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You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit
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skisnow lemmy.ca skisnow@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-22
#52 · Quote Reply

The provenance sounds good but something about all the hype around watching this super closeup of a clearly ND person rubs me the wrong way. Idk maybe that's the "point" of the documentary but feels exploitative. Like afaik fielder is not a serious documentarian, he makes social commentary x comedy stuff. I'll see what people say once the hype dies down but yeah... something about it just

Personally I put the ceiling of how much fraud you can play the ND card for at around $1,000.

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CrimeIsLegalNow ani.social CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social
Joined: 2026-09-09
#53 · Quote Reply

Personally I put the ceiling of how much fraud you can play the ND card for at around $1,000.

note: scam skisnow for $999

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rmuk feddit.uk rmuk@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
#54 · Quote Reply

I think my compassion is better spent on the thousands of people she medically defrauded with fake blood test results. To be honest, I think it's condescending to other neurodivergent people to use that as any sort of a excuse for the shit she pulled.

Thankyou. As someone who has actually been actually diagnosed with actual autism and ADHD, it fucks me right off when people act like total cunts then claim it's because of either of those conditions, just as much as it does when they claim it's because of their starsign. Her acts were hers alone, not mine.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#55 · Quote Reply

I mean I was about her, she seems to believe in her own grift which has allowed her to defraud people for years. Anyway, the story isn't the point. It's how it's made so entertaining that irks me. Like people are vibrating with excitement over it. It's... Weird.

she seems to believe in her own grift

She's a manipulative psychopath. She had children to try and get a more lenient sentence.

But, Elon Musk has done worse and no one seems to care.

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Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.works captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
#56 · Quote Reply

What part of speech is the word "doc" in that headline?

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JackbyDev programming.dev JackbyDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-13
#57 · Quote Reply

What part of speech is the word "doc" in that headline?

Noun

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Zannsolo lemmy.world Zannsolo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-17
#58 · Quote Reply

No

You refuse to see the film to which would allow you to have an actual informed opinion of it? It's all paid promotion every single one of the people who helped it get a 99% on rotten tomatoes and a 9.5 on IMDb? Nathan fielder and a24 are out here running gorilla campaigns on the fediverse.

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ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace piefed.ca ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-12-21
#59 · Quote Reply

Oh THAT'S who she is. I didn't connect the dots for so long. I really wasn't paying attention to any of this. But I remember now.

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😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 lemmy.world MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#60 · Quote Reply

You refuse to see the film to which would allow you to have an actual informed opinion of it? It's all paid promotion every single one of the people who helped it get a 99% on rotten tomatoes and a 9.5 on IMDb? Nathan fielder and a24 are out here running gorilla campaigns on the fediverse.

Yep

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Windex007 lemmy.world Windex007@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#61 · Quote Reply

The provenance sounds good but something about all the hype around watching this super closeup of a clearly ND person rubs me the wrong way. Idk maybe that's the "point" of the documentary but feels exploitative. Like afaik fielder is not a serious documentarian, he makes social commentary x comedy stuff. I'll see what people say once the hype dies down but yeah... something about it just

I think that's an incredibility compassionate take, and for that I instantly and unconditionally love you.

I think compassionate people tend to trip on something, and I think you're tripping on it right now. I think other people trip in the opposite direction. Let me explain:

When you watch a nature doc where a lion hunts some poor baby antelope, maybe you're rooting for the antelope. It just wants to live. But the lion has to eat. It's incompatible. Just to be a dick I always say to my wife "think of the the baby lions that'll starve if the lion doesn't catch an antelope!".

They're fundamentally incompatible outcomes. You can accept that, choose who you're going to root for (or neither), remain empathetic to both. It isn't NECESSARY to reject empathy for one to root for the other. It's your mind playing a trick on you to save you from feeling bad for whoever gets screwed. You can sit with something bittersweet.

Is this putting ND on blast? YEP. Is it providing a vehicle for people being abused by people with ND to recognize that? YEP.

Fundamentally incompatible outcomes. It's completely reasonable to hold a position like "I hate that this puts ND on blast, but ultimately this leads to the better outcome". I think "this is the better outcome... And people with a legitimate disorder can eat shit" is not.

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clanker_victim_555 lemmy.world clanker_victim_555@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-18
#62 · Quote Reply

The provenance sounds good but something about all the hype around watching this super closeup of a clearly ND person rubs me the wrong way. Idk maybe that's the "point" of the documentary but feels exploitative. Like afaik fielder is not a serious documentarian, he makes social commentary x comedy stuff. I'll see what people say once the hype dies down but yeah... something about it just

feels exploitative

Oh no the poor convicted fraudster.

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clanker_victim_555 lemmy.world clanker_victim_555@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-18
#63 · Quote Reply

Why would she deceive? She engages with people as normal human beings.

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redditStinksSuperBad lemmy.world redditStinksSuperBad@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-02
#64 · Quote Reply

  1. This stupid fucking documentary has been pushed by a million advertising sites. OP, delete this horse shit and stop spreading it. Holmes should be in a cell forever instead she gets more famous by a movie. Fucking dog turd world.
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Noxy pawb.social noxypaws@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-12-16
#65 · Quote Reply

Crazy amount of paid hype in here. WTF‽

it's a good movie and if I have a paycheck coming my way for saying that, please tell me who to contact to receive it.

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grrgyle slrpnk.net grrgyle@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-18
#66 · Quote Reply

I think my compassion is better spent on the thousands of people she medically defrauded with fake blood test results. To be honest, I think it's condescending to other neurodivergent people to use that as any sort of a excuse for the shit she pulled.

Not as an excuse. She's going to prison for defrauding people. But like the entertainment aspect of it icks me. I just feel like if I go to the theatre I'm going to be sitting next to a person who just bought a ticket to watch the funny cringy lady twist under the gaze of the cameras.

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Basic Glitch sh.itjust.works AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-24
#67 · Quote Reply

The provenance sounds good but something about all the hype around watching this super closeup of a clearly ND person rubs me the wrong way. Idk maybe that's the "point" of the documentary but feels exploitative. Like afaik fielder is not a serious documentarian, he makes social commentary x comedy stuff. I'll see what people say once the hype dies down but yeah... something about it just

Apparently the super close up thing is kind of the co-director's calling card for all of his documentaries.

Also pretty sure Nathan Fielder is ND. If not he's a hell of an actor. I don't know if you saw The Curse or the Rehearsal, but he's a lot deeper than just comedy.

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grrgyle slrpnk.net grrgyle@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-18
#68 · Quote Reply

Personally I put the ceiling of how much fraud you can play the ND card for at around $1,000.

It's not like she's getting off the hook just because I feel uncomfortable about a movie making entertainment out of her fucked up psyche.

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Lifecoach5000 lemmy.world Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#69 · Quote Reply

Crazy amount of paid hype in here. WTF‽

Meh your loss. I honestly was skeptical as hell too and this movie isn’t gonna be for EVERYONE. But there are just some different things that are very fresh for a documentary - if you can even call it that. I’m not even sure anymore. I need to watch it again. And lol who would even pay shills to post on Lemmy anyways. Sign me up Soros!

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