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My little brother was taken from us by food allergies. They were M&M's with peanut butter in them, and they looked exactly the same as M&M's. His airway was cut off and my stepdad got him in the car and started driving to the hospital. The Ambulance met him while he was giving CPR to him in the road, and they drove him to a hospital in Denver, and from there he took a care flight to a better hospital. He was hooked up to a ventilator and still had a heart beat, but his brain started swelling and eventually blood to his brain was cut off.

We don't want any family to ever have to go through this again, so please help us raise awareness of the seriousness of food allergies (and the lack of initiative when informing people of what is in products) with the link below.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BVJUWARZV8GNE

I'm not fucking trolling.

We are at the hospital and the fund was their idea ASS HOLE, we don't want this to ever happen to anyone else.

I am not asshole, i feel sorry for your brother, but i have seen alot fake sob stories, and the way you posted this thread did made it look like you are serious.


Now when you already posted pic, i will pray you will get good amount of donation and you should sue that fucking company.

2300 posts in 1 month? Really?
I'm happy of being trolled (asking for PayPal donations in this forum), rather than this being really happening.

please help your sig .. sooo many sob stories .. kind of hard to believe
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=222772.msg2341610#msg2341610

Are you a Kardashian?

exactly. . . care to explain - or was that requested by the family too?

If this is true then I'm really sorry. It's a huge shame you couldn't save him and the company should be sued for such stuff. If this is fake then I got nothing to say to you...nothing.

Well OP whatever, i will advice you to make a tshirt with some food alergy message on teespring.com and put them on sale/auction somewhere It will not only help you to raise money, it will also raise awareness in peoples thru that message.

coincidence?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesFood/peanut-allergies-alarm-kardashian-family/story?id=12228441#.Ua-RpJzcDQ9

I traced OP back to his Facebook account from his posted photos. It's real, not a fake story.

My condolences to you and your family.

What's your bitcoin address? I don't want anyone doing any PayPal chargebacks on you.

You and your family have my sincere condolences; you should certainly sue that company

Sue them for what? For not putting a warning on the label that non-peanut flavoured M&M's may contain peanuts anyway?
http://www.wildriverrogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ready-Meal-MRE-MM-Package-Label-Ingredients.jpg
Oh wait, never mind.

Who was looking after your brother, and why didn't they read the label if they knew he had a food allergy?

Rest in Peace.  My deepest condolences.

I'm sorry man.  Prayers to your family.    :'(

My condolences to you and your family, Shaggy, but it's not M&M's fault your brother ate peanut butter. I know you're hurting, and looking for someone to blame, but this is not the way to do it.

I can honestly say that I lost it at Post 3. So sorry, bud.

~Bruno~

My condolences to your family shaggy may he rest in peace and your campaign to combat the issue of peanut allergies be a catalyst to better changes

mfw this isn't enough of a hint of what they are...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VSNXFaAhHzw/ToAMZAzg_qI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/YxLuQR5R_IU/s1600/mmpeanutredbar.jpg

I'm going to go buy some peanut butter and give it to someone that's allergic to peanuts so we can sue the peanut butter company because we didn't realize it was made from peanuts.

I am sorry for your loss.

Why not direct donations to an established fund?

Yeah, more people would trust it that way.

By any chance was this the person that was in a coma?

I don't think so. Maybe...

Sorry for your loss.

I agree that those m&m's should be shaped differently or something. Just because it's too easy for things like this to happen. I don't anyone needs to force the company to do it, but that they should just choose to do it.

And what about when they are out of the package in a bowl or something?

It behooves a person with a food allergy to be cognizant of what he's eating.

OK, this is stupid.  Im sorry for op's brother and all, but the company is not at fault.  If the guy had a peanut allergy so bad that a few of these would kill him, he should have avoided M&M's, esp ones that weren't in a package.  As far as donating any money to "raise awareness" how much money will it take, for the guy with a life threatening allergy, to be made aware that he better not eat the thing he is allergic to.  

