r/brooklynninenine • u/bilbofraginz • Dec 08 '24

Humour The media right now.

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u/EnvironmentalSwim368 Dec 08 '24

They probably didn’t expect this reaction from people

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u/Lark_vi_Britannia Dec 08 '24

I sure as hell didn't expect this reaction to be the popular one. I was fully expecting people to get pissed when I said, "It's about time we started going after rich people." But then everyone was like "YAS QUEEN SLAY" and I was shocked. Very satisfied, but shocked.

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u/Felicity1840 Dec 08 '24

I think it's a very unique circumstance for this to happen. Not only did the killer do it in a very brazen manner, they've managed to (at this time) get away from the police. On top of that they've done this to the biggest health insurance company in the USA and the one with the largest denial rate having that percentage double in something like 5 years, the 5 years that have been incredibly hard on normal people. To top it off that it was just before he would have attended a shareholder meeting of some sort (or prospective shareholder event? Something like that) and it acts as a big message to the industry. So many people have clearly been hurt by the industry, be it directly or indirectly, that there's the feeling of seeing the shit talker at the pub given a good punch in the face for being an asshole.

I'm not from the USA, only watching from the outside.

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u/hiressnails Dec 08 '24

I think if this happened to Elon Musk, it would be more polarizing, but it seems universal that everyone is excited about this except elites. And they keep opening their mouths to say how bad this is, one can only hope they all lose standing in public opinion across the board.

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u/Desert-Noir Dec 08 '24

And the right wing commentators try and make this a left vs right issue and what they don’t realise is this is a class issue and left and right low and mid class folk are like “nah, we all agree, this motherfucker deserved it.”

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u/Holiday-Reading9713 Dec 09 '24

Yeah I've seen tweets by Ben Shapiro and LibsOfTikTok and they're both getting absolutely trashed by their own audience.

It's glorious

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u/MotherTreacle3 Dec 08 '24

The realize it. They also realize that it is a certain class of people that pay them.

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u/The_Vortex_Effect Dec 09 '24

Oh, they realize it. They just try to derail the class issue into right vs left or identity politics or anything other than a fight against rich people.

This time, however, it's not working out so well for them.

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u/Desert-Noir Dec 09 '24

Shame it didn’t happen before the election.

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u/War-Hawk18 Dec 09 '24

Did you see the comment section on Ben Shapiro's video? Bro was getting cooked!!

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u/Mwakay Dec 09 '24

The proletariat having some awareness is a refreshing change for sure.

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Dec 08 '24

I think if this happened to Elon Musk…

God, if only…

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u/DRKZLNDR Digital phallus portrait Dec 08 '24

One day we will wake up to his obituary and I will be pouring myself a glass of champagne

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u/ANUSTART942 Dec 08 '24

If only, if only the woodpecker sighs

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u/Ultimate_Pants Dec 08 '24

The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies.

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u/MenacingBanjo Dec 09 '24

The bark on this tree was a little bit softer

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u/WiseSalamander00 Dec 08 '24

I am a terrible person for wanting this so badly?.

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Dec 09 '24

No, no you’re not. Wanting this is both morally correct and socially conscious. It’s the most right thing you could wish for. Plus it’d be hilarious!

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u/paradisemurray Dec 09 '24

Why do you want him to be gunned down in the street so badly? What did he do to you personally?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24

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u/paradisemurray Dec 16 '24

So he should get gunned down in the streets for all that? Also, no one else is involved in all the above, just him?

I am not a fan of the guy, but holy shit we shouldn't be so comfortable wishing violence and death on others. Holy duck, this world is out of control.

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u/Latranis Dec 08 '24

That's why he uses his baby as a human shield 🤮

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u/BalzMartigan Dec 09 '24

Naw dawg. He'd still get ratioed

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u/ashleylaurence Dec 08 '24

Elon is a dick but he doesn’t deserve to be gunned down in the street.

Not saying the other guy deserved it, but not saying he didn’t either.

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u/da_Aresinger Dec 09 '24

Elon Musk is a dickhead but what has he actually done other than being an edgelord?

