Silicon Valley’s Biggest Scam

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[@MrPeterheveran]

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[@SilentJay8]

Simon, in the US there are TWO ways to get into elite universities like Stanford. Being a Big Brain, or having wealthy, influential parents. Guess which way Elizabeth got into Stanford.

[@billykilgallon]

I can't stop looking at the wonky picture. Why do things like that bother me so much. I struggled to concentrate on the video

[@staberas]

Simon i think you mistaken the channels, this is Brain Blaze and not the Casual Criminalist

[@Vaeldarg]

Have to laugh a bit at the end there, about investors learning to be more cautious. They're literally doing the exact same thing with China's "A.I", "5G", "green technology", and "domestic chip production" scams. That place is if EVERY business in a country was a Theranos, backed by the government itself.

[@TwoTreesStudio]

She would have gotten away with it if she only lied to poor customers and not rich investors.

[@aproxamillionwasps474]

They wouldn’t have kept giving her money if they knew the fuckin thing didn’t work lol

[@derangius]

Were you trying to bite your ear as you wrote this?

[@ryanc473]

​@@derangiusthe thing is though, it's actually kinda true. She wasn't really hit with anything regarding the customers/patients, only the stuff with defrauding investors. So, yeah, in a way, got away with lying to the "stupid patients."

[@TwoTreesStudio]

I literally just said what happened, dunno why @derangius feels he has something to add to the conversation.

[@zwerko]

Precisely, that's why Apple is Apple and Theranos is... gone.

[@manic3385]

Casual Criminalist: Simon gradually changes his stance on the death penalty. Brain Blaze: Simon Gradually changes his stance on dogs.

[@Baseballcardkingz]

Simon, you were completely right about Kissinger because he freakin died today and I didn't watch this until like three days ago. I had never thought about this man and then bam. Congrats.

[@jerichoroad5814]

Crazy how he did a video about kissinger right around the time too

[@dbltrub98]

I love a Danny script! Hope the basement is treating you well mate.

[@Alikaoz]

Ain't no basement like the Blazement.

[@williamfischer3990]

I hope that dungeon is well catered for Simons’ writers.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

Apparently he cuddles ETA every night.

[@franklinkz2451]

Agree

[@daveg2104]

@@williamfischer3990 It is, if you like basement mushrooms.

[@pgbrown12084]

I was working for Walgreens as a store manager and oooooooh boy were they playing damage control at store level. They spent the previous 3 years drastically cutting budgets and purchasing power to afford the payments they were making to Theranos. Then when sh*t went down, upper management doubled-down on blaming stores for the massive loss of money. Which led to more cuts. And thats why when you walk into a Walgreens nowadays it looks like theyre going out of business.

[@kristinelsenbeck3288]

Lord knows that’s what mine is like right now. I try to have so much patience with the pharmacy staff because I can tell they are short staffed and trying. But DAMN, some days are a shitshow.

[@JessieHTX]

I don’t know how I didn’t make that connection. But it lines up with my local Walgreens’ changes.

[@Reddotzebra]

Because they are?

[@SakuraKurosaki10]

Ah, no wonder it always looks like such a shit show. Because it is a shit show.

[@thedepthsofrepair]

Their stores in my area regularly close during "open hours" because they won't pay anyone enough money to come to work regularly.

[@myhandlewastakenandIgaveup]

I feel sorry for that child. She will spend her entire life knowing you were only born to get a shorter sentence.

[@wingerding]

Or she wanted a child before she literally dried up, doesn't seem like much of a stretch...

[@myhandlewastakenandIgaveup]

@@wingerding anyone else that is a viable possibility. Elizabeth holmes has shown that everything she does is a grift. Why would getting pregnant RIGHT BEFORE A CASE SHE KNEW SHE WOULD LOSE be any differrent especially since if she wasn't who she was having done what she did it probably would have worked.

[@NicoleZXO]

Okay but we don’t choose when we get pregnant she may of not even been trying not defending her or anything but it’s possible it just happened unexpectedly

[@azby7925]

"I regret my failings with every cell of my body." Don't worry, Elizabeth. Your body will have replaced those cells by the time you get out.