I live in the deep south.  I cant drive 2 blocks with out passing 4 churches... and I still get people knocking on my door, early ass in the morning, to make SURE that I have heard of this Jesus fellow.

Rage much? ;D

no, I think a little

Oh, then it's acceptable.

Sorry to hear that man. It is the worst feeling in the world to lose a loved one. Just remember the good times and always keep him in your heart.

The only thing that can help is time.

It's not the companies fault, yes. I don't think anyone would argue that. I just think that many children die from peanut allergies, and it would be the right thing to do to change the appearance of the candy. Even if it saves one life, it's worth it. Remember that these are children who are going to want to eat candy and if they make a mistake, they often pay with their life. As was the case here unfortunately.

It's one thing to say "they should change the shape of the candy." It's another thing entirely to actually do that. The shape of M&M's are a direct result of the production process. To change the shape, they'd need to completely change the process. Mars would more likely discontinue the Peanut Butter M&M's than rework the whole process.

Even though I understand that this is a tragedy, most chocolates may have traces of nuts in them. Nut-allergy is a particularly nasty allergy since it blocks respiration, and trace amounts can be enough to result in a full-blown reaction with many who have that allergy.

I doubt regular M&M's are completely safe either, so they too should probably be avoided.

^^^^^

Because that wouldn't benefit him any?

That's my guess as well, given some content over the post history of 2,300 since April 18th.  47 a day is pretty intense.

Damn. Sorry for your loss :(

I haven't looked into nut allergies before. What causes those? Are they genetic, or some chemical/embryonic development fluke?

Peanuts are kinda like nature's version of "Russian virus infested warez sites". Peanuts contain a vast spectrum of highly concentrated, long living and aggressive allergens. Which is what makes them so dangerous.

Now for a long time the going theory was that one's specific prevalence to become sensitized to peanuts and develop the allergy was entirely hereditary. However for the last 30 years we  have been seeing a meteoric rise in peanut allergy cases specifically in the West. A rise that is not explainable by genetic characteristics alone. There must be another factor influencing this affecting especially the very young.

Two culprits have been identified as the most likely candidates:
- The increased use of inexpensive, badly refined peanut oil in baby skin cremes, lotions and wound salves
- The increased use of peanut butter and oil in prepared foodstuffs for children, often hidden as "plant-based fat/oil"

Sorry for your loss, that is awful.

The shape of the peanut butter M&M's is more or less the same, but the peanut butter ones are actually much bigger than normal M&M's.  For a kid that young though, he couldn't know.  And probably for someone who doesn't eat M&M's often.  So sad.  :(

It doesn't matter what shape they are. As I pointed out earlier, even regular M&M's may contain peanuts. They're all made in the same factory, and Mars has admitted that cross-contamination happens, despite their best efforts to prevent it. That's why they put warnings on the labels. A person allergic to peanuts eating M&M's of any kind is playing a delicious version of Russian roulette. This kid should never have been allowed to eat them in the first place.

Could we take the peanut allergy debate to another thread? The guy just lost his kid brother, he has some hard days ahead of him.

While I agree, and he has my full condolences, his OP was about helping spread awareness of this issue (it was NOT to sue anyone. Someone else brought that up). In a way it worked. I'm sure a few of us learned something about peanut allergies we haven't known before.
I also know that those with allergies are often ridiculed and made fun of, because the whole thing is really unknown and misunderstood by most. I'm thankfully only allergic to cats (yeah, I know about my avatar), but I've heard stories about kids having peanuts thrown at them and whatnot. I think that's done more out of ignorance than anything else, so... bring on the understanding and awareness of food allergies I say.

Also, it often helps to channel the feelings of loss into something productive. After you're done with grief. If you're ever done.

jesus who? ;)

Sorry for your loss. Please accept my deepest condolences.

