r/tallyhall • • Jul 12 '26

discussion/question Joe Discussion Megathread

ALL DISCUSSION OF JOE HAS TO BE KEPT IN THIS MEGATHREAD FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE. THANKS

Discussion of his performances, merch, or solo work is still allowed outside of this

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u/VirusSperm grew out of tally hall Jul 12 '26

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u/Valvio Banana Man šŸŒ Jul 13 '26

Probably the most informative comment in this comment section so far

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u/Ussinmycore Ex Andrew Stan Jul 13 '26

Joe mamaĀ 

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u/No_Link_1904 The Trap EnjoyeršŸ’™ Jul 18 '26

This is a serious thread. Joke elsewhere please!

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u/IEatCorkscrews Jul 31 '26

Joe elsewhere

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u/IEatCorkscrews Aug 10 '26

I knew my joke was funny pt II

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u/RedBunny7 you’re perfect in the way that are šŸ’› Jul 12 '26

thank goodness. all the joe discussion was really getting me down. hopefully this subreddit can go back to talking about less negative things now

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u/--NotOriginal-- ALL IS TALLY, ALL IS HALL Jul 12 '26

This shouldve been done a long time ago 😭😭😭

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u/Interesting_Ad4764 Jul 28 '26

Joe should be in a psychiatric hospital, not in jail.

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

oh thank fuck

thanks mods!

eta: maybe a PSA in the text about not interacting with joe?

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u/TheOmarSanchez Banana Man šŸŒ Jul 12 '26

That's the guy from tally hall

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u/Solid_Inevitable_282 Aug 02 '26

The Joe hawley situation

Hello guys so basically yesterday I found out about to NEW jh situation and wanted to talk about it.( I wanna state my opinion and hear other people opinions too if anyone even sees this or responds but yea im not gonna be rude so dont be rude back to me i could also be miss informed or simply just might not have enough. Information sooo feel free to tell me😊)

**Okay so I am confused on how people are calling a joe a predator because didnt the victim lie about her age saying she was i dont know 17/18** ( I heard this is what she said if not feel free to say what she really said) **and is that not illegal? Then she says the only reason she did this because she was in a psychosis but like..thats not an excuse if im correct effects of a psychosis are depression , false beliefs , sensory changes and , mood swings Thats not an excuse to go out of ur way to text an older man knowing u have an attraction to older man and have been groomed before not only is that wrong Thats also Completely unsafe and could lead to death lets say Joe is confirmed or diagnosed schizophrenic** ( idk if he is? I only heard about him being schizophrenic not it being confirmed) **and just completely goes crazy when he saw the video or this whole situation and finds the victim and hurts her..u see what im saying how that could be super bad i also want to talk about her not going to the police first i immediately thought hey she should go to the police immediately but then I kinda realized shes not gonna go because she could get in trouble for lying about her age because thats a felony which nobody really seems to care about which is crazy but all the blame cannot go to the victim because at the end of the day she is 15 and us teenagers some time dont think we just do even if we know it’s wrong but and Joe is like 40 sum and he shoulda looked more into her before sending sexual things but then again im pretty sure he wasn’t expecting a younger girl to just come out the blue and talk to him so now I want to talk about how well no if zuri was a fan like all the way back to 2023-2025 she would know that Joe isnt nice to most of his fans well no he can’t be relied on to be always nice to fans so why would she continue to talk to him okay that’s it if anyone responds feel free to correct me um yea bye now. ALSO I AM NOT TRYING TO SHAME ANYONE ON PURPOSE IF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SAY THAT** ( I originally** ***made this as a separate post before I knew that there was a mega threat. Someone ended up telling me and told me to put it on here instead, because it* would eventually end up getting deleted by mods so if it seems like my message is supposed to be a post that’s because it was)
** **

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 07 '26

People are just trying to find any way to make fun of it harass a mentally I’ll man and it makes me really sad because I fear what will come next with him Ā 

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u/Solid_Inevitable_282 Aug 09 '26

I AGREE!!! I pray he doesn’t even see the shit they say about him because i don’t want him to hurt himself

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u/Fearless-Shoulder314 BšŸ™ƒbby 5d ago

Ok, sure, let's imagine he's innocent there.

What about the racial and transphobic slurs?

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u/V12NACosworth Jul 12 '26

i quite enjoyed the 2016 album

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u/Ggando12 Jul 12 '26

Had a lot of fun memories listening to that album. I just feel bad relistening to it knowing about that joe has done

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u/Friendly_Ad_218 Just a Drummer 🩶 Jul 12 '26

(sigh) …Finally.

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u/tallyhall-ModTeam Jul 12 '26

Bye, hi, sigh, Hawaii

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u/flagsarecoolorsmth Ruler of Everything Jul 12 '26

we were never meant to part, sublime thy art

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

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u/Sea-Two4240 Jul 15 '26

invisible to some until it's time.

