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- timusca, on 01/05/2009, -6/+275"So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this."
Basically, please STFU. - Elijah17, on 01/05/2009, -22/+281Thank God.
I mean, whatever you think of the man, it's great that he's not actively dying. - thaprinze, on 01/05/2009, -8/+220What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?
You can't hear an enzyme. - RedStateRetard, on 01/05/2009, -16/+184Hormone imbalance? hmmm
That vegan diet is catching up with him.
Have a steak Steve. Or least some fish rich in Omega -3's and OTHER essential fatty acids (flaxseed in incomplete)
p.s. Adult males should NOT eat too much tofu or soybean based proteins.
Here comes the PETA bury brigade... - keozen, on 01/05/2009, -7/+160Even better, the full letter itself (for those diggers who don't read anything but the comments):
January 5, 2009
Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve - tjp188, on 01/05/2009, -1/+103Nice. You know how to make a hormone?
You don't pay her. - ghostridah, on 01/05/2009, -5/+106I thought an apple a day kept the doctor away?
- scanman20, on 01/05/2009, -11/+108actively dying versus inactively dying? and technically, we're all dying.
- gcnaddict, on 01/05/2009, -7/+104Direct link to letter:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05sjletter ...
(If you ask me, it's about time he said something. Given that Apple relies on him for just about everything, his health is basically a public matter.) - angelgabe, on 01/05/2009, -7/+91One more thing...
- zombiecarlin, on 01/05/2009, -3/+77"Hormonal imbalance weight loss breakthrough!" If he could package the illness he would make Millions!
- SkippyDoorknob, on 01/05/2009, -1/+73I'm going to live forever or die trying.
- zomgorly, on 01/05/2009, -10/+78It sucks that he has to release a memo to tell us his personal health issues. It should be a private matter that he shouldn't have to release.
- FredFredrickson, on 01/05/2009, -20/+87Conclusion: Using Mac computers gives you a hormone imbalance.
- dojocasino, on 01/05/2009, -10/+74Diabeetus.
- unitedkronos, on 01/05/2009, -2/+63Presenting the iDefibrillator!
- glendower, on 01/05/2009, -4/+51iAbeetus
- BoneStamp, on 01/05/2009, -2/+48iSlim
- abbasatpsu, on 01/05/2009, -5/+49meat lovers' brigade is much stronger on digg than PETA's. relax.
- protodon, on 01/05/2009, -6/+48also I have erectile dysfunction, but that's it.
- BelatedHero, on 01/05/2009, -4/+40Why are so many vegans conceited jerks who think they're sooo much better than everybody else?
Broad generalizations are fun! - BelatedHero, on 01/05/2009, -4/+39For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat TWO.
- Pooley, on 01/05/2009, -5/+37Sadly, not the case. Not as the CEO and figurehead of a public company.
Jobs knows that too, otherwise we wouldn't even have had this information - you can tell how much he doesn't want to share it. - chanop, on 01/05/2009, -2/+34$1 charge per volt used
- jballer, on 01/05/2009, -2/+33of course they knew about it, that doesn't mean they had to disclose it
- Jyaif, on 01/05/2009, -6/+35+10% for AAPL at the end.
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -2/+28Thank god for Liberty Medical.
- sneezer975, on 01/05/2009, -2/+28lipstick
- timusca, on 01/05/2009, -1/+25Acronym for my post above... but the real question is, "why?"
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -9/+32Meth will also do that to you.
- serif69, on 01/05/2009, -3/+26Bacon.
- billjimbob, on 01/05/2009, -14/+36It's pretty interesting what CNBC had to say on this when it was just a rumor a few weeks ago:
"I will say again: if Apple is lying, holding some truth back, manipulating its own stock by manipulating the truth, someone — indeed a lot of people — could be going to jail."
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28437017
I won't pretend to be a lawyer, but clearly Apple (at least Jobs) has known about this for quite some time. - barktwiggs, on 01/05/2009, -7/+28Stop eating all that tofu with phyto-estrogens!
- barktwiggs, on 01/05/2009, -2/+23It's not Lupus...
- dn11, on 01/05/2009, -2/+23no way. Steve probably has 10 personal chefs that can craft perfectly balanced meals for him. I was a vegetarian for years and never looked like that. There may be a correlation between veganism/vegetarianism and lower muscle mass, but not extreme weight loss like that.
- krahzee, on 01/05/2009, -7/+27Why does every time someone uses the phrase "thank god" Does some douche have to chime in their atheist views?
We get it, you don't believe in god. We don't need to hear it every 20 ***** seconds.
You don't here people who do believe in religion blaming every story about something bad that has happened on digg on sin or some other offense to God, do you?
You want to preach you atheist views save it for a religion article. I join Elijah in saying thank God they found out what was wrong with Jobs. - elenaadamscom, on 01/05/2009, -4/+23Where can I get me one of them "hormonal imbalances"? I need to lose some weight.
- derektherock42, on 01/05/2009, -0/+19And I sometimes fantasize about Steve Ballmer, but that's it.
- borez, on 01/05/2009, -4/+23Dugg for actively dying.
- AndrewDB, on 01/05/2009, -2/+20Kudos to Steve for actually doing something with his family for a change of pace.
- laserviking, on 01/05/2009, -7/+25and occasionally i wee my pants a little bit, but that's it.
- MrAsparagus, on 01/05/2009, -2/+20And cocaine... And oxycodone.. and depression.. and anxiety.. and walking.. and jogging.. and a black president.. and coffee.. and heat.. and not eating.. and eating.. and drinking.. and working.. and porking (Your mom) and driving.. and addiction.. and disease.. and cracked lists.
- laibixi, on 01/05/2009, -8/+26get well soon!
- Kev585, on 01/05/2009, -3/+19"I mean, whatever you think of the man, it's great that he's not actively dying."
He's passively dying like the rest of us - doctorcaligari, on 01/05/2009, -2/+18Call me Noah. Bring me 2 of every delicious animal!
- Swarms, on 01/05/2009, -7/+22If he didn't work for a public company I'd agree with you.
- Elijah17, on 01/05/2009, -7/+22It's a figure of speech....
Hell (or "heck" by your logic), I'm agnostic. - ironhide, on 01/05/2009, -4/+19I'm guessing that he doesn't much care for talking about his personal life, but had to in order to quell the "OMG STEVE IS DYING!!!!!" morons that would be casting a shadow over MacWorld.
- GuyDanger, on 01/05/2009, -4/+19Too bad he didn't unviel something to make your comment funny.
- awolfe91, on 01/05/2009, -3/+17WTF!?
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