[kjackson2012]

I'm sorry for your problems, but could you please clarify a few questions for me because there are a lot of problems with what I'm reading:

1) You claim to be 22 years old, but your dad hasn't had a relationship with your mom in 25 years... what does that even mean?

2) You're 22 years old and you accumulated $150k already? What sort of work did you do, and for how long?

3) You claim to be penniless, but you spend you money on Uber all the time because you can't drive in the snow? Can you expand on this? Don't you think that Uber is an expensive choice for someone in your situation?

4) Your credit rating is already "bamboozled" and you're $6k in debt? But didn't you just have $150k 8 months ago? When did your credit rating start taking a hit?

5) Could you expand on the treatments that your mom underwent over the last 4 months that cost $150k?

[brd]

I have to say I find it suspicious that 284 days ago he posted about how he had "no cash to build an MVP" and yet 3 months later he had 150k in savings.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5727255

[joshmn]

It was more of an open-ended question for discussion, and I was wondering how other people had bootstrapped themselves when they needed to buy product in order to kickstart something.

[hartator]

It doesn't sound like this to me.

It seems you were begging for money for a brand-new project of yours. I actually remember it from last year. If you were dishonest about money then, why should we trust you now?

[mcv]

Online begging seems increasingly common, and surprisingly effective. This is not the first case I've encountered.

[altero]

Relax.

I found this believable. Hi lived in LA and saved some money. Single person, some reasonable skills, shared accommodation, not buying ijunk.... he could made this savings in 2 years. Not everyone has student loan.

[joshmn]

1. They don't get along. They haven't slept in the same bed in 25 years. tl;dr my father is Catholic and doesn't believe in divorce, and no matter how big of an asshole my father is to my mother, she won't divorce him because she still loves him.

2. I mentioned it in the post, but to clarify: sold some tech to a hosting company, sold a few domains I scooped up, lotto ticket, had some really well-paying clients.

3. Again, I mentioned that I have free monthly Uber credit.

4. It became fucked when I was 18. I don't have credit cards, nor do I believe in them. Yes, I know there are other ways to recoup them, but still.

5. Everything from proton therapy to Folotyn to Gamma Knifes. Brain tumors are expensive.

[kjackson2012]

1) If you don't believe in credit cards, how did you get in $6000 debt in 6 months?

2) How do you get free monthly Uber credit?

3) That's 3 very intense treatments over the course of 6 months. That doesn't leave very much room for monitoring to see whether or not the treatment worked. What was the schedule of treatment over 6 months?

[morgante]

>3) You claim to be penniless, but you spend you money on Uber all the time because you can't drive in the snow? Can you expand on this? Don't you think that Uber is an expensive choice for someone in your situation?

It says that he won a credit. Hence, being free, it does sound like the cheapest option.