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A tragic and fascinating man. The internet treated him as something of a spectacle, if not an outright meme. I'm not sure if it helped him in any way. I hope that at least some of the attention he got online brought him genuine happiness.

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I think there were some who really cared but I also think a lot of the 4chan types that found him egged him on and tried to trigger his schizophrenia because they treated it like it was all a big joke.

It really is tragic. He deserved better. RIP King Terry https://youtu.be/Xb9GBLPCeVw

Absolutely. A lot of the 4chan types thought he was "based", less due to any of his actual talents, and more due to his outbursts and language choices (e.g. his "glow-in-the-dark" comments). It was a spectacle more than anything. He was just a lolcow to them.

He deserved so much better from society.

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