[@capnstewy55]

I am a scientist and have talked to a Wall Street journal journalist and can attest that after talking science with them for 2 hours I got the "please get me out of here" vibe from them.

[@JamesAnderson-dp1dt]

The big revelation from the Theranos debacle is the utter credulous stupidity of investors. We're such a sophisticated, tech-savvy people, that the huge money-managers can't be bothered to check things out thoroughly before pouring massive amounts of money down the toilet.

[@NightMotorcyclist]

The media and women's groups are largely to blame FFS.

[@ChrisFarrell]

The smart money largely didn’t want anything to do with Theranos. The investors they targeted was mostly dumb money, a bunch of relatively dim right-wing luminaries who didn’t know anything about tech.

[@JamesAnderson-dp1dt]

@@ChrisFarrell that's a good point. I'll let my comment stand as I originally wrote it, but "many big investors" would have been a better and more accurate wording.

[@mrtoothless]

"right-wing luminaries" isn't it the american left that actually believe men can turn into women? This seem more their thing. @@ChrisFarrell

[@MsJubjubbird]

When Theranos started up it was just after the success of Facebook, KZbin, Instagram, Apple devices and Amazon etc. No one wanted to miss the next big thing so they just jumped in on anything with the hopes that one thing would turn them from wealthy into people who sleep on piles of money every night and paper their walls with bank notes. Most of these people knew little about medicine so would have been easily fooled by jargon and a pretty face and wouldn't have seen the need to do more due diligence than for any other "tech" company. Not exonerating them but that's an explanation.

[@kelliesaunders4905]

I went to prison for one year once. It was actually one to ten years but I made parole after one year for grand larceny. One of those “did what I had to do to survive” kind of situations. I will always remember the lady in there for 30 years for having a lot of marijuana in her garage and the lady who got out of prison after eight years for murder. That is some crazy shit.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

Yeah, the Justice system is effed up. The “War on Drugs” did not help at all

[@MiraBoo]

@@UnicornsPoopRainbows That’s because it was never a war on drugs. It was a war on innocent people. I wonder if this channel ever covered it? If not, they should.

[@Horvath_Gabor]

@@MiraBoo I've once heard the War on Drugs described like this: It was as if there was a speeding epidemic in a town, with people going over the speed limit and posing a threat to themselves and others. So, the county sheriff declares that there would be zero tolerance for speeders, but because they drive fast sports cars, the police can't catch up to them. They put their heads together then, and come up with the genius idea to start arresting passers-by on the sidewalk, because if they can never get to their cars, they can't drive over the speed limit. It was a policy based on (allegedly) good intentions, executed in the most bone-headed and counter-intuitive way possible.

[@MiraBoo]

@@Horvath_GaborWhat you described is the lie we were sold to support a cause that never had good intentions. The intention was to prosecute minorities, the excuse was to protect people, and the extreme measures taken were the natural consequence of both.

[@ryanroberts1104]

Somebody stole $200 from me over the internet in 1999. Several others got scammed too. The feds decided to make an example of this case, and went hard. They found the guy, he got 15 years in prison, and now every year I get a check from the treasury for restitution - $37 this year. LOL!! Almost 25 years later this guy still has his wages garnished.

[@ericstephenson9038]

Were you getting checks for 24 years? Or just after he got out of prison?

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@ericstephenson9038 Didn't get anything while he was in prison. Honestly not sure how much I have gotten in total, I feel like it's more than $200 by now. Maybe interest. I've never told them where I live, and have moved to various states since then. They *always* find me and send another check.

[@fantasymagic97]

I’m commenting because I’m also curious to know.

