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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 43 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

“Up until his passing, he was discovering that he had achieved some superhuman abilities, and it’s no joke; he actually did achieve some superhuman abilities,” he said. “He had tapped into a level of consciousness that most people never will.”

Another looksmaxxing influencer, Androgenic, offered additional claims during a livestream, saying Murphy became increasingly focused on gold.

“He started to get this fixation on gold. He started to believe that gold was some gatekept mineral by the higher-ups that basically gives you special powers if you ingest it,” he said. According to Androgenic, Murphy later began injecting gold into his body.

Just so we are all clear, the trans community super duper does not claim him. Wish the political right would focus more on this sort of self abuse instead of the verified science supporting medical transition.

[–] DeepDown@leminal.space 7 points 14 hours ago

Uhh, why would they target white men? You know what it is.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Police in Thailand were reportedly called to the rental property where Murphy had been staying after receiving complaints about a man screaming inside. Officers allegedly found him in an “agitated” state.

uhh you think? Agitated state, fuckin bet. What the hell that must of that felt like?? The agony, like how the hell would thd body even respond? would your blood congeal? the fuck, this some shit out of a horror film.

[–] Steve@communick.news 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

That's what I'm wondering.
As far as I know gold is chemically inert. All its valence electrons are paired up. It shouldn't bind or chemically interact with anything. I know it's safe to put on food. (Expensive food)

The article says he was trying other things also, and the cause if death is unknown yet. I have doubts it was the gold.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

His body was found at the bottom of a lake, though. It could be something other than drowning or foul play, but that’s unlikely.

Though I imagine his body would not have reacted well to it long term, either.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 45 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

So either he always had some mental health issues, or the lack of nutrition he did to keep the body he had lead himself to make very bad decisions because his brain couldnt process correctly anymore.

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 22 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

From what I heard he had a psychosis after an Ayahuasca ritual, then used gold from jewelry which might contain lead and other nasty stuff for consumption and injection and also used SSRIs before he died, so possibility serotonin syndrome.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 21 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Sounds like they were mentally ill beforehand, ayahuasca didn't do that

And then he was found at the bottom of a lake, which would be unusual for serotonin syndrome

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 12 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Maybe the lead weighed him down

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago
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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Ahh ok, so drugs it is. I thought the cause of death was due to the gold injection, im actually shocked he survived that now.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

gold is relatively inert, its the ions and the other elements, like nickel, lead,,etc that are in gold.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 8 points 17 hours ago

They drowned in a lake

[–] BarnWolf@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago

I think the copious amounts of drugs he was doing probably had a lot to do with it. Oh and the injecting gold part.

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[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 31 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 20 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Did this toolbag think he was an Allomancer or Mistborn? Brandon Sanderson's works are too dangerous! BAN SANDERSON NOVELS!

/s just in case...

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

A Feruchemist more likely? Guess the metalmind was empty, or he taped it too much to fast.

[–] heliotrope@retrofed.com 7 points 15 hours ago

If House is anything to go by, that's going to have more or less the same effect as injecting oneself with lead.

Utter idiocy, regardless.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

I will assume he was taking advice from ChatGPT. That is just the kind of dumb shit ChatGPT tries to convince people to do.

LOL at all the downvotes, as if ChatGPT doesn't tell people to do stupid shit.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 8 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

People have been mentally ill before AI, and will continue to be after AI

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

LLMs are out there literally egging people on.

Sure, we had fires before we started refining and making accelerants, but that doesn't mean that we should just let people throw accelerants on fires willy nilly.

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[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Edible gold is a food additive (code E 175) but you don't want to inject it. Holy crap.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

You've never tried a Goldschlager IV bag? Bru...

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I'm refusing to read the article.
But how the heck are you injecting gold? Did he melt it, crushed it - actually just used gold nail polish?
That sounds a lot of work towards a terrible idea.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

also the fact that gold is relatively inert, it wouldnt react with you, if its salts, its usually somewhat poisonious

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 21 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

He superheated it with water, then used a metal device to break it down, then stuck it in a slow-heated combination of several other elements.

Wait, no sorry I'm thinking of taters, precious.

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 10 points 17 hours ago

I love you.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 7 points 17 hours ago

I decided to believe the first part of your comment and disregard the rest.
Thank you! :D

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Probably read Red Rising and thought he could be Darrow

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

He actually got superpowers except he was assigned a super-nemesis called "the shittiest alchemist alive" who can instantly spoil milk and also turn gold into lead.

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