Why Our Society Has School Shooters - Theo Von
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- Theo Von is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor. He is the host of the This Past Weekend podcast. Learn more about Theo at www.theovon.com/
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For everyone who also had the problem:
Under the video settings (gear), set the audio track to English (original).
Funny that it just changes like that?!
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Hey @AfterSkool Chris Hedges has an interview with James Gilligan (former director of the study of violence at Harvard medical school) called "Breaking the cycle of American Violence" (here on CZcams). In it he details "soul murder", where the most violent prisoners would go to the extent of killing their own physical body in order to resurrect their soul. Detailing how the normal dichotomies between love-hate, body-soul, good-bad, etc., break down for a person who has incurred or has become a victim of violence. It's a conversation that fleshes out more of this theme. Keep up the great work!
Ehm, don't you think your inefficient laws could be part of the problem too?
I mean, what's wrong with asking people that have guns to go to psychiatrists to be evaluated every three months?
After all, if a person is considered a threat he can't drive, but why is it not the same for gun owners?
Also, it's quite superficial to point the finger towards every thing but guns' lobbies.
“A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel it’s warmth.” - African Proverb
Who’s African Proverb? NBA player?
Yes
Nelson mandela said it if you were really interested, but honestly, your comment just came off as dumb and racist @andle845
Back in 1999 boomer conservatives were blaming Doom and Marilyn Manson for a school shooting; and not giving a thought about the conditions of the school.
Was not embraced by village but never turned out like that
“It takes a village to raise a child” we lost the village, we lost the community, love, and purpose. Thank you for pointing this out Theo.
Perfectly complements the quote "the child who is not loved by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth"
We have to change that both politically and societally though. Read “Forget having it all How America Messed Up MotherHood and How to fix it.” I’m not gonna sit here and sell you something that has the answers. In fact the authors suggestions are just as flawed as anything you or I can come up with. But it raises a point of our society. We never have been a Village. From the conservative and isolated nuclear family to the lack of any family structure today, the system has always been broken. We criticized the idea that it takes a “village to raise a child” both societally and politically and we still do. Unless we actually become more nurturing and caring instead of competitive and selfish, nothing will change.
@oreidaseras793 its like everyone forgot that children are just tiny humans. And humans are very predictable. A human with no warmth in their life? Of course they are going to burn whatever is around them just so that they can feel the warmth of something.
@@Crispy_DAWGthe village y'all think of consist of women who do not want to raise children who are not theirs sorry not sorry esp not when the fathers aren't even good fathers even if they're "present" most single mothers try their best for their kids. I don't need to read a book to see who's at fault. toxic masculinity has never went away so stop blaming other people for men's shitty actions. you don't see women shooting up places because they had a bad day or get on an edge streak and if it happens it's once in a blue moon
We didn’t lose the village. It was intentionally destroyed and replaced with hedonism and glorification of self.
Not culturally North American but went to North American schools. Holy shit. The level of cruelty to me and other kids was unparalelled. Everyone is a bully. The teachers, students, admins, everyones a jackass that assumes the worst of you because youre a teen male, halfway between a calculated adult and destructive child. Thats not what teens are. Show some damn love. Extremism dies when lots of people who disagree with your still show some human decency.
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Just wanted to throw out that "Another Brick in the Wall" is about Pink Floyd's experience with the awful English school system. It's shitty everywhere.
Don't forget the part Where if you actually defend yourself from the bullying, you will be treated as the criminal
@@dudebro91-fn7rzI feel this 😢 yeah maybe that angry kid who gets beaten up all the time might harbor some aggression towards the person who wronged him or her and if you take that kid’s ability to defend himself or herself by saying you have a zero tolerance to violence is just stupid. And telling on your tormentors brands you a snitch amongst your classmates speaking from experience. I went to the alternative school where all the “bad kids” went and I have nothing but good memories from that time in school cause they actually treated the teens like people.
“I could be wrong, and that’s totally okay.” -Theo Von…… We could learn a lot from that quote.
You learned something from that? As in, you actually expected Theo Von to be right about this?
@@RHatcherMDclearly not their point at all and you know that, cmon now. Meaning that there’s humility in Theo’s words… that it’s ok have an opinion and be ok that it may be off base. There’s quite a bit of wisdom in that too.
Your reply might be sarcastic but you’re still a big turd for that.
judging from his arguments that's just a way to spill out blatantly wrong garbage and not take responsibility for it, grifters are stupid and intelligent at the same time and i find that incredible
@@RHatcherMDway to be humble doc. You've learned nothing.
“A bridge is just a road that’s brave as f*ck.”
-the great mind of Theo Von
That would make a great bumper sticker. I'm sure Theo would've made Carl Jung smile.
Or a high risk working license lol
@@G8rquestfor sure. Carl Jung is so much more intelligent than dumbass Freud and his sex-obsessed, psychosocial nonsense.
haha
I was going to like this comment, but I want the like number to stay at 666 because I have the maturity of a 13 year old
Theo, in spite of his often outlandish comedy style, is a brilliant and empathetic person. He’s truly a gem and a gift to society.
Def not every comedian can do such an articulate thoughtful monologue.
@@cag1Most comedians are entitled narcissistic assholes
he's a very "thoughtful" person. In the sense that he seems to think quite deeply. he'll go down a rabbit hole of deep thought on a subject, which i find quite nice. very few people think in that sort of philosophical big picture way.
0:15 “childhood shooters” almost all school shooters are teenagers/adults none of them are children, so you’re wrong there.
@@ExperiencedPlayer2468 🤓
Always give somebody an "out". 12 years in school, 4 more in college can feel like a prison sentence for somebody who "just isn't getting it" socially or academically. I'm convinced some people go off just because they aren't given a face saving alternative path. I don't know what that looks like societally, but there has to be a "this isn't working" track, an emergency stop for the ones who hurt too much.
Violence breeds violence: Dominion (2018)
All this out will result in is someone with less education than a high schooler. Real life will soon teach them how difficult it is to function in society while being an idiot.
I've heard in Germany high school is specifically a college oriented path, and at high school age you can choose a trade oriented path or I think a third thing. Would have saved me a lot of trouble in school.
I'm born in 84 and did 4 years in the Marines a couple months after high school.
But when I got out and try to be a Civilian, I've worked for 2 private companies that treated people like crap. When I graduated college in 2010, I looked at returning back to the military. I'm sure many of us had heard stories of Service Members committing suicide.
I agree with your theory. Society's gone down the drain and I'm not patriotic anymore, this isn't the type of country I wanted to protect.
Now before someone gets the wrong idea. I am highly involved with the anime community and that keeps me going.
You took an oath to defend and protect the Constitution. 🇺🇸
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I have a hypothesis of how at least some mass killers are created. When I was a little kid, I was pretty weird from living in my own imagination a lot of the time. This caused me to be targeted by bullies. However, I was taught to fight back, and I did. For the most part, bullies left me alone.
When I was 9, my family moved to a new state, and that meant a new school with new bullies. Very quickly I was attacked, and they seemed shocked that I hit back. This is because the school sent me to the principal's office to be scolded and punished for fighting back. Not the bullies who attacked me completely unprovoked, just me for defending myself. I was lectured about how violence was never an answer, and how me defending myself was highly disturbing behavior.
I was a little behind in reading, so they pulled me out of all the classes I excelled at, math and science, and put me in special education to keep an eye on me. They made me see the school psychologist for my violent tendencies, and anytime I did anything that they thought was questioning their authority, I was locked in a burlap lined closet to "get me under control." Mind you, me being out of control was things like correcting a teacher when their textbook was incorrect. They'd sometimes forget that I was locked in that closet until my parents would call them, asking where I was.
They had various excuses for this, but ultimately, my parents sided with me and pulled me from that school. Now, ask yourself what would have happened to my mental health if my parents sided with the school? What if I was told to just take all the abuse? Can imagine the resentment, isolation, boiling anger building over time? I've given that a lot of thought, and I could easily see that breaking my will to live while making me a deeply hateful person!
