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Of all the people that could have bought this album, the fact that it was Martin Shkreli continues to amaze me.

byuu 10y ago
From being in the game collecting scene where I've witnessed people spending tens of thousands of dollars to own the single copy of specific unreleased games/prototypes for the sole purpose of ensuring that no one else can ever play the games but them, and even drafting sales contracts when selling these games for massive profits that the next owner is not allowed to distribute the game either ... I can say that Martin Shkreli is exactly the kind of person I'd expect to have bought this album =(
kamilszybalski 10y ago
What amazes me is the number of people who dislike Martin Shkreli...most of who can't even tell me why.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago
  If you're trying to troll on the sly you'll need to be a bit more subtle than that. I'd suggest most people who dislike Shkreli know that he massively jacked up the price of a drug that there were no legal alternatives to, even if they don't know or can't remember the exact details. For those that want to learn more, search online for daraprim. EDIT: alex95, your comment is flagged as dead, many people reading this won't see it. I know the excuses Skreli gave, about using the revenue to fund new drugs, but I don't buy it, and the reason I don't buy it is because he jacked up the price so much he was putting the life of some people in danger. That doesn't strike me as a move someone who cared about improving healthcare would make.
  - mtobi 10y ago
    AFAIK the drug was free for everyone without insurance, so the only ones who felt the actual price increase were the insurance companies. Am I wrong or there really is some merit to Shkrelis explanations?
    - icebraining 10y ago
      Yeah, the cynic in me wonders how much of outrage isn't a media campaign by the insurance companies. As this article points out, the system is broken, yet everyone is pilling on him as if he was the real problem: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/everyone-hates-martin-shkreli-everyone-is-missing-the-point http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/everyone-h...
    - ZenoArrow 10y ago
      > "AFAIK the drug was free for everyone without insurance" That was an adjustment made after the initial outrage over the price hikes. Also, worth considering the "50% price cut" made for hospitals was after raising the original price by 5000%: http://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=11105404 http://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=11105404 Lastly, raising the costs for insurance companies raises insurance premiums for customers, if you think they'd let these price rises eat into their own profits I'd suggest that was a little misguided.
      - MichaelGG 10y ago
        How many people are actually using this medication? And after, what, 70 years, no one else is making the drug or had come up with a new treatment?
        ZenoArrow 10y ago
        http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/24/martin-shkreli/fact-checking-martin-shkrelis-claim-daraprim-under/ http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/24/... "Daraprim is used to treat a parasitic infection known as toxoplasmosis, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a leading cause of death attributed to food-borne illnesses. The Toxoplasma parasite can be transmitted through contaminated food, water, and kitchen utensils as well as contact with infected cat feces. While 60 million Americans carry the parasite with no symptoms, it can become deadly for those with weakened immune systems." ""Turing has not got a single clinical trial underway. Shkreli’s not testing new drugs of any kind for toxoplasmosis. He's got nothing registered," Attaran said. "No one needs a new drug for toxoplasmosis anyways. It works so well bloody well.""
  - alex95 10y ago
    Out of all the places, I didn't expect HN to be a place where I'd find another sheep. I suggest you look into the reasons behind Shkreli jumped up the price, rather than grabbing your pitch-fork and jumping on the media bandwagon.

byuu 10y ago

From being in the game collecting scene where I've witnessed people spending tens of thousands of dollars to own the single copy of specific unreleased games/prototypes for the sole purpose of ensuring that no one else can ever play the games but them, and even drafting sales contracts when selling these games for massive profits that the next owner is not allowed to distribute the game either ... I can say that Martin Shkreli is exactly the kind of person I'd expect to have bought this album =(

kamilszybalski 10y ago

What amazes me is the number of people who dislike Martin Shkreli...most of who can't even tell me why.

ZenoArrow 10y ago
If you're trying to troll on the sly you'll need to be a bit more subtle than that. I'd suggest most people who dislike Shkreli know that he massively jacked up the price of a drug that there were no legal alternatives to, even if they don't know or can't remember the exact details. For those that want to learn more, search online for daraprim. EDIT: alex95, your comment is flagged as dead, many people reading this won't see it. I know the excuses Skreli gave, about using the revenue to fund new drugs, but I don't buy it, and the reason I don't buy it is because he jacked up the price so much he was putting the life of some people in danger. That doesn't strike me as a move someone who cared about improving healthcare would make.
- mtobi 10y ago
  AFAIK the drug was free for everyone without insurance, so the only ones who felt the actual price increase were the insurance companies. Am I wrong or there really is some merit to Shkrelis explanations?
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Yeah, the cynic in me wonders how much of outrage isn't a media campaign by the insurance companies. As this article points out, the system is broken, yet everyone is pilling on him as if he was the real problem: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/everyone-hates-martin-shkreli-everyone-is-missing-the-point http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/everyone-h...
  - ZenoArrow 10y ago
    > "AFAIK the drug was free for everyone without insurance" That was an adjustment made after the initial outrage over the price hikes. Also, worth considering the "50% price cut" made for hospitals was after raising the original price by 5000%: http://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=11105404 http://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=11105404 Lastly, raising the costs for insurance companies raises insurance premiums for customers, if you think they'd let these price rises eat into their own profits I'd suggest that was a little misguided.
    - MichaelGG 10y ago
      How many people are actually using this medication? And after, what, 70 years, no one else is making the drug or had come up with a new treatment?
      - ZenoArrow 10y ago
        http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/24/martin-shkreli/fact-checking-martin-shkrelis-claim-daraprim-under/ http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/24/... "Daraprim is used to treat a parasitic infection known as toxoplasmosis, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a leading cause of death attributed to food-borne illnesses. The Toxoplasma parasite can be transmitted through contaminated food, water, and kitchen utensils as well as contact with infected cat feces. While 60 million Americans carry the parasite with no symptoms, it can become deadly for those with weakened immune systems." ""Turing has not got a single clinical trial underway. Shkreli’s not testing new drugs of any kind for toxoplasmosis. He's got nothing registered," Attaran said. "No one needs a new drug for toxoplasmosis anyways. It works so well bloody well.""
- alex95 10y ago
  Out of all the places, I didn't expect HN to be a place where I'd find another sheep. I suggest you look into the reasons behind Shkreli jumped up the price, rather than grabbing your pitch-fork and jumping on the media bandwagon.