On your facebook (easily tracked from the filename of your images)

My little brother is 11, he had a heart attack and can't breath on his own, so he's on a machine. Please pray for him, and if you know anyone that can help us get blood flowing to his brain, please tell me. (which is identically the statement you had made about your sig "coma" sufferer.)



so how did you discover the issue was due to peanut butter m&m's, since that wasn't mentioned for the first week of this?


sorry for your loss, but that's part of the reason why it is not being treated as legit. The facebook is borderline as well.

Yes.

I just got home from the hospital, this is real, so fuck everyone talking shit and saying they should have paid better attention.
They came in a large bag, and it wasn't as easy to tell with the large bag, plus my step-dad wears glasses, but didn't have them on.

We plan on raising awareness of peanut allergies, I had no idea a peanut could do this. And my life will never be the same.

Also,

Bitcoin town is now Mason Town, no vote, no questions. That is my brothers name.

no vote? :-\

really sorry to hear about your little brother.

There will be a vote, but only to decide town or ville, or land, etc. But it will be dedicated to Mason.

Thank you.

See this? This is dumb. Here I was all defending you (even though I don't like you) by tracking you back to your primary persona while people were going "Hahaha, idiotic sob story that we've seen a thousand times". So people saw me vouching for you and thus were all "Ok, this is a real thing, let's not make fun of it for the next 120 minutes". And then you go ahead and do something like this? Really? No, hell, REALLY? How fucked up is this? Do you even think about these things before you do them? Do you think anyone, do you think any single fucking person is going to trust you now? Dude, you've got great ideas, but do yourself and everyone else involved a favor and lay off the weed.

+1 (I never thought I'd see the day)

Thanks (and I never thought I'd see that day too, laffo  :D :D)

You're a fucking troll, all you did is wait for me to come back then changed your stance. Ignored, fuck you for trolling me in this situation.

No, you did something so idiotic.. It's no words to describe it. Even if he did want to chance his stance after it, how would he know you'd say something stupid?

You're not helping yourself either.

Death is something terrible, yet you come back with that? You seem like a 'troll'. It seems like you only wanted to promote your town with such a tragic story. I don't even feel like donating to you anymore, because I'm scared you'd use the funds for your town instead, or run away with them.

And if you don't like peoples opinions stay away from forums.

If dedicating a town to my brother is idiotic, I wouldn't want to be anything else.

Why will you report him?

And why does it seem like you're threatening him?


It's not the dedication, it's just the way you said it. You said it in a way you were promoting your town.

Fuck you, ignored.

Hmm. We have quite a intelligent one here. Telling you your error makes you mad? Telling you calmly, makes you hostile?

Really good strategy and logic there, really good, Fin Shaggy. You've just put the icing on the cake. Yet I doubt I'm ignored, and I think you'd just pretend.

But if you really did it this time, for real, bravo.

For no real reason either, bravo.


I have no idea if the rules mention that. However, he was being extremely sarcastic, even if it was in a dark way. I cannot say anything against that, so, you gotta do what you gotta do, eh?

Thank you for that concise representation of a typical SA goon. Guy loses a dear family member, is still likely in shock and grief, says the first thing that comes to his mind, that being to dedicate something to the memory of his just-dead brother, and you spend a paragraph blowing up at him and calling his statement fucking stupid. It's extra super ironic considering what you posted previously about bitcoiners and compassion/charity.

To be fair, allowing oneself time to grieve to avoid lashing out at people would be preferable.

He is in a better place.

Surprisingly, I agree with Dank.

Are... you saying he's better off dead???

No. I'm just saying it's better for him not to suffer. For six months I watched my grandmother suffer, and it was one of the most horrible experiences you could know of, seeing your relatives and siblings suffer.

He probably had a good life, but It's better to not see family members suffer.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/on-parenting/2009/03/16/how-to-control-peanut-allergy-in-children

Um... I don't think allergic reactions work like cancer. You get it, and you either get better quick, or you die. I'm not sure how someone could suffer for a long time from an allergic reaction  ???

If it's a peanut allergy then proably so.

Well, my condolences to you and your family. Terrible to hear about all this.

http://youtu.be/bkjmzEEQUlE?t=34s

People on here kept saying things about the Kardashian's and peanuts, so I looked it up and the similarities are crazy.

