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    4 hours ago

    Meh, the guy was a weirdo prick. It’s interesting to think what tech would’ve been like without him. I’m sure everything Apple commercialized would’ve existed anyway, perhaps on a different timeline and maybe even less locked down and profit-driven.

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      I think to a certain extent, it was boredom from getting drunk off money mixed with the 70s. Then again you have Bill Gates who’s spent time with people whom which we do not speak of and hung out at certain islands.

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    For a quarter of a million? Yeah, that’s an appropriate question difficulty.

    But jesus christ I can see why the man died of preventable cancer.

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      He tried to prove alternative spiritual based medicine was legit by using himself as a case study, he didn’t seek REAL help until it was far too late.

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        And that required him to get an organ transplant. Had he gotten treated earlier that wouldn’t have been necessary. Someone else could’ve gotten the organ transplant instead.

        He was able to get the transplant by being on every waiting list in the US. Most people can’t do that because you have to be able get to the hospital within a certain time frame. But because Jobs had a private jet, he could be on all of the waiting lists.

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      It was absolutely A, jobs was a fucking weirdo.

      Probably why he died of a curable pancreatic cancer, the selfish fuck chose to treat cancer with fruit and not showering instead of proper medicine, then hopped in the front of a transplant line and got himself a fresh new liver before he died of his cancer. But, before he died he graced us with a quote we could see in the news today:

      “In addition, during the past week, I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.”

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        I totally recommend anyone listen to the Behind The Bastard episodes on Jobs. A right piece of trash he was.

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        Him seeming like a “weirdo” makes more sense when you look at his background. He was influenced by the hippie culture of the 60s and 70s. He travelled to India when he was a young adult and he got into Buddhism. I think all of that stuff inspired him to try things which are unconventional in western countries.

        As for what you mentioned about jumping to the front of a transplant queue, yes that’s obviously selfish and wrong, if he did indeed do that.

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          As for what you mentioned about jumping to the front of a transplant queue, yes that’s obviously selfish and wrong, if he did indeed do that.

          He used his wealth to be able to get a liver from Tennessee despite being from California because his wealth let him sign up to every list since he could be anywhere at a moments notice. Any article you see will defend the move because He WaS tHe SiCkEsT pErSoN oN tHe LiSt, which completely papers over the fact that his wealth let his health status take a liver from someone more deserving who didn’t piss away their chance at a healthy prognosis to self treat with fruit instead of listening to real medical professionals.

          Bottom line in my mind is that he stole that liver from someone who could have used actually used it.