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Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Threatens Ghostface Killah
Martin Shkreli, of pharmaceutical drug price-gouging fame, threatens Ghostface Killah, whom he calls by his real name, in a recent video. The video features Shkreli threatening to destroy his rare Wu-Tang album and "erase him from the history books of rap." Shkreli, flanked by his masked associates, also demands a written apology from Ghostface Killah.
Shkreli was notoriously arrested on suspicion of fraud in December of 2015.
Shkreli was notoriously arrested on suspicion of fraud in December of 2015.
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Leave it to the /. editors to find a way to make people wish for a Bennet Haselton article.
This is worth it just to see the /. commenters trip over themselves to lose their shit.
*puts on some Ghostface Killah, grabs popcorn*
"Old man yells at systemd"
"What is X and why should I care?" means "I know exactly what X is, but I hope to impress strangers by acting as though knowing that is somehow beneath me"
There has never been an occasion where it has meant anything else.
I just noticed my post went from +5 Insightful to -1 in a flash. Wow.
Wait a sec...I actually don't see that slogan anywhere anymore. I don't know when the last time I saw it was. Is this like Google getting rid of their motto?
This is the worst story I've seen on here in years.
Years.
The Daddy casts sleep on the Baby. The Baby resists!
There has never been an occasion where it has meant anything else.
Except when it really means what it says. I came to read the comments because I had never heard of Ghostface Killa. What is it, or who is it? Why is it/he being mentioned on /.?
And now, having read the comments, and learned what this is all about, I think I'll return to a more valuable source of news, like, say, Facebook.
Never insult rap guys when you're about to be sent to PMITA prison.
Okay, you are probably as confused about this story as I was, as the title is nonsense and the names look like line noise. So basically, here's the summary the story didn't provide:
So basically, we have this guy. Martin Shkreli. On its own, that name probably means nothing: but you've heard of him before. He's a pharmaceutical exec, and he recieved widespread attention when his company bought a daraprim, an anti-parasitic drug. He raised the price from $13.50 to $750: Mmmhmm, he's that man, and he's the subject of the article. So then, we have a rapper here: Mr. Ghostface Killah... Also known as Dennis Coles. Our Mr. Shkreli bought a one of a kind album from this rapper. The very esteemed Mr. Killah called this horrible person out for the son of a bitch he is, and in response, Shkreli made a video threatening to destroy the album unless he recieves "a heart felt written apology expressing the sorrow and sadness" the rapper simply must be feeling right now to insult such an honorable and upstanding citizen.
And seriously, our rich jackass really is a bastard. Condeming people to die is a horrible thing to do, and controlling samples so no new drug can be authorized is a gross abuse of an admittedly flawed system. This man should go burn in hell. Bernie Sanders refused to take his campaign donation (he gave the money away to a healthcare clinic rather than accept it), and Mrs. Clinton made it one of her goals to deal wiith this asshole if she's elected. Even Donald Trump himself doesn't like Shkreli, and these two are perfect fits for each other.
"Set a man a fire, he'll be warm for the rest of the night. Set a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Do you think at this point Shkrelli has used some of his money to hire private security?
He's been an asshole to people who can generally be lumped into the category of "more dangerous to fuck with than other groups"
Jacking up the price of life saving drugs -- falls into the category of "people who could die before they could ever get convicted for homicide" and the parallel category of "pissed off loved ones of people who were denied lifesaving drugs".
Stealing money from rich people -- falls into the category of "people who can afford to hire other people to kill people that steal from them"
Offending guys named Ghostface Killah -- falls into the category of "people who are named killah might actually have a predilection for violence"
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His original rocket to infamy is definitely worth your time reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09...