Can i just add my 2 cents here?
At first me and my friends thought “ahh this guy is just a little dumb but he’s probably not that malicious” (we didn’t know anything about him earlier) but holy shit as this interview progresses we came to the conclusion that true evil doesn’t even realize it’s evil.
Yeah, the Mormon thing in a way explains his willingness to go - the “mission” many go on actually does often show them interesting parts of the world and tends to leave them a bit less internationally ignorant than your average USian, in my experience. But fuck them and their missions, don’t get me wrong.
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The sudden “then the cool gangster guy got beat up and kicked out of his favela by the gang leader for talking to me :(” - goddamn that was funny. Just two goobers with no self awareness, out of their depth, who clearly deserve each other.