OT: 119th Obsequious Banter Thread: April Foods Day

[LegionOfDoom91]

As someone who went through back issues for 18 months, I can attest that it does mess with your mental health. I developed anxiety and depression over it that i'm still working through even after the back pain subsided. Having to deal with insurance making life harder during that would have really f***ing sucked.

Probably unpopular opinion around these parts but I have zero sympathy for Brian Thompson. Thousands of people die every year because UHC denies coverage at a higher rate than any other insurer. Their use of A.I. to review and deny claims also doubled under Thompson's watch. Not to mention the fact that he was being investigated for insider trading that netted him over $10 million. He's a villain. The shooter belongs in jail but i'm all out of f***s to give about these white collar villains.



McDonald's rat*

I don’t particularly feel bad for the CEO (perhaps his family) but at the same time I won’t celebrate it or the perpetrator. This is like the equivalent of one criminal killing another in my mind. One’s dead, the other is going to prison for life. Nothing of value was really lost in this exchange.

I also 100% would have ratted on that guy for the $50K award too.

 

[Embiid]

As someone who went through back issues for 18 months, I can attest that it does mess with your mental health. I developed anxiety and depression over it that i'm still working through even after the back pain subsided. Having to deal with insurance making life harder during that would have really f***ing sucked.

Probably unpopular opinion around these parts but I have zero sympathy for Brian Thompson. Thousands of people die every year because UHC denies coverage at a higher rate than any other insurer. Their use of A.I. to review and deny claims also doubled under Thompson's watch. Not to mention the fact that he was being investigated for insider trading that netted him over $10 million. He's a villain. The shooter belongs in jail but i'm all out of f***s to give about these white collar villains.



McDonald's rat*

Not sure what was more f***ed..his back or his life now!

Sexual frustration is a bitch...j/k

But seriously, they are calling him "The Adjuster" ..looks like he needed a good one ( aka Chiropractor) for his back. That and that receptionist at the hostel could have resulted in a "happier" ending...

Luigi Mangione 'was unable to have sex because of severe back injury'

RJ Martin said Mangione had told him the injury sustained following an accident had made dating impossible.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Embiid]

I don’t particularly feel bad for the CEO (perhaps his family) but at the same time I won’t celebrate it or the perpetrator. This is like the equivalent of one criminal killing another in my mind. One’s dead, the other is going to prison for life. Nothing of value was really lost in this exchange.

I also 100% would have ratted on that guy for the $50K award too.

45K after State and Federal taxes. Doubt you get a "rat" exemption...lol

 

[Lord Defect]

Dudes was a trust fund commie radicalized at an Ivy League school.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Dudes was a trust fund commie radicalized at an Ivy League school.

Absolutely not. This was garden variety tech bro Rogan listener who did the Bernie Sanders + Trump combo. His social media was found immediately. This was not a left-right guy. Trying to put it in either of those baskets shows a complete misunderstanding of the archetype. He was outsider vs insider.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Absolutely not. This was garden variety tech bro Rogan listener who did the Bernie Sanders + Trump combo. His social media was found immediately. This was not a left-right guy. Trying to put it in either of those baskets shows a complete misunderstanding of the archetype. He was outsider vs insider.

He thought Lamar Jackson should have been a RB back in 2018 going by his old social media posts.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

He thought Lamar Jackson should have been a RB back in 2018 going by his old social media posts.

Ok, so tech bro or legacy pro sports exec. Neither is a compliment.

 

[DancingPanther]

Media pumping out stories about how he was already role playing as an assassin in a video game. Nary a peep about Thompson's crucial role in firing employees to instead implement a "faulty" AI that would auto-reject claims, nor any sort of info about how his company was far and away the leader in claim rejection rates for medically necessary intervention for middle and lower class people. This kills people.

Viewing this devoid of context paints this guy as an innocent victim, which he was not. They're both murderers, one is just way more of a serial killer than the other. I will never praise murder, but some murders are less tragic than others.

That video game was Among Us btw

 

[Beef Invictus]

Absolutely not. This was garden variety tech bro Rogan listener who did the Bernie Sanders + Trump combo. His social media was found immediately. This was not a left-right guy. Trying to put it in either of those baskets shows a complete misunderstanding of the archetype. He was outsider vs insider.

