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I think because in a way, we are all weird more or less due to the incredibly strange society we live in, and Reiser was one of the few that blew up. So there a
by vouaobrasil 3y ago
I think because in a way, we are all weird more or less due to the incredibly strange society we live in, and Reiser was one of the few that blew up. So there are two levels of fascination: on one level, we are looking for insights about ourselves in his breakdown, and we also hope that we are different than him, which gives us hope that we can live through this society and not fall apart like he did.
- konschubert 3y agoHe lied to their kids and told them that their mother had abandoned them.
- lelanthran 3y ago> He lied to their kids and told them that their mother had abandoned them. You think that's the most notable thing out of all the other things he did? Parents do that all the time to their kids after divorce, there's probably even a Wikipedia page about parental alienation
- Snow_Falls 3y agoThat he did it after murdering the mother is what makes it particularly galling.
- lazide 3y ago[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_alienation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_alienation]
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- vouaobrasil 3y agoYes, what Reiser did was horrendous. But that was my point: at the same time, people do such things every day all around us. It's only that Reiser went further and committed murder. It is indeed an horrible act, and the only practical thing to do is lock up muderers, but I also think we should look at society's role in producing people like Reiser as well.
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