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It’s for sure a combination of humiliation, ego, insecurity and having a dim outlook on life.
They were bullied and 90’s culture was peak bulling regarding kids who didn’t conform. CHS was a affluent preppy jock type high school. Just look at the class photo. They stick out like crazy.
The bullying shattered their egos and humiliated them greatly. When you take two virgins who are at the prime of their development and humiliate them in front of girls and other students, they are going to be upset and furious. It would be impossible for them to get revenge on the students in the same way they were attacked, nor could they physically fight them. Hence why they resorted to lethal violence with weapons.
Their decision to use weapons to compensate for their insecurity was justified by their dim outlook on life in general. They both expressed hatred for the world and culture around them. And they likely felt that life will always be about being a bottom feeder to those who were dealt a better hand in life.
Since they made the decision to kill and die, it became a mission to them. They immediately realized they would achieve infamy for the rest of history.
In short, they killed because they were so insecure about themselves and humiliated that they wanted revenge which was then fueled by giving up in life and now the strong desire to mask their mark in history since their outlook was that they will always be bottom tier in a unfair world.
They got exactly what they want too. A devastated student body, a heart broken community, a shocked nation, not to mention inspired copy cats, a seemingly cult following, multiple songs written about them and so on. I’d like to think they died with regret and a feeling of failure, but I bet they didn’t. For the first time, they were in 100% control. For a few hours, they owned that school. It’s truly sad.
They were bullied and 90’s culture was peak bulling regarding kids who didn’t conform. CHS was a affluent preppy jock type high school. Just look at the class photo. They stick out like crazy.
The bullying shattered their egos and humiliated them greatly. When you take two virgins who are at the prime of their development and humiliate them in front of girls and other students, they are going to be upset and furious. It would be impossible for them to get revenge on the students in the same way they were attacked, nor could they physically fight them. Hence why they resorted to lethal violence with weapons.
Their decision to use weapons to compensate for their insecurity was justified by their dim outlook on life in general. They both expressed hatred for the world and culture around them. And they likely felt that life will always be about being a bottom feeder to those who were dealt a better hand in life.
Since they made the decision to kill and die, it became a mission to them. They immediately realized they would achieve infamy for the rest of history.
In short, they killed because they were so insecure about themselves and humiliated that they wanted revenge which was then fueled by giving up in life and now the strong desire to mask their mark in history since their outlook was that they will always be bottom tier in a unfair world.
They got exactly what they want too. A devastated student body, a heart broken community, a shocked nation, not to mention inspired copy cats, a seemingly cult following, multiple songs written about them and so on. I’d like to think they died with regret and a feeling of failure, but I bet they didn’t. For the first time, they were in 100% control. For a few hours, they owned that school. It’s truly sad.
