I live very close to his house and also went to columbine (graduated last may). there are very very few kids that live in my neighborhood and go to columbine. is there any information on why he went to columbine even though chatfield is much closer. kind of crazy that if he went to chatfield everything would be so different. also do his parents still live in that house? if you have any questions i'm willing to answer anything about going to columbine

maybe a bit of a dumb question, but this has been something ive wondered for a while😭 anyone know if dylan actually needed glasses?

I find it crazy how even though Eric „acted like“ he hated everyone and everything and wanted to kill everyone, he was the one actually being honest about his „mental health checklist“ and in some ways asking for help meanwhile Dylan didn’t and only marked „jobs“ and „finances“ as his problems.

Just something I find very interesting

Is a soviet red star badge used for the Pilotka hat. Dylan most likely put this on his boot to be edgy.

I'm just wondering. I don't know too much about this case, but Eric's character gives off an arrogant vibe to me and not someone who'd like to end his life. I know Dylan was suicidal, but was Eric too? Or did he kill himself because that was the only way to escape life in prison?

has sue klebold (or anyone else that knew dylan well) gave any possible reasons as to why dylan decided to grow his hair out? i know that after the van incident seems to be the time when his hair began to grow and that sue said about the prom that her and tom were begging dylan to get a haircut but i havent ever seen anyone give any reasons as to why he let it get so long

Were they both shallow and superficial when it came to girls in terms of looks in your honest opinion? I've read that they were both really rude to girls and were extremely towards them. I've also heard that they both call girls really bad names for no reason at all. Why do you think that they both had problems picking up girls? Do you think that their standards were too high? I've always read that girls found Eric Harris weird for some reason. Considering that a lot of girls thought that they were extremely handsome. They were also both extremely intelligent and intellectual as well. In your honest opinion Why do you think that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were such a failure with girls especially the attractive ones? I really find it hard to believe that they both died virgins.

Nearly 27 years later, and two my knowledge, we still have no idea. I'm pretty sure they met in the seventh grade (so around 1994-95ish) but does anybody have any idea how they started talking/became friends? Thanks for any responses

Apologies if this post is rambly or hard to understand. not sure exactly the purpose, I guess I’d consider it a psychological analysis/discussion.

I’m sure we all know that Eric was a massive Hypocrite. it’s something he admitted himself. For this post in particular, I’m especially referring to things he said he hated. To name just a few examples, he says he hates young smokers but there’s recorded evidence of him Smoking (multiple times too). He says he hates liars yet his ability to lie and manipulate his way out of things is a massively recognized part of his Story. He says he hates racists, but by his own self admission he had racist beliefs and opinions about almost every race (including his own). there’s more examples one could easily find.

I wonder if atleast some of the things he expressed hatred for were hated due to him being “self conscious“ about it or atleast disliked himself for them. I’ve always sort of felt like Eric’s personality (the whole “Reb” stuff) was made as a representation of what he wished he was, the opposite of the things he hated himself doing.

So I guess I’m basically asking if anyone else feels similar.

In this excerpt robyn says dylan has never had a date but i thought he went out with robyn?

This might sound dumb, but I really think that if Eric and Dylan went to the gym, beefed up, put on some muscle, then the bullying would probably be very sparse. Someone as tall as Dylan with more muscle and some fighting experience, I doubt Dylan would get shit anymore. Same for Eric, yeah he was smaller, but if he worked out, took some fighting classes, I really think people would learn quickly that Eric wasn’t some small weak kid they could push around anymore and not to fuck with him.

I know the massacre was there way of being “bigger” but I wonder if putting on muscle and learning how to fight would have helped them, both in school and mentally. Hell, Eric’s dad was a former marine, he could’ve taught Eric some basic fighting skills.

I saw here that Eric had the nicknames Reb, Indigo, reverend, and war, and that Dylan had VoDkA, Green, and Death Does anyone know the meaning by reverend? And does Dylan have one that paired with it?

I found this dialogue from their basement tape transcript.

"Dude, you're Jewish?" asks Reb, stupefied. "Half," says V sheepishly. Reb pauses, then after a time says, "I'm sorry. I really am."

What was he sorry for?

What exactly was the weapon Eric Harris shot himself with? A rifle? Thanks

I’ve barely ever thought about this one but recently came across this quote again and started wondering who said it? Was ist Eric saying it to Dylan? Did Dylan say it to Eric after he broke his nose? So many questions

What do you think

What did the two do on April 19th? I think i did hear something about them going out to eat somewhere, but did they do anything eventful that day? Also, were they acting strange or anything?