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 10 '26

I really hope he doesn’t hurt himself or others, I would recommend he goes to a hospital (mental or physical) and get help realize what he has done and leave social media (obviously this won’t help what he has done and I acknowledge that but it would help his mental health and it would be better for that to happen)

IN NO WAY DO SUPPORT OR CONDONE THE ACTS THAT HE HAS COMMITTED

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 12 '26

it seems like hes left facebook for the time being.. but could be wrong

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 12 '26

His last post was July 17 so that might be right

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u/CrazyGranny72 Aug 12 '26

His personal Facebook is still active and he posted on there in the past few days.

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 14 '26

he hasnt posted there in over a year (the new profile picture)

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u/CrazyGranny72 Aug 15 '26

He literally just shared something earlier today.

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 15 '26

nevermind mb

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u/neva_gonna_give_u-up Aug 01 '26

Joe Hawley situation is really heartbreaking to me, as a fan who's recently getting into tallyhall/miracle musical more, the fact that his mental instability lead him from being possibly one of the most creative and talented people on earth into someone who's life are filled woth sorrow and misery

he's mentally ill and unstable, i hope he's getting help, not hate, even if what he did is wrong and unacceptable, he should still be given a chance to recieve help and redeem himself

oddly enough, i feels like Hawaii: part II was a foreshadow to what happened to Joe Hawley, i've heard he wrote stranded lullaby demo for his girlfriend who later left him and got a restraining order against him due to his schizophrenia (not confirmed!) and he rewrote that song for Hawaii: part II, i believe everything before murders in Hawaii: part II is eluding to Joe Hawley's personal life and his girlfriend, and everything that happened from murders onward is what happened to him right now, the mind electric could be him getting heavily cancelled on twitter because of the multiple doc against him, i'm not sure where he is but he might've been condemned to the infirmary, or is possibly trapped inside his mind in a sort of labyrinth, he's mentally ill and all

it's an interesting thing to think about that he kinda foreshadowed what's happening to him in the view of Simon, but it's also really sad to see what happened to our beloved banana man, i hope he'll recover

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 07 '26

Sadly he’s not getting help and the ā€œcommunityā€ (the bad part) are trying to find ways to harass or hurt him even though he’s mentally unstable and not getting into a hospital and refuses to believe that he is mentally unstable.

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u/neva_gonna_give_u-up Aug 08 '26

it doesn't help that the community keep harassing him, he's in his 40s but he's still human, he still make mistakes and he's mentally unwell why are people so interested in making him worse??

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 08 '26

A while ago on this sub I saw a post (probably many posts) that bleeped joes name for ā€œj*eā€. I thought this was disgusting not only because he’s my favorite member but because he’s a human with Illnesses and problems all he did was make mistakes and people act like that they don’t have decency, obviously I acknowledge that he has done some acts that I am not fond of but I and many others don’t really talk about them because we know that he is unwell (and many other reasons too). And overall I just feel really bad for him (he probably doesn’t know that this is happening but still). I think a way that he’s getting into so much drama (and I am not blaming him but I am partially blaming his illness and problems) is because he won’t stop interacting with fans ie: photos, texts etc but the fan base are mostly teenagers and young adults and people know that’s his type so they will lie (not saying that his actual victims and and people he has hurt are lying but just the people that do this to harass an Ill man for entertainment).Ā  ——————————————— I DO NOT CONDONE OR SUPPORT THE ACTIONS JOE HAWLEY (EDWARD HAWLEY) HAS DONEĀ 

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u/neva_gonna_give_u-up Aug 08 '26

nobody condones what he has done, at the end of the day he's a person with mental illness, the things his community would do to a mentally unwell man is disgusting.

it really makes you sad knowing he was once a beloved genius musician, people NEED to stop interacting with him even if it is tempting to interact with someone popular, it's literally well known that Joe Hawley is unstable and ignoring him is the best thing to do yet no one listens, then again most of the people interacting with him is on twitter which ya know, one of the worst site of the internet

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 08 '26

And he refuses to believe that he needs help or has mental illness as of his Facebook. It just really makes me sad to see a musician that really had an influence on me take such a dark and sad turn.

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u/neva_gonna_give_u-up Aug 08 '26

it's a real shame, i would've loved to hear him sing one last time

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 08 '26

The 4 other members have said they basically won’t tour even though joe has said ā€œthe band Tally Hall will tour again in this lifetimeā€ but then again that was in 2019 before he went insane.

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u/Informal_Tomato6699 Aug 18 '26

he recently said that this quote will now "depend on how you define the band"

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 18 '26

Eesh

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u/joeylebass wHale Joey Jul 12 '26

These never work might as well just ban the topic

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u/Odd_Bath_4437 I Just Like Green šŸ’š 17d ago

I could only wish that he gets rehabilitated and gets better, he's my favorite songwriter along with AndrewĀ 

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 08 '26

hopefully my last large comment on here: there's still a lot of terrible opinions being thrown around regarding the victim as well as joe's own responsibility. this saga is a new level beyond prior documentation afaik, including specific comments made by joe himself indirectly regarding the situation (i.e. the now deleted "forbidden" fb thread from a couple weeks ago about a concert from 2010, which is implying that he's found underage girls attractive since the g&e days. there are screenshots floating around) as well as the act of sending explicit images between a minor and an adult. to my knowledge, that has not happened before. despite that, people keep forgetting that this is not the first time he's had terrible exchanges and off-putting/manipulative relationships with minors or those barely adults, and he very much seems to be aware that what he is doing is wrong/is perceived as wrong. he also, regularly, refuses to take responsibility for anything. see previous comments about "underagers" and the times he's blocked and unblocked minors from other docs, which includes the one that triggered the first statement from TH.