My little brothers name is Mason, Kourtney Kardashian's son was Mason.
It happened on Friday for both of them
They were both hospitalized for peanut allergies
My brother Mason was 11 years old, the Kardashian Mason is 11 months old.

The only difference is the outcome, and now that I know this happened to their family as well, we sent an email to her manager to see if she will help us educate the world about how dangerous peanut allergies are. I never thought a peanut could do this.

Smoking more weed is obviously the correct way to address this situation.

By the way, what the fuck did you think a peanut allergy entailed?

I don't think that's a fair assessment of what FinShaggy's "first thing that comes to his mind" was:


His motivations before this thread was already quite suspect, and now this happens and in less than 3 paragraphs "donations" are asked for.  There isn't any group associated with this donation.  There is no plan for how this donation would raise awareness.  There isn't even a hacked-together website in an effort to legitimize it.

Greyhawk went out of his way to try and bring some sort of legitimacy to FinShaggy's post when he had zero reason to do so. 

Bitcoiners may well be known for their compassion and charity, and that is plenty of motivation for someone to try and take advantage of it.  Given FinShaggy's post history, I believe this is the case in this situation.

I believe they were referring to the brother being in a coma for a long time.

Yeah, I think he wrote somewhere in the thread.

So first I'm a troll because I post on Bitcointalk while I'm in the hospital, NOW I'm a troll because I am not posting everything to a fucking bitcoin site.

Try to do some research on other websites before you assume shit and make an ass of yourself. BTW, you are ignored, so you don't have to reply.

Hello,

My name is Ryan and my 11 year old brother mason went to the hospital this Friday due to peanut allergies. He had a heart attack & his brain started swelling until it cut off the oxygen to his brain. He was pronounced dead 2 days ago at 5:05pm I had no idea that peanuts could do something so horrible and my life will never be the same, so I am starting a foundation to promote awareness around the world, and possibly even work to eradicate peanut allergies. I never want anyone to have to go through what we did.

 

In the mean time, we are raising money and working to start a website and more. Nothing can bring my brother back, but we would like to start something that possibly turns into a label on ALL peanut products in ALL stores. Like a big red P sticker, or a picture of my brother.

 The Foundation is MasonsMiracle.org

 

All products that contain peanuts already are labeled. Even products that might contain peanuts, such as candy, are labeled..

how the hell did u get 2300 posts in 2 months?! u a bot? pls share your secret. . .

MasonsMiracle.org:

https://i.imgur.com/DmczX7o.png

http://masonsmiracle.blogspot.com/

I had never seen so many naming coincidences before. I guess people's mindsets are all similar when dealing with grief. Either that or we're talking to Keyser Soze.

EDIT: I'm having a hard time confirming an obituary. Can't seem to find a Mason Gallagher in Midland TX. It did take a few days to get my own mother's obituary into the papers if I recall though.

Keyser Soze was so slick about it though!

I don't get this at all. A kid dies because he ate something that had peanuts in it available at his home? Why would the parents even eat products that could have peanuts if they knew the outcome of having that stuff around. I'm sorry for your loss but that borders on neglect.

I'd also feel more sorry for you if you didn't have a Paypal donation link in your post. Even if you do want to "make a difference" isn't there time for that after the body's cold?

FinShaggy, I know you are having a TERRIBLE time, but cut it with the language. If I see one more curse from you, I will ignore you, no ifs, ands, or buts.

I, and I am sure others here 'know' grief. This guy is not displaying grief.

Just sayin'

If you go back in this thread you will find that I a) supported Finshaggy when everyone else was calling this thread a sham by pointing out his story was real after I verified his identity b) I supported Finshaggys stance on how more education about food allergies is needed by answering YOUR questions about food allergy and c) I only lashed out at him at the moment he decided to intermingle his other project with this unfortunate death. I think your desire to hate anything "SA" overrode your normally rather rational judgement here.

People grieve in different ways.