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@fantasymagic97The first one was a bit unnerving...unsolicited letter to me from the FBI.😳

[@Sniperboy5551]

@ryanroberts1104 Not as unnerving as an unsolicited visit from them. I’ve been there… 😂

[@the-chillian]

59:15 -- Simon's bafflement at the fact America is actually home to wild animals never ceases to amuse. Yes, mountain lions are not uncommon, especially in the western part of the country. They are far from unknown near Silicon Valley, particularly in the expensive parts nearest the Santa Cruz Mountains. Chances are that Balto got grabbed by one because he was left outside overnight, something that only the most negligent pet owner would do. Basically, Balto's death was her fault and she tried to spin it in the opposite direction.

[@diyeana]

Living in Utah, I can add that the mountain lions will also take your animals in the morning and evening, even when you're standing there with them.

[@the-chillian]

@diyeana The cats always want to go outside very early in the morning, and don't seem to believe me when I assure them they're just a snack at that hour.

[@markstott6689]

The assumption is that with 330 million Americans, a great many of whom have guns plus the American love of hunting. It is expected that you have killed every creature worth shooting. You all have previous for wiping stuff out. For example nearly 30 million Bison. 😮❤😮

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

@@markstott6689you realize mountain lions are more reclusive than bison? They don’t stand out in the open, waiting to be shot… 🤯?

[@markstott6689]

@rhondasisco-cleveland2665 And neither would hunters just stand there in the hope a target would wander up to them. Possibly why it's called hunting and not target practice.

[@zachakers4385]

Simon is the only person who could make “shooting the shit” a legit genre of entertainment.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Talkshows

[@SamIAm10262]

That's the whole purpose of 90% of podcasts....

[@andrelunaisatuna]

​@@JoshSweetvaleTalk shows are rigidly scripted. Nothing that happens on a talk show is genuinely organic. That's a thing of the past.

[@FriendlyChemist907]

Some blood tests use chemical reactions that are very slow. Especially the photochemistry stuff. Combine that with the fact the we chemists like to run the same test multiple times to verify out results. Especially when someone's life may hang in the balence

[@NightMotorcyclist]

Yeah, basic blood work? Sure it can be returned in a day or two but testing for various health issues? To avoid mistakes and, more importantly, lawsuits, most labs have to be very thorough.

[@barrag3463]

​@@NightMotorcyclistI thunk the other thing they're bringing attention to is why you need to draw so much blood, comparative to just a pinprick.

[@KebaRPG]

@@NightMotorcyclist Yeah, stuff like current health markers like LDL Levels, A1C, Electrolyte Balances usually only take a Week. But in depth DNA test for possible Genetic Disorders or Chronic Drug Use (For Purpose of Criminal Trials) Test may take Months.

[@xekusion]

I think the biggest giveaway was that the machine was called “The Edison Machine”. A smart dude who grifted his way to fame.

[@Bacon_and_Busch]

Well, at least Edison's "inventions" worked, even if he did not actually invent the inventions.

[@xekusion]

@@Bacon_and_Busch I did say he was smart lol.

[@austinblackburn8095]

​@@xekusionHe also made a lot of his inventions. Especially before he became famous and had the funds to create a team of inventors. I know it's all in good fun, but that dude gets so much undeserved hate on his name, because he didn't die poor like Tesla. Some of the hate is deserved, but he wasn't as bad as some people try to make him out in modern day.

[@Reddotzebra]

Also while he did rip off some people, he did genuinely improve on some of the things he ripped off.

[@austinblackburn8095]

@@Reddotzebra You can say Nikola Tesla ripped off Ottó bláthy and William Stanley Jr. who invented AC current first and Tesla just improved. All inventions are just ideas somebody else did and you improved. I don't really think it's fair to say ripped off.

[@nellieharper2572]

Ever since the dramatic stuff with Blaire / Illuminaughtii happened, I've been looking for a different channel to listen to about this type of content. Man, Simon, you guys provide so much content that covers so many aspects of the modern world. Please never change the integrity that you cover stories with! Both the actual scripts are impressive and the character, personality and anecdotes that Simon reads the with is great!

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

Welcome to the Whistlerverse! Soooo much content and he cares about quality ^^

[@thetangieman3426]

Wait, what happened???