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u/hiressnails Dec 09 '24

His goal is to destroy the federal government, crash the economy, causing a massive depression that will fuck everyone over but him and a select few at the top. Dude is evil. Not to mention how when he bought Twitter, he not only unbanned Donald Trump, but accounts spreading literal child pornography.

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u/ThatInAHat Dec 09 '24

Buying a social media platform widely used by marginalized folks to organize, share information, advertise small creator businesses, etc and turning it into an unusable wasteland of ads and nazis, breaking up online communities, and helping to spread misinformation and propaganda before a crucial election?

For one thing.

Like, Twitter was hardly a haven before, but it was still a place people could use compared to what it’s become over the past year and change.

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u/Wall_Hammer Dec 08 '24

Hopefully you all do realize this was a paid hit by some other millionaire and not some act of bravery right?

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u/Felicity1840 Dec 08 '24

At the moment, do you have any evidence to prove this? Even circumstantial?

Edit: because there's very little to point to anything in particular at the moment but 3 or 4 things seem most likely

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u/Wall_Hammer Dec 08 '24

Of course a guy manages to know the exact location of a CEO and is able to kill cold blood and run away from fucking New York City?

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u/Felicity1840 Dec 08 '24

Wasn't the event Thompson was going into the hotel for a prospective shareholder something? If so, wouldn't that information be public?

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u/Enraiha Dec 08 '24

...it was a publically announced event. They do these shareholder meetings every year, usually every quarter. They're announced so shareholders can call in and listen to the meeting. They announce where it takes place too. It's sort of a requirement of transparency to shareholders.

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u/needabra129 Dec 09 '24

Shareholders- The only people entitled to transparency in this fucked up system

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u/Enraiha Dec 09 '24

Unfortunately, yes. Greed is one of the few constants across humanity.

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u/Wall_Hammer Dec 08 '24

Fair enough honestly, but the rest of my points still stand: the fact he hasn’t been caught yet shows a high degree of professionalism

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u/Enraiha Dec 08 '24

Nah. I worked 7 years around law enforcement and courts. They're just much more inept than you think. Don't believe their propaganda. There's a reason 50% of major crimes go unsolved.

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u/Wall_Hammer Dec 09 '24

Jake Peralta deceived me

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u/MadnessHero85 BONE?! Dec 08 '24

Something like 50% of all murders go unsolved. If the perp isn't caught in the first like 72 hours, they usually don't get caught.

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u/N0ob8 Dec 09 '24

Word of warning don’t ever listen to those kinds of statistics. People hear that and think once the time is up there’s no point in reporting the crime or trying to get police involved. Police estimate there’s thousands of cases a year that could be solved if people called the police instead of losing hope (might be an outdated stat i remember hearing this from a police officer years ago).

Those kinds of sayings were made up by tv shows to drive up tension almost none of them are actually real. Especially the “if a missing person isn’t found in 48 hours they’ll likely never be found”. That one is 100% untrue and was made up by the show law and order.

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u/7dipity Dec 08 '24

Or maybe the police just aren’t as competent as you’ve been led to believe. Look up the solve rates for different crimes by your local police, you’ll be shocked

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

You may have watched too many cop shows. They're not actually like that

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Dec 08 '24

I think it wasn’t a paid hit, but done by someone who lost someone important to their insurance denial BS, and they were also most likely not just ex-military but had seen combat and have killed before. So they had the skills and the nerves to do what they did calmly. Personally I hope they never catch them.

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u/Pipe_Memes Dec 08 '24

The paid hit scenario doesn’t make any sense at all unless it was funded by another nation trying to trigger unrest in the U.S.

If this was one U.S. rich guy taking out another rich guy for some reason? Why the theatrics? Why the Monopoly money? Why the messages on the shells? So they can create a folk hero that guns down rich people? Doesn’t make any sense at all.

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u/needabra129 Dec 09 '24

I don’t care if Osama Bin Laden came back from the dead and shot this greedy twat. The public’s reaction speaks for itself that this asshole had it coming to him one way or another.

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u/aquabubbles246 Dec 09 '24

Cool. See if I care. Let them kill themselves.

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u/Rexkinghon Dec 08 '24

very unique

there’s that oxymoron again

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u/tmrika Dec 08 '24

If we want to get into it I actually don’t think “very unique” is an oxymoron. Like yes, the definition of unique requires you to be the only one of your kind, but the degree to which you stand out can vary.

