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• poo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Can’t remember the last time that a headline about someone being shot and killed brought a smile to my face, but here we are. Brian Thompson deserves no sympathy.

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  • Shadywack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Comment’s still up after an hour, yup, looks like the mods here are pretty good. I like this place. Over in /c/news the modlog is insane, looks like it’d be easier to just remove themselves from the Fediverse rather than try and remove all the comments that might hint at “celebrating violence”.

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    • poo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hopefully it stays that way! Most communities here seem to have a fucked up version of moderation where going “I’m glad Hitler is dead” yields a ban for celebrating violence lol

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    • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The thing is that none of us celebrate violence and certainly not murder, but when this is the closest thing to justice that we get for people like him?

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    • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Id like to formally propose !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world as the new /c/news lmao

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have an old friend named Brian Thompson who is 100% not this Brian Thompson.

    I feel bad for him having this guys name today and how much shit he’ll hear about it.

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My college buddy has a last name of Epstein. He did not have a good time for two months straight. And my poor friend Karen now goes by Karey.

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    • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Brian Thompson is such a nothing name, I was wondering who it was by the time I got to your comment.

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  • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The NPR article right now on this guy is disgusting

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    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Huh, from your post I’d assumed it painted a brutal picture of him. Instead, it’s basically just his family and company saying “he was such a nice man”.

      I expected better, NPR.

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  • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I made this comment in c/news and mods deleted it, tos violation.

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    • inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You can get instance wide ban? How have I not gotten one yet I’ve been really pissing off the libs since they lost the US election by being insufferable

      (Coming from the left)

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• collapse_already@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  FBI searching for the killer: United Healthcare denied 2.8M insurance claims in the last year and most of those people have families, so it looks like we have around 10M suspects.

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  • Shadywack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thoughts and prayers to the victims of the victim.

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    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Are you a Republican politician?

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    From this year.

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  • inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Love the name

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• thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thoughts and prayers are considered “out of network” on this one my dude

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  • Gork@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thots 'n pears

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    • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you’re gonna use thots in your comment, might as well go with players.

      Thots 'n Players

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• Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Bulletholes are actually a preexisting condition. Claim denied.

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  • distantsounds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One thing that should scare the shit out of these fuckers is that nobody is blaming it on their political enemies. Both the left and the right secretly hope it was one of their guys that did this.

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  • Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pick any rural county, and you can find a bus load of people who’ve been screwed over or denied care by health insurance. And for those who do not have a specific, personal grudge, healthcare options in the sticks are increasingly geographic monopolies run by a single provider, with a Byzantine network of in/out network insurers.

    Someone driving their mother four hours for biweekly dialysis or cancer care because the local provider is not covered is going to be pissed. A parent buying their child because the local provider ‘streamlined’ care while slashing nursing headcount is going to be a lot more than pissed.

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    • psivchaz@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I knew healthcare was messed up but I legit didn’t know how messed up until it happened to me. My daughter got put on a specialty medicine because of a relatively rare kidney condition. It had to be compounded, because she is a small child but the medicine only came in adult doses.

      Aetna denied coverage, stating I had to get the medicine from CVS (which is owned by the same parent company of Aetna). CVS does not compound medicine, so we couldn’t get it from them. I spent almost a full year on the phone arguing with them and around $6000 paying out of pocket before I was able to switch insurances.

      I consider myself reasonable. Even in a functioning system, mistakes can happen and need to be resolved, and I spent the first month or more assuming this was just an innocent mistake. What got to me was the total lack of recourse. Day after day on the phone with people, some of whom genuinely seemed to care but could do nothing. They intentionally separate the patients from the people making decisions so that all the decision makers get is a few fields in a form, not the whole story. The people in charge are even more separated so they never have to hear anything about the people they’re screwing over. And if I couldn’t afford the extra $6000 burden, I just wouldn’t have gotten the medicine and in the best case she would have spent that year in and out of the hospital and in the worst she wouldn’t have survived the year.

      I tend to think most people are decent. But the system we’ve built makes sure to separate people by impenetrable layers of bureaucracy to ensure that the decent people either can’t do anything or never know there’s a problem, while the indecent never have to be confronted with the damage they do. It’s insane.

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    • Rakonat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Reason #2193 we should have switched over to universal healthcare decades ago. For profit healthcare and services undermine the very thing they are supposed to provide

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    • uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pick any rural county, and you can find a bus load of people who’ve been screwed over or denied care by health insurance.

      Any examples of country with public transport and without UHC?

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  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, the sentiment in comments I’m seeing are taking this as the working class fighting back against the ruling class. They should be scared of the 99% waking up to the fact that the 1% are not invincible and their fortunes and bunkers won’t save them.

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    • chad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It was me. I shot Brian Thompson.

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  • youstolemyname@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In reality it is probably just a guy whose wife’s cancer treatment was denied.

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    • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m guessing it was a child more than a spouse. Could be a spouse. But kids are next level assholery.

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  • bountygiver@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    saw someone post about how the post that is mourning the CEO in facebook got ratio’d hard by laughing emojis, a platform that is largely conservative boomers.

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    • underwire212@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe this is the event that unites the working class 🥰

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  • uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Reminds one part of this video(5:10).

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• Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I didn’t even know who this guy was until a few hours ago, but holy shit I am glad he got what was coming to him, and I hope the shooter never gets caught and lives a long and prosperous (and most importantly, free) life.

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jury nullification exists for this very reason.

