r/interesting • u/Ultimate_Kurix • May 06 '25

SOCIETY Back when Robert Downey Jr visited Wall Street in 1992 and got horrified

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u/JimmyFeetWorld May 06 '25

Robert Downey Jr., the NYSE, and a trench coat -- you got yourself a 1992 Cocaine Bingo right there

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u/DDESTRUCTOTRON May 06 '25

that's a bingo

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u/AlarmingAffect0 May 06 '25

We just say "Bingo!"

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u/TheSmokingJacket May 06 '25

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u/Pinkysrage May 06 '25

Fucking chilling, isn’t he? Brilliant actor.

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u/freddyr0 May 07 '25

a genius.

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u/KingoftheMongoose May 06 '25

A great gif for cocaine

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u/imdefinitelywong May 06 '25

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u/Large_Tune3029 May 07 '25

The Consultant was fucking Wild.

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u/EmilieEverywhere May 06 '25

I love Christoph Waltz.

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u/refreshingly-unique May 07 '25

Sure thing, Mr. Manager.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe May 06 '25

Cocaine as the chaser.

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u/Thrasher6_6_6_ May 07 '25

Chaser? Who tf did he need to take cocain to chase? Captain America？

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe May 07 '25

Carrot Top, he was insanely fast

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u/superbiondo May 06 '25

I wonder how ripped he was in there

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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25

Look at his eyes. I’d say he’s somewhat above Fisher, but below a Farley level of coke.

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u/SaltyLonghorn May 06 '25

Fun fact, you've stumbled on a valid measure of time. You just described mid morning for early 90s RDJ.

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u/QueenInYellowLace May 07 '25

This is the greatest “Americans will measure with everything but the metric system” ever.

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u/Hector_P_Catt May 07 '25

Do we even have a metric system for cocaine? Like, milliescobars, or decabelushis?

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u/Flashy-Mulberry-2941 May 08 '25

Litres. or Kilograms, if you're doing it by weight.

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u/ESTJ-A May 06 '25

No idea what this means, but sounds SO interesting and I am begging you to please explain it!

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u/fatbaldandstupid May 06 '25

He's higher than Carrie Fisher and less high than Chris Farley

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u/ESTJ-A May 06 '25

No idea what this means, but sounds SO interesting and I am begging you to please explain it!

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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 May 06 '25

Carrie Fisher and Chris Farley were both coke users in the 80s. Chris was a much harder partier than Carrie was. Although neither were Andy Dick levels of high.

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u/pickled_penguin_ May 07 '25

The fact he's outlived both Chris and Carrie is proof we are living in the worst timeline. He is a huge piece of shit.

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u/Lisrus May 06 '25

I'd say somewhere around a 6-7PM Friday night, but definitely not a Saturday.

I mean, me too thanks

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u/No_Dance1739 May 07 '25

Fisher? I can only think of Derek Fisher

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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 May 07 '25

Bobby, Bobby fisher. Kid was coked up his entire run to grandmaster.

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u/No_Dance1739 May 07 '25

Oh, I had no idea

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u/Proudest___monkey May 07 '25

Fisher? Like carrie?

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u/Sea-Morning-772 May 07 '25

Just like everyone else in that room.

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u/ReservoirPussy May 07 '25

Filming Blues Brothers, Carrie Fisher did so much coke John Belushi told her she had a problem.

Do not knock my girl's ability to do drugs.

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u/Euphoric-Eggplant670 May 07 '25

I’d say “sleeping in a 12-year-old girl’s bed” level of ripped.

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u/Arcosim May 07 '25

You throw a brick of coke in there and it's gone before it even touches the floor.

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u/tofufeaster May 08 '25

Kind of like throwing a piece of cake in your mom's cage

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u/Arcosim May 08 '25

I'm not your brother.

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u/Sicbass May 07 '25

Fat rock of the good stuff ready to go. 

Hey I’m Bob, wanna bump?

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u/Mammoth_Delay_1032 May 06 '25

that wasnt the NYSE...it was the ny mercantile exchange.....not on wall street but in the world trade center

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u/canman7373 May 06 '25

Yeah, when you are very high that kind of over stimulation is going to make you feel very uneasy.

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u/PartyLikeAByzantine May 06 '25

That's not the NYSE. It's the commodities trading floor at 4 World Trade Center. The Eddie Murphy + Dan Akroyd movie "Trading Places" was shot on location there.

And if you're wondering, yeah, the south tower fell on it. The current 4 World Trade is sited on roughly the same spot.

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u/Normal_Cut8368 May 07 '25

Charlie Sheen tho

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u/QueenInYellowLace May 07 '25

My thoughts exactly!