this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2024
349 points (96.3% liked)

US Authoritarianism

917 readers
470 users here now

ChonkyOwlbear is an Illegitimate Usurper

There's other groups and you are welcome to add to them. USAuthoritarianism Linktree

See Also, my website. USAuthoritarianism.com be advised at time of writing it is basically just a donate link

Cool People: [email protected]

founded 10 months ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 232 points 1 month ago (5 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 55 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] hark 19 points 1 month 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 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] hark 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] MonkeyDatabase 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] MonkeyDatabase 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

[–] Duamerthrax 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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