    Did the shooter do something illegal? Yes

    But was it wrong? If I was on his jury, I’d acquit.

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    • collapse_already@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If I was the defense attorney, I think this would be the test case for instructing the jury on jury nullification (which will get you sanctioned at a minimum and probably disbarred if you’re the attorney that tries it). I think defendants ought to be entitled to instruct the jury about the possibility. I personally would never disclose that I believe in it during voir dire and also would never vote to convict on some crimes.

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  • GhiLA@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hope his list is just as long.

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    • SPRUNT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I hate that I hope the same thing.

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    • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      *Click clack

      You’ve been very naughty this year haven’t you, Brian?

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• nichtburningturtle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Proceeds to play the worlds smallest violin.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Here, you can borrow mine

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• BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Watch this be the catalyst for stricter gun control

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  • droporain@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lol thoughts and prayers.

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  • josefo@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The point of having guns is to defend yourselves, Americans.

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  • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    NOTHING will make them give up their guns

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  • NooBoY@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll take “Things that won’t happen” for 100, Alex.

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    All these doubting replies don’t know how the rich responded to the Black Panthers.

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Shooter wasn’t black

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• MapleEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Perhaps the 9mm pistol is the guillotine of the next American revolution.

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    NGL if there were copycat crimes targetting other health insurance CEOs, most people would probably herald the vigilantes.

    Yeah murder is bad and all but these guys are responsible for so much death and pain and suffering for making a profit.

    Killer here is a legit antihero. Like Dexter Morgan. In the earlier seasons.

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    • realitista@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Let’s not limit ourselves here. The Koch Bros are killing lots of people too.

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Makes sense. 9mm is protected under the second amendment. And our incoming VP says that shootings are a way of life.

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    • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They are if you are an asshole. Someone should take the clue.

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  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s unfortunate that in Canada they have a handgun freeze that means all current handgun owners in Canada cannot get new guns, and if you get a firearms permit, even a restricted one, you can no longer buy new handguns.

    There are alternatives… but I am not talking.

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    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A pipe with a nail I’d all you would need. Shit. Humanity overthrew leaders and governments without firearms for most of our history. A few CEOs aren’t the governments. So…? I am not implying any violence should be taken against any single persons. There are limits to freedom of speech (imo).

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• slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Didn’t trump claim he could shoot someone in the streets of New York and get away with it? Maybe it was him.

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  • bilb@lem.monster ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s hard to imagine Trump riding a bike.

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    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Suspect fled the scene on a rascal scooter

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    • underwire212@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It was an e-bike though. Automatic pedal

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    • Oaksey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The perfect cover?

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• VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now his life insurance should consider pre existing condition of being a shitbag CEO to deny it.

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    lol the irony would be MASSIVE

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• ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  After being denied … everyone else’s premiums increased by 20%

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• BigMacHole@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is HORRIBLE news! I’m talking about the News about ONE person dying not the MILLIONS he Kills each year!

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• tomsh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Image They gave him a reward, crimestopper!

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Doesn’t look like anything to me.

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    • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Very weird to share a screencap of an empty store.

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  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jury nullification, also known in the United Kingdom as jury equity, or a perverse verdict, is when the jury in a criminal trial gives a verdict of not guilty even though they think a defendant has broken the law. The jury’s reasons may include the belief that the law itself is unjust, that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant’s case, that the punishment for breaking the law is too harsh, or general frustrations with the criminal justice system. Some juries have also refused to convict due to their own prejudices in favor of the defendant. Such verdicts are possible because a jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses. Nullification is not an official part of criminal procedure but is the logical consequence of two rules governing the systems in which it exists:

    1. Jurors cannot be punished for passing an incorrect verdict.

    2. In many jurisdictions, a defendant who is acquitted cannot be tried a second time for the same offense.

    A jury verdict that is contrary to the letter of the law pertains only to the particular case before it; however, if a pattern of acquittals develops in response to repeated attempts to prosecute a particular offence, this can have the de facto effect of invalidating the law. Such a pattern may indicate public opposition to an unwanted legislative enactment. It may also happen that a jury convicts a defendant even if no law was broken, although such a conviction may be overturned on appeal. Nullification can also occur in civil trials; unlike in criminal trials, if the jury renders a not liable verdict that is clearly at odds with the evidence, the judge can issue a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or order a new trial.

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    • Brown5500@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Unfortunately, the justice system works very hard to make nullification seem like a non-option and to only select jurors that agree that it isn’t viable.

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  • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hey, he looks like my friend, John Doe

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• IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s a start

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• uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not as embarassing as being worse than even Russia. American tourists will receive more healthcare in Russia than american citizens in America. I don’t know what you need to create universal healthcare system. Medics, academics, ministers of healthcare, communists, all above, books, equipment - anything can be provided, just please make universal healthcare in your country.

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• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I really wanted this headline to be real, but I can’t find it anywhere. I think it’s a photoshopped headline about the real event. Hope someone proves me wrong and provides a link.

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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not guilty.

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• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Should have bought working class insurance.

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• Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Funny how even though I have had many fights with health insurance companies I never wished for the death of another human being

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• ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Dececmber? Is that before or after Smarch?

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• slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Would the CEO have lived if he had had a gun?

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• Suavevillain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Real life Aiden Pearce took him out. This is usually a plot line in Watch Dogs lol.

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• obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At least he didn’t have to play a game.

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• cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One post above I saw an article claiming he got killed. One of these two articles is clearly lying.

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