[@babblerscorner]

Honestly the Whistlerverse has something for everyone. It’s wonderful. The team of writers and editors make Simon’s skills as a presenter truly shine

[@eddyguizonde401]

​@@thetangieman3426blair abused and scammed pretty much all her coworkers up to legal definitions of abuse, sequestration, fraud, IP theft, and harassment. It's a wonderful shitshow to watch. Get a lot of popcorn. "Wholesome" is a total act on her part, she pretty much applied all the tricks she used to call out

[@MelniaShadow]

​@@thetangieman3426She try to pick a fight with Mr. Beast, got clapped and exposed that she has a history of harassing smaller channels and abusing her team. There a lot of video on Blaire downfalls.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:30 - Mid roll ads 5:05 - Chapter 1 - A child of enron 10:10 - Chapter 2 - The rise of theranos 18:15 - Chapter 3 - High blood pressure 33:10 - Chapter 4 - Trial by blood 48:10 - Chapter 5 - Awaiting sentence 56:45 - Chapter 6 - Meet Liz 1:02:05 - Chapter 7 - Blood legacy

[@gemmascupoftea]

OGBB❤

[@Dreddy72]

you mean ... 33:10 - Chapter 4 - Trial by blood - Simon Forgot the F@#$ing Title

[@Algorithms_Child]

Liking and commenting to get this to the top.

[@cinnamonraw9911]

@@gemmascupofteathere are many more OBBB before her though

[@gemmascupoftea]

@@cinnamonraw9911 well your not one of them then! Every time this is done, I like it and put OGBB❤️ but I get it you would not understand we do this for the analytics. I'm sorry to say your not nice! Plus this is 3 weeks old! 😆

[@techmed6968]

I’m a med tech or as the kids call it now a days: medical laboratory scientist. I remember when 1 of my coworkers was freaking our saying we were gonna lose our jobs to these “machines”. I was like, there’s no way in hell that it’s legit, it’s a scam. Blood tests are not collected in a variety of colored tubes just for shit and giggles, there’s a reason and for a lot of tests, they’re not interchangeable. Most chemistry tests are not even done on whole blood and a single drop would certainly not be enough for a comprehensive metabolic panel. Also basic laboratory test only take 20 - 30 mins, the ones that takes a week for a result to get are usually those specialized tests like DNA testing or tests that are uncommon and only performed at send out/reference labs and only done on certain days.

[@RockitFX1]

The patients should have gotten their money BEFORE the investors, because the investors enabled the scam to begin with. Had any of the investors done their due diligence, no one would have gotten scammed.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Lol It's America. Sick people have no value.

[@JamesFromTexas]

Fleischmann's Yeast is like one of the top yeast brands in the US. They're in most supermarkets. Like, I don't think you understand how big they are. That's insane to me that she came from that lineage and just bungled everything.

[@draconblade]

In Canada, I don't think I've ever bought yeast that wasn't Fleischmann's Yeast. I honestly don't even remember if there is other brands of yeast on the shelf, I just go for the yellow lidded jars.

[@NextEevolution]

The writers might be trapped in the basement but I love how they can still get a good shot in at Factboi. 18:19 That's like the third time Danny jabs at Simon using the neon sign and it works everytime.... unlike the neon sign itself. BUDDA BOOM BOOM TSH

[@briannam3140]

i read that sound effect at the end in simons voice when he does it 😂

[@MsJubjubbird]

perhaps he shows them the videos after they are made...

[@eurovianmutt]

Simon has internet in the basement? Is it Dial Up?

[@merphul]

it's still so crazy to me that she got pregnant after being indicted. it may have been arrogance to think that she would not go to jail and went ahead with kids but given how manipulative she is I'm leaning towards her having the kids in a psychopathic attempt to get jury sympathy in the deliberation or at least try to get a reduced sentence.

[@devinmurray6826]

Yeah, definitely gives off the same vibes as that female nazi, Ilse Koch, who got inexplicably pregnant right before she went on trial.

