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Hypothetical Twist: The hitman is actually the same guy he's trying to have killed, just under a separate, anonymous account. Hypothetical Meta Twist: DPR actu
by skore 13y ago
Hypothetical Twist: The hitman is actually the same guy he's trying to have killed, just under a separate, anonymous account.
Hypothetical Meta Twist: DPR actually suffers from multiple personality disorder and is also the guy he's trying to kill and thus also the hitman.
A truly anonymous system really poses some hard problems, man.
- mrtksn 13y agowell, actually it seems to be at least his 2nd hire if he is not using it as a bargain chip. if he is saying the truth, he previously managed to get somebody executed for 80k.
- skore 13y agoTrue, also, it seems like my first hypothetical twist might not have been that far off as I thought. Other comments[0] readily theorize it to be a likely scenario. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6483382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6483382
- shawn-furyan 13y agoI read it as a clumsy bargaining strategy, especially since he wasn't at all successful in reducing the quoted price.
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- unimpressive 13y agoPlease don't start up Reddit style "Jokes about other stories on the site.", it's one of the aspects of Reddit that makes it suck. (Or at least include a link or something.)
- GhotiFish 13y agoRight. That's enough internet for you.
- dredwerker 13y agoThat made me actually lol in the office.
- jonhendry 13y agoTwist: The target and hit man are both sentient bitcoins.