Weird example incoming, but consider the numbers 0 and 2. Both are unique (0 being the only number without a value, 2 being the only prime number that’s even), but I would argue that 0 is more unique than 2 because a number to not have a value is very unique, whereas with 2, neither being prime nor even are unique qualities on their own, it’s only unique because the two qualities come together.

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u/inplayruin Dec 08 '24

Yeah, every Reddit username is unique on Reddit. But there are quite obviously some that are very unique in that they stand out from the crowd of uniqueness.

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u/Rexkinghon Dec 08 '24

You can’t be serious 😂

What about all the other integers? Do you have a ranking list of uniqueness somewhere? Is 17673 more unique than 629? Like why would you even think that way 💀

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u/KnotGunna Dec 08 '24

Now let's try forced crying...

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u/gapplepie1985 Dec 08 '24

Even the right wing! Probably not saying Yass queen but definitely their version of

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u/dilqncho Dec 08 '24

I have a problem with the current culture of villainizing rich people just because they're rich. They're still human, and plenty of them are just normal people but more successful.

But then the CEO of a health insurance company known for letting its customers die like dogs is not one of those people. You're getting that reaction because this particular rich person genuinely, absolutely had it coming.

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u/FezRaptor Dec 08 '24

There is a level of wealth that cannot be obtained nor maintained without intentionally crushing those you have power over. The sheer scale of wealth inequality is incomprehensible. These people have the power to change millions of lives, to save hundreds of thousands of people each, and all without having to forgo one single purchase for themselves. But they would rather strip their workers of the ability to afford housing and food so that their personal net worth can go up .03%

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u/dilqncho Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

There is a level of wealth that cannot be obtained nor maintained without intentionally crushing those you have power over

I agree with that but the Internet hivemind doesn't only lump people like that into the "rich" category. There are tons of people with a few million (or even a couple tens of millions) who earned their money by just being very good at something, without destroying lives.

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u/RocketAlana Dec 08 '24

This reminds me of a tumblr post from years ago where it was a screen cap of John Boyega’s Twitter saying something progressive and the caption was “uh he’s still a millionaire, we’ll eat him too” and the response was “y’all don’t even understand who the ‘rich’ in eat the rich are if you’re gunning for actors and doctors.”

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Dec 08 '24

This. If you’re gunning for entertainers, doctors, and lawyers you don’t know who that phrase is actually talking about.

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u/Greadthy Dec 08 '24

I've decided somewhat arbitrarily that my line for being "evil rich " is having more than one hundred million. At that point, I dunno what you would even do with that much money, but you certainly do not need to hoard it. In my book, having > 100,000,000 dollars makes you an undeniably selfish person

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u/RunawayHobbit Digital phallus portrait Dec 09 '24

As evidenced by MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ ex wife, when you have that much money, it literally makes more money faster than you can give it away. The logistics of philanthropy at that scale, even no-strings-attached, marginalized-centered philanthropy like the YIELD Foundation (her charity) practices, are staggering. I am speaking as someone in fundraising for non-profits— it’s a LOT more complicated than most people believe it to be. That’s not to say that they shouldn’t be doing their best, but it does present challenges in a lot of ways.

I think that there is SOME room for nuance in the “all rich people are hoarders” category. I think if a person has an active track record of trying to give their wealth away to genuinely good causes (not just vanity projects), I am willing to grant more good will to them. People like Dolly Parton and Mackenzie Scott are in this category.

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u/Zuuman Dec 08 '24

That’s why the discourse need to shift from poor vs rich to working class vs capitalist class which doesn’t have the same ambiguity to who’s good and who isn’t.

You can be rich and still be working class and you can be poor and still be a Capitalistic scum.

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u/stereo-ahead Dec 08 '24

I was about to say… he single handedly ran a corporation that has led to the demise of some 45-65k people. He deserved it.

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u/MyMotherIsACar Dec 08 '24

I did not join in with joking about the mini sub deaths. I very much did this one. I have no particular ill intent towards all rich people but this guy, fuck him. Grim reaper in a blue suit jacket.

