Daniel and reality: Difference between revisions

'''Reality''' is the world or state of things as they actually exist. To our future [[Daniel Larson|president]], the definition is less certain.

To Daniel, reality is a malleable concept which is influenced by his [[delusions]], the influences of [[trolls]], and his [[Classic Era|current]] [[Homeless Era|life]] [[Jail (Disambiguation)|situation]]. Reality is a concept which Daniel desperately tries to avoid, refusing to accept it as it is. Instead, he retreats into his own [[delusions]] as a coping mechanism for the sad state of his life, hoping that reality will one day eventually bend to his whims. His sense of what is ''real'' and what is ''not real'' is acutely warped. Daniel selectively believes what is real as long as it fits into his warped perception of the real world.  

Daniel's perception of reality has been on a downward spiral since his [[Classic Era|first appearances]] on the Internet. The case can be made, however, that it was never quite that strong in the first place, and trolls only gave the ''final push'' rather than being the ''underlying cause'' of his poor sense of reality.  

One of the main consequences of Daniel's poor grasp on reality are his delusions of grandeur. Daniel genuinely believes that he is a [[Music Career|world famous celebrity and musician]] with billions of adoring fans and abundant [[Daniel and finance|wealth]], despite him being a homeless vagrant.

This has shown itself in many ways. During the [[Panera Bread Incident]], trolls had called the Panera Bread he was loitering in, convincing the staff to eject him from the premises. In response, Daniel began to self-harm, exclaiming that fans are "leaking my location" and that he's "fucking famous."

Because he thinks he's a world-wide famous celebrity, he believes that dozens of people (as well as vehicles) have stalked him in the past as he wandered the streets as a homeless bum, purely because they were desperate to meet him, or were jealous of him, because of his fame. During the [[Häagen-Dazs Incident|Haagen-Dazs Incident]], he claimed that people were lying about him because he was "fucking famous, bitch!"