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In reply to the discussion: From Elliot Rodger's memoir: "I truly had no advantage at all. The Universe was not kind to me" [View all]woolldog
(8,791 posts)57. Maybe.
But have you seem these videos? Anyone interviewing him would've known there's something off about him. Just the way he pronounces his words is weird...like a super villain in a movie. That laugh is weird. Movie like. Was he on his meds when he made those videos? That's why he couldn't get a woman. He was a weirdo. If u can't get a girlfriend you're not going to get a job at Goldman Sachs. The type of guys hired on Wall Street are the exact opposite of this guy. In fact, they're the type of guy he's complaining about in his manifesto.
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From Elliot Rodger's memoir: "I truly had no advantage at all. The Universe was not kind to me" [View all]
cali
May 2014
OP
he was jealous and angry of others having anything he didn't from his first memory at three.
bettyellen
May 2014
#5
no it's not. and it's not disrespectful either. And I'm quite certain that you have no right to
cali
May 2014
#15
It is my opinion. Nothing to do with the parents. I bet they would agree, let the experts read it.
Fred Sanders
May 2014
#85
More a way to avoid empty speculation, preferred method of the media and too many viewers.
Fred Sanders
May 2014
#88
this kid needed intensive intervention by the time he was 4. have you read his memoir/manifesto?
cali
May 2014
#17
Well then these parents aren't common as they called the police on their son
SomethingFishy
May 2014
#108
The difference, however, is that the vast majority of them don't go on a killing spree.
Gravitycollapse
May 2014
#24
He was a subscriber to a multitude of pick-up artist and "men's rights" accounts !!!
lunasun
May 2014
#30
Even the lottery was against him. I found it most amazing that kept expecting to win
valerief
May 2014
#80
It exudes a sense of superioity and narcisissm, but bears no resembence to the Unibomber Manifesto
JHB
May 2014
#98
No. He was a sociopath/psychopath. That he had an affluent background may have enhanced that
cali
May 2014
#21
He seems too preoccupied with the acceptance of others to be a psychopath.
Gravitycollapse
May 2014
#32
he didn't want to be accepted. he wanted to dominate because of his self-perceived superiority.
cali
May 2014
#58
I don't know what personality disorder that Elliot Rodgers had, but it could be sociopath
okojo
May 2014
#99
His last psychiatrist prescribed risperidone which he refused to take. He had Xanax but didn't
seaglass
May 2014
#42
The dude probably had a promising career on Wall St. given his personality trait.
adirondacker
May 2014
#35
I have no background in psychology, but there isn't a scintilla of doubt in my mind
GreenEyedLefty
May 2014
#60
his thinking was twisted by the time he was a very young child. that is crystal clear in his 141
cali
May 2014
#70
I read every word of the manifesto. sociopath/psychopath- and I've worked with both
cali
May 2014
#71
Exactly. And to think: He was a "gentleman," not one of those lucky "brutes"!
WinkyDink
May 2014
#110