Right. It looks like selected the bits from each side he liked. Classic leftwing economic populism? Check. Right-wing claims that we have a right and duty to own firearms and use them to kill tyrants? Check. He was plugged into both realms.

All he needed to do was shift the definition of "tyrant" outside of the purely left-right political to the general upper class, and boom. It doesn't take much glancing at his posting activities to see who he was listening to and how he melded their messages together and followed them to their logical outcome. Especially with personal experience probably adding some drive and focus.

 

[Rebels57]

Media pumping out stories about how he was already role playing as an assassin in a video game. Nary a peep about Thompson's crucial role in firing employees to instead implement a "faulty" AI that would auto-reject claims, nor any sort of info about how his company was far and away the leader in claim rejection rates for medically necessary intervention for middle and lower class people. This kills people.

Viewing this devoid of context paints this guy as an innocent victim, which he was not. They're both murderers, one is just way more of a serial killer than the other. I will never praise murder, but some murders are less tragic than others.

That video game was Among Us btw

This. Luigi isnt far off the fictional character Dexter. He killed someone who killed A LOT more people. People can pretend Thompson was an innocent victim but he's not. There are CEOs in a lot more industries for a lot more companies that better tighten up security because I guarantee there will be copycats.

 

[Embiid]

This "society" is unraveling. Violence normalized, authorianism accepted and people incoherently believing in two contradictory things equally. Orwell is smiling in his grave right now.

Btw wonder what the Tate brothers think about bro Luigi (yeah I don't want to know)

 

[JojoTheWhale]

That video game was Among Us btw

Holy SHIT. Look out, it’s a meeple assassin!

 

[Young Sandwich]

Has anyone else been following this NJ drone stuff? People have been seeing car-sized drones every night for the last several weeks and no one has any clue who/what/where/why. Started in north Jersey and has spread across the state. Local government/authorities, FBI, The White House, etc all claim they know nothing. It's a bit unsettling at this point.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Has anyone else been following this NJ drone stuff? People have been seeing car-sized drones every night for the last several weeks and no one has any clue who/what/where/why. Started in north Jersey and has spread across the state. Local government/authorities, FBI, The White House, etc all claim they know nothing. It's a bit unsettling at this point.

The fish have found you.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Has anyone else been following this NJ drone stuff? People have been seeing car-sized drones every night for the last several weeks and no one has any clue who/what/where/why. Started in north Jersey and has spread across the state. Local government/authorities, FBI, The White House, etc all claim they know nothing. It's a bit unsettling at this point.

I think Dicks in NJ sells shotguns and buckshot. Go forth!

 

[Young Sandwich]

The fish have found you.

I think Dicks in NJ sells shotguns and buckshot. Go forth!

I'm honestly surprised this hasn't been attempted yet.

 

[VladDrag]

The videos of Biz’s fight dropped on spittin’s IG. For those who care, there really isn’t much to see

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The videos of Biz’s fight dropped on spittin’s IG. For those who care, there really isn’t much to see

 

[DancingPanther]

Holy SHIT. Look out, it’s a meeple assassin!

Sus

 

[Beef Invictus]

The Child hasn't ever seen "Among Us" written out, she had a classmate who loved drawing the characters. So she calls them "Amonguses" with the singular as Amongus.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I wonder if the CEO of that insurance company was like the CEO of the insurance company in the movie The Rainmaker

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Am I reading something fake or did this idiot really compare himself to Maximus in Gladiator in his manifesto?

Edit: It’s a fake one.

 

[Embiid]

Am I reading something fake or did this idiot really compare himself to Maximus in Gladiator in his manifesto?

Gluteus Maximus in the X rated movie Vibrator maybe...

 

[Superman33]

Am I reading something fake or did this idiot really compare himself to Maximus in Gladiator in his manifesto?

Edit: It’s a fake one.

Damn. He totally should.

I mean, if you're already writing a manifesto, why not compare your self to My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife.

Btw, he did get his vengeance. In this life.

 

[ajgoal]

Has anyone else been following this NJ drone stuff? People have been seeing car-sized drones every night for the last several weeks and no one has any clue who/what/where/why. Started in north Jersey and has spread across the state. Local government/authorities, FBI, The White House, etc all claim they know nothing. It's a bit unsettling at this point.

I'm not concerned until @JojoTheWhale is.