[@Hollylivengood]

She's that out of touch that she thought it would keep her out of prison. I had a friend who went into prison pregnant, and it sounded like the worst possible experience. No one cares about the mother or the baby. poor things.

[@azby7925]

She's toward the end of her relatively safe threshold to birth kids, so while it certainly was an attempt to stay out, she probably didn't want to start trying to conceive at like 50 years old.

[@TheSoftestGirlYouKnow]

Your profile picture looks like a blue m&m and it makes me happy

[@thetangieman3426]

I'm also delighted by your blue M&M profile pic.

[@zipforth]

That kissinger bit was very close to being spot on

[@Cloud30000]

Geez, it will be a terrible tragedy when the guilt she feels about stealing millions of dollars from some of the most powerful people in the world caused her to end her own life during a completely coincidental glitch that shuts off all security recording devices in her cell.

[@Naptosis]

🤫

[@daniellee3831]

Let’s get a bioblaze of Danny’s life

[@janzibansi9218]

Yes! 30 Minute script (+30 minutes simon ranting). Of course its just introduction with random stories from the basement dweller

[@FuckedUpGenius]

Yes! And it should include the story with the laptop in the train, I still have so many questions that need answering

[@ilajoie3]

​@@janzibansi9218+30 minutes of intro that Simon doesn't realize it's an into until Simon gets to Chapter 1: The Early Years

[@Astolfoslance]

simon’s been feeding us good with long vids across his channels these past few days hell yeah

[@danielduncan6806]

It is important to note that ignorance is not innocence in a court of law. In court "I don't know." doesn't cut it.

[@StoneInMySandal]

Elizabeth Holmes is a real world example of how devastating the appeal to wealth fallacy can be. Everything about her setup was fishy, but people kept piling on solely because some other rich person had. Elon Musk is another contemporary example.

[@Spills51]

nonsense

[@troygarza5720]

My ex is a scientist who went to school for micro biology and I remember when Theranos first got attention she was like if this is true it's game changing but it goes against everything I know. Fast forward a few years shit comes out and I like at her and said hey babe you where right

[@NightMotorcyclist]

Not entirely, I remember the early days all too well when I came suspicious of her nonsense. It was mostly them playing up the women in STEM bullcrap

[@zwerko]

Oh, it will be glorious when the deluded masses abandon Musk. Elizabeth never had a following and her own 'musketeers' so nobody was nearly as invested as people are in perpetuating the lie that Musk is some sort of a genius and not a cars salesman impersonating one. It probably will take a a few more years for people to start admitting the emperors' nakedness but once they do the avalanche will be spectacular!

[@Sniperboy5551]

Comparing Elon Musk to Elizabeth Holmes is absolutely divorced from reality. Just because you disagree with him politically doesn’t mean he’s a crook.

[@theprofessionalfence-sitter]

On the topic of 'creative' business models, I'd love to see a video on Wirecard, the German Enron.

[@jackvos8047]

Being an Australian I've never personally heard of a Swamp Wallaby so I had to look it up. Turns out that I know it as a Black Pademelon. I've been fortunate enough to spot one in the wild earlier this year.

[@FrankLeeNacty]

I remember the first episode years ago. Thank you for concluding this blaze.

[@dartlbj]

Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP) here. This is an extremely frustrating case. Lab tests are complicated and typically use multiple different machines. For example chemistry samples are typically centrifuged then a small sample is taken. That small sample then has a chemical reaction and then the product of the reaction concentration is read at a specific wavelength. Also the most common lab tests can easily be completed within the span of this video.

[@Daddyoh94]

Thank you Simon and Danny!! OGBB, blazing the Theranos story! With only one frame of a Brain Blaze video, you can determine a thousand reasons to Smash the Dislike button!

[@Blah647]

An hour long Brain Blaze. Simply lovely

[@KingOfMadCows]

I think she's already been surpassed by others. Adam Neumann raised $20 billion for WeWork, now it has a market cap of less than $200 million. Nikola Motors had a market cap of $34 billion, now it's less than $1 billion.

