There is some tragedy to Russhole's life, but there didn't have to be. And I would say that 80%-90% of that tragedy has been self-inflicted by Russ himself. Russ only has himself to blame for the state of his life and all the negative aspects in it. There have been plenty of people with the exact same condition as Russ (physically at least) or even worse disabilities who still have lived happy, rich, full lives without wallowing in negativity, self-pity, and blaming everyone else for their problems. So whatever inherent tragedy that exists in Russhole's life that he isn't to blame for is greatly outweighed by all the self-inflicted tragedy that is 100% his fault. No one forced him to pursue asinine dreams and ridiculously unrealistic and unreasonable goals. No one put a gun to his head and insisted that he ignore everyone who tried to make him see sense and live in the real world. Nobody twisted his arm to make him turn his back on his real friends and family for not feeding into his delusions. There isn't anyone waiting around to slit his throat if he stops the numerous other heinous things he does. That's all been on Russell Greer, and therefore I'm unable to drum up a shred of sympathy for the miniscule amount of genuine tragedy in his life.