TempleOS Q&A Question Collection

I know this is a bit late, but I really appreciated the sensitive & objective way in which you handled such heavy & difficult subject matter. Terry really is such a tragic character - and he reminds me of several members of my family who have had some significant mental health issues. My question is, do you know whether Terry ever received any counselling or help for his mental illness? It seems like he had significant difficulty with trust in the latter part of his life, but I'm curious as to whether he ever received any help in the earlier years of his life.

Lydia Collinson

Amazing video! So very thorough, it's hard to come up with questions for it. The only thing that I wonder is whether or not the parents and family of Terry knew about his internet popularity, or what their thoughts were on his operating system. Probably impossible for you to answer, so feel free to leave this out of your Q & A answers if you can't find anything!

Given that someone like Terry produces so much video content, how much do you watch before feeling satisfied with your research, and how do you know what to watch when so much of it is so inane?

This was a rough one hope the next episode will be lighter (Not that that's a tall order) anyway, Which of Terry/God's Hymns was your favorite?

This topic had highly technical parts, did you need any help understanding any of it?

Arcaxon

As someone from nevada... i only wanna know if you know that people from nevada get slightly upset when people pronounce it "nevauduh" (people from nevada often pronounce it nehvahdah)

What motivated you to reach out to a composer for this episode? I found that the music you used in the video was great and I was wondering what motivated you to do so. Was it the subject matter? The atmosphere?

Dante Medina

A good touch to Terry's otherwise sad decline was the interviews his internet fans afforded him in Portland, especially since they approached him seriously, presumably bought him lunch, and came across very respectfully. I assume a few can be found on YouTube, but what's your impression of these fan interviews as a whole, as far as how many there were and how they were approached?

You seemed to expect some problems with YouTube demonitizing the video before you uploaded it, are there any videos you really want to make that you're sure would get you a strike?

So about how much of Terry Davis's streams did you watch while making this, and what were the biggest highs/lows of that experience?

Shawna Lee

How did you go about doing the research for this episode? I'm specifically interested in knowing how you handled the massive amounts of content.

Was there anything interesting you learned about programming while rresearching or did you keep most of your study material for this on subject to Terry?

Corat McRed

Most people don't show symptoms of schizophrenia until mid/late twenties-early thirties, so that isn't unusual.

Clyde Frog

It seems that his parents were upset with his hatred towards minorities and couldn’t quite understand where it came from... is there any idea where that came from and when exactly it started to manifest itself?

Terry Davis, oh I've been following him for years. I really do know how grueling it is to follow his rambling trail of thought. My question is how are you holding up after all this Freddy? Terry was a poor lost soul, his story is so disheartening. Love you always fred, you're the best two bucks a month I've ever spent ♥️

Have you given any thought to interviewing Diana Cowern or Terry’s parents? More generally have you thought about interviewing the people close to the subjects of other DTRH episodes?

normal cool adult male

How was Terry able to do well education wise with such an illness? Surely it would have affected him somehow in his school life?

terrys claim that he killed a cia agent is very likely untrue, but its very alarming nonetheless. did you pursue evidence (or any potential factual basis) of it, or were you too skeptical of it to lend it much credence to begin with?

I have some questions but I have one I would want to ask. I have a feeling that the GoFundMe for the drum set was what caused that fight between Terry and his dad that led to him being kicked out of the family house. Had that GoFundMe not happened, do you think he would have still stayed at the house and not deteriorate further compared to what actually happened.

NagaNos

It wasn't easy coming up with a question to ask since I have so many. But ultimately I am wondering if you would have ever interviewed Terry if given the chance? If only for the sake of posterity? I know this was a long and stressful video of yours so I hope my question won't test your patience.

TalonsofWater

How does Terry compare to other similar DTRH figures like Darger to you? Do you feel more or less sympathy for him, and do you feel he might be more troubled or less troubled than others you've covered?

Mia Nonne