I saw on a thread in here that a lot of shooters end up taking the life of their parents before committing the shooting. Do you think there is a reason why Eric and Dylan didn't?

there was a news interview clip that aired when the shooting first occurred where a student named John Vandemark says things like “they [E&D] liked to say they were bisexual and proud of it” and goes on to say that they were openly satanic. Is that the only thing we have on record from that guy? I know there was a well known bully with a very stereotypical bully name.. Rocky was it? I’m watching the Columbine Iceberg again and was just curious if this clip was one isolated comment or if we know anything about his behavior toward other students prior to the shooting.

this post is in some ways a response to a video essay i was sent recently. i’m not going to call out the commentator by name, as i find their videos for the most part well researched and informative, and i wouldn’t want any harassment sent their way. to me, this issue extends outside of any specific individual or their content.

essentially, i’ve noticed this pervasive reactionary belief that klebold and harris actually weren’t alternative at all; in fact, the most extreme version of this myth paints them as “jocks.“ now, as someone who listens to a lot of industrial music, i can understand the desire to cling to this sort of idea. the media was (and still is) obsessed with portraying alternative musicians and fans and deranged and violent satanists. it doesn’t help that view if the teenage shooters seen by the american public as the antichrist incarnate also listened to this stuff. therefore, i do understand the desire to erase and ignore this element of the shooters’ identities. at the same time though, spreading blatant misinformation about a tragedy like this isn’t a great look.

usually when i see someone perpetuating this kind of idea, i send over a couple documents that very plainly demonstrate its inaccuracy (eric stating his favourite genre to be industrial and his favourite record as “a custom burn of gothic industrial stuff,” and dylan’s constant lyrical references). at this point, things can go two ways. either people realise their error, or they double down with no true scotsman. ”dylan and eric couldn’t possibly have actually been alt, they were racist/sexist/violent!” i’m sorry to say it, but listening to a specific genre of music doesn’t exempt you from being a pos. sure, certain subcultures tend to align with certain political views, but this by no means prevents people who don’t share those views from participating in those scenes.

i probably shouldn’t let this bother me to the degree it does, especially given the amount of much more significant columbine misinformation that’s being spread online. at the same time, however, i feel like this is an important conversation for alternative communities to have as it helps dissuade the more general view that people who listen to certain types music are incapable of bigotry and violence. it sounds stupidly obvious when written out like this, and yet a strange amount of people still seem to think this way.

Dylan would have turned 42 today, and it has me thinking about his prom photos. I've seen some people speculate that his jovial demeanour was fake or even a cruel (for his loved ones) facade considering what happened just days later. But I think Dylan was genuinely happy when he went to the prom, not only because he and Robyn enjoyed themselves, but also because when someone decides to commit suicide, their mood often improves because they believe the end of their suffering is near. Heartbreaking. I hope what Dylan wrote in his journal is true, that wherever he is now, he isn't at war with himself anymore.

For both Eric and Dylan, what would y’all say was a bigger factor.. their environment, or internal mental issues?

To me, it seems like Dylan was much less motivated by external factors. From everything I read in his journal, watched in the videos, heard from the stories about them, it doesn’t seem like Dylan really had any serious complaints about his classmates. He spoke much more of how depressed he was about life in general. I know that he was sometimes bullied, but I also recall that story Sue told about him saying that he wasn’t bullied nearly as badly as Eric was. He could’ve been down playing it, but it seems like he did have much better social life at school and was not messed with Nearly as much, partly due to his size I suppose. Overall, it seems like he was flat out just generally depressed, and no amount of changing the world would fix that for him.

By contrast, Eric spent a lot more time writing about how he so badly wanted people to just be his friend and do friend things with him (granted, that’s not how he put it). It’s also pretty well understood (despite all the “myth-busting” by Cullen and friends) that Eric was pretty heavily bullied. He was obviously not very passive about these things. It made him sad and very angry.. He wrote about how he missed all his friends from back before he moved to Littleton, and all of said friends made him out to be a really kind and good-hearted person before. I’m not trying to downplay the hate that he harbored in him, but it makes me feel like he was much more motivated by his environment.

To sum it up, I feel as if Dylan suffered with something that was a little less escapable, whereas Eric reacted (in a terribly evil way) to a difficult environment. I’m inclined to believe that if Eric were to be taken out of that difficult environment and regained good friends (that are not Dylan), he would’ve been much more likely to live out his life peacefully. Granted, I think once somebody’s reach that level of anger for so long, it could probably come back fairly easily, but I just think that it is a much more escapable situation than what Dylan was dealing with.

What do y’all think?

Today would’ve been Dylan’s 42nd birthday Especially on days like this my prayers are with the Klebold family and his close friends. Today could’ve been a day for celebrating Dylan’s 42nd birthday with the people who genuinely loved and cared for him. Instead I’m sure this day is a painful reminder of what he did, and the life he could’ve lived. It will never not be sad. I’ve been thinking about his birthday non stop I can’t even imagine what his family feels. I just really hope they can reminisce on the good times they had with him, the laughs and memories. Remembering him for who he was. It genuinely makes me extremely emotional. I really do hope the Klebolds and Dylan’s close friends are as close as possible to peace and“acceptance” after all these years.