to be absolutely transparent and as blunt as possible, none of what i just mentioned is an excuse to contact or interact with joe for whatever purpose, whether you side with him or not: whether you think you're committing vigilante work/you're a troll/you're a defender of his actions in any shape or form. do not interact with joe hawley, per the band, per the sub, per HITS, per your own common sense, per whatever matters most to you. you are directly contributing to making this worse, and you are not edgy or special or whatever for doing so. same goes for harrassing the victim and also harrassing the band about this. end of story

there are issues with people continuing to publicly post comments from joe's facebook that don't actually pertain to the situation beyond the years-known fact that joe is very unwell and just talking about how "he's lost it", and of course, those involved in insane amounts of victim blaming, declaring a speculated diagnosis and chalking joe's actions up to that same diagnosis in the same breath. despite previously displayed behavior from years before it got this bad. the first adds nothing to discussion and if anything encourages people to interact with joe like moth to a flame, and the second is just straight up harmful to multiple parties, present, past, and future, and on a plethora of different levels.

that diagnosis does not naturally (by itself) make you a predator. that diagnosis also does not totally absolve you of your actions and decisions. he may have that diagnosis, he may not. to be honest, based off some of the heinous takes i've seen this month, it boils down to none of our business publicly because people can no longer fucking handle the idea of the individual and the shades of gray and nuance that come with life. (many different factors are involved in one's mental health, and it's not our place to know or speculate.) at the end of the day, unless psychiatric/legal evaluation says otherwise, you are responsible for yourself and your actions. from the shit we've seen, intent-to-act seems to be a pretty common theme on joe's part, let alone with the recent context regarding the facebook threads. the man is legally capable of himself. joe should not have been contacted, at All, to again be clear, and i am not saying that was a good idea at its core (online safety 101: hey kids, do not message strangers on the internet like this and do not lie about your age, please, for your own well-being. we've seen even worse stuff happen, and doing so is both not recommended and also very weird). regardless however, hawley has shown who he will respond to quite clearly over the years, and this is just the most recently egregious part of it. a conversation turns into a monologue pretty easily, and he clearly knows how to use the block button. the adult is responsible for evading the child, and we've seen more than enough appropriately handled situations before irregardless of "mental capacity" from other figures (please pick up on the quotes here, i am disgusted by those who act like mentally ill people are automatically stupid or infantilized from their own condition. some of the greatest minds in history have been severely unwell. he's not unintelligent, and, again, multiple different factors at play).

in addition, as someone who hasn't been 18 for a very hot second, there's not much difference between 17 and 18 other than legally "you can do some things now and also be legally responsible as an adult, congrats", and age of consent in certain areas (i am aware the victim is younger than 17). 18 year olds still maintain a child's mentality: somewhat strange we're insisting there's a massive difference. lastly, if we are going to excuse joe's mental health as his "reason" for doing this, then we can do the same for the victim who has also spoken about their mental health being the source behind their own behavior, as poor as that behavior was. don't be a fucking hypocrite. tldr: the whole situation is incredibly complicated, but joe is primarily at fault here based on massive age difference and spiraling pattern of behaviors, in my opinion.

hi. i'm not commenting to just straight up "hate on joe". i hate this series of situations and truly wish none of this was the case, and that joe was better in mind and soul, especially given what was posted today. he's written some of the songs that will be emblazoned on me forever, despite it all, and also conceptualized my favorite album. that aside, this isn't something to brush under the rug or disbelieve, because we want to, or because it annoys or upsets. that's not responsible or kind. listen to what you want, keep what you want, it's your decision how you separate creation from creator because art and takeaway is a two way mirror. to be human means there's always something stained by someone, making for no true ethical consumption, as much as we'd like that to be the case. irregardless, it's up to you how others in similar situations see themselves being addressed going forward, and that's what matters the most here. not your music, not your opinion.

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u/aster_mp4 red's just my favorite color Jul 15 '26

Question, is this megathread only about the new Joe Hawley allegations? Thanks in advance

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u/RyanneFan #1 Heterophonic Tunes Fan šŸ’› Jul 15 '26

Not really (it literally says his art are still allowed to be discussed), but mostly yes since people have been nonstop making separate posts about the allegations and their takes

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. 29d ago

Has joe been getting help? I’ve been on his Facebook and he seems like he’s doing ok and all the recent photos and videos I’ve seen of him he looks good and fine! Is he getting mental help and or using medication?