Very true. Sorry for the guy losing his bro' if it is true. I guess there's no way to tell right now...

You wrote a paragraph, bitching him out and calling his idea fucking stupid, when you could have took into account that he might still not be thinking straight, and either ignored him or just pointed out that, unless he owns all the land in that town, the naming of it will really be up to all the people that live there. You know, "tact." Yes, I may be biased against SA, but you're only reinforcing that bias.

Great plan. Because a big red P or a picture of your brother is a much clearer indication that a product contains peanuts than just the words "CONTAINS PEANUTS" in capital letters. ::)

He already explained it. His step-dad decided to buy a brand of candy which is well-known for its peanut-flavoured varieties but he didn't think that was worth bringing his glasses along to read the label, and even after he got home, where his glasses were available, he still didn't read the label, and instead just assumed it was okay for his step-son to eat it. No doubt the real reason he's collecting donations is for the defence of the upcoming negligent homicide case.

Oh man, I hate it when my peanuts only "may" contain peanuts. I once opened one up and there was nothing inside; it was just an empty peanut shell. I demanded a refund but they just pointed at the label. What a ripoff. >:(

So much sarcasm.

We all are, for we don't truly live till we die.

Many assholes in this thread.

wow dicks

While I agree that the presentation of some seems a bit cold, someone asking or donations on the internet should expect to have their story criticized. I'm still curious why I can't seem to find an obituary that matches the story.

This right here.  Also, OP has a history on these forums (which has been accumulated very quickly) with content that adds to the criticism.

To donate to anything like this, I would at the very least expect to find an organization behind it, with some sort of documentation on what their goal and methods are.

OP directed us to a website that doesn't even exist.

1. His last name is not Gallagher, way to make even a bigger ass of yourself.
2. Our family hasn't been in Texas for about a year, so again. Ass.
3. Comment like this again and you will be ignored.

Fuck you, ignored.

I got the last laugh.

https://i.imgur.com/uJF0Ey1.png

I will laugh again when your ignore button turns amber, FinShaggy.

Ok, why not post a link to the obituary yourself, instead of making people hunt for it?   ???

OP tried to do that previously when asked if an organization or even website existed for "MasonsMiracle" - didn't work out so well:

I wonder why... ???

So let me understand

Candies with peanut butter, on the package there is written that they contain peanut butter
Person allergic to peanut butter eat them

Darwin award?

Because I don't give a fuck if a bunch of trolls waste a little time before getting back to trolling me again.

well you sure don't make it easy for people to trust you. . .

Nobody is trolling you.  If you want people to donate money to your cause you had better well be able to provide them with some semblance of legitimacy for that cause, if they ask you for it.

I honestly do not give a fuck.

I think that's the reason you're mother named you FinShaggy. Because you're a Honey Badger.

We eventually set up a 501(c)3 after my daughter and I were shot.  There was a long period of not very clear thinking after the shooting.  Chill out and give him some space.

do a quick google or 2 of his screen name, and check out the other forums he posts in.  This guy has hate clubs.  He trolls (or he is just mentally ill.) everywhere.  I doubt the story about his brother is real.  Even if it is, he is psycho, and feeds off the drama.  He goes out of his way to stir up shit. This drama is not an exception to the rule because he is traumatized about a death.

I don't think drug-addicts are capable of thinking clearly: http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=finshaggy

That is kind of extreme.  :-\

Mason Baseballs:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=231375.0

...here we go again

You got that right. :-\

I just read this entire thread, from beginning to end.  It took a couple of hours, but I think that's worth it to give me a feel for who is on this board and what goes on here.  This is only the second forum I've taken an interest in.  I no longer post in the first one.  I left because the moderators allowed a small group of long-time residents to harass other members, myself included.  The leader of that group is now in a third-world jail, facing firearms and other, even more serious, charges.

Looking up FinShaggy on the Internet, I found a few items of interest.  Some of the articles I read I believe were written by FinShaggy  himself, as they are self-serving and contain similar spelling and grammatical errors.

