Tony Hawk is the exception to the rule. I’m going on 58 years, I’m not much of a sports fan, but even I have heard of Hawk. He made a complete career from his hobby and was quite good at it. The average man will start job hunting at that age or study something with potential of: supporting a good upper middle class life. Maybe the shooter was stuck doing little boy activities and this girl wanted a man to date, not some penniless kid. I admit I don’t know the whole story. This girl had just been hired as manager of that store. Maybe she responded in some way that made the shooter feel small, and made to look as insecure as he felt inside.
Boy king Obama even let Tony Hawk skateboard through the white house. I lost all respect for Hawk when he did board through “the peoples house.”
I dunno. I know plenty of guys who are “avid” at something and still hold down “grownup” jobs, like the 20-year mechanic who is also an avid fly-fisherman, and the senior email admin who is also an avid soccer player (at whatever the soccer equivalent of the Minor Leagues is). And don’t we (unfortunately) have a Secretary of State who is an avid wind/kite-surfer? Nothing wrong with being passionate about and good at some physical activity, however goofy it looks.
I’m guessing this shooter is more a case of hitting some kind of speedbump in his life, and then looking for answers on the wrong websites (4chan, I’m looking at you).