Snowden (who really does, apparently, have epilepsy) helps an epileptic.

[MADem]

74. That's an interesting point. A few work colleagues have commented about him, but in

very generic ways, mostly to do with his abilities in the workcenter--not about his amusements, hopes, dreams, or personal life. I think the only person who knew him at all was the girlfriend. No "chums" have come forward to talk about deep conversations, shared adventures or anything like that.

He did seem to be a loner, come to think of it. He did have friends in his youth, and he was social as a teen, back in the days when he was harboring notions of being a youthful model and playing video games at Fort Meade on 911. He also had a rather snarky and vibrant (irreverent, as well) sense of humor back then; the humor seemed to abate in his later writings. The newbie young Snowden asking about technical issues on Ars Technica didn't sound at all like the Snowden yelling about shooting people in the balls.