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Wow, great article. Poor guy. Some people's minds are constructed in a way that simply doesn't mesh with modern life. If only he'd discovered extreme sports; h

Wow, great article. Poor guy. Some people's minds are constructed in a way that simply doesn't mesh with modern life. If only he'd discovered extreme sports; he's got the exact personality profile of a champion hang glider pilot/kiteboarder/BASE jumper. Edit: I wrote that earlier bit about 40% of the way through the article. Now, at 75% of the way through the article, I don't think extreme sports would have scratched the itch for him, either. The level of novelty and adrenaline he trained himself to need could only be satisfied by the professions of drug addict or ancient raiding warrior.

bloodyplonker22 5y ago
To him, robbing banks was an extreme sport.
thatguy0900 5y ago
Why ancient raiding warrior? The military hasn't gone anywhere, if he's that dedicated I'm sure he could get into units that see more action than normal on top of it
- dandotway 5y ago
  Military would be too bureaucratic and disciplined for his sort, but being a mercenary might be a fit.
  - buescher 5y ago
    He tried the Légion Étrangère but it didn't work out.
    - ericmay 5y ago
      > Légion Étrangère French Foreign Legion for those of us who don’t know French
Theodores 5y ago
With extreme sports you can tell people what you did, and it ain't subversive! With a well executed, audacious bank robbery you can't tell a soul and every day there is that fear that they will catch you. Even if you ditched that small thing that uniquely connects you to the crime into the uninhabited wilds of Siberia, someone will have seen you go there. Plus you have to explain where the money is from. Even if that is just to your mum. The thrill is two fold, in the immediate aftermath, getting away with it. And secondly of deception. You have secrets you can't tell. It is human nature to always tell, so this requires mental agility. What makes this bank robbing special is the bike. It is the perfect getaway vehicle in a society where the police can only follow things up if they have car things to work on.
anemoiac 5y ago
Sounds like he may have had ADHD. I wonder how being medicated with stimulants might have impacted him.

bloodyplonker22 5y ago

To him, robbing banks was an extreme sport.

thatguy0900 5y ago

Why ancient raiding warrior? The military hasn't gone anywhere, if he's that dedicated I'm sure he could get into units that see more action than normal on top of it

dandotway 5y ago
Military would be too bureaucratic and disciplined for his sort, but being a mercenary might be a fit.
- buescher 5y ago
  He tried the Légion Étrangère but it didn't work out.
  - ericmay 5y ago
    > Légion Étrangère French Foreign Legion for those of us who don’t know French

Theodores 5y ago

With extreme sports you can tell people what you did, and it ain't subversive! With a well executed, audacious bank robbery you can't tell a soul and every day there is that fear that they will catch you. Even if you ditched that small thing that uniquely connects you to the crime into the uninhabited wilds of Siberia, someone will have seen you go there. Plus you have to explain where the money is from. Even if that is just to your mum. The thrill is two fold, in the immediate aftermath, getting away with it. And secondly of deception. You have secrets you can't tell. It is human nature to always tell, so this requires mental agility. What makes this bank robbing special is the bike. It is the perfect getaway vehicle in a society where the police can only follow things up if they have car things to work on.

anemoiac 5y ago

Sounds like he may have had ADHD. I wonder how being medicated with stimulants might have impacted him.