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They took down the gofundme. He’s got a bit of an online footprint that’s being actively picked over. Apparently, he got picked up in Pennsylvania, for “being weird”, presumably from staying awake most of the last week. . So far he has not said anything. Whatever manifesto they got him with has not made the rounds, and frankly I’m not overly enthused about getting ahold of it, but yeah., If I have an excess of time and money in the coming seasons . We’ll be hearing from him and helping Mr. Mangione out.

Like I said, extensive online footprint that is being picked over as we speak. I saw a LinkedIn profile that has since been deleted, but of course it was screenshot. People disappear in a lot of the important ways when they go to prison, but we’ll do what we can.

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[–] [email protected] 231 points 1 week ago (16 children)

We don't have to call everybody who works with code a "tech bro". He seems like a perfectly normal and relatable person.

But I've been saying that and being downvoted for it for years.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If anything it sounded like he wanted to be a game dev and gave up on it (probably because it actually kind of sucks as a cog in a AAA company) and that sounds like a ton of people I know.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago

The serious back injury would explain the hard turn his life made.

Also, if you really want to hate the insurance companies, it's easy: get surgery in America. I thought his rage was from a friend who wasnt rich enough for cancer treatments; here it's a bad skiing accident and the years of bill negotiation that pushed him over the edge.

But that could be me in the same situation. I have a back injury that is never going to improve, but its progress is slowed by proper care and lots of help. A bad turn if I was American and even my good tech job wouldn't be enough. At-will state and I'm laid-off like that, no job means no coverage, no coverage means I sell my everything for anything. Ich bin copaybacker.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Human interaction is important. One of the problems with capitalism is the commodification of that human interaction (or what that human interaction used to provide for free). Really only the last point diverges, but it is somewhat related in that a shared set of activities can bring forth positive human interactions (e.g. progressive movements have come up or gained momentum from church gatherings, see the civil rights movement in the US).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Holy shit it's the guy that has the username I wanted.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I've very suspicious of how all this info about him is being brought to me.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope. He still didn't do it. I don't care what links I have shoved in my face. This guy didn't do it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If he didn't. He is fixing to be even more wealthy. Like its some kind of big PR move and he already has a screenplay ready to sell.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to live in an America where this guy specifically goes free and then later gets rich off of a book titled something like "If I Did It, This Was Why"

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Side note, The Back Mechanic really helped me.

Years of chiropractic didn’t fix shit. Couple weeks following that book? Huge improvement.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Thats awesome!

Unfortunately I'm not suprised chiropracics didn't help, it's rooted in complete bunk pseudoscience, which is frustrating when they take money from people who really need help with chronic pain or other ailments

I'm really glad you were able to find your solution, back issues are miserable

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[–] bluetardis 71 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You want a quality physiotherapist not a chiropractor. This is what much of the rest of the world does without marketing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Finally someone making sense in comments

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[–] ayyy 55 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The guy who invented chiropracty literally claims that an alien angel taught it to him.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

don't forget the homeopathy bullshit

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

As always the real pro tip is in the comments.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (11 children)
[–] xtr0n 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow. She had enough money to live in a million dollar house, send her kids to expensive prep schools but that kind of money is nothing in the face of severe medical expenses in the US of A. It’s worth remembering that if you don’t have 10’s of millions or really hundreds of millions of dollars, you’re a bad medical situation away from physical, mental and financial ruin.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I was in America for a few years, what made me leave was the realization that a bad car accident would ruin me financially instead of in my home country where I got an arm cast before they knew my health number.

So I went home. Fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Same here. Now I watch as some people enthusiastically leave for the US. I tell them, "you don't know yet, you don't get it" but they think it'll be different for them. So good luck!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m glad they took him alive, and that the jury will get to hear/read this.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago

Seriously. Dude is traumatized by what happened to his mother.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Christ... What a grim read. :(

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Holy fuck. Luigi Mangione is a hero. May he live to find a cure for his pain, and may his name inspire us to take action.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Soon you are only allowed to buy an AR15 provided that you are in perfect health.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, it all makes too much sense now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Really? This is just the story I thought everyone was expecting?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There were rumours being spread that he's insane.
It all seems very logical to me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Him being insane is the only way this doesn't spread. How convenient.

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[–] captain_aggravated 7 points 1 week ago

I'd buy "disturbed" but not "insane." dude was too effective anbassassin to be "insane." I'm convinced he acted upon a genuine grievance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Chronic pain can make people do things they normally wouldn't do

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Back pain is a killer.

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