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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 123 points 11 months ago

It was the year of the whistleblower deaths, that’s the answer.

I don’t like Bill Burr generally, but he’s spot on regarding corporate and Luigi. Corporate = modern mafia. There’s less “whacking”, as he calls it, because we’ve made most of their shenanigans legal. But, corporate (neo-Mafia?) will still “whack” a rat.

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 102 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think I know who killed him.

By 11, he was programming on his own—a skill he used to playfully torment his friends. One remembers Balaji’s idea of a middle-school prank: writing code that deleted a friend’s Skyrim save file.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A truly depressing response to the article bringing up how yet again whistleblowers against major corporations are being killed mysteriously.

[–] _hovi_@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

Some of us deal with the absurdity of our current reality through humour, don't take it as them trying to undermine what happened

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure how he was still alive after that tbh

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

The ride just never ends...

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

Trying to imagine the wrath i would've wroght if someone did this to my Pokemon red

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s like we’re living in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, but without the fucking cool shit

[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still can't decide if it's end-stage capitalism or beggining-stage cyberpunk, or both.

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Honestly both
All of the bad shit of late capitalism and cyberpunk, with none of the cool stuff

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Lol this was good. Made me laugh. And cry a little.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

People talk about 1984 not being an operating manual.

But jeez, Antitrust was not an operating manual. Nor Deus Ex...