My take on all of this is that FinShaggy is running a scam.  He should produce the obituary.  Saying that he doesn't give a fuck just doesn't cut it.

Ya think?

What's the first thread and who's in jail?

Thank you.

@Others
It's not like I need this to be completed in the next 24 hours. My brother is gone forever, I'm sorry if I didn't set everything up perfect in the first week.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Mason-Wight&lc=4566&pid=165185158&mid=5558426

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/denverpost/obituary-search.aspx?firstName=Mason&lastName=Wight&Search=Search&affiliateId=denverpost&stateId=%5BStateID%5D&dateRange=99999

I can confirm that this obituary was done by the Olinger Andrews Caldwell Gibson Chapel, and that this website would only handle obituaries that have services through that chapel, so it appears to be a legit story folks. Sorry for your loss Fin, and thanks for understanding the internet.

Apologies for deleting my post after you already quoted it. I'm just somewhat confused.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

However... this was ultimately an accident and the only negligence here was on the part of whoever allowed your brother to eat peanuts.

Your brother had very dangerous illnesses and wasn't being taken care of appropriately. Also... homeopathic treatment? oh jeebus... I don't want to sound disrespectful and I'm truly sorry for your loss but you cannot possibly blame a company for using peanut butter as an ingredient and listing it. There are literally thousands of allergies and people need to take care of themselves and their children.

Ultimately your brother is dead and nothing can be done about it, only sympathise with you and your family.

RIP

Sorry for your loss man :(

Me too - gutted for you

Coming up with scam after scam is not a legitimate form of public grief.

So far this grifter has begged for money in AT LEAST 3 different ways surrounding this death.

What kind of a person loses a brother and immediately starts panhandling over his dead body?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=246397.0

A fucking scumbag, thats who.  I cant tell if he actually believes his own bullshit, or if its all pure scam. All you can do is hit the ignore button. This guy has lost his soul.

Really? - I can't work it out - I thought it's a crappy scam then some trusted people post positive comments - I googled and found stuff - dunno what to believe now... sad if true - sad if false. Bad one.

Trusted people like Matthew? :) Check what it says under his name :)  Self-titled, mind you.

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http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Mason-Wight&lc=4566&pid=165185158&mid=5558426


http://www.quotev.com/story/1862629/Confessions-of-a-Teenage-Girl/19/


Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

The story says updated Friday June 7, 2013. Maybe that last part was the update.

Bruno, if it's not a scam then your giving a rash of shit to someone that just lost a family member. I know the guy is a nut and probably a little high most of the time but he's harmless like Atlas. Be real sure your right first.

I believe his brother did die, but I think he is using it as a way to make himself some cash.  This is this guys pattern, find a cause, any cause and exploit it for personal gain.  ANYTHING that happens in his life is.... "poor poor me, everyone shits on me, while I did nothing wrong, please give me some money"

So your brother died, and you think someone killed him,  go hire a lawyer, and pay for it yourself.

You shame your brother by begging.

I'll have to concur. I've spent two hours on this, and had enough. It seems legit, for I've perused his mother's FB page.

See what happens when someone cries wolf too many times? You have trouble believing what is true or not. Though I'm speaking of Fin, this truism also applies to Phinn.

Fin's been in a charity state of mind since last year: https://www.facebook.com/groups/116544691814865/

Sadly, no serious funding is going to a charity where the main principal is a pothead.

prayers for your brother. may he rest in peace. he's free of this hell. only the good die young

The scam isn't his brother dying. It's him begging for donations to make baseballs in his brother's memory, a charity for Peanut Labeling (labeling which already exists), and finally to fund him accusing his stepfather for murder. (however that works)

He even says that if his stepfather would just sit down and talk to him about making a charity, he wouldn't pursue the murder charges.

You misunderstand my comment. I couldn't care less about the little hairball. I like Bruno and want to keep him from making an ass out of himself over a non issue.

And it's appreciated, for I have seen my error. Thanks, CBH.

Ah, my mistake.  8)