What the fuck was his problem?
he found /pol/
>>81979301
disgusted by the filth and degeneracy he saw in the streets, wanted something to come and wash it all away
>Fought in 'Nam
>gets injured, sent home
>upon returning finds himself alienated and surrounded by filth and vice
>>81979301
>Watching porn and not fapping
What was even the point back then?
>>81979301
Serving in Vietnam messed his head up. I was surprised he didn't have a drug habit of some sort.
>>81980076
He had no 'problem'.
He was fully cognizant and red pilled.
He had no purpose in life while having to witness the worst of the world on a nightly basis.
>>81979301
I would always do what he did here. In buses, taxies, restaurants, theaters. etc I basically did it everytime I sat down.
>>81979301
lonely and depressed he fell into a vicious cycle of thinking that he couldn't break himself out of, making his alienation even worse until he could no longer associate with others. Without any real goal in life he ended up focusing on his death.
>>81979507
>>81980145
>implying he actually served in the marines
>>81979301
/r9k/ino
4chan poster born 40 years too early
>>81980359
How did he get the scar?
>>81980426
eating pineapple
>>81980426
living a shit dangerous life as a poor person in 1970's NY?
>>81980426
Gambled and got in deep with the sharks
>>81980145
>I was surprised he didn't have a drug habit of some sort
>implying he wasn't popping amphetamines throughout the whole movie
>>81980522
>>81980462
>>81980524
That would certainly explain Travis being unable to sleep.
>>81980560
I don't think he explicitly mentions it but yeah, it would explain it and you do see him popping pills throughout the movie