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Yes and look how well that's working out for most

by 1attice 7mo ago

xarchive 7mo ago
Most of us should be honest and admit we're jealous of this guy. He basically chose a sector where customers are desperate (weight-loss drugs), slapped a website and an interface for connecting with a drug prescription provider together, did effective marketing, and now his business generates millions a month in profit. Like, there are a half dozen companies like his running around that essentially offer the same product and prices because they are all customer interfaces stop the same provider.
- 1attice 7mo ago
  Speak for yourself. My skin crawls. Do not universalize your temptation to graft
  - rdevilla 7mo ago
    Just the other day I was downvoted and called out for suggesting that perverse incentives are hard to resist, yet here we are with the Times (apparently) showcasing another such instance. In this case GLP1's clinical effects are widely understood though, so it is immaterial if an "artist's depiction" (artificial agent's depiction) is of a real person or purely hallucinated. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581021
    - georgemcbay 6mo ago
      > In this case GLP1's clinical effects are widely understood though When injected. One of the products this scam company was selling is oral Tirzepatide pills, which don't do anything.
- zcw100 7mo ago
  This is just like when Paypal got started and was basically operating their own bank. Good luck doing that without getting in trouble. This is selling pharmaceutical drugs over the internet. You're playing chicken with going to jail they just happened to get lucky.
- Arodex 6mo ago
  You got played by a scammer. https://bsky.app/profile/masnick.com/post/3miwsjejfhk2i https://bsky.app/profile/masnick.com/post/3miwsjejfhk2i "Turns out basically every aspect of that story is bullshit and the story should be retracted."
karmakurtisaani 7mo ago
Yeah, I didn't mean it as a positive thing..
bdangubic 7mo ago
“working out for most” is socialism ;)
- 1attice 7mo ago
  Anyone else notice how these days "socialism" means "functional UX on your civ"?

Yes and look how well that's working out for most

by 1attice 7mo ago

Yes and look how well that's working out for most

Most of us should be honest and admit we're jealous of this guy. He basically chose a sector where customers are desperate (weight-loss drugs), slapped a website and an interface for connecting with a drug prescription provider together, did effective marketing, and now his business generates millions a month in profit. Like, there are a half dozen companies like his running around that essentially offer the same product and prices because they are all customer interfaces stop the same provider.

1attice 7mo ago
Speak for yourself. My skin crawls. Do not universalize your temptation to graft
- rdevilla 7mo ago
  Just the other day I was downvoted and called out for suggesting that perverse incentives are hard to resist, yet here we are with the Times (apparently) showcasing another such instance. In this case GLP1's clinical effects are widely understood though, so it is immaterial if an "artist's depiction" (artificial agent's depiction) is of a real person or purely hallucinated. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581021
  - georgemcbay 6mo ago
    > In this case GLP1's clinical effects are widely understood though When injected. One of the products this scam company was selling is oral Tirzepatide pills, which don't do anything.
zcw100 7mo ago
This is just like when Paypal got started and was basically operating their own bank. Good luck doing that without getting in trouble. This is selling pharmaceutical drugs over the internet. You're playing chicken with going to jail they just happened to get lucky.
Arodex 6mo ago
You got played by a scammer. https://bsky.app/profile/masnick.com/post/3miwsjejfhk2i https://bsky.app/profile/masnick.com/post/3miwsjejfhk2i "Turns out basically every aspect of that story is bullshit and the story should be retracted."

karmakurtisaani 7mo ago

Yeah, I didn't mean it as a positive thing..

bdangubic 7mo ago

“working out for most” is socialism ;)

1attice 7mo ago
Anyone else notice how these days "socialism" means "functional UX on your civ"?