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Cobes passing has hit me surprisingly hard bros. Especially as someone who cringed at an ex for taking a day off to mourn Robin Williams, and barely reacted beyond “about time” when Ozzy passed as a lifelong fan and 10+ times Ozzfest attendee.
Whatever you may think of Clint, his video was absolutely heart breaking. His rattling off of Cobraisms at the end was the most beautiful send off I could ever imagine.
You were an amazing, enigmatic, beautiful soul. Your only crime was being born into a world that could never understand you. Thank you for all the laughs, quotes, isms, and joy you left us that will be remembered for decades to come. Long live gothic king cobra jfs, gone but never forgotten
Whatever you may think of Clint, his video was absolutely heart breaking. His rattling off of Cobraisms at the end was the most beautiful send off I could ever imagine.
You were an amazing, enigmatic, beautiful soul. Your only crime was being born into a world that could never understand you. Thank you for all the laughs, quotes, isms, and joy you left us that will be remembered for decades to come. Long live gothic king cobra jfs, gone but never forgotten
I grew up with a sibling just like cobra, Aspergers, ODD, the works. Except unlike Josh, he was completely devoid of empathy and consideration for anyone but himself. Eventually his actions led him to being legally barred from contact with the family despite their desire to coddle and hand wave his behavior. He spent the better part of a decade bouncing between tent cities and sending the family regular death threats because he truly believed/believes that earning a living is beneath him and he’s owed a cushy life from his family. It only stopped when the state finally gave in, accepted his disability claim and gave him a free apartment + weed and Xbox allowance. It literally went from weekly death threats and mandatory reporters blowing up my phone for almost a decade to pure silence. I thought he fucking died, but no, he just finally got what he’d been throwing a tantrum for for ages.
What I’m getting at is no one could’ve changed Cobras situation. Until you’ve dealt with someone with ODD as bad as his, compounded with his ASD, you have no fucking idea what it’s like. Subsidizing his apartments and trailers and trying to keep an eye on his spending was the best you could possibly do for someone like him and Clint did it all. Cobra never came close to meeting the requirements of being stripped of his rights and institutionalized, and rightfully so. The best you can do for people with ODD like that is gently try to steer them in the right direction, because you know if you come down hard, you’re not gonna get anywhere with people who will sooner argue the sky is purple than agree that it’s blue because your tone slightly bothered them.
What I’m getting at is no one could’ve changed Cobras situation. Until you’ve dealt with someone with ODD as bad as his, compounded with his ASD, you have no fucking idea what it’s like. Subsidizing his apartments and trailers and trying to keep an eye on his spending was the best you could possibly do for someone like him and Clint did it all. Cobra never came close to meeting the requirements of being stripped of his rights and institutionalized, and rightfully so. The best you can do for people with ODD like that is gently try to steer them in the right direction, because you know if you come down hard, you’re not gonna get anywhere with people who will sooner argue the sky is purple than agree that it’s blue because your tone slightly bothered them.
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