Luckily, I had parents that were paying attention and got me out of that environment, but I can imagine how bad it would have gotten if they didn't.
I think that parents paying attention to their kids, what they're being taught, and the environments they're in is critical for preventing the conditions that leads people to do horrible things.
Your are more right then the person who speaking he had know clue what he talked about
There's some real corruption and brokenness in the public school system. I think most teachers are good and well-intentioned, yet there are some very angry, vile teachers with tenure who abuse their students (and other teachers) who are very difficult to get rid of.
i think what you are saying is more true than this video, the bullying in the US seems like its way worse than in other countries. that with gun laws being so loose must be a disaster waiting to happen.
@@JesusRaveslook up which places in the US have tight gun laws then tell me which type cities have more bad schools and shootings
@@JesusRaves”gun laws being so loose”
Oh you’re right I forgot that making something illegal prevents a criminal from doing it 🤦♂️ how are people still this fucking stupid
Damn, Theo is a much smarter dude than I ever gave him credit for. This was a sober, mature, and thoughtful presentation and I don't regret spending my time with it. Thanks.
Super funny people like him are usually very intelligent. I mean u can see how quickly he can think on his feet
Of the couple successful comedians I have met both of them absolutely could not shut off their brain. They were always thinking of something and how that something affects or could affect how other people think. This is anecdotal, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is a totally common trait among many comedians. My theory is many of them turn to making fun of these constant thoughts just so they don't drown in how dark the thoughts can be.
He’s SOBER off alcohol and p()rn. This is how men in this country could be again. Confident, capable, clear in thought, FREE to choose their own thoughts not replay scene from fav girly video, and calm.
Brains are hijacked and the users are clueless like there isn’t a direct cause and effect.
Oxytocin the “love” hormone goes to the phone and what you get is Flaccid protection of the family , flaccid instinct to stand for something, flaccid thoughts, fFlaccid relationships, Flaccid mundane purposeless life.
Men/boys are not doing well as a group looking at statistics in offing themselves.
12 step recovery groups are a click away. Become free from control instead of believing it’s everybody else trying to control you like a brainwashed cog. Sober up boys…90 seconds yo midnight and we have unmotivated fatties with no drive to be better.
And watch some david goggins to find some motivation without constant excuses.
Correct.
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How does a grown working adult work as a comparison for a teenagers mental sense of purpose.
We have never trusted our politicians. If you think it's worse now, you don't know history. The government caused the dust bowl by knowingly scamming its citizens.
The problem is not that "we are not America anymore." The problem is that we wory about what the "American" way is over what the EFFECTIVE way is
Bullied, cant find friends, cant find love, left with nothing but hate
I feel like there's something missing. During my time in high school, I was bullied to almost the brink of becoming a school shooter. Physically, emotionally and psychologically. No matter what, I was a target. Daydreaming while crying, "I want to hurt them back". But I was strong enough to push those thoughts away. And sadly, some people can not control their thoughts/actions. They step into a mindset that they can't escape and cause pain to others, so that someone, anyone, would understand how much pain they are going through.
What I find missing is the obvious detail all around the world people feel like their lives have no purpose, yet the US is pretty much the only country with mass school shootings. This phenomena as a recurring problem is pretty much unheard off anywhere else. There's other obvious _tiny details_ that make the scenario different, but they are a holy cow for some, so I guess he dodded mentioning them!
It could be that you weren’t pushed quite as far, or you could be stronger than them… we won’t know because it’s not talked about. Most parents suck. The only thing we can do is try to be better for the next generation of kids and actually be able to talk to them.
Theos’ thought process and flow is unmatched. He’s genuinely a smart guy.
Absolutely is.
It goes to show how a creative and some what “odd” train of thought can lead to beautiful problem solving and a very unique sincere profoundness, I think all the kids of today need more people like Theo Von to look up to, it will help alot with todays problems. I’ve always loved Theos comedy, and to watch him be comfortable enough to speak about how he views life in his own eyes is definitely a gift to humanity.
He really is. I've listened to enough of his takes when he's serious to understand he's a sharp guy
Not really most people are just absolute fucking morons so he seems smart by comparison
He only plays stupid because that's his comedy style, but if you pay attention, you'll notice his creativity and whit are genius level.
I'm glad there's a lot of comments from people appreciating how wise Theo actually is. His humor gets translated as him being "dumb" to some people, but the majority of it is all an act. He's just an expert at it lol. He has a lot of hidden gems like this on his "This Past Weekend" podcast.
His interview with Jordan Peterson was amazing!
I'd hesitate to call this wise. He blames things like a lack of a job (most school shooters are just barely entering the workforce and don't have much job pressure or expectations), a lack of patriotism (very strange), and "the dark arts".
He's all over the place, but he does get it right once, I think: the spotlight given to shooters. We need to stop publishing their names or motives. These people feel forgotten about by society, and are acting in revenge. We need to, at the very least, minimize what they gain by doing that. The issue isn't social media, it isn't a lack of patriotism, it isn't "the dark arts", it's not even guns (although our approach to them could be different and less people would die I think) because plenty of other countries have that but don't have our school shooting issue.
The difference is how we treat shootings. Kids going to school these days think about them growing up, even if they have never seen one themselves they are a real threat in many children's eyes these days. When those kids grow up, the option of enacting that threat that scared them (or, at the very least, the threat they knew their peers were afraid of) was a realistic one to take.
How do we change that? It's hard to change culture like that. The driving force has to be the media, though. Stop giving the shooters a platform to spread their message for sure. Don't publish their name or manifesto. I would almost suggest not covering shootings in national TV media at all - keep it to news articles or something that children are less likely to consume, but that's iffy because then it seems like a political effort to influence the way we think about guns. There's more that can be done for sure, but the focus needs to be on what sets the only country with this problem apart - their school shooting culture.
@@cameronl1859 lol good God that was a lot of rambling to say something you could have said in a quarter of the words.
@@cameronl1859 just entering the workforce is the part with the most pressure and expectations lmao?
you're missing the bigger picture lmao@@cameronl1859
Thank you for this. Too many people NEED to hear this
Thank you for sharing this! I love After Skool and have always enjoyed Theo Von and his candor. I think it is important to hear such diverse perspectives, so thanks!
Once corporate America started looking at people as resources and not people, that was the beginning of the end.
I agree with you but I am a black man and I can only look through my lens. That's how America treated black men....as resources that are disposable. Then they wonder why they have higher rates of poverty and higher rates of crime.
The beginning of the end for the corporations…
aka capitalism
Wasn’t our type of govt. founded on this belief with slaves
You'd think they'd want to upkeep their resources and ensure those resources are as useful as possible, for as long as possible.
More likely, there are certain fringe ideological systems that require you to be miserable, hateful, and angry with society in order for you to support violent revolutionary actions.
As it stands, our system tells kids that they can be anything they want as long as you put your mind to it. I can say from experience that most of us started realizing by around 8th - 9th grade that this was not the case and that our system in reality was only giving us enough tools to mold us into factory workers. To say most of us feel "wronged" would be an understatement.
Well, it depends what your goal is and how feasible it is, and if you make the right choices or not, but I was always told as a kid that if I didn’t go to college, I would be a nobody and wouldn’t make that much
@@Tylerd838
College is great but some people are very successful with a high school diploma. It depends on your drive and what motivates you. And what breaks and opportunities are available. Most of the learning is hands on. Good luck to you.
@@bzb500 eh, they are indoctrination camps
@@bzb500 Yes it really comes down to understanding what You want for Yourself instead of what people want you to do. College? Great! A trade/union? Awesome! Fast food job to get by? That's fine man! Risk it all and become a content creator? Go for it if you believe.
