We all have our problems and tribulations in life. I've gone through some really shitty experiences that I wouldn't wish on anyone, maybe you have too. But those have all been discrete events, that came to an end. Tom's life, on the other hand, is and has been a living hell from beginning to end. Abused by his parents and sister, the latter of whom taught his own son to abuse him as well. Being on first-name terms with all the local cops who he sees over a hundred times a year. His wife is in the hospital dying of cancer, and the phone calls never cease for a second. He is in constant pain from physical maladies that are only ever going to get worse, not better. He probably doesn't have long to live himself and never got to properly retire, his life just a constant hell of noise, screaming, excrement and cops. All of which was recorded without his consent and put on the internet for grifters to commentate over. It will only end when he's dead. He's made some bad decisions, but they were made out of misguided love for his shithead son. Not everyone could take what he takes, day in and day out, and keep on truckin'.
I'm not very good at practicing gratitude, but I am thankful every day that I am not Tom Ditch.