Tell me more about Andreus

[justaguy]

If Andreus died in Greece, the databases would show him as a living person for seven years. Only five have passed.

Ok. Thanks for looking all this up!

 

[G-Lexington]

So can we call it official? He was a bullshitter, a con artist, and he got his yuks pretending to be a hot, brilliant, well-hung Greek god dying of AIDS. Those who were intelligent enough to see through the facade can high-five each other, and they can take time (years if they so desire) to mock those who fell for his internet sob story.

Well, that was fun. Who next?

Lex

 

[Telstra]

So can we call it official? He was a bullshitter, a con artist, and he got his yuks pretending to be a hot, brilliant, well-hung Greek god dying of AIDS. Those who were intelligent enough to see through the facade can high-five each other, and they can take time (years if they so desire) to mock those who fell for his internet sob story.

Well, that was fun. Who next?

Lex

lol ....... this thread is getting ridiculously speculative

 

[rareboy]

 

[borg69unimatrix]

^For individuals who have died, one can search the Social Security Death Index. I would assess that index as "accurate", but not "extremely accurate". If a person died and had never gotten a Social Security Card, he will not necessarily appear in the index, nor will a person who has died in the last six months.

For individuals who still live, several databases exist. My favorite one is Peoplefinders dot com. I'd assess it as "very accurate", but not "extremely accurate". Still, I have found many people in that database that I haven't seen in over 25 years. In all of the years I have consulted it, I have only come up a blank just once (well, twice, if you include this dubious example).

I deem NexusLexus the single most accurate database for the living. Professional private detectives use that database first; oftentimes, they can find a missing person within 15 minutes. However, you must pay to use it, and I don't want to pay good money to find a mirage.

Either Andreus gave us all a fake name, lived as an illegal immigrant, or he didn't exist. I see no other alternative.

If you look at Mexico as an example, most illegals don't use real identification. On top of that, some states have a "don't ask don't tell" policy to verifying ID for employment/services if it LOOKS real (enough).

 

[rareboy]

Just for anyone who wants to know what he looked apparently looked like.

 

[rareboy]

...or Didn't.

 

[G-Lexington]

And the newbies wonder why people rallied around him.

...yes, yes, I know - you didn't care what he looked like. You loved his soul.

Lex

 

[Telstra]

Just for anyone who wants to know what he looked apparently looked like.

I've never seen this pic before and he looked like a model.
Professional photo with a professional camera.

 

[Nishin]

^ not necessarily
But it look like it's a scan from a picture that's been folded (you can see the folding line on the 2 pillars and just below the pecs)

 

[Telstra]

^ not necessarily
But it look like it's a scan from a picture that's been folded (you can see the folding line on the 2 pillars and just below the pecs)

yeah it is a scanned photo but still from a professional camera.
Maybe from a magazine somewhere ?

 

[bankside]

Just for anyone who wants to know what he looked apparently looked like.

Andreus never claimed that was a photo of himself. It is a European football player he evidently fancied. Shows up easily on tineye if you want the name. But he no more claimed that was him than I claim to have posed for Rodin to sculpt me in my avatar.

He rarely posted face pix on Jub and never left them up. But I recall him being slightly more androgynous and fit but more slightly built.

 

[HoodedRat]

Through his postings that I recall he did have an intense intellect and seemingly a great knowledge of many subjects.

He was certainly adept at using google and wikipedia.

 

[Telstra]

I thought his avatar body pic was his.
His avatar pic looks like a muscular big guy with a huge penis.

 

[rareboy]

I just did a reverse image check of this photo and came up with the name Juan Martin Berberian. Here are more photos from Juan:

I see that someone thought to check.

..this is why I noted 'or Didn't' in the post following the one with the pic to see if anyone would catch the connection.

The pic I posted was from his Blog Page.

I thought it might encourage someone here to dig deeper and to pull up an actual pic of Andreus.

Maybe one day we'll find out more about his 'Rosebud'.

 

[justaguy]

Those who were intelligent enough to see through the facade can high-five each other, and they can take time (years if they so desire) to mock those who fell for his internet sob story.

Well, personally I think Hoodedrat should be congratulated for questioning, knowing that he would be facing a storm of protest. If he hadn't had the balls to say what he did, Andreus might well be walking on water right now.

As for my part, there won't be any high fives. My part was particularly unpleasant because I feel I've contributed to hurting some people that I like. But don't, for a minute, lay any blame at Hoodrat's or Corny's or my feet. Let's not forget what has happened here. Go back to the thread when Andreus announced he was HIV+ and see how many people commiserated and cried for him. There was even one guy who told us all that he too was HIV+ out of respect. And for what? And how many of the dozens who commiserated with Andreus, said a word for this fellow? Just one. The real guy with HIV is worth a million fakers. And I fell for it too. Disappointing.

Rant over.

 

[justaguy]

Perhaps, as a suggestion, Boston Pirate can come back on and tell us the truth about his own circumstances, and then we can all start from scratch?

 

[Thad1527]

This will sound like blasphemy to people on either side of the fence, but I honestly didn't find Andreus...or his story....or his arguments all that interesting and to be totally honest....I more or less ignored the entire thing.

I never had either an emotional or intellectual connection to this avatar. He might have been everything that many people say he was. He might have been an opportunistic poseur... I'll never know. Because we never exchanged more than a passing acknowledgement of one another.

Me too. And I've been around here forever. I recognized the name but never really interacted.

 

[bankside]

Fell for what? People are acting like they can reasonably conclude he was a fake. Whether he was or wasn't there is nothing here to corroborate that.

So don't anyone feel like you we're taken in by your own gullibility. This thread shows how people can be taken in by their own paranoia and cynicism.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Justaguy -

Why don't you tell us your experiences with Andreus, so we can better understand your unyielding obsession and infatuation.

What did he do to you that was so heinous that you just can't seem to drop it and let it go, and move on with your life?

If I was as obsessed with every poser and liar I came across on the internet, I'd spend several lifetime's hunting them all down.

Some people are evil. No matter what you find out about them, it won't explain why they did what they did. Fun? Amusement? Insecurities? Bored? You'll never get the answers and peace you're looking for. In all likely hood, they themselves can't even answer those questions.