Is there any event going on in the world right now that you're so interested in that it makes you procrastinate suicide?

[elizabeth.luck]

I'm really into the Theranos case (which is where my username comes from). Like I really want to know if she'll go to prison. I'm betting she won't but we'll see.

Anything for you guys?

 

[salvation]

Can i have a rundown on the Theranos case? I haven't heard of it and i can't find many good articles on it

 

[elizabeth.luck]

Can i have a rundown on the Theranos case? I haven't heard of it and i can't find many good articles on it

AGH THIS IS MY FAVORITE TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm actually legit happy right now. I know everything about it.
So TL;DR and without keeping you here all night, basically this girl dropped out of Stanford and created this company where she claimed she could run 200 blood tests on a finger-prick amount of blood. She has a lot of connections with rich and powerful people so got hundreds of millions of dollars to create this company. Basically, she lied. Her machines testing the blood didn't work and she defrauded investors and potentially harmed people who took her blood tests and believed they worked. There's so much more to it but I think that's a good snippet.

 

[salvation]

AGH THIS IS MY FAVORITE TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm actually legit happy right now. I know everything about it.
So TL;DR and without keeping you here all night, basically this girl dropped out of Stanford and created this company where she claimed she could run 200 blood tests on a finger-prick amount of blood. She has a lot of connections with rich and powerful people so got hundreds of millions of dollars to create this company. Basically, she lied. Her machines testing the blood didn't work and she defrauded investors and potentially harmed people who took her blood tests and believed they worked. There's so much more to it but I think that's a good snippet.

any good articles or videos on this? sounds interesting

 

[elizabeth.luck]

any good articles or videos on this? sounds interesting

Here is the HBO documentary about it if you want to know EVERYTHING. It's two hours long and I demand that you watch it! Ha! If you're looking for something shorter, lots of other videos on YouTube!

 

[GeorgeJL]

I'm really into the Theranos case (which is where my username comes from). Like I really want to know if she'll go to prison. I'm betting she won't but we'll see.

Anything for you guys?

Well besides the fact that we are about to enter a new age of abundance and prosperity, I would say that I am into following cold fusion (LENR) and CRISPR technology. I want to know what will happen. How the unfolding of these new technologies will play out.

 

[TAW122]

Nothing in particular really. However, I've simply just gotten to the state in which I'm not actively wanting to ctb, just passively. I'm also on here more oftenly since I'm sorta catching up on CTB topics and wanting to offer my input on methods as well as CTB topics. After a small recovery, I've sorted gained an drive to want to see the right-to-die and pro-choice advanced (I know it won't happen anytime soon, at least not on a large scale) further. If there is anything I can do to even help push for changing the current laws and views on myths of mental illness, depression, suicide, and rationality, it would make me happy.

 

[KadathianStr1d3r]

Possible imminent south african civil war, redemption by saving endangered animals.
Chinese colonization of Africa, horrible ordeal but maybe I could try to lend a helping hand.
Cyberpunk age advancing, there is no lie about it but we are living in a real cyberpunk world and with a lot of tech being made while more low life becoming more prominent I jusg want to see how far civilization can go, either down below or back on the right path of light?

Also i cant ctb jusg yet, cyberpunk 2077 is a must play for me and they just barely announced vampire bloodlines:masqerade 2, fuck im so pathetic.

 

[Weeping Garbage Can]

I'm not sure if this counts, but seeing GOT season 8 snippets and watching Marvel's Endgame? Also, I really want to see another DarkMatter2525 video, preferably an animated one.

 

[SadGirl]

Hi, I'm new here, could someone explain to me what the acronym you use as "CTB" means?

 

[GeorgeJL]

Hi, I'm new here, could someone explain to me what the acronym you use as "CTB" means?

It stands for Catch The Bus. Which is a nice way of saying your exiting life, or committing suicide.

 

[intheweeds]

This post reminds me of this: https://www.newsweek.com/elderly-am...tting-read-muellers-report-and-theyre-1352933

The theranos case is really interesting. There's a HBO documentary about it called the inventor that's supposed to be good but I haven't watched it yet

 

[ShadowOfTheDay]

Actually, yes! I'm very curious to see how the modern day sceptics of climate science and global climate change will react in the coming decades when it becomes undeniably obvious that "global warming" is a real thing. I suspect that many of these former sceptics will deny that they ever had any doubts about the reality of climate change. It's always entertaining to watch people desperately try to justify their former ignorance, rather than just to admitt that they were mistaken.

...like a child, who will make up any excuse for misbehavior, however far-fetched, just to avoid punishment.

 

[GeorgeJL]

Actually, yes! I'm very curious to see how the modern day sceptics of climate science and global climate change will react in the coming decades when it becomes undeniably obvious that "global warming" is a real thing. I suspect that many of these former sceptics will deny that they ever had any doubts about the reality of climate change. It's always entertaining to watch people desperately try to justify their former ignorance, rather than just to admitt that they were mistaken.

Yeah it's like if the skeptic is right then it's no big deal, but if the skeptic is wrong it's a catastrophic problem. So that is why it's best to err on the side of caution and believe climate change is real. I guess that argument is an appeal to emotion. OK here is an appeal to logic. Something like 97-99 percent of climate scientists believe climate change is man man.

Here this is from wikipedia
"Scientific consensus: Earth's climate is warming". Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Retrieved 2018-08-18. Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals1 show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities. In addition, most of the leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public statements endorsing this position.

 

[Kyrok]

2020 election, get that pig fucker out of the WH.

 

[GeorgeJL]

2020 election, get that pig fucker out of the WH.

Vote for Andrew Yang he wants to give everyone a 1000 dollars a month with UBI. He's got some solid arguments. Check him out on the Joe Rogan podcast.

 

[Didymus]

I'm really into the Theranos case (which is where my username comes from). Like I really want to know if she'll go to prison. I'm betting she won't but we'll see.

Anything for you guys?

I listened to the audiobook of John Carreyrou's book. Fascinating story.

I'm not planning to stay on though to see the end of it.

 

[ZiggyStardust]

I'm really into the Theranos case (which is where my username comes from). Like I really want to know if she'll go to prison. I'm betting she won't but we'll see.

Anything for you guys?

nope

 

[Kev]

The release of Game of Thrones season 8. Fuck the real world, I'm interested in what's going to happen in Westeros.

 

[Walilamdzi]

No, but my parents birthdays are coming up and I don't want to ruin those. I don't feel like I can keep going though, so it's more because I haven't figured out a way for me to ctb peacefully. But I want to avoid it being too near their birthdays.

 

[Glim]

Ongoing series of Attack On Titan. I wasn't expecting it culminating into a theme of natalism vs antinatalism.

Spoiler: AOT spoilers

The antagonist is trying to execute a plan that involves sterilizing his race, who have the ability to turn into giant man eating monsters and who have been the main source of bloodshed and conflict in the world's historyl

Spoiler: AOT spoilers

Eren is obviously lying to his brother

 

[SadGirl]

The policy itself, especially that of my country

 

[Chalken]

I guess some video games that are coming out like Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Dying light 2, new GoT season, Avengers Endgame. My life is practically just escapism. Can't deal with the real world.

 

[SadGirl]

I guess some video games that are coming out like Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Dying light 2, new GoT season, Avengers Endgame. My life is practically just escapism. Can't deal with the real world.

Do not forget Bully 2, best game xD

 

[Chalken]

Do not forget Bully 2, best game xD

I remember playing the first one long ago. Great game. Although Rockstar hasn't announced Bully 2 yet, right?