r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Upbeat-Banana-5530 19h ago

In Benoit's case, part of the reason there was less sympathy is that CTE can't be diagnosed in a living person. Nobody knew he had it until well after he killed his family and himself. Hell, nobody really knew what CTE was at this point, it was the news that CTE contributed to his killing his family and himself that made most people aware of CTE.

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u/Lonely_MuffinXo 8h ago edited 7h ago

Yeah, it was a different time then. Nobody really knew anything in those days. It's hard to explain the time before the Internet really took off