• @[email protected]
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    1448 months ago

    He died because he didn’t listen to his doctor’s advice. That is somewhat extreme.

    • @[email protected]
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      1028 months ago

      Had pancreatitis because of his diet. A diet in which he thought would magically avoid creating body odor.

      It turned into cancer. He lucked out that it was a rare form of treatable pancreatic cancer with a 90% survival rate 5 years out. Which is abnormal as most forms of pancreatic are essentially a death sentence. Survival rate past 3 years is under 10% for the more common variants.

      Stuck to his diet anyway. Ignored his doctors. Died to an illness he had a 90% chance of beating because he knew better.

      • Kushan
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        438 months ago

        And to top it all off, it didn’t help his body odour at all. He stank.

        • CALIGVLA
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          68 months ago

          I see you also listen to Behind The Bastards.

          • Kushan
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            68 months ago

            Actually no, I think it’s a well enough known thing though. But for sure he was a right cunt.

      • @[email protected]
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        78 months ago

        A diet in which he thought would magically avoid creating body odor.

        Those of us who have this problem know that your diet really does affect that. Actually others can sometimes say what we’ve eaten a few hours before.

        However, Jobs’ case is kinda extreme, usually eating less sugar and fat and more carbs is kinda sufficient.

        • CALIGVLA
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          48 months ago

          Jobs actually believed he didn’t need to take baths though, it was more extreme than just reducing his smell, he legitimately believed he didn’t smell at all.

          • @[email protected]
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            18 months ago

            Well, there’s such thing as nose blindness. If you stink always the same, you don’t feel your own smell. Which is why asocial people become smelly very easily.

            Jobs was clearly narcissist, though, so he’d just be in denial anyway.

    • @[email protected]
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      288 months ago

      He believed in the teachings of a 20th century cultist who said you excreted mucus based on dietary choices, and therefore didn’t have to worry about health or bathing unless you ate poorly. (Stinky dude who also made an 8 yr old cry for eating a cheeseburger).

      Wish everyone health but guy was as extreme as it gets in regards to being an asshole. Denied his daughter, settled child support days before taking Apple into the public market, etc.