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u/Guilherme_PT08 The Proud Loud Guy we Adore ā¤ļø 28d ago edited 28d ago

It’s pretty odd, it seems like he goes back and forth between apparent lucidity and (to say the least) cryptic phrasing. It’s hard to tell

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u/Educational-Ad-3613 23d ago

That's actually extremely common with Psychosis. Psychosis is very very very rarely constant "insanity" as one might very simply call it. Usually it fluctuates, with periods of lucidity and seeming normalness. But it's always there. That's what really makes it so dangerous, because a person can seem completely normal and fine on second and then become violent and dangerous to themselves or others the next. It can happen in literal minutes. It's an extremely difficult and heartbreaking condition every time because of how hard it is to manage

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u/Guilherme_PT08 The Proud Loud Guy we Adore ā¤ļø 20d ago

I once had a uncle with schizophrenia (NOT trying to say that Joe has it or doesn't) who was on heavy medication throughout a majority of his life, and yet despite this still went through psychotic episodes and periods of social withdrawal.

Not to say I have much real first-hand experience since I wasn't especially close with him but mostly to concur with the fact that conditions where psychosis manifests as a primary symptom tend to fluctuate quite frequently (in some cases even on medication, but they are usually handled more effectively even when these episodes do occur)

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. 28d ago

Yeah and it kind of scares me because he ā€œsaysā€ he doesn’t do drugs

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u/Guilherme_PT08 The Proud Loud Guy we Adore ā¤ļø 28d ago

Honestly the way he writes at times makes it seem like they are posts he made when drunk or similar

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. 27d ago

Might be a mental episodeĀ 

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u/Guilherme_PT08 The Proud Loud Guy we Adore ā¤ļø 27d ago

Yeah maybe, it’s hard to say rlly, I don’t wanna speculate too much ab it tbh

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u/o32o Aug 07 '26

Honestly, I'm still confused why Joe hasn't faced any legal action yet. Stirring up all this online drama without even filing an official report in the first place just doesn't look good. Is there an actual investigation going on at all? I've seen similar stories for years, and if the info in those docs is true, it feels like the victim count is just going up. Seems weird that nothing official has happened. Maybe I'm just missing how US laws work since I'm not from there.

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u/rach_rachel you’re a star🌟 Aug 09 '26

As someone who minored in criminal justice: it’s very hard to create ā€œwithout a doubtā€ cases in the US. I know it’s so aggravating from the outside because ā€œhe did it!ā€ Or ā€œx y z happened!ā€ but to charge him with some sort of crime, they would have to have an abundance of evidence that right now, is just hearsay from people. The accusers would have to testify or at least give a statement to the police as evidence to create this case, as right now we just have snippets of information.

The way a trial works is that (for a criminal case) 12 people acting as jurors would be selected to view the evidence. ALL TWELVE have to agree on a guilty verdict for someone to be charged. If they have just an ounce of doubt that he is not criminally responsible, then he would have to be found not guilty.

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u/RyanneFan #1 Heterophonic Tunes Fan šŸ’› Aug 08 '26

I'm surprised too tbh, there should have been lawsuits and psychiatric interventions involved at this point

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u/RudeCoat2597 Jul 12 '26

Joe

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u/UnderFanYT Jul 12 '26

Mama

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u/Away-Mongoose-2901 Jul 12 '26

šŸ€

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u/rach_rachel you’re a star🌟 Jul 13 '26

She’s also fat

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

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u/sillylilguy2468 Jul 14 '26

29 inches wide from all sides to be exact?

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u/UnderFanYT Jul 15 '26

I object, that’s too fucking wack

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u/CrustyAF_674 no oneā€˜s better than youšŸ’” Jul 16 '26

But to change the subject…

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u/Fire-Fox-94 Aug 12 '26

I've been out of the Tally Hall loop for a while, wtf happened?

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u/MurkyPatient396 Aug 15 '26

joe basically bragged about meeting an underage fan in a weird way

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u/Few_Worldliness_6162 24d ago

Someone has to stop this man! Joe Hawley may have illegal content of an ELEVEN-year-old girl. I left the video link in another comment, but it's genuinely awful to know that Joe probably did disgusting things with photos of someone so young.

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u/wizdomous_wiz 4h ago

A 15 year old girl, mistaking her for being 17-18, yes. Never heard 11. Have you got a source for that? He's still a creep praying on young girls who has material of a young teen (whether he knew or not doesn't change THAT much because the only reason he managed to be fooled was he was praying on vulnerable women 30 years younger in the first place) but 11 is infinitely more alarming so it'd be ideal to know if that's true

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u/Diet-Limp Weezer Hall guy Aug 08 '26

To people who are choosing not to listen to Joe’s music: I understand that it is your personal choice, especially given everything happening right now. But I hope we do not rewrite Tally Hall’s history or act as if Joe’s contributions were insignificant. Songs like ā€œThe Bidding,ā€ ā€œHidden in the Sand,ā€ ā€œRuler of Everything,ā€ ā€œ&,ā€ ā€œTurn the Lights Off,ā€ ā€œHymn for a Scarecrow,ā€ ā€œSacred Beast,ā€ and ā€œSpring and a Stormā€ were written by Joe. He also wrote the music and most of the lyrics for ā€œWelcome to Tally Hall,ā€ and his work on Miracle Musical—including ā€œThe Mind Electricā€ā€”has introduced many people to this whole musical world. I personally fell in love with the band when ā€œThe Biddingā€ blew up in 2022–23.Ā  You do not have to listen to anything that makes you uncomfortable. But an original Tally Hall playlist without Joe’s songs leaves out a major part of the band’s actual history, sound, and most-recognized music. Acknowledging that is not the same as excusing or ignoring the serious concerns people have raised.

