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JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS said:

Warning - wall of text below.

I was legitimately stressed out through my first listen of this conversation. I've listened to it 4 more times since then to try to break things down.

There are two personalities at play here - the real Patrick (PST) and Stealthygeek. They are divided by a line but they are both generally omnipresent and work together except in the most extreme circumstances.

PST is the guy we heard through the first 4 interviews and the beginning of this one. PST is responsible for decision making, critical thinking and making memories. In his normal PST state, he has the capacity to socialize his thoughts, be minimally creative and can understand and respond to questions/comments. His opinions may be stupid as shit but he can at least articulate them.

The further into PST he goes, the more confident he becomes. He speaks with more conviction and makes increasingly outlandish statements like "I won't pay quasi" or "gamergate 2.0" to build himself up.

Stealthygeek is the persona responsible for protecting PST. Stealthygeek relies on the memories and actions of PST to defend against attackers. Stealthygeek's sole purpose is to aid PST and apply constant upward pressure to get back above the line and further into PST because Stealthygeek is inherently chaotic.

The "idea" of Josiah was what he used to build himself up - Josiah represented his opportunity to accomplish his goals and validate his existence. He wanted it so bad that he let his guard down and caught the virus. Once PST realized he had made a monumental mistake, Stealthygeek immediately emerged to defend.

Instead of letting him process that it was his own judgment and irrational exuberance at the idea of fame that led him down the wrong path, stealthygeek immediately perceived the situation as a felony case of deceit and betrayal. This absolved PST of any accountability and clearly defined where he sat in the good vs. evil situation that must be fought.

If PST or Stealthygeek can't fight using PST's legitimate decisions, actions or memories, he dives deeper into Stealthygeek and PST increasingly relinquishes control. This is where the "child," "baby infant" and "you did not listen to the judge" comes from.

I suspect that at the deepest parts of Stealthygeek, he is incapable of processing any single comment because he feels like he is surrounded and he enters into a blacked out state. At that point, his counters become the verbal equivalent of spraying and praying aimlessly until the magazine empties out. I strongly believe he is not hearing actual words or making any memories at this point, which is why he keeps repeating "you are not speaking" or "blah blah blah." He eventually begins to creep back up towards PST because nothing is being processed and/or Josiah isn't speaking.

He really is a broken person who appears to have been given up on by his family and allowed to free fall deeper into his mental illness. The only time I've ever seen anyone from his family try to help him is when his alleged brother posted one time right after the CA hearing. I don't blame them - just find that his family situation is so bad that he really is all alone out there, allowed to make one huge life-altering mistake after another.

At the end of the day though, this is all just the opinion of a guy who bakes bread at a fast casual restaurant.

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