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Please be aware that this episode mentions

suicide and childhood trauma.

Yeah, the part of me is like, you know,

he was a writer for Vice and he covered

rap music and it was like, you're just an idiot who's way in over your head.

Living out some fantasy, like drug smuggling fantasy and like you...I don't know. This is a Toronto musician who knew Slava Pastokov when he was vice's music editor.

She asked that we not use her name.

She's playing out a thought that many people I've spoken to have had about Slava.

I've had it myself.

Because once you've met him, you can't help but think of Hanlon's razor. One should never have described to Malice anything that can be easier explained by stupidity.

Remember how his former vice co-worker Justin Lane described him?

Bit of an idiot, but like he was funny, he was charming, he was the music guy, he wasn't

the smartest guy in the room, but perfectly pleasant.

Other people told me something similar.

Funny and charming, maybe not so bright.

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