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Lawyers for the FTX founder say he wasn’t motivated by greed but by a desire to better the world through philanthropic giving

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[–] rockSlayer 136 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Even if it's true, fuck you for weaponizing your neurodivergence.

  • sincerely, an autistic person
[–] muntedcrocodile 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Weaponised autism dont say that too loud thw americans might start recruiting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's fewer weapons more powerful than a large group of autistic people with a common goal. I'm joking, but also wholeheartedly believe that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The common goal bit might be hard to achieve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

As a parent of someone on the spectrum that tried to help them maintain a DnD campaign, I can't agree more. 🤣

[–] muntedcrocodile 1 points 11 months ago

Is that what 4chan is? Weaponised autism.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Weaponized autism is no joke.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Yeah, he pulled basically the same bullshit months ago with his ADHD (made a big legal deal about taking a fuckin pill at some point during the day to the extent that his legal team and the judge got involved in a matter that should be handled entirely between Sam and whoever his doctor is - clearly a my BrAin iS WEirD So tREaT Me sPEciAL tactic, which I have encountered before and find uniquely aggravating), which I personally live with, so I 100% get you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago

As I tell my two sons. "Being autistic does not entitle you to be an insufferable asshole".

Deal with it SBF.

[–] FuglyDuck 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If he’s mentally incompetent to stand trial, that should have been brought up during pre trial.

They lost. They don’t get to rewind now that they don’t like the sentence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but he’s not mentally incompetent. This is an established behavior pattern for him. He tried this before last year with his ADHD. It was an obvious ploy then. It is an obvious ploy now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a dumb tactic because ADHD does not render you incapable of standing trial.

[–] Zahille7 4 points 11 months ago

Neither does being autistic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Neither ADHD nor autism count as 'insanity' defences. They're neurological conditions, not mental illnesses that alter the perceived state of reality.

They're being advanced as mitigating factors for sentencing. He's entitled to do that and any competent lawyer would (and should) be making these arguments.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ok, exchange that for the hospital for life sentence that GTA VI leaker got, he's autistic too

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Autistic doesn't mean you don't know right from wrong and you're still accountable for your actions.

The GTA leakers problem was that he didn't take the olive branch when it was offered to him.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The GTA leakers problem is that he would use any sort of leniency he could to initiate further attacks. The dude performed an attack while already in police custody,

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes a lot of people said he should have been hired by the CIA or something but that won't work if he couldn't have be trusted to follow basic orders.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

From reading about the GTA leaker, he was repeatedly involved in hacking/extortion attempts with multiple companies causing millions in damages, and he repeatedly said that he would immediately go back to doing it again as soon as he got Internet access again.

So basically he's going to immediately start causing real world damages if released, and he has no intention of pretending otherwise or complying with any kind of probation/etc.

[–] Zahille7 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How STUPID does he think the court are?

[–] Tyfud 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Looking at how they're legislating from the bench for Trump, I think you may not like the answer to this question.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The courts aren't stupid, it's just his lawyers that are. But that's rather self-selecting isn't it since any thinking lawyer wouldn't touch him with an electrified cattle prod, given the fact that he has a tendency to not pay people.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

"help I'm rich and retarded"

[–] RizzRustbolt 16 points 11 months ago

You know what I didn't have to learn when I was learning to mask?

How to not be a greedy amoral asshole.

'Cuase that shit ain't autistic.

[–] Death_Equity 13 points 11 months ago

Just give him a train set and his favorite movie to watch half of and restart before the end, should make it better.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Lawyers for the FTX founder say he wasn’t motivated by greed but by a desire to better the world through philanthropic giving

the lie detector determined that was a lie.

[–] Badeendje 7 points 11 months ago

Maybe they should muzzle him and keep him away from keyboards.

[–] blahsay 6 points 11 months ago

This would be great for me. A precident that basically any engineer can get softer sentencing- excellent 👌

Seriously though no, that's not how autism works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago