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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was trapped down there for 17 days. He was the eighth to be rescued. On top of that, he knew after he got out that a man died trying to rescue him. He was only 13. I couldn't even imagine the level of severe PTSD he must have been dealing with. He was only 17 when he took his own life.

Poor kid.

And the main thing anyone remembers about it is Elon's "pedo guy" thing.

This gives a tiny bit more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duangphet_Phromthep

He was in the UK on a football scholarship and he was found unconscious in his room at the football academy he won the scholarship to. The inquest ruled suicide. He was cremated in the UK and his ashes were sent back to Thailand. I wonder if that is actually in accordance with Thai Buddhist practices considering his parents unsuccessfully requested his body be repatriated to Thailand.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yea I remember the "pedo guy" well enough. That was the first time I've noticed musk is well fucked in the head.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I wasn't a fanboy before that, but I still had hopes that he was actually trying to help society. This incident proved it was always all about him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

can't say I was a fanboy but it was like apple. I liked the stuff from 2005ish to 2010ish but they changed direction and they were no longer for me. Similarly musk seemed to be really forward looking and innovative and like he was trying to do something but yeah this was like. wtf is wrong with him.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was living in the UK studying on a football scholarship. I can't imagine the cultural shock of moving from rural Thailand to the UK much less doing it with the tough after effects of such a traumatic experience.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

And he probably was not getting the therapy he should have been getting.