Young people ruining their lives

Youth is a time of ignorance and making mistakes. Sometimes, the mistakes we make are irreparable. What is to be done when your life is "ruined"? Do you pick up the pieces and try to salvage whatever happiness you can get? Or do you spread hate and animosity as you rage against the world that hurt you? Surely these questions, and many more, must have crossed the minds of the young individuals we're going to discuss today.

1. Sophia Rosing gets a little too based

This is a story you likely are aware of this one, but I thought I'd start us off easy. Sophia Rosing was a student at the University of Kentucky where she was studying business and marketing. One night, she decided to get drunk, which led to her being based.

At the club, she hurled racial slurs but this did not stop there. She went back to her dormitory where she crossed paths with Kyla Spring, who happens to be a black woman. For some reason, Kyla tried to restrain Sophia, which resulted in Kyla hurling terrible racial slurs at Kyla, calling her BIPOC and telling her to do her chores. You can't find the video on YouTube any longer, but the DailyMail has it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2812397/Video-Sophia-Rosings-SINGS-n-10-minute-racist-rant.html

Rosing was arrested and continued to say the BIPOC word while police incarcerated her. Her parents had to pick her up and she has a walk of shame as she walks to her parents car. You can see the father is having a bilbo smoking pipe moment.

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She is currently facing several charges including assaulting a police officer, public intoxication, and disorderly conduct. She is pleading not guilty.

Because of her actions, a vigil was held and people took a public stand against racism. She has become a symbol of hate, her name brings up nothing but racism allegations, and folks on Reddit have found her father's business. They make fun of her because she acts wealthy but she is middle class. We unfortunately have not been able to see too much of her reaction beside a few snapchats that have made the rounds.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11404159/Racist-University-Kentucky-student-branded-bully-ex-classmate.html

https://old.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/yrcrv9/racists_uk_student_sophia_rosing_blames_alcohol

The lesson? Don't be too based.

2. Thomas Chan takes shrooms

I currently have four tabs of LSD in my drawer, along with syrian rue seeds. I did not take them this weekend because I had to tell my parents I dropped out of my PhD and it kinda stressed me out. Unfortunately, for some, what should be a mild psychological adventure turns into heck if their brain isn't prepared. Thomas Chan knows this too well.

Thomas Chan is a Canadian who played football in high school, incurring head trauma along the way. In 2015, he decided to take shrooms with friends. What happened next you won't believe. Read on to find out!

Chan's friends had a great time, but Chan's night quickly went south. Everyone around became demons and he felt like everyone was out to get him. Paranoid, he headed for his father's house and broke. His father was sleeping with his girlfriend. He stabbed them both, killing his father.

Thomas then went to the kitchen and took a butcher's knife from a drawer. He declared he was performing “God's will” and this was “a house of Satan.” He then brutally stabbed his father several times as his father pleaded for recognition, saying, “It's Daddy, it's Daddy.” Thomas then turned the knife on his stepmother, stabbing her repeatedly before she was able to flee to the master bedroom. “This is the day of reckoning!” he said, as he followed her. As Witteveen sat on the floor attempting to dial 911, Thomas slashed her across the shoulder. “Thomas, it's Lynn, I love you,” she said, at which point he stabbed her directly in the right eye. He then left the bedroom and paced the front hallway. “I love you all so much,” he can be heard saying on the video. “I don't want to do this.” When police arrived on the doorstep, Chan shouted, “This is a holy place!” Then he dropped the knife and unlocked the door. For a moment he was calm but when officers attempted to arrest him, Chan resisted, screaming, “I am God. I will do it again.” He begged officers to kill him, shouting, “Put a bullet in my head!” Multiple officers struggled to subdue the teen as his stepfather, who had followed from home, watched in horror on the front lawn. The arresting officer would later tell the court it was as if the teenager had “super-strength.”

https://macleans.ca/longforms/thomas-chan-supreme-court

He is arrested, and in the police station, you can see his interrogation where he literally sobers up before your eyes and begins to understand just what he's done. He killed his own father. In that moment, he is Oedipus arising from his drunken stupor. You can feel the guilt and shame dripping off him.

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Thomas Chan put forward the automaton defence, claiming that because of the shrooms, he was not in control of his actions. He only got 5 years in prison. I hope this makes you feel better about any embarrassing nights you had drunk and regretted the next day.

3. Drunk driver

Shana Elliott was a young woman at Texas State University, majoring in Public Relations and Mass Communications. In 2016, she got behind the wheel drunk and drove into a young couple. A man and the woman's unborn child died.

She was arrested. You can watch her testify, and during the testimony, they bring up the fact that they found copious amounts of marijuana. It is somewhat funny to see her face fall with worry as a white man in a suit pulls out a massive bag of weed in court and places it next to her, and she has to continue her testimony with this incriminating bag next to her. She can't even bear to look at it. I love that reluctant sideways glance.

You can watch the full testimony here.

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She was sentenced to 14 years. The victim impact statement is very sad.

To conclude, I'd like to ask you which young person is the most screwed? Who ruined their life the most? And who deserves the most pity? Leave your comments below!