Aaron Swartz, among others, thought Altman was an untrustworthy sociopath. There's a long article in the New Yorker about this. I didn't read it, but Gruber did: https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/when_he_is_alive_and_not_after_he_is_dead
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In other news, USA is killing kids. But Sam is more interesting news! Who cares about Sam?
Why only one?
First Luigi, now this guy. 
What would be the motive for him to stage this event?
I'm surprised there isn't more of this going on. Imagine if all of these folks suddenly experienced similar visits bearing similar flaming gifts, all in the space of a day or so.
We did also get a toilet paper warehouse fire.
AND a dead CEO.
It's ramping up, and it's starting to come apart. If they don't pivot from Trickle Down Economics to Trickle Up Economics, we're going to spontaneously pivot to a Robin Hood Economy, and that often comes accompanied by revolution, guns, and guillotines. The Sociopathic Oligarchs won't like that one bit.
Five Guys CEO figured it's better to be alive than rich(er).
Can't enjoy your money when your dead.
Shit ,running low on toilet paper ,need asap
It is a shame that he didn't happen to be at the gate of his obnoxiously large house.
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn.
I'd love to see his legal defense be:
I threw it at the gate because it was just a message. If I wanted to kill him I'd have _____.
Cuz like...
Realistically throwing a moltov at a (presumably) metal gate isn't the same as attempted murder.
If I was on a jury, that'd be enough for me to say "not guilty" at least.
I wonder if he'd written a death threat in chalk on the ground, if that would be a greater or lesser crime?
What about "burn, baby, burn!"? Would that count as equal death threat to "Imma murderize you!"?
I said it before, ill say it again. ¯\(ツ)/¯
were any plumbers spotted in the neighborhood?
These ineffectual, half assed attempts are only going to scare the rest of them underground.
Fine, let them hide in their underground bunkers. We'll just seal off the air vents, and pump liquid nitrogen in there until we don't detect any sound. Then just leave them there in their unmarked tombs, forever.
We don't even need to do anything once they hide. Just let them stay down there with their limited supplies.
Nah, then they can emerge when things are safe, and start fucking things up again.
Good. Let's prepare the concrete for their air holes.
Exactly. Do it properly the first time, please.
But don’t burn down houses. It’s bad for the environment and there might be innocent animals inside. Torch the tech bros.
Digging their own graves.
Netflix had an amazing show about that, but cancelled it like a week after season 1 premiered.
https://time.com/7317998/billionaires-bunker-ending-explained/
Tldw:
Billonaires think the world is ending and scamper to a bunker.
Twist is that the world isn't ending, people fucked over by billionaires decided to stage a fake apocalypse and use AI to impersonate them and steal all their money.
And no one cares about the wealthy outside of immediate family, so no one asks questions.
I think it wasn't just stealing the money, but immediately using it to actually help people.
Oh no…. Anyways…
If this was Reddit this entire thread would be nuked. So refreshing!
