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TL;DR: Brother with height insecurities gets rich off cryptocurrency, pays for leg extension surgery, dies rather suddenly of pulmonary embolism during recovery

• dwoozle 7y ago
  And a guy who was 5’7”, not 5’1” or something.
• andyjohnson0 7y ago
  There was rather more to him - and the article - than that, and I found myself rather moved by the way the author described her brother's life. By contrast, your comment seems unkind and unnecessary.
• simion314 7y ago
  There is more then that, like why did he want the operation and why did him and his sister fall apart, we are imperfect creatures and some/most of us care too much about what society(or some group of people) thinks about us. We spend a lot of time reading or watching fictional stories but I always enjoy reading about real life stories, things that most of the time are not told, try to empathize with the people in the story etc.
• fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
  You forgot to mention that white nationalists are to blame.
  • dang 7y ago
    Please don't take HN threads into flamewar. We've had to ask you this before. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
      I apologize, that was not my intent. I withdraw my comment.
      • dang 7y ago
        Appreciated!