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Watched that video of the guy trying to remove the man from the covid ward and thought his voice sounded familiar. Had a horrible feeling in my stomach that it was someone I knew. Did a bit of digging and sadly it was true, was a really good friend when I was in my twenties ..1/5
He had a very tough childhood and had been in and out of prison and when I first met him he was trying to start over. He changed his name to what it is now and genuinely was lovely, we had a lot (a lot) of fun. As I moved to work in central London we gradually saw less and 2/5
Less of each other and really only kept in contact by FB. It was on there that I saw him change. He started to repost conspiracy videos here and there, which I thought were fairly harmless and a bit nutty but over time it was all he posted. I would sometimes 3/5
Challenge him on stuff but he wouldn't ever hear a rebuff and then I remember one day thinking enough was enough and I had to unfollow and take him out of my life. The stuff he posted upset me and made me feel sad for him but I couldn't see his mind being changed. 4/5
I remember vividly thinking one day this is all going to go wrong for him. Today I think was that day. I'm so upset that it's got this far and I genuinely watched him graduate to this through algorithms. You have to really think hard about what is presented to you on SM and why.