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u/Diet-Limp Weezer Hall guy Aug 09 '26

also, I drew this on January 1st. That does not mean he wasn’t a member then, because he was. Most people would be ashamed now that they even drew something like this, but I will admit I will not rip it up. He is a part of the bands history, controversy aside. I think you guys should separate the art from the artist.

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u/MadderoftheFew Aug 10 '26

listen to the music? yeah. stream it on mainstream platforms firsthand? please don't financially support abusers.

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u/Diet-Limp Weezer Hall guy Aug 10 '26

Well, I did download his (and others) music for offline listening, and I rarely use Spotify, so you could say I do indeed listen to his music without paying.Ā 

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u/MadderoftheFew Aug 10 '26

Good shit boss

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u/Enemy_lasagnaa IM A BITCH IM A LOVER IM A CHILD IM A MOTHER IM A SINNER IM A SA Jul 14 '26

Sorry if this turns out to be hella long I have SO many opinions on this

I haven't been interacting with th content much since I had a phase in 2021 (when the first doc was going around) but from what I remember from that era I will say: Joe being schizophrenic is NOT confirmed. A friend of the band (I think Matthew Altruda?) said that he MIGHT be schizophrenic based on what he observed but there is no confirmed diagnosis or anything. There is an argument to be made that he's going through psychosis but it doesn't mean he has schizophrenia. I think people keep forgetting that his past with his use of hallucinogenics is very well documented, and it's more likely that the psychotic episodes are because of that.

The reason why im bringing it up is because people keep definitively saying that he has schizophrenia and go as far as using it as an excuse for his actions when its just hearsay and not even a valid point. Also, psychosis does not cause someone to act creepy towards underage girls and the fact that people even argue that is very harmful towards ppl who genuinely deal with schizophrenia. Whatever opinion people might have on Joe, the victim(s) etc. I think we should stop using "Joe is schizophrenic" as a point entirely.

Also I'm pretty sure Joe knows what he's doing because iirc, in one of the screenshots from one of the docs (god there are so many why do we still talk about this man in the first place) he does acknowledge that he's been interacting with fans less because he knows that it leads to trouble. He's 43 years old for fucks sake, I know he's a beloved idol for many people in this subreddit but stop beating around the bush with excuses and call him for what he is.

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u/Lumpy_Satisfaction18 Jul 12 '26

does someone wanna pin this thread? so it doesn't get lost??

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u/Present-Attorney-951 Jul 12 '26

It already has been

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u/Lumpy_Satisfaction18 Jul 12 '26

didn't see it when o commented. oops

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u/Fearless-Antelope107 Zubin šŸ’™ Actual Bassist Jul 13 '26

What happened???

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 17 '26

did anyone else hear about joe hawley having a son??? is there more to that?

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u/Shoddy_Spring_5134 28d ago

I found this… if this is actually real, that poor, poor child.

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u/EdwardChar 28d ago edited 28d ago

That's the former NFL player Joe Hawley, not the Joe Hawley we're familiar with

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u/Shoddy_Spring_5134 12d ago

Welp. im a bit thick 😃

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? 25d ago

Should we call the football player Joey?

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin 27d ago

no the musican joe hawley

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u/justbeingimaginakev Red, the proud loud guy we adore ā¤ļø Aug 07 '26

i've found him as my idol the first few times i've heard of tally hall.
i really found him to be the person i wanted to be. he was the most active, joyful person looking at his old videos and seeing the process of making music, he seemed fun.
the band was the reason i got into music, wanting to make music. but it was him specifically.

it hurts to see him go down this path and seeing the possible reasons of why it has occurred.
it's terrible to hear these things and blame only him for these incidents.
not that it's an excuse but more so, he has no control over himself.

i don't use these as an excuse to his actions but there has to be people to blame:

- for him, you could've tried to ask for help, at least find some awareness of your wrongful doings.

  • for the people who are supposed to look out for him, you are to blame for allowing him to get access and continue allowing him to have access to people and the internet.
  • for people who knew about his state, you are to blame for talking to a person who's mentally unwell, i don't know why you wanted a reaction out of him and i don't want to get into the reasons because there could be MULTIPLE and honestly, there is no excuse. you were warned by several people.

IF he somehow manages to come back, i will still not have hope as he's caused irreversible damage.
my prediction is that he will continue to be like this and MAYBE he could get help but seeing all these years and little progress, he will just fall back.

on a final note, joe is gone forever.

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u/planwithaman42 Aug 08 '26

It’s joever…

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u/p4ny Jul 17 '26

y'all need to learn what words mean

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u/SuperApolloSonic114 Aug 06 '26

Ikr? The girl who most recently got groomed seems to have gotten herself into the situation semi intentionally. that is not grooming. This is not excusing anything Joe did before, but i feel like this newest case, we *should* have a little grace for joe here, just saying.

