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    jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 19 hours ago

    Suspected Minnesota shooter’s friend says he was ‘not as upbeat’ after recent trip

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    Suspected Minnesota shooter’s friend says he was ‘not as upbeat’ after recent trip

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    jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 19 hours ago
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    Suspected shooter was trying to work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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    • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world
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      I love how everyone talks about how nice this guy was. He goes to Africa a bunch, huh? I bet this guy was one of those death-to-the-gays type preachers who go to African countries to preach psychopathy. He’s nice to everyone he likes, and wouldn’t hesitate to kill someone he doesn’t.

      Super nice guy!

      • Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world
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        Remember it’s a mental health crisis when it’s a white shooter and a culture problem when it’s a colored shooter.

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      taking a job extracting eyeballs from cadavers to be used in organ donation.

      And I thought my job sucks at times. Sounds like a walk in the park compared to “eyeball remover”. Yeesh.

      • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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        Doesn’t sound too bad, you just need a spoon and a little effort and you too can become an eyeball remover

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          Chilis, sand, bleach, a spoon

      • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world
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        It’s telling that even his dream job (security contractor in DRC) is very corpse-adjacent.

      • FanciestPants@lemmy.world
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        I had a buddy just out of college who had a job like this. He said the job was shit because he spent most of his time driving between different sites to extract and deliver organs. He never said much about dealing with the recently deceased, that part didn’t seem to bother him much, but traffic would set the dude off.

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        How on Earth do you get that job? Like can I apply? I’m fascinated by the idea that a profession.

        • The_Jit@lemmy.world
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          Apply for it like any other job. It helps to live near an Eye Bank or organ donation center. Job posting from the Eye Bank Association of America (other countries and companies abroad are party of the EBAA not just for those in the USA): https://ebaa.users.membersuite.com/community/career-center/gateway

        • HaveMeOnYourPodcast@lemmy.world
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          A friend did it for a while, he runs a laser in surgery now and is much happier. He started as a mortician.

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            Do you know what his job title is?

            • Ragnor@feddit.dk
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              Popeye.

              • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
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                😂

        • slartibartfast@lemm.ee
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          You can freelance with an ice cream scoop pretty easy.

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        Sorry for the poor life choices Vance, but this immediately came into my head… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ

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        Pretty sure the body still has to be alive for most organ donation… but maybe I’m wrong when it comes to eyes…

        But it sounds sketchy as fuck.

        • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
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          Who told you such a horrific thing? They take organs out after death yo. Here’s some info sorta talking about this.

          • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Legal operators do this

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            Thanks! Sounds like about a day for most of them. So you do need someone recently dead

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          I know you are getting briggaded, but I also know for a fact you are at least partially right.

          My partner has a surgery dependent on a “very recent” donor being the requirement, not alive but like, about as close as you can get. It wasn’t looking, good and I was considering taking out ads targeting 18-24 year old about how cool it is to ride motorcycles without helmets, but then we got lucky, so no need.

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            Recency is a big thing. When my mom died, they put like a cooling pack on her eyes to help preserve them in the like hour or two they needed to determine if she could donate them.

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          You couldn’t be wronger

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      Why is gaben crying in the thumbnail?

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        Because he had a friend who he loved who started making questionable choices and is now wanted for murder. I would cry too.

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          I saw this guy on TV, and he was truly perplexed at hearing about his friend’s actions, and eventually just broke down. I felt bad for him.

          The MAGA Nazi leaders are pure evil, but many of their followers aren’t inherently bad, they’ve just been manipulated by the Conservative Propaganda Machine to think they are saving their country. This guy seemed to suddenly come to that realization.

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        Because he just found out his friend is a murderer?

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        He just saw the numbers for the Switch 2

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        Why do you care?

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      Christian who

      how shockingly not shocking

      • LemmyIsReddit2Point0@lemmy.world
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        And a MAGAt

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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        Yeah last bit in the article contradict what this person really is.

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      Papa John’s! Alright!

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