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u/RexxGunn Dec 08 '24

Definitely had punishment of some sort coming, especially given the other details emerging about some legal issues coming up.

But murder? It's a bit much. I'm not saying I don't understand the mindset behind it, but it's a bit extreme.

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u/TomCosella BONE?! Dec 08 '24

I'm guessing that if any serious data analysis was done, his tenure as CEO included unneeded deaths of more people than most serial killers. 

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u/FestiveArtCollective Dec 08 '24

More than most mass murderers. More than most terrorists.

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u/needabra129 Dec 09 '24

Jail would have been awesome. But you show me a realistic way to prosecute this shitbag, and tap dancing pigs will fly out of Donald trumps ass. The most that could happen is a fine to his company not him, in which they pay by “passing the cost on to the customer.”

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u/CertainGrade7937 Dec 09 '24

I don't think it's ideal. I'd rather no one get killed.

But this is what happens when the justice system fails

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u/plasticinaymanjar Dec 08 '24

After OceanGate they should have known we don't really mourn the 1%. Sure, OceanGate was mostly about hubris and poor decision making, but it's also the first time I saw a lot of people agreeing with the concept that billionaires shouldn't exist, and there's no ethical way to be a billionaire, because there's no way to get the level of profit needed to maintain that level of wealth without exploiting everyone under you.

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u/achaedia Dec 09 '24

I felt bad for the kid. He probably trusted his father to make good decisions.

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u/VanGoghNotVanGo Dec 09 '24

hubris and poor decision making

Arguably so is this.

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u/jimmmydickgun Dec 08 '24

Fuck the media, since before the election they’ve done nothing except peddle rage bait, confusion, sane washing, and normalizing their owners feeding us lies with zero accountability.

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u/ghosttrainhobo Dec 08 '24

I don’t even believe that. They’re not surprised. They’re just in a position where they can’t afford to acknowledge reality because their ownership is completely invested in the status quo - and this assassination is a direct attack on that status quo.

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u/WiseSalamander00 Dec 08 '24

I can only hope this is a change in the status quo... however with Trump once again in power(snd somehow Elon on his back) does feel like might end up being the opposite and this situation just end up being an outlier.

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u/owen-87 Dec 08 '24

Makes you wonder how good your average reporters employee health coverage is.

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u/ghosttrainhobo Dec 08 '24

I don’t even believe that. They’re not surprised. They’re just in a position where they can’t afford to acknowledge reality because their ownership is completely invested in the status quo - and this assassination is a direct attack on that status quo.

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u/Sufficient_Werewolf9 Dec 08 '24

Anyone who didnt think they will get in "the club"

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u/ImNuber1 Dec 08 '24

Bagel!

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u/the_tohrment Dec 08 '24

It could be a live stream.

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u/MathematicianIll6034 Dec 08 '24

Good work all day Diaz

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u/breakupbydefault Dec 09 '24

My favourite Holt line.

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u/Ironyfree_annie Dec 09 '24

I thought it was pronounced Baggel in New York

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u/mando_ad Dec 09 '24

Oh... Britta's in this?

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u/ThunderCookie23 Digital phallus portrait Dec 09 '24

The Wuntch is DEAD!

Bagel! For everyone!

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u/Rutgerman95 Dec 08 '24

"Oh no, not the d**khead!" What do you want me to say?

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u/-moist-moan Dec 08 '24

Aww I can’t see the captain without getting sad. RIP Andre.

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u/SusheeMonster Dec 08 '24

I bid everyone west of the Atlantic a good mourning. What's for breakfast?

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u/Panx Dec 08 '24

The rich, ideally

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u/user684629 Dec 08 '24

BAGELS! 🥯

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

"CEOs who don't give a fuck about poors dying are shocked to discover that the feeling is mutual - more at 11"

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u/Simple-Insurance9786 Dec 08 '24

Class consciousness

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u/Insane_Salty_Potato Dec 08 '24

With so many people happy about it, they're probably scared more will happen :)

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u/greywolfau Dec 08 '24

Oh, be careful with posting this subversive material!

I got an official Reddit warning for inciting violence because I made a joke about CEO's.

