Is anyone else astonished at how quickly he bounced back from believing Katy Perry wanted sexy time with him? I wonder if it's because he reacts to adversity not with grief but rage.
No, no serious lolcow watcher is surprised at all. This is why there is no need to be a p00 t0ucher. Hell, there are cows here like Locria who will literally touch it for you! Nothing personal, XYrichard, I would be a liar if I said I didn't laugh at some of the Allison transcript, and don't want to further shit up this thread with an argument.
The absolute defining characteristics of a lolcow, IMHO, are 1) little to no ability to self-reflect and 2) the continued effort to live their life in full view on the Internet! They may be trans, cis, exceptional individuals, Google engineers, disabled, het, LGB, e-beggers, paid artists, married, poly, divorced, SJW or alt-right, none of that matters... they are COWS, that is what matters.
When the average, reasonable person humiliates themselves in some way, whether Internet or IRL, they examine their behavior and try to make changes. Some of those changes can take a long time... but they improve and hopefully grow up into sane, rational adults. Lolcows are on an even sloooower path, oftentimes with absolutely no progress, and usually a lot of decline. They do NOT learn their lessons because "ooh, a bunch of shitposters embarrassed me on the Internet"... no they retrench. They find external things to blame for their problems. They retreat further into their fantasy worlds. Hell, did getting doxed shut up Jake Alley? No, he spergs more than ever, all fucking night, and still clings to his "pretty little girl" lie. Read that thread if you need some better understanding of the resilience of lolcows. Or Eden Belmont. Nothing will surprise you about Russell's quick recovery times after that...
Russell is someone who is generally slipping through the cracks... not crazy enough to get committed... not dangerous enough to be jailed... not poor enough to be homeless, but heading there... not likable enough to have friends who look after him... too weird and not Mormon enough for his family. Unless he gets serious professional help on a consistent basis, his life is going to continue to get worse in every way. Even psych help may not be enough. Maybe his parents will at least try to get him that help. I feel confident in saying, though, that almost nothing done by the posters on this board will "wake him up" and make him get his shit together.
And while it is sad, and I don't wish ill will on Russ... he is still an asshole.