Zappos CEO’s final months describe drug-addicted psychosis in court documents

Post by teakettle42 » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 9:13 PM UTC

twiddling wrote: post #88

teakettle42 wrote: post #17

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> They often say that there's no one more hopeless than a rich junky. If they have a very large amount of money, they never hit rock bottom until they're dead. She’s fortunately still alive, but when I divorced my ex-wife over her substance abuse, she walked away with ~$1M in cash. It took three years of partying, but she finally ran out of money, hit rock bottom, went to AA, and is actually looking for a job. It was…

"No-fault divorce is a broken system." Or was it a community property state?

Post by short12 » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 9:17 PM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #48

Xenoamorphous wrote: post #28

> Our European visitors are important to us. > This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws. I wonder if sites will ever stop lying about this.

I wonder if Europe will ever lift its Iron GDPR Curtain to allow its residents to access free-world websites!

Post by crate_barre » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 9:21 PM UTC

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> This Zappos article is like the whole catalog of rich people problems in a nutshell: drugs, parasitic relationships, arrests, and dumb accidents. Not all "rich people" have these problems. You just don't tend to hear about the ones who live normal lives.

I don't think he was referring to rich "normal" people. The types of problems you can only have if you have a lot of money. Most people can't afford to be on 2 week drug binges. And you probably need a job to pay for your drug habit and most of those jobs like being a forklift operator come with mandatory drug testing. But if you have 200 million to play with then that is a whole nother ball game.

Post by captainredbeard » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 9:33 PM UTC

akudha wrote: post #34

narrator wrote: post #3

This Zappos article is like the whole catalog of rich people problems in a nutshell: drugs, parasitic relationships, arrests, and dumb accidents. I know some people who know people who made a lot of money in the 2000s dot com boom. One of them got a "guru" who he paid several thousands of dollars a day to. The "guru" fed him Ayahuasca and people who visited the rich guy at his house said he had removed all furniture…

I have never tried any drugs/alcohol, but I'm curious about Ayahuasca. Don't know anyone personally who has been through the ceremony, but I've listened to a bunch of interviews, read a bunch of articles about it. It mostly seems legit, but I have no clue. Anyone here tried it? What was the experience like?

Post by selimthegrim » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 9:53 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #47

GDC7 wrote: post #43

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> They often say that there's no one more hopeless than a rich junky. If they have a very large amount of money, they never hit rock bottom until they're dead. Why doesn't anyone make the argument of quality vs. quantity when discussing such examplers 5 years spent as a rich junkie must be worth a lifetime as a 9-5 cubicle worker

"5 years spent as a rich junkie must be worth a lifetime as a 9-5 cubicle worker." This claim demands great evidence.