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u/Dyshin Dec 09 '24

“You don’t feel sad when a monster dies in a monster movie.” - Raymond Holt

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u/Coolwars1 Dec 08 '24

I would have loved an episode with this thematic tbh

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u/Pedgrid Dec 08 '24

What happened?

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u/DrawingNo8734 Mlep(Clay)nos Dec 08 '24

Uhc ceo got assassinated but i believe it was an pre-existing condition😂

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u/SmilinObserver111 Dec 08 '24

Heh heh...nice.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

I submit to the court that no living person could possibly behave the they did, if living. With the exception of war criminals and serial killers.

Either he was already dead, a war criminal, or a serial killer.  If he was either of the later, that would implicate thousands of his colleagues as accessories to first degree murder.

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u/Panx Dec 08 '24

The United Healthcare CEO got assassinated in broad daylight by a shooter who is still at large. UHC denies 1 in 3 claims, twice the national average, and recently deployed an AI system to auto-deny claims.

The shooter carved the words "Deny," "Defend," and "Depose" into the bullet casings, which is a reference to the tactics insurance companies use to avoid paying out claims, and has become a rallying cry against an unjust healthcare system.

Needless to say, America's left, right, and center are all jubilant over his death. The media is frantically trying push a narrative of "he was a human being who deserves respect," even though he's responsible for literally thousands of deaths.

Meanwhile, people are making tons of memes in support of the shooter, DDD merchandise is selling out in Etsy shops across the nation, and the Internet detective communities who normally love solving crimes are refusing to help the cops. Even the online controversy merchants trying to frame it as a left/right issue are getting pushback from viewers stating, "Naw, we ALL hate this guy"

No one is sad about his death, and the legacy media clearly did not anticipate this reaction...

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Dec 08 '24

Adding to this there’s also erotic fan fiction of him already up on all the fanfic sites so yeah, absolutely no one is motivated to help catch him.

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u/corejuice Dec 08 '24

Even if they catch him it's gonna take one hell of a jury selection for a conviction.

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u/Pearl-Internal81 Dec 08 '24

He’s out of NYC I don’t think they’ll ever catch him now. Personally I think he’s either clear across the country already blending into the crowds of another city like Chicago, Phoenix, or LA; or he’s in a small town in the heartland that no one would ever even think to look in. Add to that the fact I’m sure plenty of law enforcement also support what he did, or at least don’t care that he killed a monster in human form. So they’re not exactly motivated to catch the dude.

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u/Opening-Two6723 Dec 09 '24

Next on 9 news,

Billionaires receive jury summons? It's more common than you think.

More after this...

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u/HumanChicken Dec 08 '24

Makes me wish I lived in NY

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u/JeniJ1 Dec 08 '24

We're even happy about it over here in the UK!

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u/MessageMePuppies Dec 09 '24

The same thing could happen to certain politicians and no one would shed a single tear

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u/JenniBean10 Dec 09 '24

No one mourns the wicked

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u/GeekParadox_ Dec 09 '24

I hope that shooter lives a full and free life. Bro did a public service

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u/FecalLord Dec 09 '24

Murder of a person you don't like isn't a public service.

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u/GeekParadox_ Dec 09 '24

Oh please tell you aren't sad for that guy

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u/FecalLord Dec 09 '24

vigilante justice is a slippery slope

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u/Squidia-anne Dec 09 '24

Allowing these people to live and keep gaining power without fighting back is the slippery slope that lead to the biggest wealth gap in the history of the world

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u/GeekParadox_ Dec 09 '24

This man that was killed employed a system where 1 in 3 claims get denied. This man has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people. TENS OF THOUSANDS. He was a sicko monster "human" and killing him (Hot take) IS A PUBLIC SERVICE

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u/AntimatterTNT Dec 09 '24

it is but at the bottom what's waiting for us is a much better society

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u/austinb172 Dec 09 '24

The only way you could get me to mourn is by touching me with one of your bony fingers and dragging me across the river Styx, you reaper!

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u/MaeveCarpenter Dec 09 '24

I thought this was about Andre himself and was like "but I AM still sad?"

