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Anon is smarter than a genius (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 57 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Also bought his way up the organ donor list even after he took so long ignoring it, passing over a bunch of people who should have had claim to it and some who died instead, all just so he could die anyway because he took too long to get treatment. Failed so hard multiple people died.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Source on this? I read that Tim Apple offered a donation and Steve refused. I have not read that he had the surgery.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    He did get a transplant, in TN. Not in CA where he lived. He used his wealth to add himself to a areas with more donors and fewer on the wait list because he could hop on a jet unlike normal plebians.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    That doesn't describe jumping a line, it just describes waiting in more lines. Is that all there was to it?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    At the surface level, but there's more to it than that. Transplants don't work by taking a number and waiting, they assess the person's current condition as well. Since he waited and tried to cure cancer with fruit he fucked his liver and basically got to skip the line in another state. This was only possible because he had the transportation necessary. It's not an option you or I could use and say, just book a flight.

    That also means that someone in a slightly better condition (But mind you, still needing a new liver) would have been passed over in their own state.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I would argue it does, because he used his wealth to get a liver before he should have. Just because he has the means to be on the donor list in Bumblefuck, Egypt doesn't mean he's not jumping the line and taking an organ from someone who should have gotten it.

    However you slice it, he used his wealth to steal a liver from a much more deserving recipient. He never should have been given the liver given how he destroyed his own, and it's a shame he was able to buy a new one to destroy the same fucking way.

    We need to stop defending this sort of behavior.

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