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"At DEF CON, Laufer begins his talk by explaining that, a few years ago, he had a mystery illness that caused him to lose his hair and shed layers of his skin. Ultimately, he had a tumor removed.

“I don't know who needs to hear this but I'm scared too all the time of losing the health that I have. I know what it feels like,” he says. “I know what it feels like to not know what's wrong with your body and to have to go shop for a stranger who has the authority to maybe or maybe not give you what you need. I know what it feels like to know what's wrong with your body and to know what you need and to be told you can't have it because the infrastructure has failed and it's not available.”

“This is wrong,” he says. “And I hope to show you all some tools so that it doesn’t ever have to happen again … most medications, you can make a better, cheaper version of, yourself, at home.”

 

Throughout his talk, Laufer explains how Four Thieves was able to make cheaper versions of Daraprim, the epipen, and abortion medication.
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thinking a lot existentially as i make these production files and how i feel like i'm especially sensitive to ... guilt/coercion?

doesn't even matter what kind of coercion or what area of life i encounter it in.

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so my dad and I have this extremely silly game / catchphrase over the last few months that drives mom nuts. basically every third conversation there's some variation of the following after a statement: 

[ surfer dude / surprised orly owl tone && look ] FOR REAL????
[ the other person, smugly ]  for real.

or

[ slightly confrontational but goofy ] for real?
[ the other person in a satisfied and very exaggerated sage southern drawl ] fo' real.

bonus points if it actually fits the conversation's tone and if you get an extra exaggerated eye roll from mom :D it's very "siblings bickering in the backseat a la "I'M NOT TOUCHING YOUUU" energy haha