Just know what you want, accept it and what comes with it, and go for it.
@TylerD448
That was probably true when you were told that as a child. Nobody has the foresight to see that telling every kid that will lead to a huge flood of adults with degrees which makes them meaningless.
..i came to this realization a few years ago.. quite scary when you can genuinely understand why someone went a bit too overboard with violence. I am afraid everyday of what i may do if someone crosses the boundary. Im that angry, depressed, and hopless.
Despite it all, you are still holding on. That means that you are more strong and kind than you think! There's always hope, and I hope that everything will turn out well for you, and you will be able to find peace and happiness in your life, which you absolutely deserve! Best wishes, my friend.
Brother. Focus on improving in anyway you can. Meditate, workout, or anything to keep your mind up. Remember that there’s other people who struggle with this. I was homeless during some of my teen years, I survived but meditating, exercising, and other things kept me from losing it.
One day at a time.
@@Stargazing_fan wish don't help you ignorant....
Just curious but have you always felt this way, or did it really kick in after 2020? I believe there was a huge spike in depression, suicide, domestic violence etc. ever since they screwed with so many people's heads and livelihoods post pandemic. My personal experience has been that the people who were following CNN, and all the other networks were being manipulated, exploited, and really just having an over all head job done on them from all the government programming and propaganda. Hope you're doing better now.
School shooters are 100% a societal psychological problem and 0% a gun control problem. We had firearms in our rural schools for years and never once in the history of our town had any incidents, but that will never make the news. Your Art and message is desperately needed. Thank you so much for what you do. Continue to push yourself creatively!
I wonder why similar societies like us Europeans don't have such a problem. Nah surely it can't be guns...
Bruh
@@strongposadistbelieverit’s the gmo/glyphosate food and huge numbers of vaccines our children get. Been watching the shootings start since the poisoning of our children. Guns have always been present (thankfully) in the USA, these shootings are a relatively new phenomenon.
It’s 100% both. Gun laws have gotten less strict, especially when there’s no such thing as an individual trafficking across state lines. We are alone in the frequency of these attacks.
@zachdave2994 I live in PA on the border of NY and can't use my own permit 10 minutes from my house. "Gun Traffickers" don't follow the laws and never will. Gun laws don't work..stop making more.
@@KHX274we have guns.
This is so spot on. As a mental health counselor, I see so many young people in this situation. It feels insurmountable.
are any of them devoted Christians or part of a church belief system?
@@batsnackattack i mean obviously, at least 70% of kids in the us are christians
Ok, but only the boys pick up guns. That's where we need further explanation. Girls have harder lives with a system rigged against them and face the same family traumas boys do (but with a LOT more SA), but they still don't shoot up schools.
You are a counselor who views the subject from study and experience. I am not a counselor, I am a patient who has been failed by councilors. First, you are not actually interested in solving the problem as a counselor. You can spout all of the built in defense lies to prove me wrong. At the end of the day your profession is designed to take the edge off. At best the patient fixes themselves because you are not capable of that. Also, the people who created your profession did not create your profession with that intention. Usually, you are only going to manage to take the edge off your patient just enough to string them along, The act of them coming back fulfills the requirement for you to have your job to begin with. At the end of the day, the patient needs the missing piece to make them whole.
@@julianspaghi4592
It’s not so obvious friend, you may be surprised by the godless youth
The usual signs of serial killers/shooters start similar in a lot of cases: A very bad home to grow up in. Abuse, neglect, isolation etc. Nobody ever wants to forgive these people but they start out in the worst circumstances their environment allows for and don't even know they need mental help, how could they ever seek it? All they grow up knowing is suffering.
Yeah so they decide to ruin other people's life instead of just trying to make theirs better? We do have a serious problem with mental well-being, but that does not give an excuse for people that commit domestic terrorism. They destroy families because they get called names, how fucking pathetic do you have to be? I get some people start off at a bad place but all that goes out the window when they start shooting.
“Mental help” is not the solution you think it is.
The Virginia Tech shooter was pushed into the mental health system and it only made him feel targeted and isolated. The shooter even stated in his video and literary manifestos that he did it because he was bullied by the community around him, and there is some truth to that statement despite his faults.
In many other cases, it’s shown that attacks like these aren’t spontaneous or out of the blue. Schools will insist it was random, but you can often find evidence that students or faculty played a role in antagonizing the perpetrator for years prior to the shooting. “Mental help” won’t erase the anger or hatred one feels. If someone punches you, it’s natural to want to punch back. You can’t medicate this stuff away, especially when each attacker had their own reasons for doing their attacks.
@@captain_improbability5690very ignorant comment
Before seeking treatment and getting the help I needed I used to have thoughts of attacking my school and yeah I was in a horrible state of mind and I was in the wrong, but the reason I wanted to put my problems on innocent people was because In my twisted mindset I thought it was everyones fault. I saw everyone who bullied me as well as their friends, the teachers, and everyone who knew about it but did nothing to help me as equally guilty. That's the best answer I can give you on why people do this. But like I said I was in the wrong and just thinking about the person I used to be makes me disgusted with myself. There are no excuses for doing this but we need to find a way to help these people.
The smart ones get into a suit and really start hurting people. The dumb ones well how we ended up here.
Beautiful beyond measure. Thank you for your illustrations.
This was amazing, thanks for drawing and sharing this. Me and my partner went to go see Theo in Winston-Salem NC, him and his crew on stage that night were hilarious. It's worth it, get a ticket!
I'm so glad one of Theo's MANY philosophical moments made it onto After Skool. I would never have given him my full attention based on small clips. My boyfriend really wanted me to pay attention to him and when he suddenly and tragically died Theo's podcast was my friend through grief. I even got a big hug from him after seeing him last June. He's a good hearted dude. Grew up super rough and still has a golden ticker. ❤
"The Grey Area", explains in detail why they exist.
@@dieselphiend say more?
@@letsmakebunnies I can't say more without my comment being deleted.
@@dieselphiend hmmm... Ok
@@letsmakebunnies Have you figured it out, yet?
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Thanks for sharing this. Frankenstein is a beautiful example of Theo’s point in this video.
This has been sitting on my bookshelf for years - might be time to finally read it! Thanks
based quote
Tis’ being human, after all.
I’m surprised to say Von’s points are actually very insightful and I find myself agreeing with him. I think additionally the bullying culture that is so prevalent in American schools leaves those who feel like outsiders being ever more ostracized and abused. That manifests and takes over their mind. As a child it’s difficult to comprehend that high school doesn’t last forever - that’s their entire world as they know it. And if they’re being bullied and abused by their classmates and cannot defend themselves, they look to something that gives them that power. They want to see their tormentors cower in fear and feel powerless just as they did. Guns are their answer. If their world is grim and their future seemingly worse, why do they care about living? They want vengeance, and the US’s focus on guns equating to freedom and their ease of acquiring makes them their only option, in their eyes.
Alot of this is connected in ways most people cannot understand. More bullies means more kids with a shitty home life, society has ruled out discipline for kids so you cannot punish these bullies in any way that will be consequential, social media has put so much distance between us humans that we lack any empathy or care for others, social media has also taught people that they can be really hateful and mean and there will be no repercussions, schools try to charge kids with assault if they get into even a minor fight so the victims of bullying are more afraid to fight back because they will be punished for doing so. I just read an article about a kid in seattle who failed a major test because he would not adhere to their rules of gender bending. He was asked which genders could get pregnant, he answered "women", and another question was about which gender has a penis, he answered "male" and he failed for that. Our government is purposely steering us toward uneducated and ignorant ideologies because its making it way too easy for them to slowly strip our rights and unity as people. I truly think we are doomed, and I fear for the future of generations including mine.
Good analysis........
