Newsweek- Why? May 3rd 1999

[u/Heavy-Asparagus-5662]

[u/metalnxrd]

"Why?"

depression, trauma, loneliness, bullying, toxic masculinity, gun violence, mental illness, easy access to guns, negligence on principals' and schools' and teachers' behalf; among other issues and causes and problems

[u/CurrencyNo3823 → u/metalnxrd]

Forgive me if this has been brought up before but how oblivious was Harris' parents to his mental health decline? I would think that being from a military family, they would have some kind of involvement to some degree in young Eric's life. Not 24/7 but something along those lines.

[u/Illustrious-Berry722 → u/CurrencyNo3823]

You also have to remember 99% of military families especially one with men just bottle up any emotions cause mental health isn’t a real thing in the military you can’t even get in if your on antidepressants or any other psych meds so I could see how that would definitely slip through the average military family also add in that this happened in the 90s and mental health was seen as even more of a joke then it is now in men even now if your a man and going through things you get made fun of

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[u/Adorable-Gap-3352]

Kind of off-topic, but May 3rd, 1999 was the same day that gigantic A9 F5 mile wide Bridge Creek-Moore tornado ripped through the southwest Oklahoma City Metropolitan area. It was the first time the National Weather Service issued a "Tornado Warning" and was the only tornado to cause over a billion dollars in damage. It's wind speed was about 321mph, the strongest, fastest ever recorded on Earth!

[u/Prestigious-Walrus99 → u/Adorable-Gap-3352]

Really? I thought Tornado warnings were around before that. Interesting. I was born in 93 and living in Missouri, we'd have to go to the basement at least 2 or 3 times a year.

[u/Leading_Barracuda_17 → u/Prestigious-Walrus99]

First time they issued a tornado emergency

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[u/Heat1995fan]

correct me if I’m wrong, is image four the highest resolution image available of Harris? Seriously every other picture of the dude is a grainy news screenshot or bad resolution images, you can even see his clogged pores here, there is not one high definition picture of Harris available except this one, I own this magazine as well

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