Is the US a dystopia?

Alternate timeline Hunter Biden

Atlas Shrugged vs Infinite Jest

Goodreads profile is private I am devastated

I'm just now reading about the Lindy effect, and apparently it was coined by comedians in the 60s at Lindy's deli in Manhattan.

And the historic location of that deli on Broadway and 51st Street is like a block away from the New York Hilton Midtown where the murder happened.

Mug shot dropped

https://boutiquemario.fr/55-medium_default/luigi-geant.jpg

I’m going to post Luigi’s Vampire Castle now so when someone else says it I have a timestamp

so let me get this straight, they found this guy when he got the cops called on him for "acting suspicious" at a McDonalds, whereupon they found both the murder weapon and the mainfesto. despite managing to carry out the assassination and escape while leaving the cops with no leads he just so happened to be carrying all that evidence on him while grabbing a Big Mac. boy howdy what a lucky break that was!!

thanks to the keen eye of the fry cook, no less.. probably pulling apple pies out of the fryer

his family own TWO country clubs, that's right TWO country clubs

https://images.app.goo.gl/Pby2CM7tmBgrihYr6

my family owns three country clubs two is cool too tho

It's weird, I don't remember ever going to New York and murdering anybody but these cops came up to me and showed me this letter I wrote and apparently my name is also Luigi so I guess I am going to jail

I am so glad I remained on Twitter when all my nice, sane friends left. This is my reward.

— Moniza Hossain (@moniza_hossain) December 9, 2024

That's the guy's sister, apparently..

look at the shooter's sister's IG STORY rn lmaooooo pic.twitter.com/3GyfsdDPC6

— throb gronkowski (@juanyfbaby) December 9, 2024

the x-ray he has on his twitter profile shows an L5-S1 spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis, with a fairly significant slip forward of L5 over S1. The plate and screws are a common surgery to attempt to arrest it. The listhesis can result in peripheral nerve compression

It's a side view of the lumbosacral spine, the lumbral segments are 1-5 and the sacrum is a solid unit below them, curving back and then around forward, ending in the coccyx (not shown)

the manifesto: https://archive.is/7jUsF#selection-1051.0-1054.0

weirdly my reaction to the photo is to not feel as bad about not getting any action, on the grounds that this dude is definitely hotter than me

that's probably a bad take, right?

there don't seem to be any bad takes on the situation

"...United Healthcare changes the rules to suit their own profits. They think they make the rules, and think that because it’s legal that no one can punish them.
They think there’s no one out there who will stop them."

i'd like to think of this as a safe space for bad takes.

woah at that manifesto

Yeah

Very "everyman".... feel for the guy

A lot of bunk in that manifesto, but the blow by blow of his mother’s healthcare tragedy is harrowing. And then the money quote:

“That’s where UnitedHealthcare went wrong. They violated their contract with my mother, with me, and tens of millions of other Americans. This threat to my own health, my family’s health, and the health of our country’s people requires me to respond with an act of war.”

yep

In Gladiator 1 … i lolled

Dude misunderstood Camus

4 stars idk

I agree with the above assessment. Still alternating between cringing and nodding my head ironically at ending it with a picture of a Pokémon turning away…..

the ethical ruminations are stupid but the story about his mother's experience is all too familiar in america

he's like the Mario version of Martin Shrekli and Ross Ulbrecht. if they were Warios

Kinda wild to have a “normie” manifesto (first ever?)…. Has to be far more fearsome for the powers that be than your typical Dorner/Kaczynski affair

is it normie?

The second amendment means I am my own chief executive and commander in chief of my own military. I authorize my own act of self-defense in response to a hostile entity making war on me and my family.

?

I like the part where he sees an otter...

Do we need to poll this?

was this guy a...Fight Club fan...

why is there a picture of a pokemon at the end?

is it normie?

not 100% but it is short, to the point, and largely relatable, I agree with H.P. that it's refreshing to see a relatively coherent take on this.

like, let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good here ;)

Can I say I want to Teorema these siblings in the Pasolini sense?

Kinda wild to have a “normie” manifesto (first ever?)…. Has to be far more fearsome for the powers that be than your typical Dorner/Kaczynski affair

― H.P, Monday, December 9, 2024 9:09 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah I was wondering about this, every time you see one of these from a mass shooter they're always nuts, lotta "well okay he has a point" here

The second amendment means I am my own chief executive and commander in chief of my own military. I authorize my own act of self-defense in response to a hostile entity making war on me and my family.

?

― treeship., Monday, December 9, 2024 10:12 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i mean sure why not its no more creative than the supreme courts interpretation

a well-regulated militia of one

this feels like a Taco Bell chef took the same ingredients of Steve Kerr's life story and made the Black Jack taco of life stories

the title seems to suggest his issue is with allopathic, or conventional, medicine in general and not just insurance. maybe it is just a cheeky allusion and shouldn't be read into too much

yeah, it refers to the allopathic (non-violent) solution to the healthcare problem

I agree it is a stretch

Could totally be fake

so much of it -- the potassium nitrate line, back pain, the pokemon image -- does seem to align a bit too perfectly with the small pieces of information about him that first hit the news

Yeah, if I had to bet on it I'd say this is fake. Using FurAffinity fanart of the pokemon on the guy's twitter banner is the tell for me.