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GlugGlugBurp OP t1_ir30lq7 wrote

Reply to comment by ThreeDogs2022 in Northeastern University VR lab manager arrested for bomb hoax by GlugGlugBurp

this is a very good question. if you read the letter he wrote it mentions facebook, the metaverse, and mark zuck, but it's just a rambling mess filled with insane conspiracy theory stuff.

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ThreeDogs2022 t1_ir30x03 wrote

Right, an absolutely batty manifesto. but what was his end game? He obviously is an intelligent person who managed to earn academic qualifications and credentials for his position. Does he have an untreated mental illness? Was he dropped on his head? Or was he trying to prove a point about security? or?

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TheSukis t1_ir376rm wrote

I mean yes, anyone who does this is obviously experiencing some kind of psychiatric disturbance.

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Beck316 t1_ir4tnj2 wrote

Idk if the manifesto was actually his true beliefs or if he was creating a scenario to get sympathy and attention. Maybe he had a relationship ending. He was director of the immersive media lab not exactly anti- tech/media.

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Rats_In_Boxes t1_ir39toe wrote

Sometimes your brain tells you to do really nutty things, and sometimes you listen.

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ThreeDogs2022 t1_ir3fy91 wrote

i do live on the edge sometimes. For instance the other day i put milk in my coffee instead of half and half.

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SheeEttin t1_ir3kx4o wrote

Every morning I have cereal with a glass of orange juice, I have to make sure my half-asleep brain doesn't put the milk in the glass and the orange juice in the cereal.

Fortunately I've only ever done it once. Had to throw out the cereal and start over.

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TomatoManTM t1_ir3qu74 wrote

Couldn’t tough it out? It’s all ending up in the same place

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thspimpolds t1_ir4vn8m wrote

He was trying to get out of GIVING an exam in a new twist on hoaxes /s

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