Were we delayed due to RC's health? - Lemmy.World
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TL;DR up top: RC may have recently emerged from a possible health crisis, with a
renewed impetus to cement his legacy and seize the day, ready to commence with
his plans. Please poke holes in this theory. I don’t wish for it to be true, but
it may explain some things. Everyone was commenting on reddit that something is
off about Pulte’s original pic; that RC almost looked fake, and without
hands/fingers showing perhaps it was AI-generated. I agree, something is off. My
first reaction: I’ve seen this look before. I brushed off the initial pessimism
and began to assess it rationally. - Unanimous observation that he appears
thinner - Receded hair line - Heterochromia (right eye blue, left brown), but
may be lense flare. - This is the first image of him we’ve seen since November
20, 2022 when he did his GMEDD interview. - RC pump & dump case continually
delayed since July of 2023. Objectively baseless, this should’ve been dismissed
late last year but the wheels of justice are turning inexplicably slowly.
Unfortunately I’ve seen the effects of chemo on one’s skin. It can give faces a
grey-ish “uncanny valley” wax-statue look, with darker leathery skin in the
extremities. This was my first impression of RC’s face - that he’s recovering
from chemotherapy. Let’s break down the other observations: - Thin. Granted,
he’s not an inherently bulky guy, but compared to his previous appearances he
looks like he just returned from a Mexican ayahuasca retreat where he fasted in
a sweat lodge for a few weeks. If he actually did, lets hope the experience has
granted him the mental clarity and revelations he was seeking. - Receding hair
line can be accelerated by biologic stressors, but this could also be genetic
factors, shorter hair accentuation, and the fact that we haven’t seen him in 466
days - Heterochromia: one of his eyes looks blue-ish. This may be due to camera
lens flare, but I’m uncertain it’d have this effect on rendering the contrast of
an eyeball. Perhaps photographers or those familiar with image processing can
chime in. Regardless, heterochromia is a known effect of chemotherapy
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1091853119300898]. - Not
that it’s expected, but his hands are hidden in each picture. Is this
deliberate? The effects of chemo can be very pronounced in hands, making them
look dark and leathery. This is conjecture on top of speculation, but consider
these points as well: - In the GMEDD interview, RC said he doesn’t want to ever
be CEO again. He gets too absorbed into the job and it destroys his work-life
balance. We may be witnessing the physical toll of being the CEO of Gamestop.
With his wealth he has the option of never stressing about anything, ever again.
Instead, he has chosen to see the mission through & help secure our investments.
For that, I am extremely grateful. If he took on that role while also undergoing
treatment… I cannot fathom. * I’m still dismayed he took on the CEO role. My
only interpretation is that it is a temporary gambit due to imminent M&A. - The
P&D class action against him has been dragging on forever. The claim is baseless
and holds even less (approaching log 0?) merit considering the shares were
extinguished AND he never exceeded the 10% threshold, considering options don’t
equate to ownership & stock buy-backs, likely fraudulent, were a contributing
factor. Yet the judge continues to delay the case, month after month. Could it
be the delays were at RC’s request due to his health? If so, perhaps the next
court date won’t be delayed, finally? Not to be dismissed as shillery, I think
the leap day pictures indicate optimism - he’s likely on the mend. The fact that
he has hair, albeit short, and is in the presence of others in public (not in
isolation) bodes well to this speculative prognosis - chemo nukes your immune
system and, much like AIDS, a common cold could become life-threatening. His
hair is also short; chemo doesn’t always result in hair loss, but his short hair
could indicate a recent re-emergence of hair follicle growth. TL;DR up top: RC
may have recently emerged from a possible health crisis, with a renewed impetus
to cement his legacy and seize the day, ready to commence with his plans. …or I
may be a moron who watched too much Dr. House, MD back in the day.