[@StrongDreamsWaitHere]

Did he actually raise $20B or was that the Market Cap? Theranos raised about $1B in total cash, I thought, giving the company a paper value of $9B.

[@lasskinn474]

ah but it has to be a scam and not just a shit business idea. well I guess maybe nikola counts.

[@KingOfMadCows]

​@@StrongDreamsWaitHereWeWork raised $20 billion. Softbank alone put in around $8 billion.

[@bchin4005]

*SBF enters the chat*

[@StrongDreamsWaitHere]

@@bchin4005 I don’t know if that counts. Theranos was selling a product, a machine that did something new. Other Silicon Valley companies have promised physical products or software that never materialized. SBF was raising money to invest in securities (basically, raising one kind of money to buy a different kind of money). Is that basically the same thing or different some how?

[@johnfrerichmann651]

Crazy that this story has finally ended after years of business blaze LOL

[@stephaniebillman5673]

An hour long episode on Theranos on Halloween? Thank you for this gift 🥳

[@thepartysjustbegun5557]

I live in Australia, I'm watching first thing in the morning tomorrow.....wooo I live in the future 😁

[@kelliesaunders4905]

You can definitely take college classes in prison. The prison I went to was in close proximity to Fairmont University and they had instructors come for classes. They didn’t offer anything that would get them a degree though. It was one of those things that you can take classes to get enough credits for a general studies degree.

[@MsJubjubbird]

absolutely. Because a lot of people in prison don't have any skills or qualifications- hence they found their way to prison. It gives them something to do when they get out t reduce the risk of reoffending

[@NicoleZXO]

And you can work

[@kellybrincks]

Ego, stupidity and no self awareness is such a trifecta of horrible . We all know so many of these individuals

[@MrRedtaco11]

SFB is like, “hold my pumpkin spice latte Elizabeth.”

[@BuddyLuvve]

I still want to fix that light for you... It looked badass when it worked. Send it my way and I'll take care of it! 😁

[@anonymoose9038]

Simon... as someone whos been here asking to see the light fixed since day 1, i say this with all of my love. If the neon sign goes, so do i.

[@capnstewy55]

The voice is really the dog's spirit speaking through her.

[@listondavis]

The home she was renting is known as Green Gables, and it is one of, if not the, most expensive home in one of the most expensive areas in the US. I was under the impression that she did not own it, but I could be . The property has multiple homes on it, and sits on 75 acres. So the high price has some other factors to it. She was living in one of the smaller homes on the property, but I'm sure it was still pretty nice.

[@Greg-TC]

THIS is the content we love from BB! Thank you Simon, Danny, and Sam

[@pmgn8444]

Good script Danny. Oh, and you too Fact Boi. Yes, Simon, mountain lions (aka panthers/cougars/pumas) are roaming all over the USofA. So on your next visit, be careful! Unlike Europe, there are all sots of critters in the USofA that will happily eat you. Or in he case of bison and moose, stomp you.

[@joshuahunt3032]

I live in Ohio, and at least for some tests, a lot of results of a blood test can come back within days, although I have an app to view the results. Oftentimes, I end up seeing the doctor that ordered a routine blood test well after I actually get my copy of the results.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

Her deep interview voice wasn't allowed to go to prison with her. Hearing her in her real voice now sounds weird.

[@NicoleZXO]

I hated how Amanda sounded in the show on Hulu.

[@michaelimbesi2314]

Yeah, mountain lions exist here. It’s one of the consequences of being an area that was only relatively recently settled by Europeans: we still have wilderness and wildlife here. They usually don’t eat people though. Usually.

[@shawnnewell4541]

What is awful is she took a great idea but was only interested in becoming famous and rich. Now people are going to be reluctant to invest in medical technology advancements.

[@JoshSweetvale]

"People" - globalist oligarchs - shouldn't be investing in medical tech. _Governments_ should.

[@DarkWarchieff]

''they're not destroying my liver or whatever'' Lithium. .. Hm...

