Finally read the kidney donation story. I know you've been waiting breathlessly for my thoughts. Here they are:
- If you didn't read till the end, you don't know the story. The writer of the article saved major facts for the end, and they very much affected the story.
- If you didn't read till the end, you don't know the story. The writer of the article saved major facts for the end, and they very much affected the story.
- There was straight up plagiarism. The author knew she was doing it, openly acknowledged it to others, was (a little) worried about it, and did it anyway. She later altered the plagiarism, hoping to avoid trouble. But alas, trouble was not avoided.
- The comments on the actual story, and the comments on Twitter are basically opposites. Again, if you haven't read the whole story, you're getting a warped view of what happened.
- None of the coverage or commentary gives enough credit for the kidney donation. It's a big fucking deal to donate a kidney. It's an even bigger deal to donate a kidney to a complete stranger. Whatever the motivation was, the donation was literally life-saving.
- A group of smart, successful, talented people making fun of someone who they believe is not as smart, successful, or talented as they are, is my least favorite thing.
- There are really annoying, emotionally-needy people in the world. And sometimes it's unpleasant to interact with them. Yes it feels like a bother, but you won't implode by liking their FB post.
- We have a whole country where the main mechanism to seek justice is suing the crap out of each other. It's fucked up. If anyone in this story was rich, I would be all for the suing. Take all the money. But they all seem to be very not-rich. So the suing is extra depressing.
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