Idiotic. You're not solving the problem. All you're doing is saying "Let's put a band aid on the problem." Which, by doing so, makes us much more vulnerable.
he is a surprisingly insightful guy considering his journey so far. that capacity for reason and introspection is both vital and tellingly rare, and to be respected if it remains humble. respect dude. 🙏
I agree more with you that with Von. I've met a lot of people that feel like they don't belong, don't give a fuck anymore and are perfectly happy about it.
Loved the Neitzsche at the end, great video. I hadnt heard this from Theo
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." - Samuel Johnson
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold...
I like this. I have a young son and see the battles he faces already even at three. Anyone who thinks men and women are the same or wrong and they need guidance and love to, and I have to want to fight the fight their own battles. A lot of people don’t want to do that nowadays especially the battles in our own heard they just want to give it that’s not it.
caught here in a fiery blaze...
@@user-hb7he6fe6p 'Won't lose my will to stay...
@@user-hb7he6fe6p My conscience coerced me into sharing this; czcams.com/video/D5G10FqPRIg/video.htmlsi=U7F0Jnm1jwNymU0n
I wasn't a school shooter, but when i was a teenager, i got real close to it.
Had it real rough during childhood,i won't go over all of it, but i got diagnosed with ptsd over it.
Kids are cruel, so when they saw that i was reclusive, acting different and had weird "ticks", they got abusive.
Years later, during high school, we moved to a new house and for some reason, the old landlord had an hunting rifle which they left there.
With life being rough, people pushing down and me being more and more mentaly unstable,
the idea of using this rifle was getting more and more frequent...also more "enticing", one could say.
I couldn't see a way out, couldn't find a point of living if my futur was to be as bleak as the past.
So taking it out on the people who were what i perceived to be the cause of most of it, felt like it would be a good idea before ending myself.
Never did do it.
But what i want to say is, while i never did and don't condone doing it.
i can somehow understand how one can break into it.
Some people are crazy, yes.
But when you feel incredibily down for years, give up thinking it will ever get better and have a bunch of people who keeps abusing you.
It isn't all that surprising when you snap and jump on this bad decision.
I feel bad for u
Takes guts to admit and say all of that, respect.
well said and Im sorry for your rough childhood. I have never come close to something like this, but I am aware with a few different forks in the road I am capable of it too. I think we all are.
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Somebody put this dude on a watchlist
@@monsieurcondottiero2685this kind of shit is what makes people suck. Can't even begin to empathize with a school shooter and someone tryna do this shit. Loser
Thank you theo for this absolute masterpiece
This is very accurate imo.. the lack of family or people close to you is a big one for many people in regards to starting off down that path.
I love Theo’s ability to be funny, sweet, and wise in the same breath. What a gift ❤️
It comes from incessant, relentless, unstopping, ruthless, bullying. I was bullied so bad in school that at the time of columbine , I thought those guys were cool for doing that. I don’t now, it’s horrible what they did, horrible things were probably done to them. It doesn’t make it right, but it makes sense. If that makes sense 💁♂️
I feel you. There must be millions of kids who’ve had those thoughts, but fortunately compassion….or not having access to a shotgun…keep them as thoughts.
cool for killing unarmed kids in school with firearms. you are psycho.
@@Domn879 What kept me from going crazy is hope of something better in the future and the knowledge that my bullies actions have nothing to do with me and would lead to their downfall.
People saying 'have compassion' while you're the one being bullied doesn't help, be honest about the potential dangers of society, children are able to understand much more than we give them credit for.
@@diemes5463When I say compassion, what I mean is the drive to consider the effect of your own actions on other people regardless of how they treat you. To be able to see through the red mist and imagine the scene after you’ve had your revenge. And that drive outweigh the drive to hurt them. That’s what kept me from lashing out to a degree that caused any lasting damage to anyone. And I agree, school and adolescence is an exceptionally dangerous place and time. I’ve not been subjected to as much aggression and physical confrontation in the 20 years since I left school as I was in the last four years of it. My school was a fucking zoo.
That's one part of it. As an outsider, i.e. not american, I see it is not only school shootings. It is mass shootings in general. There is something larger systemic in US at the base of this. Among developed nations, US leads in this category and not just by a small margin. In 2022 US had 647 mass shootings and number one in that category. Number two was Russia with 21. The rest all in the single digits below 5 or zero.
This was one of the deepest conversations I ever heard theo have and I was wondering why no one clipped it, I thought it was very insightful. Thanks for spreading this.
Hey Artist's, I love your work. Always amazed ! Words paint pictures and i must say that the stories and the art produced are wonderful. The world is a better place because of it. Thank you. ❤
Not fitting in or being rejected, pushes some people to the extreme. Social expectations, outweigh social responsibility these days.
That happens in every society. Not every society has school shootings though.
@@Mart-Bespecially the west, no?
@@Mart-BTrue. Not every society has access to automatic weapons though. Mixed with other circumstances like, upbringing and expectations of the 'American dream'.
Firearms have existed a long time,
yet we are just now seeing them…..
Something doesn’t add up….
@@AmericansikkuntSchool shootings in the U.S have been happening since 1890.
Theo really seem to have the purest heart, so genuine and empathic
He is. I met him a couple weekends ago in Maryland, real down to earth guy!
@@Originaltuber hope its not a lie, sadly cant just post pictures in the comments but thats awesome! i hear what him and joe rogan talk about alot and he seems to be interested in learning when they go into deep conversations.
No. He's no different than the people who run those giant conglomerates he spoke of. Especially after inviting an alt right character like Peterson on his show.
@@bd1zzle lol yeah I get it. no lie. he had a show in the area and happened to walk out of the MGM casino and hotel.
@@Randyy111hey man, it can be pretty reductive to box people into fixed groups like that. Everyone’s different, and hopefully our views are all evolving with new experiences and information. Moments where we can “cross the aisle” and work on society together are important, not labels
If things had turned out a little differently for me, I'm afraid that I might've become a school shooter.
In 10th grade boarding school, I was bullied relentlessly for my Autism. My peers called me a "retard" day in and day out, and used my Autism as a scapegoat to blame me for their misbehavior to me, claiming that I was the one instigating their abuse. Furthermore, they claimed that my Autism was making me hallucinate their abuse, that I was seeing things and hearing things that were never there, that never really happened. Whenever I went to the teachers for help, they refused to believe me as my bullies would often say, "he doesn't know what he's talking about. He's a retard". This school was supposedly advertised as a place that "specializes in kids with behavioral issues". But the teachers were irresponsible, and neglected their duties, as they would often shift their responsibility unto my shoulders, leaving me to deal with the situation myself, and I could only avoid them for so long without failing my classes, and even when I made it onto the Dean's List, they still refused to treat me like a fellow student.
They even manipulated me by saying that things that I were taught to be socially appropriate were socially INappropriate, like when we went to a rock concert, and I was singing, they told me to shut up saying it was rude of me to do so. Or when I kissed a girl on the hand after a dance with her, they'd pull me back a punish me saying what I did was wrong.
My world had quite virtually turned upside down.
But the story gets worse. My wrestling coach was also abusive, as he forced me to wrestle with a dislocated ribcage I had gotten in that very class by a fellow student. If I refused, I would fail and be forced to take 10th grade all over again. It hurt to even breathe that hard.
One student threatened to kill me if i told he was sneaking weed into the school. Another student made an attempt on my life trying to steal my guitar, and nearly broke my door down.
One day, when I was trying to relieve myself alone, in the showers one of them intruded and peeked at me, and soon they all decided to corner me, and would've touched me had I not taken a swing at them. But in the end, I was the one at fault for hitting them, even if it was self defense.
But the worst thing they did, was they blackmailed my only friend there to betray me. They treated us like homosexuals, which made my friend embarrassed and grow to resent me. So in order to avoid being ridiculed by them, he joined them.
Something broke inside of me that day.
I was very suicidal, not because I lost the will to live, but because I was afraid of becoming a monster. My moral compass was broken. I could no longer distinguish right from wrong, as I was being punished for doing the right things and being encouraged to do the wrong things.