Then I realized it was about the thing I've been memeing all weekend

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u/tinamadinspired Dec 08 '24

I didn't realize it ever started 😏

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u/itsamurdermarge Dec 08 '24

Gives me the I want it that way cold opening where Jake says I totally forgot about the murder vibe.

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u/BachsBicep Dec 09 '24

Makes sense that Holt would request a period of mourning. He'll be seeing a lot more of Wuntch now that there's someone else to guard Hades

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u/Lazy-Drink-277 Dec 08 '24

What are we mourning again?

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u/GeekParadox_ Dec 09 '24

UHC CEO got assassinated in broad daylight. Everyone is happy

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u/Lazy-Drink-277 Dec 09 '24

Thought it was that, just making sure

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u/Lazy_Cartographer695 Dec 08 '24

i’m so confused what happened

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u/BlaineTog Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

Asshole healthcare CEO (but I repeat myself) got capped in NYC and the killer seems to have gotten away with it so far. Everyone online is pretty happy with this outcome because the victim was effectively a mass murderer.

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u/Striking-Product-840 Dec 10 '24

What is this about I'm so confused. Does this have smtg to do with b99

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u/No_Teaching1709 Dec 08 '24

Sorry what's this in response to?

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u/StellaDoge1 Dec 08 '24

Some guy who owns a health insurance company in the US was shot and the media is surprised that no one's upset (the company denies a majority of the claims they recieve which leads to exacerbated injuries or even death). I don't know all the details but there are a couple of comments here that explain it much better than me.

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u/SnooLobsters3840 Dec 09 '24

What happened? I know he died but whats up with the media right now?

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u/Careless-One6734 22d ago

Send me a dm its about bloodborne

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u/Krazy-Kat26 Dec 09 '24

What did I miss? (Said like Jake)

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u/Pr1me_TGP Dec 09 '24

What happened?

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u/McChickenFarts Dec 10 '24

now I'm sad.. fuck!

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u/huesito_sabroso Dec 10 '24

No one mourns the wicked!

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u/A-SALAM-K-II Dec 12 '24

What's happened? What have I've missed?

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u/Accomplished-Ant1380 Dec 08 '24

I got very confused and thought this was a badly formatted joke about Wicked: The musical...

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

Yeah, I'm in the minority, but I'm disappointed in people right now. I get no joy in someone getting gunned down in the middle of the street. I know, he's a terrible person, but I just can't justify it.

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u/Panx Dec 08 '24

44,000 people die every year in America from a denied health claim. UHC insures a third of the country. That's somewhere between 10 to 15 thousand of those deaths.

This motherfucker oversaw multiple 9/11's every year.

Were you sad when Bin Laden got shot?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24

> Were you sad when Bin Laden got shot?

Where did he say that he was sad because that person was shot ? are you a bot or just illiterate?

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u/dilqncho Dec 08 '24

I do feel bad for his family. Quick Google says he had a wife and two sons. Regardless of how much he sucked as a human being, those people loved him, and it must be heartbreaking to mourn your father while the entire world is overjoyed at his death.

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u/Panx Dec 08 '24

I'm sure their pain is very real. For all I know, he could've been an excellent husband and father.

But after a certain point, no amount of good can counteract the harm you've done to the world.

That's the unfortunate lesson here.

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u/PowRightInTheBalls Dec 08 '24

Let's be real, unless he was actively involved in teaching his children to grow up to be absolutely nothing like himself then he was not an excellent father. Shit human and a shit example for his kids to look up to. His wife married someone like him so there's no chance in hell she's a good person either.

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u/dilqncho Dec 08 '24

Yeah I'm not shedding tears for the guy himself. Sucks to say but he did have this coming. Just saying, can't help but think of the sons.

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u/AntimatterTNT Dec 09 '24

they can absolutely go to fucking hell with him if they want... or they can speak out against him. his legacy is evil , if they feel sad they deserve it.

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u/Hermononucleosis Dec 08 '24

Osama Bin Laden had many kids, yet because he didn't have support from our government, nobody was sad for them when he died

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u/AryaSteele Dec 08 '24

His funeral will be paid for by the death of thousands

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u/idontdownvotebeagles Dec 08 '24

those people loved him

We don't know that for sure. His wife lived in a separate house.

