Frylock

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  1. Just reading back on this thread. Has Elon done more net good for the world vs. doing net bad? EV cars and rockets... yeah, thank you. But there is deep environmental pressure for an alternative to fossil fuels, and while Elon does deserve his flowers for the greater society moving towards electric vehicles, the world was reaching a boiling point where we HAD to find an alternative or risk extinction. Yes, Elon capitalized on the pressures, but I'll echo that if it wasn't going to be him, it would have been somebody else due to the pressure of the situation and an open market. The bad is that he's enforcing corruption, lies, censorship while claiming to be "free speech", brainwashing, and egocentricism. You don't want to tell your children to be like Elon. Becuase he's a very lonely, narcissistic insanely rich man. I feel like he's overall influencing the world in a net toxic and detrimental way. If he'd have just stayed in the shadows and been the rocket and EV man, we'd probably see him as a lovable billionaire. But his political shenanigans just spotlight how much corruption can negatively impact otherwise good intentions.
  2. Yeah I mean, I should stop being surprised that society is full of single digit IQ voters.
  3. This dude wrote the book on narcissism. It's like bro, just go away, we don't care about you.
  4. I don't care if TikTok is China, American, or wherever the hell, it is Grade A brainrot. All other social media platforms need to be banned as well.
  5. History will be kinder about his presidency than the mainstream zeitgeist was. Luckily it started to trend that way while he was still alive, a testament to how freaking old he was! RIP Jimmy, an example of a true American patriot and humanitarian.
  6. "No way to prevent this, says only nation where this regularly happens."
  7. I've read that his classmates that went to private school with him said he never studied or was serious, and still aced his tests and became valedictorian. I never said he had common sense, though. Him sitting down and eating at a restaraunt at all while the heat was on was pretty stupid and crass.
  8. While it doesn't excuse his actions because lots of other people are suffering and don't murder, I'm sure his excruciating physical back pain had an effect on his mental health. By all accounts, he was a normally functioning dude for most of his life. He cared about his studies and making a positive impact on the world with his privilege, which was admirable. But somewhere along the way, and likely attributed to his mental and physical trauma, he became corrupt and sought revenge to alleviate the pain. He seemed to have quite a high IQ, and sometimes those people can be deadly when they funnel their rage and intelligence into one chaotic package. There's a reason he admired the unabomber, who also had a very high IQ.
  9. Correct, but at least in the short term, it reduces suffering. I get it, if you squash one roach, it won't solve your problem when you have a whole colony of roaches infesting your house. What makes healthcare agencies/executives particularly more tricky to fight back against is that you simply can't not buy their products. If I'm mad at Pepsi, I'll just stop buying Pepsi products. Problem is, everyone needs healthcare for survival, which makes the crookedness of that business more pressure packed and personal for the majority of people.
  10. I wouldn't be so sure that this didn't have an immediate effect. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/05/nx-s1-5217617/blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-anthem Almost immediately after this murder, Anthem reverses their anesthesia time limit decision. Of course, this could have been planned to be announced regardless due to public backlash, but the timing of it sure was conspicuous.
  11. Pretty interesting read on the background of the suspect. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-luigi-mangione.html It seems he had a bad back and was consistently in a lot of physical pain. Makes sense why he would throw away seemingly a luxurious life, the dude was suffering physically which likely contributed to mentally.
  12. People don't tend to bandwagon cold blooded murders. That's why this one is a little more nebulous than the prototypical murderer/victim case. Sure you can call it childish, but in this case, it's someone standing up and knocking out the playground bully who seems to get away with everything. I view the CEO moreso a victim to the corruption of profiting from private healthcare than I do the actual murder. The man just wanted to have a nice career and make money rather than profoundly consider the emotional human impact of his company's actions. When you wrong so many people and they take it on a personal level, the odds increase that someone is going to seek bloody revenge on you. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.