Posted on 04/06/2021 2:11:51 PM PDT by Stravinsky
The two Texas brothers accused of slaughtering four family members before killing themselves said they easily got weapons because gun control is “a joke” — and were sent off the rails partly from watching TV’s “The Office.”
In a rambling 12-page note initially linked to his Instagram page, Farhan Towhid, 19, said that he and his 21-year-old brother, Tanvir Towhid, were united in manic depression and all-day TV watching sessions.
“The first and most important show we watched was ‘The Office’,” Farhan wrote in the note that started, “Hey everyone, I killed myself and my family.”
The Steve Carrell comedy was one of “four very important issues I encountered throughout my life,” Farhan claimed in the online note police confirmed to CBS DFW is linked to the gruesome bloodbath.
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“People say the finale makes up for it, which is a complete lie. Sure it was cute, but it doesn’t justify the last few s—y seasons we had to deal with,” he wrote, saying he had “a lot more I want to say but hey, life is short.”
“We kept watching until February 21, 2021. That’s the day my older brother came into my room with a proposition: if we can’t fix everything in a year, we’ll kill ourselves and our family,” he wrote of the show.
They soon changed that to just a month, with Farhan saying, “We eventually realized we were just biding our time. Waiting a year was way too long. Why not wait a month?” he said.
“The plan was simple. We get two guns. I take one and shoot my sister and grandma, while my brother kills our parents with the other. Then we take ourselves out,” he wrote.
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So,instead of banning guns maybe we should ban TV.🤔
Yep, I kind of relate to Dwight too, also to Angela. Of course I’m a real person, not a intentionally moronic sit-com character. These boys must have been deeply troubled, we certainly can’t blame the office and I doubt we can even blame the schools.
I saw that they said they killed their family members because they wanted to kill themselves but knew their family’s grief would be overwhelming. All I can say to that is: don’t do me no favors.
May their innocent victims Rest In Peace.
Beyond insane.
Forget gun control. We obviously need remote control.
Looked at the pics of the family.....Pakistani?
A confluence of genetic insanity and television. It’s not the first time that has happened and won’t be the last.
Probably had an ancestor at the Alamo.
TV is unwatchable these days.
I can only watch reruns of shows from 20 years ago, for the most part.
And it’s rare that I ever have it on anymore.
I’d rather work with a Michael than some of nut cases I’ve had to work for. He’s got nothing on the last one. That dude pulled knives on people... in a professional IT environment.
Young men at 19 and 21 weren’t meant to sit around all day staring at screens. Should have been baling hay or tearing off roofs. Would still be alive. 24/7 navel gazing.
Garden variety insanity.
Garden variety inbred Muslims.
I once thought about whiping out my ant farm after watching Rocky Horror Picture Show 5 times in a row.
Wow. Knives?
Shouldn’t there be some kind of knife control that would have prevented this? /s
Seriously, hope you weren’t involved in this insanity.
I’d be manic depressive if I had to watch “The Office” too.
way, Way, WAY too many fkn foreigners in the US !
I wasn’t there long, Thank God. The problem is the guy doing the crazy stuff was the CEO and HR did nothing.
“Garden variety inbred Muslims. “
You got that right !
BTDT with the CEO doing crazy things and HR nonexistent.
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