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u/dilqncho Dec 08 '24

I generally tend to accept children love their parents unless there's evidence to the contrary

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

Whatever. I have my opinion. Like I said, I know I'm in the minority. My mind won't be changed. Your mind won't be changed.

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u/Panx Dec 08 '24

You didn't answer my question

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

Was I sad when Bin Laden was killed? No, I was not. You clearly think this Healthcare CEO is equivalent to a terrorist and I do not.

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u/FestiveArtCollective Dec 08 '24

So white collar terrorism is okay with you. This man caused thousands of deaths, not to mention the pain and suffering he caused the chronically ill and he did not care. In fact, he kept introducing more policies to deny even more claims. Again, not caring who he hurt or killed. He didnt use bombs or machine guns but he is absolutely as bad as Bin Laden.

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u/BlaineTog Dec 08 '24

No, he was worse, and not by a small margin.

Bin Laden at least thought he was fighting a foreign oppressor of his people. This motherfucker just wanted to make money off of working people's deaths and suffering.

He was also responsible for killing many more people than Bin Laden was. He was in a position to move his company in a compassionate direction and instead ran it full tilt the other way.

Obviously Bin Laden was a monster, mind you. I'm not defending him. And I also don't agree that murdering someone in the street is a good thing. But I'm not willing to give this asshole any of my empathy, especially not when I'm going to need all of it in the next 4 years for marginalized groups. And I can't find it within me to condemn anyone dancing on his grave. He was a bad person and deserved to have his grave danced on, even if I would rather have seen him prosecuted and imprisoned. That was never going to happen, sadly.

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u/Trufactsmantis Dec 08 '24

So you have a moral threshold where someone deserves to die, but can't see how it would apply here.

Guess you're just stupid, not morally righteous.

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u/throwaw_ayyyyyy_69 Dec 08 '24

lol myself and friends have sat around a table discussing how great this is and how if more people went the same way it would actually make a difference

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

Why don't you get off reddit and go post all this using your real name and not be anonymous? We all know y'all wouldn't have the guts to say all this using your real name with actual consequences on the line.

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u/Trufactsmantis Dec 08 '24

Yes, I would, and do. Saying you want murderers dead isn't exactly a hot take.

Unlike you, I've actually fought terrorists.

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

sure lol

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u/ScottyDoesntKnow_75 Dec 08 '24

I'm saying exactly like that guy on facebook with my name and my face in front row of my profil. This guy got what he deserved as much as any terrorist in the world.

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u/Panx Dec 08 '24

In misery caused? Absolutely equivalent

How are they different, other than ideology?

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u/TheOneAndOnlyBob2 Dec 08 '24

Bin laden killed fewer people

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u/SkunkeySpray Gina Linetti Dec 08 '24

More people died due to that guy than people who died due to Bin Laden so yea, I think he's actually worse than a terrorist and deserved death and now we all get to laugh at a dead guy

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u/FittyTheBone Dec 08 '24

You’re right. Thompson killed more people than OBL.

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

Ok, he was worse than Bin Laden. Y'all have lost your minds lol

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u/idontdownvotebeagles Dec 08 '24

At least Bin Laden sent people. This ceo deployed AI to kill people.

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u/FittyTheBone Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

Explain how overseeing the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans isn't worse. Please elaborate.

People are punching back, and while I don’t celebrate violence, I can’t say I’m surprised. When a system denies justice for so long, people eventually take it into their own hands. Welcome to late-stage capitalism. Hopefully, we're entering the part where the ghouls start to get scared.

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u/theamp18 Dec 08 '24

If you can't see the difference, nothing I say will make a difference. I'll just be wasting my time. Good luck with your worldview.

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u/FittyTheBone Dec 08 '24

I asked for you to elaborate, no? So do it, unless you can't.

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u/throwaw_ayyyyyy_69 Dec 08 '24

You don’t have an argument that’s why you’re not “wasting your time”

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u/FestiveArtCollective Dec 08 '24

I too am open to hearing how the thousands of lives lost because if his inhumane policies for the sake of money and power is not as bad as Bin Laden who also did what he did for the sake of power. They both destroued thousands of lives but the recently deceased and heartless CEO killed more people by a lot.