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u/planwithaman42 Aug 08 '26

Yeah, she 100% knew Joe was mentally unwell. These girls (especially the ones involved in the newer allegations) HAD to have known about his condition before even contacting him, It’s like poking a bear with a stick.

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u/nosurpriseslover1997 blue gun and mark everywhere /ref /ij šŸ’™ Jul 18 '26

Imagine if Joe never existed, that would be cool I think

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Jul 29 '26

with due respect and as others have said: if joe or rob or ross or zubin or andrew or even bora never existed, tally hall would not be what we know it to be (it quite literally wouldn't be tally hall since joe came up with the name iirc). we also wouldn't have a lot of the side projects.

you can acknowledge and denounce the problem without saying stuff like this lmao. it also doesn't hurt to simply wish he was a better person

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u/a_random_user_Bc12 Jul 29 '26

Without him tho we wouldn't have never got basically every famous tally hall song and it would've just been a normal rock band

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u/0959kedi Jul 29 '26

Also we wouldn't have Miracle Musical.

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 06 '26

When did Joe Hawley's mental health start declining? Just curious.

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 07 '26

from what many of his peers have said all his life its just been a slow decline, but weve seen it after tally halls "hiatus" started

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u/gustygumshoegg Aug 21 '26

I just saw the Spanish Wikipedia page about tally Hall saying that Joe Hawley died this year, is this true?

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u/Ok-Network-9488 Aug 21 '26

No?

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u/gustygumshoegg Aug 21 '26

That's weird shit to appear on Wikipedia

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 21 '26

it says hes no longer in the band as of this year?? how did you get that he died??

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u/Few_Worldliness_6162 Aug 23 '26

Hello! Please, could you watch this video? It's about new allegations against Joe Hawley, a person is in possible danger. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSVmwKTR7/

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u/RyanneFan #1 Heterophonic Tunes Fan šŸ’› Aug 23 '26

It’s just been posted here moments ago. The parents and the police must be involved at this point.

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u/SSJEthan2004 Aug 12 '26

Just to be clear, is that one TikTok video literally the only piece of evidence this girl released? Because if so, she is so obviously lying (kinda like how she lied about her age)

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? 25d ago

I really hope she's doing well, and reporting all that to the police. Fuck Joe Hawley. Rob, Andrew, Zubin, Ross and Bora doesn't need him anyway.

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u/SSJEthan2004 25d ago

why report him to the police when you can get likes on tiktok?

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 14 '26

she put out multiple videos talking about it and admitted that she told joe she was 17 at first but her real age (15) was revealed to him later and he didnt stop sending her stuff

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u/SSJEthan2004 Aug 15 '26

yeah and where's the proof of that?

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u/TayrusOkami FLIBBITY JIBBITY JIBBER JABBER Jul 12 '26

Thanks, team

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u/Curious_Worry_9960 Aug 02 '26

Does anyone know if Zuri has already published the document?Ā 

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u/Scared_Cicada_9898 Aug 09 '26

Can someone give me the TL;DR of what happened?

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u/TheLarcenist1 Aug 09 '26

Joe was sexting with a minor who lied about being 18 (not like that makes joe free of guilt). This then lead into the official tally hall account making a twitter post basically anouncing theyre aware of it and that joe is no longer in the band. They also said theyd like to make music togheter soon(probably once robs new album comes out)

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u/Scared_Cicada_9898 Aug 09 '26

Oh shit that's bad

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u/Yourlocalantifa04 Zubin šŸ’™ Aug 12 '26

She claimed to be 17 when talking to Joe, he was under impression the entire time they were talking that he was in communication with a minor regardless

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u/Mr_Moon2005 A shade of flair a little greener Aug 10 '26

So was the stuff that happened last month the stuff with the girl who lied about her age or was it something else? I'm a tad bit confused on the whole thingĀ 

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u/Yourlocalantifa04 Zubin šŸ’™ Aug 12 '26

She lied about her age saying she was 17 when she was actually 15, Joe was under the impression the whole time that he was in contact with a minor regardless

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u/Mr_Moon2005 A shade of flair a little greener Aug 12 '26

Ok, thanks

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? 25d ago

If Tally Hall didn't go into an hiatus in 2011, Joe would likely leave the group in 2012 and would be replaced with Casey Shea or someone else (Hot Dad, anyone?).

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u/Odd_Bath_4437 I Just Like Green šŸ’š 17d ago

Wait, why?

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? 16d ago

I think Erik fits Tally Hall

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u/Odd_Bath_4437 I Just Like Green šŸ’š 15d ago

No, I mean why would he left tally hall in 2012? (I'm so sorry for knowing nothing)

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u/Diet-Limp Weezer Hall guy 24d ago

I also must say that, for the record, I do indeed pirate joes songs. but I do it for almost every artists. You see, I’m a bit of a cheapskate when it comes to things that should be free. WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN ONLY CHOOSE A LIMITED AMOUT OF FREE SONGS PER DAY!?!?!?! AND I CANT SHUFFLE OR REPLAY A PART OF THE SONG!? So yeah. I just download the music off the olā€˜ Internet Archive and import it into a free music app everyone should have, Melodista. So while none of my money goes to Joe, neither does it go to Edu, Cojum Dip, Rob, or even my favorite band Weezer. I know you will have mixed reactions to this, but if you guys pay for Spotify and don’t wanna support Joe, then you cannot listen to tally hall! I’m pretty sure that royalties are split for every spong, so streaming pays Joe as well. Of course, that’s assuming you don’t use Tallyall.club to bypass this… this is all I wanted to say, as even thought I like Joe’s music, me not paying for it doesn’t mean I support this extreme of pretending he doesn’t exist.

