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Cause of Death: Langley Collyer (born October 3, 1885 - died c. March 9, 1947): Langley died first. He was crushed by one of his own booby traps - a makeshift
by randomtoast 1y ago
Cause of Death:
Langley Collyer (born October 3, 1885 - died c. March 9, 1947):
Langley died first. He was crushed by one of his own booby traps - a makeshift tunnel of newspapers and debris - while attempting to bring food to his paralyzed brother Homer. Langley was buried under a massive pile of junk and his body was not discovered until April 8, 1947, weeks after his death, due to the concealment caused by the debris.
Homer Collyer (born November 6, 1881 - died March 21, 1947):
Homer, who was blind and crippled, died alone of starvation and dehydration sometime after Langley’s death. Without his brother to care for him, he perished in the same house. His body was found seated in a decaying chair amidst the filth and clutter.
- lynx97 1y ago> Without his brother to care for him, he perished in the same house. Great example why you always need to strive for independence as a disabled person. If your family tries to directly or indirectly slow that process down, they are a danger to your well being. -- signed, a blind man
- thaumasiotes 1y agoIt's a terrible example of why you should strive for independence. >> Langley died first. He was crushed by one of his own booby traps - a makeshift tunnel of newspapers and debris - while attempting to bring food to his paralyzed brother Homer. An independent paralytic is a dead paralytic. You can't be independent and paralyzed.
- arkey 1y agoRemove single points of failure, ensure redundancy of dependencies, etc. Being able to contact other people in case of an emergency by definition would make him more independent than he was, obviously. Maybe not independent, but less critically dependant, that would be the goal.
- gametorch 1y agosure, tell the blind man what to do
- mensetmanusman 1y agoIndependent in the context of modern capitalism means attaching to more and more support nodes as everything that was serviced by family/clan in the past is replaced by individual entities that can be activated with cash transactions. (Everything except actually caring for you as a person, those require a strong third place).
- lynx97 1y agoI take a cash transaction over my patronising and frankly borderline crazy mother every day. This iddealisation of family has to stop, it is a cruel lie.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoThe genes say otherwise. Strong families are the only ones surviving prosperity induced population collapse globally.
- nandomrumber 1y agoInfect, Israel is the only Western nation that has a fertility rate above replacement. Probably because it is predominantly comprised of Jews and Muslims, who seem to value family much more than us heathens.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoThe orthodox communities in the western countries are growing, but not at a faster rate than the secularists disappear.