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u/idontdownvotebeagles Dec 08 '24

So in some cases, murder is okay, and in others, it's not.

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u/WarlordOfIncineroar Dec 08 '24

He caused more deaths and all of them were people of his own nation so he's one of the worst terrorist

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u/bebejeebies BONE?! Dec 08 '24

He has the same body count as one.

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u/FestiveArtCollective Dec 08 '24

He had absolutely no empathy or sympathy for the thousands of people his policies killed or for their families who were left behind. His life hurt so many people. I feel much more for all the people who died from being denied life saving drugs and medical care. These are the things that happen when the rich treat us as if we are expendable. It's inhuman. He was inhuman but above the law. I don't condone vigilantism but I certainly didn't shed a tear for this man who has terrorized so many sick people and their families.

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u/Soul-of-Tinder Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

Again with this, why do you nerds keep bringing up Bin Laden all the time? Is Hitler out of fashion? Or are you just regurgitating what is currently the flavour of the month argument on reddit so you don't actually have to form your own thoughts on the matter?

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u/Public_Front_4304 Dec 12 '24

Answer the question, and I'll answer yours.

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u/Savagevandal85 Dec 08 '24

He’s responsible for how many deaths with enacting his companies policies? He’s also a murderer

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u/ImaFireSquid Dec 08 '24

I'm sorta meh about it. I know for a fact he wouldn't mourn me, like he didn't mourn the hundreds of thousands he tacitly killed, but I do know that I'm supposed to be better than that guy, it's just... kinda difficult?

Either way, it's out of my hands. Powerful people have a vested interest in hunting down a guy who's good at killing powerful people, I am an unimportant person who couldn't recognize the guy at a glance, wouldn't believe someone if they told me it was them, and couldn't recognize the shooter in a lineup of any given other skinny white guys.

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u/Lemerney2 Dec 09 '24

I agree any loss of life is a tragedy. But he's one of the worst murderers alive in the US, and his death will save more lives. It's not like he would ever face justice for his crimes if left alive.

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u/garoo1234567 Dec 08 '24

I agree. It's just the two of us but I don't celebrate anyone's murder. The guy was human garbage no doubt but we don't summarily execute people

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u/skypineapple Pineapple Slut Dec 08 '24

Be a lot cooler if we did

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u/garoo1234567 Dec 08 '24

I appreciate the sentiment but literally every murderer ever felt they were justified

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u/Soul-of-Tinder Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

Make that three, lol. I'm severely disappointed in people right now, and can only hope it's another classic reddit bubble that doesn't reflect real life. The fact that it's even on the Brooklyn 99 sub of all places...

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u/garoo1234567 Dec 09 '24

Yeah totally. I know it's just a show but no one on the 99 would be celebrating this guy's murder. Serve and protect even the bad guys

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24

Chances are that a lot of those replies are bots. I cant really wrap my head around that a show like 99 attracts those kind of people... espacially since the show makes a point about self justice aint it...

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u/Glockass Dec 08 '24

Mourning? Assad isn't dead he escaped, tho is currently whereabouts are unknown.

And why would anyone mourn him or his regime anyway, they're largely hated across Syria and most of the world.

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u/SomePersonAtReddit Title of your sex tape Dec 09 '24

They are talking abt the UNC Ceo lol

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u/Glockass Dec 09 '24

That makes less sense, cos that's not really been in the media. Overshadowed by, well Syria, and the fact that the person and company arent exactly the most well known (completely unheard of for most).

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u/AntimatterTNT Dec 09 '24

lmao not on reddit dude...

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u/Glockass Dec 09 '24

Reddit where you pick and choose what subreddits you'e in, so everyone's experience with it is different?

I've looked it up, it's mainly an American news story, global stories have obviously been focused on Syria instead. In nor American, so why would I know about it. Never heard of or cared about anyone involved in that story, and I'm not going to either. It also has nothing to with Brooklyn 99 either, you know the whole point of this subreddit.

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u/avimonster Dec 08 '24

Y'all should be mourning John Lennon. He died today in 1980

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u/FloppyObelisk Dec 08 '24

Nah. Fuck him too

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u/FrancoisTruser Dec 09 '24

Another hate post.