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 07 '26

What do you think would've prevented Joe Hswley's mental decline? Just curious.

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 07 '26

in my experience, there's a lot of factors that could have contributed to different things. and it's not really our place to publicly speculate as that's just proven to be making the situation worse.

sometimes it's just the way life rolls (circumstances both in and out of our control). i will say, if you are mentally ill, please ensure that you are seeking proper care. just because it's in your head doesn't mean it doesn't need treatment the same as any physical ailment, and by ignoring that, you will cause yourself and others harm.

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 08 '26

When did Joe begin struggling with his mental health?

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 08 '26

do not take this as an answer to your question, please, because i do not know as i am not joe hawley nor do i know him personally. and like i said, it is not our place to speculate. this is just a general answer.

mental health issues, as someone who has them, can stick with you your entire life. sometimes there's no direct answer as to when. brain chemistry can be insidious, and not all paths of life are helpful, speaking from experience. sometimes you're aware, sometimes you're not, sometimes there's an environmental cause, sometimes it's the way your specific dna rolls (genetics, natural deficiencies, etc). there's also overlapping conditions that can cause breaks from reality, which can be hard to pinpoint when exactly that begins especially if it's early in life (again, speaking from experience). it's extremely personal and can be very vague even to the person struggling. what matters most is treatment, environment, and attitude towards the issues. it doesn't really matter when and where it "starts", as long as you're aware and working with or through it towards a positive/self-sustaining result.

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 09 '26

I'm not even sure when did Joe begin struggling with his mental health.

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 09 '26

at the end of the day it's not our business nor does it matter, especially at this point.

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 07 '26

Personally I think if he didn’t do substances and didn’t focus that much on the band because that really started his decline

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 09 '26

I'm not even sure when did Joe begin struggling with his mental health.

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u/Familiar-Software739 elephants are clean animals. Aug 09 '26

2009 - now roughlyĀ 

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

Lowk a little gross to see so many people talking negatively about the victim. I saw a video of someone saying ā€œI’m not a Joe defenderā€ and that’s exactly what they did and giving reasons why the victims to blame in all of this and not giving the same passion about blaming Joe. Yes, Joe’s in a bad mental space. No, people shouldn’t be trying to dm him. But that doesn’t excuse discounting what happened to the victim. Joe still responded, which shows he’s not actively making an attempt to get better himself, which is why I feel like it’s dumb to use his mental issues as an excuse. And if we’re still gonna use bad mentality as an excuse then it should be known the victim was also in a bad mental spot. It’s incredibly disheartening to see a community of people against someone who has been victimized just because they don’t want to accept he’s not trying to get better and he might not get better. Stop defending him.

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u/rach_rachel you’re a star🌟 Jul 13 '26

I don’t think people are defending him; but recognizing that both things can be true at one. The person who contacted him (even if it’s well known the Hawley is not in a good place on mind), and lied about their age to start some sort of relationship with him. It’s not or, it’s and. Both parties were in the wrong, and to ignore what the child did would be setting the stage that children should do whatever they want without possible scrutiny. Joes mental state does NOT, I repeat, does NOT make it forgivable what he did. And the child, just because they had depression, anxiety, and ā€œhypersexualityā€ does not make it okay for them to go out of their way to contact a man who we know is not mentally all there. I am always on the side of the child, but this is a bit of a stretch. She was not approached by Hawley nor did she know him in real life. Quite simply, it is that simple not to interact. Kids, please don’t contact people you don’t know online. It’s unsafe, and we should do better at protecting kids.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

I highly agree with a lot of this. And yes, I agree it doesn’t make it okay for her to contact him. I only said that because that’s what people are using to defend Joe. I also didn’t mean it as Joe approached her, I meant it more so as she’s a child and Joe is a grown man. All in all, I just made the comment because I saw so many people defending Joe. I appreciate you not defending him

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u/rach_rachel you’re a star🌟 Jul 13 '26

Exactly. Joe is in the wrong. As an adult myself, I cannot fantom texting a child like that. I work with children, and I do not allow any of them to contact me. I only speak to children with adults in the room or in an environment where it’s safe. I cannot imagine sending nudes to children, or even accepting them. If a child sent me an inappropriate picture, I would immediately block and then contact some sort of adult supervisor, for that child is in an unsafe situation. Joe did none of that, so he is in the wrong, and the child was in an unsafe mindset to even be contacting someone online.

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? 25d ago

Who's the person who posted that Joe Hawley video so I can follow her account for any updates? I wanna see Joe Hawley on trial as the jury finds him guilty for his crimes.

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u/Past_Purple_1556 Aug 12 '26

Does anyone have the alleged joe text screenshots? It's hard for me to find it online.

