How did he fuck up his liver? Do you mean that he was doing something that caused him to develop that tumor?
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Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I mean, fucking up is a common thing people do and is an integral part of the human condition. What should be emphasized about Jobs case is that he fucked up his own liver, learned the cause and treatments, used his wealth to cut in the waiting line to get a liver transplant, and then fucked his second liver just the same way. This is the definition of terminally stupid, and no UX focus will ever change that.
BeliefPropagator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Jobs ate only fruit. That is a lot of sugar. Your liver doesn’t like that.
Zink@programming.dev 1 day ago
Iirc, what we normally call “sugar” is sucrose, made up of glucose and fructose. Glucose is used all over the place and too much is definitely bad (ask diabetics), while fructose is processed in your liver. Like a poison.
Just trying to remember that from stuff I’ve seen from Robert Lustig MD. There’s a very old “sugar: the bitter truth” lecture of his on YouTube, plus lots of media since then.
easily3667@lemmus.org 1 day ago
Glucose is only bad in the same way oxygen is bad. I think you need to rewatch your lecture.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Forgot about that. I too am deeply irresponsible with my liver, but I would never ask for a second one. That’s an entire human organ!
SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 day ago
I remember reading a story a while back about the documentary they were making on him. He had his special diet of juices and supplements and whatnot, which he claimed helped him while his liver was failing. The actor who portrayed him started following the same diet to better get in character. Only then he collapsed on set with liver problems. They did a full medical work up and basically told him whatever you’re doing stop doing it because it’s killing you. He went back to his normal diet and he was fine. Raising the serious question, did Steve Jobs outsmart himself to death? If he had given up all the diets and supplements and whatnot might he have lived?
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
If he had pursued modern medical treatments rather than a sugar filled diet he might have lived. He would have to have stepped down though and he did not want to do that.
He would also have to admit he was completely wrong about his diet and that he absolutely did not want to do as it was tied to some dumbass “philosophy” he followed.
easily3667@lemmus.org 1 day ago
If “outsmart” is ignore people who know things because you believe you know everything…yes