EppsNet Archive: Brian Thompson

Luigi Mangione

Arraignment or Runway Event?

 

Here’s how Women’s Wear Daily covered the arraignment of Luigi Mangione, accused of killing United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson: At first, videos on TikTok identified Mangione’s crewneck top as Maison Margiela’s burgundy washed lambswool sweater, which was available for sale at $1,000 on ssense.com — the piece is now sold out… Users [later] determined he was wearing the “washable Merino crewneck sweater” from Nordstrom. The style is available for $62.65 in six other colors. However, the burgundy color that matched Mangione’s outfit is now sold out… Levi’s, Peak Design, Tommy Hilfiger and Monopoly were previously referenced in news stories… “What we see with Mangione is he has quickly become a folk hero and a fashion folk hero. It’s almost like the movie The Joker, where people dressed like him,” Diana Rickard, a criminal justice professor at the City University of New York, previously told WWD… Read more →

Your Karma Ran Over Your Dogma

 

Brian Thompson is the United Healthcare CEO who was shot to death. Some of these comments on this post are really ghoulish. “Obviously murdering someone is inappropriate. However, . . .” I mean, where do we set the bar here? “Obviously murdering someone is inappropriate. However, I did pay $15 extra for express shipping and my package still arrived late.” Or “Who do I have to kill to get an online flight with this airline?” You can come up with more examples yourself. I hope your dogma gets run over by your karma. Read more →