I just wanted it all to end, I wanted the bullying to end, I didn't want to be hurt again anymore, and I thought the only choices were to either kill, or be killed. To either end it by killing the ringleader of the bullies who conspired against me, or to take my own life and free myself from this hell on earth.
The only thing that kept me hanging on by a spider's thread, was my belief in God.
Amen 🙏
I’ve got autism too, I was bullied a ton when I was in middle school, and while some other stuff was going on at home with an “annoying” landlord to say the least, I don’t want to talk much about it because it was really complicated . It really makes you feel horrible, so I’d write stories on google docs that were often violent just to laugh a little bit, but of course the school hounded me because they spy on you using things such as goguardian. They thought I was going to do something violent, so, they sent me to the school counselors for 30 min and then sent me off once I went through the normal routine of asking me to admit I would never kill anyone in real life. Then you go right back to being bullied, right back to the normal routine. When I got to high school things got better though.
Your faith in god really helps ya a lot, you know that god and Jesus love you. Have a great day and I hope you don’t get bullied to that level again.
Same, man. In my Sophomore year of high school I thought that everyone looked at me strangely, people constantly fought each other and stuff. Then I started searching into the school shooters, started getting into radical right wing, and wanted to graduate then make sure everyone knew my name. But what I realized was that I failed, I lived in this darkness willingly. Though in the summer before my Junior year of high school, I found a CZcams video where a man was preaching about God. Then I got on my knees and asked God to forgive me. God gave me hope and taught me how to love people.
We live in a fallen world where even teachers who we've been taught to look up to cannot be trusted to take care of us. Henceforth, I place my trust in the only person to be my teacher, that being Christ himself.
I am glad you found peace.@@bipn_406
The school spied on you?? Isn't that a unconstitutional? A violation of privacy? In the modern age, we can no longer trust teachers to take care of us and rely on them for our development. So I turn my trust to the one teacher in my life that has never let me down; that is Christ.@@goldeneagle8740
I know I’m a little late to this but the story he told through this art speaks volumes. Take a break from the screen. Work, do stuff with family and friends, find physical hobbies, work out, ect… Anything to keep you active and attached to the natural world and sense of being. I think people tend to forget we are actually animals and as such are instinctually meant to spend the majority of our time out and about.
Theo Von - Is by far one of the most underrated philosophers of our time.
Hell yeah he is. And he’s a huge voice for recovery culture.
I seen him live back in February. He’s definitely one of the great minds of our time, in his own way of course.
If you consider him on one of the most underrated philosophers of our time then maybe look into philosophy a little more. He is avoiding the big fat white elephant in the room. LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION!
This video makes him a philosopher? Lol ..he is a great comedian but come on. Bullying exists on every country, school shootings only happens in the usa. He never mentioned guns laws and responsability of owning guns
You can tell Theo's been through some shit. Takes a bunch of pain to get to this level of wisdom 💯🙌🙏❤️
Social media has almost everything to do with the rise in school shootings. And it's not just who they are influenced by, but kids can now be constantly reminded of their peers and classmates who they might not get along with. Before social media, these kids could just go home and watch TV or read books, or dive into any activity that would keep their mind off of their day in school. But now, and through their own impulsive curiosity, they can see other kids on facebook, or snapchat or instagram, and see where they don't fit in socially. And this leads to even further bitter resentment.
It seems like the toxic school environment is worse.
you are aware there were school shootings BEFORE social media, right?
Especially for the kid without friends seeing how happy the other kids are with friends, being successful
I love this channel. Ending message at 7:30.............amazing! Beautiful!
Absolutely it is a purpose problem. We as a society are getting further and further away from working with the flow of natural law and being liberated by it. Maybe living harder lives, but more purpose filled lives.... but now everything from our architecture, to our art, music, literature, entertainment, medicine, it is all so toxic, unoriginal, made to herd us into this one hive system. We are angrier, sicker, and more divisive for it.
Agree
Every killer has 2 things in common, he was bullied/outcast and his parents divorced
@@janeblogs324Not true. But the ones that didn't have divorced parents were still from broken homes where the parents might as well have been divorced.
@@janeblogs324 Not even close to being true. What a ridiculous trope.
The #2 problem is none of us are immune to self-deception.
The #1 problem is that we all like to think we are.
Some will believe the lie that they are a “bad person”, more will believe the lie that they are a “good person”. It’s the second group who, historically, you have to watch out for. After all, once you believe you’re a “good person”, then anyone who is against is necessarily evil and you can justify just about anything.
Tbh I envy ppl who can't understand how someone becomes this monster. Compete bliss. I was once at that breaking point when I was at my lowest. At the time a lot of things were wrong, my family was very avoidant, at school I got pushed out of any conversation cuz bullying me was a popular thing. I legit didn't talk to anyone at this crucial point of development, because everyone was pointing fingers and always united against me, even if something was obviously made up, just because picking on me was a thing. Of course, teaches did't give a damn and my parents only berated me, never taught me to stand up for mys. I was very vulnerable and didn't want anything else besides being calmly talked to, and a hug. When middle scool hit, everyone kinda forgot abt me, but I was scared to open up to anyone and was hateful for many years to come occasionally fantasising abt harming ppl on a mass scale. I'm past that point now, with age and effort it got better. It's still hard interacting with people and I am yet to form a meaningful relationship, but I'm now hopeful for the future.
Do you use discord?
@@PrimetimeBJJ why? 🙂
You got this. I feel you man
give me your name im adding you @@breakbeatss5174
Keep going man, you'll eventually get to the point of people respecting you. I already do, infact 👑
Thanks for this video.
Great stuff. Keep it up!
I recently read Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. He was an Auschwitz survivor and psychotherapist who described the “will to meaning” as the ultimate driving force of human behavior.
It’s amazing that Theo Von of all people would independently arrive at the same conclusion by simply observing the lack of purpose that felt by so many people today.
Great book. Helped me alot during COVID shutdowns. I chose the soup.
I saw a therapist 11 years ago who gave me that book, it changed my life
Theo is actually a genius I think. He chooses to come of as a silly clown, but if you dig into some of his stuff, it takes a lot of brain power to come up with.
Tbf I think most people who spend time thinking and have experienced trauma come to that conclusion eventually
In my own experiance you got the sense that the education system and society just didn't really care enough to do something about bullying. You'd get punished instead of the bullies and get labled as a problem child. It got to the point where you could not take it anymore, and something inside you just snaps. You want to harm those who have wronged and harmed you. Doesn't matter what the cost is because in the end you'll finally be free of them. I imagine that is what most people are going through. I really do feel for most of them because I can relate to what they are going through.
The no tolerance policy is stupid and is for lazy administrators and teachers that don’t want to deal with the problem. My sister was bullied relentlessly (I was sad that I couldn’t help living out of state), but I called the school several times and the lack of empathy was shocking - it was an annoyance to them. She’s doing better now, but our culture and schools are broken - I’m not surprised by these social outcasts.
I think simply bullying doesn't reflect the whole issue, for example the Columbine kids weren't bullied they just sucked.
@@rsetha01 I was bullied for over 4 years and it was a daily basis thing, never once was I happy in middle school and I was always looking over my shoulder or telling people to go away and leave me alone. I eventually snapped and said out loud I wanted to hurt people, and I was labeled the problem and was expelled. They labelled me the villain and never punished the bully, finally in 8th grade I stood up and fought my bully, and one of the administrators walked by me in the office and asked "Are you expelled yet?" the fucking audacity to say such a thing to a child. From that day on, I had zero faith in my school and no faith in my country that they would help people like myself. Through high school, i went from being bullied to being ostracized and had no friends, COVID happened and made that situation even worse when I locked myself away in my room for almost a year and a half. I feel so sorry for kids that have to go through such a horrible system, because the public school system might as well have been bullying me too since they did nothing but stand by and watch it all unfold.
