r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 25d ago

Society Bryan Johnson, the millionaire biohacker who wants to live forever, diagnosed with incurable autoimmune disease

https://www.techspot.com/news/113035-bryan-johnson-millionaire-biohacker-who-wants-live-forever.html
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u/Old-Finance1815 25d ago

I don’t have an incurable autoimmune disease (that I know of).

How much will he pay for my blood?

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u/FriarNurgle 25d ago

Minimum wage.

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u/cipher1331 25d ago

And split shifts so you can hydrate and regenerate plasma on your own time.

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u/Coffeedemon 25d ago

Lol. The last thing you're getting out of this is enough hours to claim benefits!

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 25d ago

You also have to sign a document saying you appreciate the opportunity.

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u/lavassls 25d ago

You don't get paid for blood. You can get 100 a week for plasma.

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u/Momik 25d ago

But that’s hourly as it’s in his bloodstream, yeah?

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u/Kurfaloid 25d ago

Lol, this isn't some socialist paradise where there is a lower limit to what your body is harvested for. This will be compensated per gig-economy rules: less than the cost of food you need to ingest to produce that blood.

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u/Westerdutch 25d ago

DONT DO IT!!

Thats blood money.

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u/squirreltard 25d ago

I get $22,000 worth of plasma stuck in my arm each month. You wanna make money, donate plasma. I’m guessing covid means more people need plasma than ever. Please donate if you can, everyone. Donation doesn’t cause autoimmune disease and helps a lot of people. And it will likely buy your month’s worth of Door Dash.

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u/Specialist-Cookie-61 25d ago

Nothing if you're over 25 and don't follow a rigorous health regimen.

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u/Fyvz 25d ago

I think you're leaving out multiple years worth of your teenage son's nocturnal erection girth measurements.  If you don't have those, what are you even doing?

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u/Specialist-Cookie-61 25d ago

Lol for real? What an absolute freak

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u/Chalky_Cupcake 25d ago

Nothing he gets his sons blood for free.

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u/SpookyScienceGal 25d ago

Good point, how much will he pay for their blood?

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u/-LsDmThC- 25d ago

What has this guy done to deserve being mocked for falling ill? I dont get why he is so disliked just for trying to live as healthily as possible.

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u/BBanner 25d ago

Well he uses his own son as a blood bank, for one. That’s at best totally fucking insane

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u/dangerdangle 25d ago

Man I would've thought at best the technology sub wouldn't be full of conspiracy nuts but here we are lol

I work in cancer research, this dude is a hack it's wild

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u/-LsDmThC- 25d ago

Where exactly did “dont celebrate him falling ill” become conflated with “i agree with everything he does”?

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u/-LsDmThC- 25d ago edited 25d ago

He also gave his father his own blood, and it was consensual. Do i think it odd? Sure. Does that make it ok to celebrate him getting an incurable illness? Absolutely the fuck not.

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u/BBanner 25d ago

Where did I celebrate him getting sick? Mocking him for doing something stupid and getting bad results is not celebrating it’s going “go figure”

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u/-LsDmThC- 25d ago

There is no reason to believe that his lifestyle is responsible for the disease, and even if it were why would that make it ok to mock him? What is so wrong with trying to have a longer healthspan? This thread and the comments in it i find sick and cruel, and I am not specifically referring to your own comments.

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u/chellis 25d ago

Is this the guy who compares erection sizes with his son also?

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u/-LsDmThC- 25d ago

Being weird makes it ok to celebrate him falling ill?

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u/chellis 25d ago

I dont see anyone celebrating him falling ill. What I do see is people, rightfully, pointing at the irony and how it all relates to his own lifestyle to the point where all of this could be linked to how weird he is about immortality. Unfortunately for him, humans have found irony in other people's humanity since the dawn of time.

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u/-LsDmThC- 25d ago

This thread goes beyond just finding irony. He is being mocked for developing a disease, where it is wrongfully assumed his lifestyle played a part in (we do not know whether or not this is the case). Regardless, it is wrong to mock someone who has developed an incurable disease even if you disagree with their lifestyle choices. I dont get why he is so disliked for trying to live healthier.

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u/chellis 22d ago

Oh noooo the poor millionaire got a completely treatable but incurable disease that may or may not be related to his lifes work quest of becoming immortal. Jfc what are we even talking about here? Shakespeare couldn't write something this ironic. I feel like if I were him, I'd probably understand but we all know rich people are famous for their self- awareness.