Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Absolute Mad Lads - Sky King" video.

@GeorgeSoroshasenteredthechat That's not necessarily true. For some people, having kids and a family is the very thing that saves them from suicide. Some people, when they somehow lose the reason to live for themselves, find renewed purpose in living for someone else, like their kids and their spouse. And the more they get to enjoy the good things about family life, sometimes it helps them come out of their depression. Not saying it's like that for everyone, but on the same token it does happen, so one shouldn't assume that having a family woulf automatically make things worse.
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Reminds me of Robin Williams
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Yup. But our society only allows people who are priviliged and wealthy to become pilots.
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@AeneasGemini Since we don't know much about the background it's hard to tell. But as others have pointed out, he seemed like a person who out on a smily face to cover up his internal issues. There's another very common personality trait in these people, and that us that they rarely ask others for help or ever let on to others that they're troubled. Me personally do not really go out of my way to put on a happy face to cover stuff. But I know that i'm probably more stoic than what's healthy. I absolutely detest asking people for help or talking about what's eating me. Somehow I put up these "traditional" standards for myself that a man must endure shit without really opening up or asking for help. It's strange because I rarely ever expect other men to follow such standards but for some reason I demand different things from me. With this in mind, I can't really blame others for not asking me how I feel or try to get me to "open up" or ask for help, because for all they know i'm handling everything I need to.
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I'm fine with his stealing a plane and going out in a blaze of glory. But I can't say I support the trolling of the ATC's. I mean, imagine how they must've felt after that day. Being an ATC can be a stressful job as it is. Sure, you can tell them that it wasn't their fault, but some of them, deep down probably think a lot about if they could've said or done anything over the radio to get him to land the plane safely. Now they've gotta live with feeling partly responsible for not being able to save him. But i'm not blaming the guy for it. He seemed pretty unstable to say the least so I wouldn't expect him to think of those consequences too much. Still, if it was me, I'd have turned the radio off after telling the ATC that I was going for a joyride.
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