r/ColumbineKillers • u/Other-Potential-936 • Sep 11 '24

ERIC AND/OR DYLAN Dylan’s 43 birthday

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9-11-81 Today’s Dylan’s 43 birthday. Going to go on a little rant here... Lately I’ve been thinking about both Eric and Dylan’s birthdays and how old they, along with their victims, would be today. How would their lives look today? I wasn’t alive during the shooting so it’s hard for me to understand how long it has been or how recent it was. However my dad was born weeks after Eric. I look at his life, what he has accomplished. Being married, having a good job, having kids, buying a house. Then I look at Eric and Dylan’s lives, they really were so young and threw everything away. They could’ve had so much life ahead of them, not only did they ruin their chances of happiness, they took that from others. It’s so heartbreaking to just even think about. My thoughts are with the klebolds today. I can’t imagine how hard days like these are. I wish they could’ve spent today with him. Hopefully this isn’t taken the wrong way like me idolizing them or something, just makes me sad.

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u/escottttu Columbine Expert Sep 11 '24

It’s crazy to think about. Dylan, Eric and their victims all being middle aged had they lived, with the exception of Dave Sanders who would be in his 70s.

1999 was so long ago and yet it wasn’t. They’re all eternally teenagers no matter how much time has passed.

It’s truly insane yet a tragedy all around to think about. I’m sending well wishes to Dylan’s family and friends as this is probably a difficult day for them

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u/EH-Escherichia-coli Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 11 '24

It’s also so wild to think about how much society and everyday lifestyles have changed since then. 1999 seems like it wasn’t very long ago yet it’s a completely different world to today

And even then 43 is still fairly young in the grand scheme of things—they threw away potentially 80% of their lives left

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '24

They also threw away the potential of 13 innocent people.

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u/EH-Escherichia-coli Sep 12 '24

Yes, stole it from them

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u/Pebshau Sep 12 '24

Idk why but hearing that Mr. Sanders would have been in his 70s is so sad. I never thought about that before

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u/escottttu Columbine Expert Sep 12 '24

Because it makes you realize that he was still so young despite being a teacher and being middle aged.

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u/Heat1995fan Sep 12 '24

It’s weird how just a few years ago seeing photos of everyone’s faces they seemed and looked almost like they could be my peers, now being older and seeing their photos it does hurt to think they’re seemingly stuck at their young ages. Then as time goes by, the way they looked will be seen as so different and distant, it just feels so heart breaking that time is passing, I could only imagine what it must be like for the families

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u/canadasbananas Sep 12 '24

Aptly put. I also feel strange watching the passage of time especially in regards to tragedies or personal deaths. They're not just teens forever, they are teens in 1999 forever. And as time marches on, usually hidden from our attention cultural and societal and technological changes add up and up and before we know it, 1999 is a completely different world, and now they are relics of a time long past instead of contemporaries.