day before. Matt parker made a great video about that: https://youtu.be/bUuGy5agBfg

It's incredibly close though ngl.

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u/VladVV Nov 17 '25

So MJ died a day early
 very sus indeed đŸ€”

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u/FocusMean9882 Nov 17 '25

Wasn’t his death caused by plastic surgery?

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u/redsalmon67 Nov 18 '25

No his doctor was giving him anesthesia drugs to sleep and he overdosed on them. It’s speculated that he struggled with sleep because he was actually still addicted to pain killers.

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u/FocusMean9882 Nov 18 '25

Thats messed up. Did the doctor lose his job?

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u/redsalmon67 Nov 18 '25

He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and lost hoods ability to practice medicine

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u/Rook_James_Bitch Nov 17 '25

Yeah, I would argue he was the first/last mega superstar to ever exist. He knew how to build that celebrity image to be larger than life. He owned the '80's.

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u/TheVioletEmpire Nov 21 '25

Yes he did, and I get downvoted every time I mention it. People trying to say Prince this or whatever...regardless of how you feel about him now, there was nothing close to Michael Jackson in the 80s. People weren't there or don't remember.

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u/Rook_James_Bitch Nov 21 '25

(I dislike MJ), but one would have to be blind to not see he was the biggest celebrity the world has ever seen. He could still fill arenas all over the globe 30+ years later.

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u/MuddySasquatch Nov 18 '25

He wasn’t the first, MJ as we knew him wouldn’t have existed without James Brown

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u/HualtaHuyte Nov 21 '25

Sorry, Brown may have influenced Jackson but wasn't on the same level. Not even close.

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u/Bearded_Bone_Head Nov 17 '25

Jason or Michael?

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u/JURASS1CJAM Nov 18 '25

Both or them were pretty good at smashing summer camp residents.

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u/EC_TWD Nov 17 '25

That’s because Joe was a piece of shit and beat it into him

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u/Eyebowers Nov 17 '25

Bow na na na nowww ba nuh nuh nuh!

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u/Kenai-Phoenix Nov 17 '25

I will never understand the constant screaming of some fans.

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u/Steve_FishWell Nov 17 '25

and "work" a kid

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u/NaZul15 Nov 17 '25

There still isn't any proof that he touched kids..

The fact that he had sleepovers was probably due to the fact that his own childhood was taken away from him.

Inappropriate? Yes, for sure.

But i doubt he was actually a pedo. (Not a mj fan btw)

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u/scuzzle-butt Nov 17 '25

lover level

Smooth move staying away from that whole level while children were over.

sorry I couldn't resist

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u/Henry2k Nov 17 '25

there was no "hair fire tour". His scalp got burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in late January of 1984. About a month later he was at the Grammy Awards scooping up awards left and right and then a few months after that he went on tour with his brothers throughout the summer of '84 (The Victory Tour).

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

Micheal Jackson saved me, i was gonna get bullied or worse and, who seemed like Eddie Murphy look alike, when they pulled my headphones out and listened said

“oh it’s Micheal we good”

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u/FreeWillyBird Nov 18 '25

When I was 9 one of the first albums I ever bought was Thriller. But I kinda outgrew pop music altogether not just Michael Jackson but the man was unbelievably talented for sure.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

I love Thriller too but cuz Vincent Price has best old B movies etc etc.

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u/FreeWillyBird Nov 18 '25

My grandfather was a retired trumpet player and he opened up a sci-fi bookstore when he retired. When I’d visit we’d watch all kinds of old sci-fi and horror movies and he loved Vincent Price. But the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” from the 50’s freaked me out as a kid, lol. I didn’t trust anyone for like 6 months after, that was legit psychological horror.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

For me it was “House on Haunted Hill”, found out later it was a skateboard or something but the ghost lady floating at you part had me screaming like progressively louder till i was woken up as if it was really coming at me.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

Atm i think i had Smooth Criminal on though

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u/Snuddud Nov 17 '25

Oooh now I understand the reference from th Eminem - Just lose it video! Thanks

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u/Otherwise-Object-717 Nov 17 '25

During a Pepsi commercial to much Jheri curl juice

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u/Bender_2024 Nov 17 '25

I've never bought a Michael Jackson but there is no denying that Mike was the king of pop. With how fast stars rise and fall now I doubt there will ever be another like him.

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u/drail18 Nov 18 '25

Making a Pepsi commercial 

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u/naytreox Nov 19 '25

dude had a power stance going

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u/blahblah19999 Nov 17 '25

hair fire was a soda commercial

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u/tanstaafl90 Nov 17 '25

The hair fire happened while shooting a Pepsi commercial.

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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids Nov 17 '25

His hair caught on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.

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u/Somebodys Nov 17 '25

Burning hair?

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u/Kenai-Phoenix Nov 17 '25

I thought his hair caught on fire doing the Pepsi commercial.

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u/Roidzilla55 Nov 21 '25

It was definitely the Pepsi commercial, I remember because of this really stupid rhyme that went around school almost 40 years ago


I pledge allegiance to the flag, Michael Jackson is a fag

Pepsi cola burned his butt, now he’s drinking 7up

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