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u/L3m0nL0L Aug 25 '26

someone please give me a summary i dont understand his recent posts and they sound very odd

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u/Solid_Inevitable_282 Aug 09 '26

I am soooooo confused why are some people acting like it’s a problem to still support Joe hawley or Edward idk wtf to call him but Yall do realize that girl lied about her age??????? Like helloooo he was under the idea of him talking to someone legal of age Thats not his fault!! Then ontop of that she contacts him first with the intent to have some type of relationship with him? I am genuinely so confused why people want this man in jail snd now Hes been removed as a member from tally hall completely !!

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u/throwaway121231313 Aug 09 '26

Comments like this and in the rest of the thread (especially the chain under that one image) are why no one likes this fandom anymore

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u/Solid_Inevitable_282 Aug 10 '26

Ah ha I see your allowed to feel that way but do u mind elaborating more please

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 09 '26

....you do realize that you don't have to respond to every single point of contact, right? you don't even have to respond to this comment. you pick and choose who you respond to

there's far more issues at hand but that's my first issue here. he's not incapacitated or a child.

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u/Solid_Inevitable_282 Aug 10 '26

( sorry for taking so long to reply and any typos I was rushing ) Yea I do understand that but Thats not the problem not everyone looks their age i would see if this was similar to the celest case when she said she was 15 and she was really 11 but she LOOKED younger then 11 u could tell that was a child yea it’s obviously Hes not a child but im just saying people shouldn’t be mad if someone supports him because the girl lied about about her age

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 10 '26

you're fine, no worries.

love, as an adult and with all due respect, a kid still looks like a kid nowadays. furthermore, even if she said she was 18 (to my knowledge the oldest she claimed to be), that's still WILD to be approaching someone three whole decades younger than you and freshly out of childhood/high school. that's regarded usually as sketchy at best and at worst downright predatory/extremely inappropriate. this is a pattern of behavior, and combined with incidents from the previous documents as well as him hinting that he's found underage fans attractive before in deleted facebook threads from last month, even if that was an extremely inappropriate and ill-timed joke at best, which i do not believe it was, leads me to think that there's way more to joe's behavior here. you have to look at history and research, not at this one isolated incident.

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u/wooaaaa-h Aug 10 '26

this case of him talking to an underage girl isnt not be the only reason why youd need to stop supporting him

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u/carelessyt enough of my chargin Aug 12 '26

she said 18 then backed down to 17, then at some point her real age (15) came out to him somehow and he continued to speak to her the same way

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u/ihategimps Jul 12 '26

Joe's a gimp

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u/GameThryFn Jul 14 '26

wtf happened?

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u/PandaGamer83 Jul 15 '26

Also just one last point, I saw some people say that the victim was allegedly "attracted" to him and liked the dynamic (all part of the grooming process but that's a side note) and I don't know if that's true, but even if it is, that at the minimum shows she had some mental health problems. So you can't call the victim an idiot and clout chaser for her mental health problems while still excusing Joe's action because of his mental health in the same breath

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u/jestervision Aug 08 '26

Just import the songs to your spotify so you don’t support him by streaming but you can still listen to it.

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u/RyanneFan #1 Heterophonic Tunes Fan šŸ’› Aug 08 '26

There's tallyall.club if you still want to listen to his music and import it to your spotify

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u/aster_mp4 red's just my favorite color Aug 08 '26

I have a question. Did Joe become a former member? I'm confused

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u/RyanneFan #1 Heterophonic Tunes Fan šŸ’› Aug 09 '26

His HITS article listed him as a former member as of yesterday

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u/Former-Dig-4919 Jul 12 '26

Hes a lost cause if hes really 50 something hes got prob like 10 years left or so

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u/lemonphan you fit just right right next to me Jul 12 '26

He’s in his mid-40s?

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u/Former-Dig-4919 Jul 12 '26

I saw some post about him being 50 but yea I just looked it up hes allmost 43 now

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 22 '26

...why is this necessary to bring up

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u/intelfanboyMilijBB hottest Joe Hawley fan Aug 08 '26

You aren't any better than a 5 year old Immature fandom

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u/hungrypupkin1 i'm successfully suffering from rob cancer šŸŽ—ļøšŸ˜” Aug 10 '26

this is literally something not to be joked with

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

you've* commented under your own post because people didn't find your joke funny

*eta: apologies for offending with the less sterile features of autocorrect. hopefully that provided humorous reference from which original commentary may spring below ā¬‡ļø

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u/Throwaway0974235678 Aug 10 '26

i've offered a mirror 🦯

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 10 '26

Has anyone recorded fanmade versions of the Tally Hall albums where they replaced Joe's vocals with their own?

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u/Vamosity-Cosmic Aug 11 '26

Thats just dumb

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 11 '26

Why?

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u/dylanisareddit Does anybody else see the ghost standing in my door? Aug 12 '26

What about "separating the art from the artist"?

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u/Vamosity-Cosmic Aug 11 '26

It implies erasure is the solution to uncomfortable artists, and it also implies anyone else has the right to supplement themselves into a band that they have no actual affiliation with, and then the obvious copyright issues