UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot
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@LuFins-Dad said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Ahhh, @89th had mentioned living close to the CEO. I haven’t had my coffee yet… that’s what you get…
Yeah the CEO actually had 2 houses, was separated from his wife apparently. I found his 2nd house just last night... they are both within a mile of me, although his houses are each like $1.3 million.
But you know what, the house above is $800,000....I think the perp was living with his parents? Not sure.
@89th said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Yeah the CEO actually had 2 houses, was separated from his wife apparently. I found his 2nd house just last night... they are both within a mile of me, although his houses are each like $1.3 million.
Just drove by them both. They each have a red storage bin turned upside down near the sidewalk with a note taped on. I didn't stop to read them but imagine it's the "please respect our privacy in this time..." standard stuff. The 1st house actually had 3 black SUVs out front, only one of which was marked as city police, but they were all next to each other (side by side by side... blocking almost the whole street) with windows down talking, as cops often do when they pull up to another officer's vehicle to chat. So I yelled "WHO WANTS MCDONALDS!?" to them, but they didn't think that was funny. (Kidding about the last part)
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@89th said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Yeah the CEO actually had 2 houses, was separated from his wife apparently. I found his 2nd house just last night... they are both within a mile of me, although his houses are each like $1.3 million.
Just drove by them both. They each have a red storage bin turned upside down near the sidewalk with a note taped on. I didn't stop to read them but imagine it's the "please respect our privacy in this time..." standard stuff. The 1st house actually had 3 black SUVs out front, only one of which was marked as city police, but they were all next to each other (side by side by side... blocking almost the whole street) with windows down talking, as cops often do when they pull up to another officer's vehicle to chat. So I yelled "WHO WANTS MCDONALDS!?" to them, but they didn't think that was funny. (Kidding about the last part)
@89th LOL
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Anyone think it’s strange that this anti-corporate Kaczynski fan was eating at a McDonald’s?
@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Anyone think it’s strange that this fucking moron was eating at a McDonald’s?
Not really
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That’s true. It’s the same crowd that posts about oppression from phones made by child slaves.
@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
That’s true. It’s the same crowd that posts about oppression from phones made by child slaves.
That argument doesn't really play out. Organized rebellions, radicals, terrorists and crackpots have a lot in common with everyone else in that they aren't universally consistent with living out their values.
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I get his position. It is informed by a situation much worse than most people ever deal with, but we’ve dealt with similar runarounds - a different and contradictory story every time you talk to them. It’s incredibly frustrating even when it’s relatively minor health issues. Couple extreme suffering with it and one can understand his anger. Still, not how he expressed it. This kid had a top education and could have chosen to fight within the law.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Agreed, and keeping the IDs and gun, it's as if he wanted to be caught, but also wanted to be snarky by leaving his backpack in Central Park with the monopoly money. Part of me thinks he snapped a bit after his back surgery and/or meds, or mushrooms. Or maybe watching too much Mr. Robot or other TV shows that glorify fighting capitalism.
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I also wonder, if he kept the gun because he was researching who his next CEO victim might be. I know he was on his laptop in the McDonalds when they approached. All speculation of course.
@89th said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
I also wonder, if he kept the gun because he was researching who his next CEO victim might be. I know he was on his laptop in the McDonalds when they approached. All speculation of course.
Maybe he was researching how old you need to be to no longer qualify for a Happy Meal, or how to work the over-complicated drinks machine.
It doesn't really matter. He's just another guy who thinks he can make a difference by killing somebody. Obviously, the only difference he's really made is to the family of the dead CEO.
