Customer pulls gun on Burger King employee for giving him a discount

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[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Even an expert wouldn't diagnose a mental illness from a video of a patient they haven't examined.

But that's my guess.

A problem with mental illness is that during an episode you may well be not fit to life in society. But it's not obvious what the most cost-effective way to deal with it is. You need close monitoring. It's possible that AI will soon be able to notify family or authorities that the patient needs intervention, but that the moment, everything's expensive.

[–]NastyWetSmear 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I understand that, and agree with most of it. I just want to clarify to make sure we're on the same page. What I meant was -

Some people have an episode and need help. Nine times out of ten they would agree that pulling a gun over getting a discount at their fast food chain is wrong.
Some people don't consider it a moral issue to shoot someone over getting the wrong burger. Full stop. That's their moral compass.

The second one might well be considered mental illness, but it's not an episode. It's their life. Those people can't be trusted to buy a hamburger in the modern world out of fear that might find the process, somehow, insulting and consider the insult to be worth taking a human life. The first step is to differentiate between them.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree with that.