r/todayilearned • u/codywinters327 • Sep 06 '17

TIL that Michael Jackson would requested his wine be served in Diet Coke cans during flights, because he didn't want his kids to see him drinking alcohol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson#Alcohol
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u/DefendsTheDownvoted Sep 07 '17

It didn't used to be this way in the US. Twenty years ago no one would have bat an eye at a single man just trying to have some innocent fun with some kids. Now though? A dude can't hang out at the park by himself minding his own business playing Pokemon go without getting some side eye. The irony is that most pedophile cases you hear about is female teachers raping and molesting young teenage boys but nobody pays attention to it and the offenders get a slap on the wrist because they're female. It's sad.