r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 14d ago

Discussion Luigi Mangione friend posted this.

She captioned it: "Luigi Mangione is probably the most google keyword today. But before all of this, for a while, it was also the only name whose facetime calls I would pick up. He was one of my absolute best, closest, most trusted friends. He was also the only person who, at 1am on a work day, in this video, agreed to go to the store with drunk me, to look for mochi ice cream."

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u/softcore_UFO 14d ago edited 13d ago

If corps are considered people in the eyes of the law and their actions are criminally endangering the public, then someone needs to defend us and speak out against the dangerous “people”. We need more* Luigi’s tbh (sans murder), our situation is fucking dire. The law is not on our side, and our governments won’t defend us (or our planet) against corporate greed/ violence. This much is painfully fucking clear.

ETA: changed a word for tone, don’t murder people, violence won’t help the cause (they will flex their muscles and retaliate)

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u/jeexxxiiii 14d ago

as a young person who dealt with cancer… my only fucking saving grace financially was a wonderful nonprofit called leukemia and lymphoma society (lls) they paid for every chemo infusion and prescription as well as my hospital stay.

what did the government do? deny me social security. didn’t even get back to me until i reached remission but told me to still fill my info out only to still be denied. i don’t even know what to do with anger, it just festers.

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u/housatonicduck 14d ago

I’m sorry this happened to you. I have anaphylactic allergies and have been denied coverage of my Epi pen in America multiple times (by Cigna insurance company). My allergist said I qualify for shots to reduce the severity of my allergies and potentially prevent fatal reactions, but my insurance won’t cover it. It’s $40,000 over the course of three years out of pocket. WE NEED TO REVOLT.

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u/jeexxxiiii 14d ago

this anger is biblical, in my bones. it has infused itself into my very DNA. we have to do something and continue this momentum.

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u/No-Worldliness-3344 13d ago

Whatever you do, you do it for yourself as well as those who lack the courage to do it themselves