Yeah, this was someone who was failed by everyone in their entire life, their parents, the school system, ultimately even themselves, refusing to do even the slightest bit of self-reflection or self-improvement. The saddest part of the Chris Chan story to me is people who actively tried to help them, only to be rebuffed and ignored, resulting in them eventually giving up on Chris. This could have been a fairly typical “lolcow” story, where they just get bullied off the internet and live a quiet life in anonymity. But instead we got arguably the most toxic display of trolling and manipulation ever seen on the internet, all because the trolls decided that this person was enough of an “acceptable target”.
Yeah, this was someone who was failed by everyone in their entire life, their parents, the school system, ultimately even themselves, refusing to do even the slightest bit of self-reflection or self-improvement. The saddest part of the Chris Chan story to me is people who actively tried to help them, only to be rebuffed and ignored, resulting in them eventually giving up on Chris. This could have been a fairly typical “lolcow” story, where they just get bullied off the internet and live a quiet life in anonymity. But instead we got arguably the most toxic display of trolling and manipulation ever seen on the internet, all because the trolls decided that this person was enough of an “acceptable target”.