I didn't get punished, but the teacher would do nothing to stop the bullies. At one point when we weren't in school, I had enough, and moved my shirt up to show a knife in my pocket. I don't even remember if it stopped it, now. But shortly after that, I had to homeschool due to anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and OCD. Got close to committing suicide, even not being bullied. I don't say that for pity, but it gives me insight into people that have committed shootings. If I would've stayed in school with that amount of psych issues, with bullies that wouldn't stop, teachers that wouldn't stop them, and I was going to kill myself anyway, I can very well see why school shooters exist. When teachers used to beat kids that were mean to other kids with a yardstick, with parents that would beat them for being impolite, it solved alot. And even if you had a bully that would get away with it and beat a kid up, at least the kid that got beat up could eventually fight them again and turn them into a bloody pulp and people would leave them alone. Now, you'd be sued for "pain and suffering" and "medical costs". The bullies can be kids whose parents failed them, and can be so far behind in school, they really have nothing to lose by pestering someone incessantly for their amusement. I really wish my parents would have told me "beat that kid until he doesn't get up anymore", that would have saved so many hours of misery and then I could concentrate on studying and enjoying life.
“ARandomFurry” :
This was one of his solo pods. He’s got some of my all-time favorite listens of any podcast. Makes my delivery job that much more enjoyable.
Theo is spot on with this explanation. Glad he is showing how smart he truly is.
I'm not sure I've heard the concept of Ikigai before but I absolutely love it. As a young person who often feels a sense of dread about the universe - whether that's climate anxiety, dwelling on the tragedy and suffering in the world, anger at systemic injustices, or straight-up depression caused by nihilism, I have found it very hard to craft a life path that fulfills all of those needs and gives me the most "optimized" sense of balance and like I've chosen the "right answer" for what to do with my life. There's no one right answer, but keeping that diagram centered on Ikigai in mind should be an excellent guide for how and why I live my life.
What makes me concerned for you is that as a young person you are pressured to be concerned about issues you cannot change. That kind of stress is hard to deal with at any age. This is something that should not be forced on you. If you weren't more well adjusted to analyze your emotions I could easily see how one could slip into the darkness. Keep your head up, focus on what you can control, and find something that you feel intense passion to pursue.
@@metaloverdose Thanks for the wise words. I actually just had a revelation about this over the weekend, and it has to do with self-care as the first step to actually bringing about social change. I feel the weight of the world's suffering very heavily, and the sad truth is I can't fix it all, nor can I sacrifice my own life balance to be devoted to the cause. Making the world a better place is a monumental and slow task that no one person can shoulder. If we can't make time to experience the joys in life and embrace the love and peace that is out there in the world simply because there's so much suffering, then that's just letting the tragedy win.
I first heard of the ikigai years ago it sort of changed my life. I forgot what it was called but i was recently thinking about it so I could show my sister. Now this video was there to remind me so I can help her with it. But I’m 26 now and first heard of it around 19/20ish and didn’t give it much effort but within the last 2 years I’ve been putting in the work to balance my life out using it, I can honestly say it’s been probably the biggest help with my depression since I first heard of Buddhism. Which is saying a lot if you knew me.
I wish you the best of luck on your life journey.
"climate anxiety"
@@n4ughty_knightyeah I chuckled at that. I guess I worry more about the homeless, the criminals, and regular people who drive on the highways than something that has been changing for millennia
I think it would be a mistake to place too much blame on media and internet algorithms. Columbine happened with not much other then MTV being around.
The lack of a stable home life is accurate, but it's also a complete lack of individual care and support. Personally looking back, my Dad didn't interact with me almost at all as a teenager. At school, no one talked with me ever. Not one teacher cared. I talked to my counselor twice. The first was mandatory for all students as an introduction, the second was when they called me into the office to tell me I wouldn't be able to graduate without switching schools. Even then, not a single person asked, "What is going on with you? Why are you failing your classes?". I was severely depressed from my childhood, and completely stopped doing homework all together even though I would get As on every test and class assignment. Not one person questioned. I would never have hurt someone, but I was angry and I felt like I could relate a little. At 18 I got kicked out and pretty much have just struggled through homelessness and shit jobs for the last 20 years.
When columbine happened, the internet was solidly a part of human life. It wasn't fast but it was everywhere and bbs systems to allow psychotic ideas to fester were prevalent.
The media tried blaming Doom, a game with it's own TCP/IP port reserved.
This art is amazing. Congrats to the artist. I really love these drawings.
This is so good. Great work Theo
I think it's great in a society where we have no real philosophers to look to people like Theo can speak some wisdom and After Skool can use their platform to spread it. Good job guys
there are philosophers out there, you only wanting to stick to youtube and facebook philosophers is your own fault😂😂😂😂
@@leftytheloser1670 don’t be a prick.
@@leftytheloser1670 They are out there but they get near zero public recognition, or if they do, they get torn to shreds (canceled) for other people's lies against them.
Correct. I've been cancelled BIG-TIME, but my work has been award-winning for decades. Unfortunately, there are several wealthy, influential, corrupt, narcissistic psychos who loathe me and have always felt the need to push toxic narratives onto me. It's pathetic and sad, but it doesn't matter. As we all know, only those with more money "win". No exceptions.
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@@leftytheloser1670thank you for saying this , some people are truly lost , i suggest people start with the great slave philosopher Epictetus. ❤️🙏🏼
You guys are simply brilliant bringing Theo on. I have been a member of this channel and community for quite a while and you still never fail to amaze and surprise ❤
Theo is one of my fav people ever
This is beautiful work. Theo is a simple thinker and i think thats whycso many resonate with the big dog.
There was a time when the extended family provided both children and elderly with person. A home only ran well with everyone contributing. Everyone had purpose
Theo is a much more intelligent and nuanced person than some people give him credit for. A classic example of the genius playing the fool. He had a difficult upbringing to say the least, but it's those hard lessons and life experiences that while they harden you, can mold you into a better person as a result. I appreciate Theo's words in this video. I've caught myself inching close to that Rabbit Hole a few times, and luckily I had the sense to stop, think and walk away. It can be dangerously easy to get wrapped up in an ideology / vice(s) these days and having self reflection and knowing what the danger signs are is more important than ever. Much love to Theo, he and his podcast are treasures.
The internet has a big role in this. The porn addiction , the drug use , the sexualization of everyone and everything in some sort of way if your too comfortable online showing yourself as a woman. The violence , the war , the gore , all of that just being seen and heard by your eyes non stop scrolling through your feed really messes up your head. I stopped watching all that stuff and just started listening to music and talking with friends and watching videos of interesting things instead and my mental health has gotten a lot better. I was already on anti depressants and that stuff still messed with me so my best advice to everyone out there is give yourself a break from seeing all the violence and anxiety induced topics . Take a break from all the arguing and politics , take a break from whatever it is making your brain feel clouded in a dark place because if your life is shitty and not so exciting then it’ll just make it feel worse.
No offense, but porn, heavy metal and video games were the things that kept me from acting on my homicidal fantasies. At least they were cathartic if nothing else.
@@kriegmesserdclxvi2833 the problem with addiction is that the longer the addiction goes, the bigger dopamine rush you desire
In other words, you want a more extreme version of what's getting you a dopamine hide, it's human nature
That's why p3d0ph1l3s r4p3 kids, because they've been wanking off to cp/l0l1con so much that they became numb to it so they want a more extreme version of it
I agree with a lot of these things this definitely makes sense especially today. It’s really heart breaking to see these things happen too. I’ve thought a lot about this topic too. You know in the 90s in elementary and middle school I did get bullied a lot but I had my family outside of school and they gave me a lot of purpose and they helped me to realize that just because I was bullied it doesn’t mean I have to pay attention to the kids bullying me in school. I’m glad we didn’t have social media in the 90s. You made a lot of great points I appreciate it!! 😊
Just right from the introduction, I feel you've put your finger on it! I grew up on a mining village in the 60s. We all "belonged." Employees didn't have to "promote" themselves to get ahead. There was a personnel department who would, in consultation with your supervisor, decide you are ready for more responsibility, even if it means transferring you to another mine in the group. People worked for the same company for ever. It was very unusual for someone to leave. It was a small, but entire world. Sports, recreation, housing. Obviously this could only be provided by a big company. But smaller businesses fitted in under the umbrella. If the mine was doing well and the employees thriving, the small businesses around the mine was also thriving.
