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Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by Goodlead »

nso95 wrote: post #82
exzappos wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.

Within a few hours after his death being announced you were able to conclude he blew himself up while high on ketamine? Pretty skeptical.

He was braindead on life support for almost a week before he died.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by Goodlead »

filmgirlcw wrote: post #133
smabie wrote: post #100

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Why is it necessary to respect someone who is dead? They are dead, after all. Seems like we should probably respect people a little more when they are alive and a little less when they are dead.

It’s about respecting people who have lost someone they care about. Have some fucking humanity...

How about just tell the truth. Who cares if he liked drugs? Ill tell you why he died. All you motherfuckers who tried to control him, just pushed him away from the people who actually cared about him and not what they could get from him. Anyone reading this who knows what's up should have just shut the fuck up and supported him instead of trying to run his life. Just my OPINION

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by nso95 »

Goodlead wrote: post #331
nso95 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Within a few hours after his death being announced you were able to conclude he blew himself up while high on ketamine? Pretty skeptical.

He was braindead on life support for almost a week before he died.

But that wasn't public information

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by [deleted] »

marcbarbosa wrote: post #104

In 2008 I was consuming as much entrepenuriship content I could (while building my first company). For obvious reasons I ended up watching a Tony's presentation. He was sharing a lot of stories about Zappos and in the end he talked about their Culture Book (a book entirely written by Zappos employees, with no editing). Immediately after watch it I sent an email directly for him (at the time a CEO of a company that wo…

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Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by therealx »

Goodlead wrote: post #329
Goodlead wrote: post #328

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This is true, I don't have all the facts, but tony was obsessed with candles lately. First hand account says candles + nitrous tank caused the "fire" but it's more likely that he went too hard on the nitrous and was brain starved of oxygen, was on life support for many days braindead before his body went.

That being said, Tony was a great guy, and did so much for countless people. Myself included. He will be missed. His community of clingers and simps though... they are in finger pointing mode and eating themselves alive.

It's crazy people don't want to hear that this could possibly be true. HMU on my email - we might know each other :)

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by exzappos »

nso95 wrote: post #333
Goodlead wrote: post #331

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was braindead on life support for almost a week before he died.

But that wasn't public information

So? It goes without saying what I posted wasn't public information and that I had inside sources. It's already been confirmed by others here and it's now been reported in the press so we can put to rest the idea that I'm just making things up.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by Footkerchief »

olivermarks wrote: post #232

Hsieh's Downtown Project building a startup city in Downtown Las Vegas had some very dark aspects, as this 2014 article detailed. https://www.vox.com/2014/10/1/11631452/the-downtown-project-...

Thanks for this link. One of the entrepreneur suicides that resulted from the Downtown Project was a friend of a friend, but I hadn't made the connection to Hsieh until reading this. I strongly suspect that Hsieh's repressed emotions were a causal factor in recent events.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by onemiketwelve »

qznc wrote: post #84
smabie wrote: post #77

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Why do you ask this question? You know he doesn't. But that doesn't mean it is false. If his username is anything to go by, I'd say that there is probably a kernel of truth to his statement. After all, people don't just make up stories about ketamine and nitrous addictions. Especially since dying in a house fire isn't a usual route to go. It might make sense he was on ketamine and somehow a fire started (he probably…

Sometimes people do make up stories about ketamine and nitrous addictions. This has been very disastrous for people accused of rape or witchcraft. This is why i don't like "where there is smoke, there is fire."

welp, looks like there was a raging wildfire after all

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by Shirley800 »

exzappos wrote: post #51
homero wrote: post #30

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Yeah every announcement keeps it a secret. I hate it. I find it disrespectful to us. We are fans and loved him but no we're not good enough to know why.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.

There are ppl who are in denial of the truth as if hearing the dark side of it would constitute the disrespect. At the end of the day, truth is what matters. He was an immensely kind and accomplished and so highly loved person, but he was also a tormented soul toward the end of his life.
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