[@sirchuckles8142]

I find the joke about Henry Kissinger was quite ironic since he died 28 days after the release of this video.

[@kreiner1]

As the only person in my family that didn't go to college, yes you can get degrees in prison. My brother has 2 degrees in fact. Yep, one of thoes life is unfair things, I have a GED though. I do have my freedom, and thats the more important thing, but damn is it a burr under my sadle.

[@meu3211]

Does anyone else feel like Rupert Murdoch was either trying to subtly blame his bad decisions on her being a "attractive young woman" or he accidentally might of admitted to investing in her company to try and get into her pants?

[@bradlevantis913]

The most businesslike Brain Blaze Script since Brain Blaze was Business Blaze

[@musicorac1234]

Fun fact, the women's facility she is serving time at added a fence when I was a kid. Not because women kept escaping, but because women from the community were sneaking in for mealtimes. The women at the facility are non-violent and the punishment for attempting an escape is much harsher than 99% of their sentences!

[@NonContentMakerZ3]

Holy Shit! The best subject and the best writer. This is going to be amazing.

[@NonContentMakerZ3]

And as I am watching, I can tell it's the best editor, as well.

[@yaziyo]

Honestly if I was the judge I'd let the case go as scamming both Ruppert Murdoch and Henry Kissinger is unbelievably based. Its also probably why I'm not a judge.

[@williebauld1007]

Oh a Danny EPIC Blaze…… yeeehaaa let’s do this TangentBoi

[@EvHervey]

Oooo THERE'S a Brain Blaze title! Worst Offenders of "Fake it till you Make it" There's a great clip from Martha Stewart's "Apprentice" where someone says that to her and she just destroys them. It's like 15 years later and I still remember how hard they faceplanted.

[@loiskondo8349]

I feel sorry for her children. Simon 49 is not old, just wait tell you get there! Anyway I enjoy your videos!

[@thehumanconsensus]

Moment of silence for the real victim here: Balto

[@kanebrotherick5007]

You called it, Kissinger is playing thumb-war with worms

[@ashleytupper6049]

“RIP to the GOAT” fucking killed me 😂😂😂

[@bluesman9832]

I have been waiting for this one! I had a feeling this episode was on its way given Simon's fascination with this story. Bonus super long Blaze!

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Right?! He loves bringing it up, and once it started I was like "ah, he finally did it!" 😂 I'm here for it. This should be great

[@permanentlyexperimental3691]

13:22 oh man. That aged well.

[@ilajoie3]

Finally after so many years an OGBB legend is back

[@Fallassa]

9:23 Simon, the American Healthcare System is incredibly broken. I’ve been lied to about my prescription meds’ refill status *twice* in the past three months; once by the actual clinic, once by the local pharmacist.

[@RussellCHall]

Only off on the Henry Kissinger dying thing by 1 month , great job Fact-Boy!

[@Netasuke]

Simon! What happened to you buying the name theranos? You promised!

[@ryanmitchell4426]

It still bothers me that she wasn't tagged with any crimes related to the patients. They took samples that were sent to them for testing and sent them to traditional labs despite knowing the samples sizes were too small for traditional testing. How is that not reckless endangerment of some sort? I'm assuming they never informed the requesting doctors about this, so they provided information to the patients in good faith that the testing was done properly.

[@Reddotzebra]

The ironic thing is that some of the things she actually claimed has since been invented. But with tests of this kind it's kind of like with gun production. You can make a list of what you want in the product but you can never get all of it. So for example now we have the ability to run a frankly ludicrous amount of simultaneous tests on a small amount of blood (with the right equipment, which not many hospitals have fully implemented yet) but you still can't just prick someone in the finger and use a drop of whole blood for every kind of analysis. Also, and more importantly, getting your finger pricked hurts more than having your blood drawn from a vein on average, and for longer. So I don't really understand what the benefit of getting less blood and potentially needing to get pricked more times is supposed to be.

[@DarkWarchieff]

Can't say I feel bad about all thesem illionaires and billionaires being defrauded....