I was shocked once I was in the wide world that if you worked really hard and diligently, you were assumed to be "unambitious" and content to stay where you are. You have to actively push yourself, which led to the inevitable nastinesses at the workplace, including taking credit for someone else's work. The workplace became toxic.
And then came the gig economy. Every person in the company is basically self employed. Society totally fragmented.
The business schools that propagated these theories and the management consultants and Human Resources departments who brought it about, have a lot to answer for. They destroyed what had naturally developed after the industrial revolution into a way that the capitalists could still be benevolent. - instead of destroying society, people fragmented, living in their lonely bubbles wondering how long they would still have an income and unable to plan for a future.
Such amazing graphics. I love hearing about hard topics while watching artwork in action.
Beautiful illustrations. True words.
True lamp bounce house you mean
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Very true. Purpose. That sums it up
Tbh, we’re the problem that things like mass shootings and protests happen. Instead of loving one another, we attack, hate, or judge one another for having a different opinion, perspective on things, or even just based on someone’s looks. School shootings can be prevented if we looked at the “weird kid” or “quiet kid” and actually tried to be cool with him or her. We don’t know what peoples lives are like at home so the best we can do is try to make them feel like they’re not a stranger to everyone and encourage them to be a better version of themselves because most people like that are insecure about something or feel like they don’t fit in. Instead of speaking on their backs and saying things about them, we need to go up to them and make them feel like they’re not an outsider to society and that they’re just as equal as everyone else.
@@VOiDED50120 I understand how you feel, I don't have any friends either. Alot of health issues kept me in and out of school for a time and I couldn't develop proper relationships with people. I just hide in the back away from people with my hood up listening to music and playing on my switch. People don't talk to me and to be fair it's gotten to the point that I want to be left alone, but what really hurt was when my guidance counselor pulled me into her office and drilled me about if I was having thoughts about violence. I was confused and they said that based off my lower grades, lack of friends, aversion to people and someone claiming I "looked and acted like a shooter", I was filed as an increased threat due to matching the behavior profile. I'm not a violent person at all, I'd never want to hurt someone and the concept that people are so quick to judge is sickening.
@@Solaires_Little_POG_Champ don't give up, I know it's easy for me to say because of how my life eventually got better but I promise it will get better. I'm really sorry that people judged you like that, that was absolutely disgusting of them and you don't deserve that. My situation was almost the exact same as yours, I technically had a small friend group but they never really hung out with me or sat with me or anything. Even when I tried I just felt ignored, I even had people telling me "how did you even get into this group?" Once you get out of school it should get better, especially if you go to college (if you plan on it). I wish you the best and hope it all gets better 🙏
Or mayyyyyybe it's because USA loves guns? And is super easy for kids to get guns . Bullyibg exists on every country in the world. But only USA have school shootings every month
@@Solaires_Little_POG_Champdont fucking give up, when i was younger i felt the same way, outlook bad, no friends, i had nothing, but we all pull through, you can do it. People do it all the time. remember you are loved look at the positives
@@VOiDED50120 people are fairly nice and talk to me when they have to, but usually avoid me as well. I've kinda gotten over it at this point, who needs friends when I have video games lol
As a struggling 23yo, this all made too much sense.. The pitfall only comes when there's no light at the end of the tunnel and thats the hard part to explain.. Theo done an awesome job presenting his thoughts on how it comes to be and i feel it to be extremely accurate in lots of ways as ive been on the edge of the pit hanging on with all my strength not to take it out on the few good people left in the world. Its hard to even want to be a part of this society when its so far from reality and being a decent thing to be part of. I dont want to slave my whole life struggling everyday to maintain stability while my bossman buys a new plane and new car every year ... 👈👈👈 And that my friends and fellow good people, is where the last bit of sanity and hope in the world starts to slip and you succomb to the darkness.. just a personal experience of mine I felt was worth sharing❤ I promise im not going to do anything crazy or be a "shooter" reguardless how bad it gets because I at least question it that I may not be right about everything so i cant take it out on people not knowing for sure if im the issue or them and thats probably where other people dont question it and just go rampage doing terrible things. With all the love, hope everyone gets the help they need and sees the light they need to see!
I made this comment in hopes it'll help people further understand how things like this happen so we can make the world a better place before it becomes a much worse place
You sound like a good person, and I think you're putting out a great message. Don't give up no matter what. I'm about to be 26 and something I've started doing recently is LISTENING to that little voice in my head telling me to do good things. It's an amazing feeling to help someone else in need and bring just a little more light into the world. Keep on truckin 👍👍🙏
You are both so young and very wise. The inner voice is God telling you to do the right thing and that voice will guide you all of your entire life.
Theo touched all of the problems we face today and he has it all figured out thoroughly. He is an excellent artist too. Go with your gut and be strong always make wise choices and if you make a mistake learn from it.
It's amazing how comedians can develop so much insight from their craft.
Man Theo is a deep thinking, I can relate to his thinking here. These animations are spot on and sometimes make the hair on my neck stand. Well done!!
I love the quote at the end sometimes when you feel at your worst the best thing you can do is try to help others it's better to change things in your life first be it your mindset or the media you consume but sometimes just doing a good deed or complementing a stranger can go a long way in making yourself feel better
You are very appreciated!
Your hard work is serving purpose.
Thank you.
these visuals are excellent
The art in this is next levellll omg
Excellent analysis, it's spot on 💯
This is one of the coolest collaborations I’ve ever seen. Theo Von is a national treasure.
Amazing insight. So many of us feel this way. Sometimes it just takes someone to point it out. It honestly feels like we're living on the cusp of retaining morales/values or complete anarchy.. and it can go any which way at this point
Mr. Von displays wonderful critical thinking and clarity. I think he hits the nail directly on the head. This brief comment is far more profound than most would realize. He lays out our generational decline and the main culprits for it in perfect detail.
Things are the way they are today because of these exact reasons.
Well done.
Theo & after skool crossover is a gift to be appreciated. Thanks both for your bright minds, appreciated!
Theo is a super introspective and observant person, I've listened to him for years and have not missed a single pod. But I still NEVER expected this.
Your animator is amazing. One day I will hopefully meet you to thank you for this. So much wisdom.
I love that he talks about politicians selling out the people, while showing Justin Trudeau. Bravo
Agreed!
Yeah I noticed that too!
They even did the South Park Canadian mouth
The art was so beautiful and vivid. I do think that purpose keeps someone or anyone on a path of fulfillment.
Holy moly this is a crazy good video
Okay nice video but I'm laughing so hard at 0:25 with that concerned face on the sun like "ayo wtf?"
These illustrations get better each video. Keep up the great work!
"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth" - African proverb
This is a very great video. I watched it to the end, and it is very true. This is our society at this point, but it will change another reason why there might be individuals out there who would shoot up a school is because of the school some selves the way schools are run is kind of almost like the adults are the high schoolers and the teachers just want to fit in with the kids even if that means dissing or just flat out not caring about the rest of the kids that want to learn
The art is perfect
Just a note for the quote from Nietzsche 💜💙💚 @ 7:17
It's important to use the word 'kind' instead of 'good', as the first one yeilds to compassion but the latter breeds judgment and separation and conflict..
Because goodness can have different meanings for each person but kindness means that which ain't unkind.
