Jack Scalfani I: the Phantom Stroke
(god I'm fucking stupid)
I still wonder about that TIA in 1999 in Vegas. Did it actually happen or is fatass simply losing track of time and confusing his stroke in 2011 (which also happened in Vegas) with it? I personally think he confused the year because he is stupid but with a guy like this anything is possible. Still incredible to me that Jack didn't mention the 2008 stroke into his stroke history because he is too feeble-minded to associate that event with a full blown TIA. Any person with normal intelligence in Jack's shoes would look back and be filled with shame for ignoring two (or three) HUGE warning signs in '99, '08 and '11.
I'm took his word that he had a stroke in 1999 right then and there because he posted it on his blog. However, you bring up some good points. I did some digging to see what I could find, and I think I have a some things.
(the video should be timestamped from 11:35 to 13:00, skip to there if its not properly TS'd)
-Jack
says he had his first stroke after working at a county fair for 7 days a week.
-He got his next stroke in 2011 after making "healthier food choices" (lol)
But the story adds up, and I can see why you think he confused the dates. He
did get what he called a mild stroke, which is essentially what a TIA is. It makes more sense with how he describes it in the
explanation video. He would have mentioned the stroke in 1999 many times over if he actually had it.
However, using "mushbrain stupid" logic, the stroke in 2008 and 2011 would also be mixed up because
he writes about having no feeling in his right side when he woke up early in the morning. All of these strokes happen under very similar circumstances and have very similar symptoms. This is with the exception of the most recent stroke, where he was awake (implying he was asleep for the 2018 stroke).
It gets even stranger and more confusing.
The blog post that cites the '99 stroke only mentions three official strokes: 1999, 2018, and 2023. We know from
his 2009 blog post that there's one more stroke. This thread's OP cites this as a stroke. While Jack let it slip that this stroke happened in the clip I cited above, that blog post was our only evidence of the 2008 stroke taking place (type 'stroke' into
lolcowgo.net, you won't find shit). In that blog post,
he does not use the word 'stroke' once. Is he hiding it? did he not know he had a stroke?
My thought (and this is only conjecture) is that he doesn't say "Oh, I got a TIA in Las Vegas while driving," in the explanation video. He says that he got a mild stroke. I believe his doctors changed the wording so the diagnosis made sense to Jack. Therefore, causing him to differentiate the two diagnoses in his mind.
I also think that him typing '99 instead of '08 isn't a typo, at least it's not fat-fingering the keyboard like I pointed out in my other post. Typing '99 had to be done fairly explicitly. The fact that he pointed out that he had a TIA in '99 at all is strange in general, and I think he did it in the heat of the moment, as
the blog post is very emotional. As I stated earlier, it's not unheard for us to only have a single blog post as evidence of a thing in his life happening. It's also not unheard of for Jack to hide a stroke, or for him to not comprehend what it is.
So here's my case for the '99 stroke being real:
- Jack did not know that his strokes were strokes in 2008 and 1999, he is only realizing they are strokes due to reflecting on his current (vegetable) status.
- Despite this, he only says he has three strokes: 1999, 2018, and 2023.
- He missed his first 'official' stroke in 2011 and the 2008 stroke (the not-a-stroke stroke).
- It is not unprecedented for us to use blog posts as citations, despite having no evidence outside of said posts.
- We have only two pieces of evidence for the 2008 stroke being real.
- Jack typing '99 instead of '08 must be by his own will.
- This is empirical. While the 0 and 8 keys surround the 9 key, the chance of accidentally missing twice in a row (I believe) is low. I have faith that he is not completely retarded.
- The 9 key is far away from the 1 key, meaning that Jack intentionally moved his hand toward the 9 key. This means that he explicitly did not mention anything at all about the 2011 stroke.
With all that said, I say he's on #5 going on #6 post-carnivore diet. I would not be surprised if he had 10 fucking strokes at this point based on this bullshit I wrote. Let me know what you think,
@EatBeforeYouEat