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UHC Shooter Update: He is an Ivy League Tech Bro with Chronic Back Pain (lemmy.world)

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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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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 223 points 7 months 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.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months 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.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 55 points 7 months 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.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

[–] hark@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months 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).

[–] harkov@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] hark@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Hello fellow hark! As someone who hasn't been able to obtain the name elsewhere, I feel your pain.

[–] MonkeyDatabase@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He's spitting facts though

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can take my japan real hole from my cold dead hands

[–] MonkeyDatabase@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You win, I don't wanna get anywhere near your cold dead hole.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (7 children)

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

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 60 points 7 months 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.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months 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.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 76 points 7 months ago (1 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

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Anecdotal, but I know someone who has back problems and goes to a back quacker once a week and it does help him.

Would I go to one? Probably not, I would rather have someone walk on my back to pop those hard to crack spots, like the upper back, instead of risk internal decapitation because some jackass got a certificate online.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (6 children)

My understanding is that some chiropractors have adapted to methods that will actually help people and reconciled chiropractics with what they've found works, but the theory behind chiropractics is still fundamentally pseudo science. Like if you go look it up it's genuinely ridiculous and makes no sense.

If someone is debating going to a chiropractor they'd almost certainly be at least as well served by going to a physical therapist instead.

That being said, the financial experience and experience of being cared for might be a meaningful difference between the two, I'm not sure. My impression is that a lot of pseudoscientific medical interventions have draw because they often treat people like human beings in a way that our medical system is dystinctly bad at.

Ultimately, I'm glad your friend is getting what they need, regardless of where they're getting it :) people deserve access to meaningful help with the problems affecting their lives

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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Going to get weekly adjustments isn’t a solution, it’s somebody taking your money.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

His insurance pays for it and the alternative is major surgery that is expensive that will likely result in needing another surgery to fuse a few vertebrae which will make his job harder and likely result in him still having back pain. So the "solution" will be a net negative.

[–] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 67 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago

Starting lifting weights fixed all my back issues. I didn't have anything major going on and if you do you should definitely see a professional but if you're just having aches and pains it could be that you just need to work your body more.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 52 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That explains the character in Jacob's ladder

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Really good, spooky ass movie.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago

10/10

Fantastic psychological experience I don't get enough of. Something not overtly scary but at the same time you know something is going south the deeper you go.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

As always the real pro tip is in the comments.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 17 points 7 months ago

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Back pain is a killer.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

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

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