Thank you for yet another amazing video 🕊️
This was part of the reason that Nietzsche cried (not in joy, but sadness) that “God was dead”. God was replaced by the deification of man; what a cruel and capricious deity he makes.
This is very true and my set back in life.
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In the name of the living & wise Lord,
No thought can ascend more in accord;
Ferdowsi's verse aims to convey that there is no thought loftier than the one which acknowledges that God is a being with life and wisdom, similar to humans, not an imaginary deity in the sky, nor a deity that, as Nietzsche put it, is dead.
Now, whether this human is a deity of kindness and light (Ahura Mazda) or a deity of evil and darkness (Angra Mainyu) - literally as Zarathustra spoke - depends on the individual.
Broken families, Broken communities, Broken people.
A lot of it too is the culture around guns. Conservatives love to point out that guns are just tools but they dont treat them as tools, you dont see a carpenter going out to the build site and posting pictures of of them flexing their new drill driver. They act like guns are so cool and manly and masculine. So when a kid grows up and learns that guns are a sign of masculinity then they go to school and get bullied, you know, get emasculated and all that. Whats the thought process?
"Oh, I'll show them how much of a man I am, I know exactly what to use to show them how cool and masculine I am" then they grab their dad's gun and do just that.
What a powerful video and what powerful drawings, you guys give me hope for my generation
Theo is actually a very insightful guy. All jokes aside.. he has given me a lot to think about within his podcast. We are both very emotional souls. Love you, Theo🤟🏽
Yes, and I like that he said, "Some people are just crazy" This is so true, 1% -ish in every society, wires crossed, doesn't matter how good the parents are, how good their childhood was, they are going to do terrible things. I knew an elementary school teacher with 50 years of experience. She said she was never wrong ... could pick them out, and 15 years later, they were in jail. Despite all of the extra effort, the after school mentoring, nothing helped.
I disagree. It’s been shown that psychosis is trauma related. Even in homes with ‘good parents’, if those parents are themselves traumatised and emotionally unavailable (most humans are), then damage will be done to the child in the first 4 years of life. Even if a baby isn’t lovingly held once it’s born there are serious issues down the line. And that’s just the parents who are trying. Some are so fucked from their own childhood, they’re straight up abusive. I don’t think people generally realise how far humans have to go in this respect, how traumatised we are as a species, so they call people crazy and evil because otherwise it doesn’t make sense.
Has it occurred that that attitude is part of the problem.... If she could 'spot them' did she help, or add to the pro lme because she 'knew' the outcome.... Born bad is bs.
I was an instructor for decades. I USED to think that children and adults were *always* constructs of their environments. Incorrect. There ARE some complete psychos out there. Uncommon, but they exist. I met a few, and the environment they came from was pretty benign and legit. Accept it or not, but I LIVED it. Loose opinions are invalid if randomly compared to my experiences over 30+ years.
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@@Novastar.SaberCombatI respect your experience however your stance is based on an assumption that their upbringing was ‘benign and legit’, which is something you can’t possibly know without being in the child’s shoes from day 1.
@@furrygoose94I've lived this
There is another reason I wanna add to this that I don't usually see other people talk about.
You can be bullied in school, get into fights you lose, make a mistake, and people will hold it over your head for the rest of your life. Everyone is looking to be the hero, everyone wants a villain to beat. And they will use you to be their stepping stool, no matter the cost. Nobody looks to actually help people out anymore, they just want a villain. They want an outcast. They want an easy target.
But what happens when the person who needs help the most is the one who gets outcasted? Nobody will help them, since nobody cares. They don't care how badly that one poor guy is hurting. They don't care how hard the unseen struggle is. And now, we keep asking why we have this issue.
"It's Social Media!" Thats a part of it, but more as a symptom.
"It's Video Games" That argument is as old as the people preaching it.
"It's X Reasons fault!" Blaming it on something you don't understand doesn't change anything.
The reason why we have this issue is because nobody cares for the outcast. Nobody cares about the little guy. How long can a person take a beating before they snap, and lose their control? Nobody helped them when they needed it the most, and eventually, for as wrong as a reason as it is, they take it into their own hands, and waste a few bullets with the people they murder. Otherwise, who gives a fuck? In their heads, it's a "They didn't care about me, so why should I care about them" situation.
You want a reason? It's because nobody gives a damn enough to actually help the people who need it the most.
Help them get stronger, help them be better. And help them learn how to handle their problems with wisdom, and strength. Don't force them on it, but help them be a better person through their own talents and ideas.
I hear you and there is much wisdom in what you say. But you are wrong about one thing when you say that "nobody cares". Because this somebody cares, so you better get ready and open those arms up, 'cause you have a ginormous bear hug coming your way! Get over here big fella 🤗
People care if you are friendly and if you can build connections.
But I'd you are seen as mean and lash out, they will ignore you and call you a problem, instead trying to help solve your underlying issues.
While some bullying is definitely awful and relentless, I think a healthy amount definitely has the possibility to be good. A majority of it exists to correct social misbehavior. There's this idea of being true to yourself and I think some people use it to excuse themselves being terrible people. I got bullied in middle school for trying to be edgy and fit in that way, turns out when I stopped doing that I was able to make people laugh, make friends, and generally be pleasant to be around or so I've been told. Never had any trouble in social situations after that all the way through college, some of my friends from both high school and college attended my wedding recently when I was 30 so they've been good friends since. I think the approach when you perceive that you're being bullied is to be honestly introspective and look at your own behavior and see if it's enjoyable, or even acceptable, to be around. The problem with a lot of these school shooters is that there's no introspection at any point, no change has ever been attempted. They're losers and they refuse to actually be themselves because of their warped view of superiority and that rejection of them being superior hurts their ego and that ego refuses to be be introspective. The solution is to teach mindfulness early, teach how to be introspective and stop teaching "be yourself" without addressing that being oneself should take an enormous amount of change and improvement instead of some static idea of "that's just who I am." Outcasts are outcasts nearly all the time because they bring it on themselves, the ones who need it the most refuse to do anything to fix their situation.
@@Alexander_Grant Well said. From my experience the vast majority of bullying stems from multiple parties. For instance the big playground ruffian can't stand the little nerdy kid because the little nerdy kid actually goes around thinking and saying he's smarter than everyone, so the ruffian is actually the one who feels slighted the most in the beginning, till a point where his/her annoyance with the little nerd rears its ugly head.
Then there's the parent problem, where kids are being raised and taught primarily by the school corporations. Kids go home afterward and basically are allowed or encouraged to sit in front of the tv, video games and/or social media all day and night where they learn to enjoy seeing others get owned.
Then there's the teacher problem, where many if not the majority are often small minded in this way or that, and at times they bully as well as let other kids do some bullying because in reality they are just as annoyed by some of the kids as their pupils are of some of their classmates.
Coincidentally, it turns out that the majority of kids who have parents who are willing to take the time to talk to their kids often, and not just let them slide through the system, usually end up having the least amount of problems in life as they mature from adolescence into adulthood.
For me personally, I fall into that category of kids who were often neglected by parents and allowed to slide through the system, but I had the fortune of being introspective, as you point out, which allowed me to make many changes within myself that I was in need of, which helped keep me out of too much hot water. Almost all of the ones who bullied me, ended up being my friends, as well as the few who I myself bullied.
I think you are spot on in your assessment and the ones who end up being catastrophically violent or who hold the most hatred in their hearts are the ones who never seemed to have such introspection, but instead they harbor a continuous victim mentality and feel they've never deserved anything that ever came to them.
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"But I'd you are seen as mean and lash out, they will ignore you and call you a problem, instead trying to help solve your underlying issues."
It's society's responsibility to provide solutions to these problems but your responsibility to engage with them. Ultimately it is your responsibility to fix yourself.
the art on this one was particularly good. loved the way u ended it showing purpose as middle earth lol