[@GrumpyCoffeeBean]

As I watch this... Kissinger is dead.

[@seanmurry6903]

He only lived for 20000 years lol saw every major event ofthe last century

[@aurtisanminer2827]

21:24. Hey, my dog does that same party trick! I didn’t even have to train him.

[@kimsmit3045]

Hi Kris! Loved seeing behind the bit framed & on the wall. Well worth the 5 years it took. 🥰

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

"This is a really cool thing you've invented can we see it work?" "No. But here's our internal test results" "Cool would you like a billion dollars?" Honestly the people who invested in this scam should also go to prison for being dangerously credulous people with too much fucking wealth at their disposal.

[@thatsbloodycreepy8575]

A SUPER LONG SCRIPT BY DANNY?! YESSSS!!

[@CyberData4]

Great episode! Keep putting em out, factboy!

[@rrcoaster367]

So I am watching this for the first time and the Kissinger bit at ~13:30 is so topical.

[@eliscanfield3913]

Simon, proving once again that he doesn't have to pay for every bit of healthcare. Including bloodwork.

[@boyankovachev7982]

Well, yea. That's just how we europeans are. 😂😂 One love ❤️

[@chitlitlah]

Those Europeans, thinking that peasants should be able to afford vital healthcare...

[@bunyipdragon9499]

And Australia too 🇦🇺💜

[@AletuatheFallen]

Simon accidentally flexing how much better his healthcare is than the average American Healthcare experience 😂

[@generallymediocre7666]

Chronically ill human here, when trying to work out what's wrong with my body, I've had a couple of blood tests that took a few weeks - a month to come back. One of those cost like $300 (notable because I'm Australian and its the only blood test ive ever paid for) and took the staff multiple phone calls to work out how they were supposed to do the draw and what it was even testing for. ✨️the more you know✨️

[@michaeldrake798]

There are few people I genuinely hate. Andrew Wakefield. Elizabeth Holmes. Essentially anyone who exploits or generates misinformation that results in the knowing harm of others

[@LokiGuitar]

Watching this video after Kissinger

[@Royq666]

Well he was off by a month for Henry kissinger dieing.

[@BezoomyKoshka-ip4dz]

The day after tomorrow was such a 2002 movie

[@ianamberger9879]

I remember this story from the O.G.B.B days

[@Crim5onCr0w]

Safeway is a grocery store originating in the US but it was recently bought by Kroger.. Some of the retail stores may have changed names so that may be why you can't remember if there are any in the UK still.

[@lucyst8]

I think they're Morrisons in the UK now? Or Morrisons bought a lot of their stores when Safeway left the UK market...

[@343themarine]

Theranos videos was how I discovered business blaze and the whistler universe

[@dylan4125]

Danny, simon, and sam, amazing as always

[@jingowarrior4285]

At 26:54 Simon sounded just like Ben from VLDL... *That's OUTRAGEOUS!!*

[@StrongDreamsWaitHere]

Listened to the John Careyrou audiobook, now for Simon and Danny’s take. Can’t wait. Perfect for a long drive tomorrow.

[@erichair3111]

No joke just do the how long Simon's talked about theranos it's suiting that Danny wrote the script. All the O.G. talk i hope

[@DaniZeros]

33:10 so Simon really has a high-pitched voice! Not his own, but in the blazement, so... PS: Love the dedication 😂

[@vidiotsyndrome]

Theranos....... "THANOS"..... No relation... 😅😅😅😅 10:36. "Snap- half your $ is gone"

[@Kangamoos]

Thank you for the surprise epic blaze, I DO like the long episodes!

[@thepartysjustbegun5557]

OMG props to the editor on this one 😁 brilliant, 'Am I right Peter?'

[@briangallagher8881]

I've been waiting for this one for a while and it's a full hour of glorious brain/business blazing 😊

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

35:40 Am I alone in thinking this could be Zuck in drag? Oh no, what if it is just me? Also, essentially an epic blaze by Danny. Happy days!