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How is this not the first thought people had? Poor guy, with a lot of signs of mental instability. The amount of animosity people have had towards him on HN (an

How is this not the first thought people had? Poor guy, with a lot of signs of mental instability. The amount of animosity people have had towards him on HN (and elsewhere) isn't tempered by how obviously imbalanced he is. I think it's because of the disproportionate amount of media attention he's received for something he didn't earn.

emmet 10y ago
I did not expect to be the first one to bring it up. People are being very clinical here.
- anoonmoose 10y ago
  To be fair to people here, we're discussing a new message by a person who is widely perceived to be running some type of scam. I hadn't considered the more serious subtext of this message but given the history here you have to consider that that might have been intentional to try to engender sympathy.
  - emmet 10y ago
    The internet loves to shoot first and ask questions later, but there's some things we need to be a little more compassionate about. I understand it's in his MO to pull a trick like this, but let's at least see that he's ok before treating it as such.
  - bpchaps 10y ago
    Yeah, but it still sounds like a legitimate suicide note and some semblance of worry makes sense.. I understand the desire fore fairness, but this was just posted without much followup context. Have a bit of heart for a second. If this whole story is the a result of a mental health issue, well - mental health is a serious mother fucker.
    - throwanem 10y ago
      > it still sounds like a legitimate suicide note "Sounds". Let's not forget the guy's a con man.
Kequc 10y ago
This is the clearest analysis of the situation. He is mentally unstable and needs help, not a media spotlight.
bigB 10y ago
He is also on the run from some major legal issues here is Australia so it wouldn't surprise me at all. I just hope that the people that know his whereabouts can help him, however poor his actions he needs all the mental help he can get.
gldalmaso 10y ago
One possible explanation to the whole thing not being considered so much is that he has the delusion of being Satoshi and might be trying to prove it and failing to understand why he can't.

emmet 10y ago

I did not expect to be the first one to bring it up. People are being very clinical here.

anoonmoose 10y ago
To be fair to people here, we're discussing a new message by a person who is widely perceived to be running some type of scam. I hadn't considered the more serious subtext of this message but given the history here you have to consider that that might have been intentional to try to engender sympathy.
- emmet 10y ago
  The internet loves to shoot first and ask questions later, but there's some things we need to be a little more compassionate about. I understand it's in his MO to pull a trick like this, but let's at least see that he's ok before treating it as such.
- bpchaps 10y ago
  Yeah, but it still sounds like a legitimate suicide note and some semblance of worry makes sense.. I understand the desire fore fairness, but this was just posted without much followup context. Have a bit of heart for a second. If this whole story is the a result of a mental health issue, well - mental health is a serious mother fucker.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    > it still sounds like a legitimate suicide note "Sounds". Let's not forget the guy's a con man.

Kequc 10y ago

This is the clearest analysis of the situation. He is mentally unstable and needs help, not a media spotlight.

bigB 10y ago

He is also on the run from some major legal issues here is Australia so it wouldn't surprise me at all. I just hope that the people that know his whereabouts can help him, however poor his actions he needs all the mental help he can get.

gldalmaso 10y ago

One possible explanation to the whole thing not being considered so much is that he has the delusion of being Satoshi and might be trying to prove it and failing to understand why he can't.