[clavicat]

This just reads like a bipolar person recounting their various episodes, presenting themselves as the victim when others get tired of them being obnoxiously confrontational and blaming everyone but themselves despite all the drama they somehow attract, as if by magnetism.

[elzbardico]

Unfortunately that is the same thing I’ve noticed. Someone who clearly has potential and talent but that can’t avoid attracting trouble. Yeah, if you want to preach some kind of socialist ideals in the biggest company in America it is not going to be well received. Even some employees definitely are not interested in salary transparency. But she cant help it and can’t understand that she has a lot more agency in her troubles than she realizes. But the sad part is that she won’t get real help, she won’t seek help, people will keep on enabling her delusions and helping her dig an ever deeper hole. It is all fucking tragic.

[colechristensen]

This is a pattern with certain kinds of mental illness, only surrounding yourself with people that validate your behavior because alienation develops between you and the people who don’t. In other words there is often a social component to these conditions where the condition fosters an environment that tends to perpetuate the condition.

[alexk307]

Yikes, not sure what that says about you if that was your takeaway from this blog post

[megaman821]

You do have to judge the credibility of the narrator. The most egregious thing in the story was the use and possession of illegally acquired, dangerous drugs while caring for a young child.

[berkut]

Is Percocet illegal in the US? Doesn't seem to be from other comments here?

[colechristensen]

If you take a pill that you think is percoset and it ends up being fentanyl, you didn’t acquire it legally.

[berkut]

I guess so, I didn't think of it that way...

[runjake]

It is illegal without a proper doctor's prescription and if it's obtained illicitly (Fentanyl that looks like Percoset being a thing the Mexican cartels do[1]).

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz9nedZmV4g

[finexplained]

It's a controlled substance, you need a prescription.

[colechristensen]

If you’ve ever spent a significant amount of time in the orbit of someone near that cluster of symptoms you start to develop similar doubts about the narratives put forward by them. It is rarely so cut and dry that such people should be casually dismissed, but there is often something to doubt.

The difficult truth is that the situation will be two sided. Someone’s behavior and actions will go beyond what is reasonable (or legally defensible) and the reaction will likewise go beyond what is reasonable (or legally defensible). It is a complicated grey area where nobody looks good and people take sides according to their biases rooting for one side to “win” instead of being motivated to fix problems.

[throwntoday]

Her entire story could have been reduced to "I had a shit upbringing like many, sorted myself out, got a job at Apple, and then fucked it up cause I wanted to push some activist bullshit".

It was a poor attempt at grabbing the sympathy of anyone reading. I'll say if you fell for it, it's not because you have empathy and we don't, it's because you're being emotionally manipulated and we can see through the ramblings of a strung out person.

[rubicon33]

It says that he/she is bold enough to say what's on their mind, even if it runs the risk of being against the grain.

If there's one thing I've learned in life it's that your best bet is to keep your head down, do good work, and don't get in the way of others who are trying to do the same thing.

Hate that sentiment all you want, but even you probably benefit wildly from all the people surrounding you who are dealing with difficult shit but don't put it on you, or let it affect the workplace. It's standard etiquette and we're all better for it.

[Uhhrrr]

There's interesting information about Apple in the post, but you definitely have to subtract out all the stuff this person has going on.

[secondcoming]

If you feel you're being shafted by everyone you meet then maybe it's you, not them.

[tlear]

It just means he has experience interacting with that particular type of crazy. I have the same read. Run, don't walk away.