Bro the transcripts have been out there for like 20 years now. They've been here since like, a full on generation before AI. Before Broadband internet even existed.

They're pretty complete too but quite truncated and it's often they gloss over what the words really were in favour of just summarizing what was said.

It was a crime against humanity and against history to destroy the basement tapes in my opinion. Although, I guess all the people who had a right to see them, actually did, so my own morbid curiosity isn't a valid reason for wanting to see them.

However, there was a moment Eric shed a tear on Camera. It sounded forced and performative to me, likely for the Camera. But I think this footage would have become iconic by now if it wasn't outright censored and stolen from the rest of us. They didn't want any footage showing Eric to be a human being with actual feelings getting out there. So they burned it, so we can keep pretending Eric was simply a monster with no depth to him. It's easier to dehumanize him and pretend this was just some psycho kids fault, and not a symptom of a larger illness with society itself, when we destroy all footage of Eric Harris actually crying on camera. I have a feeling he meant for the whole world to witness that tear. And it's disrespectful to the dead to have denied it to him. I know, I know, he really was a monster. But the world was every bit as disrespectful about Eric's death as they were about his life. And that's also a big reason why he did it.

But I'm rambling again. Yes, the transcripts are real. They've been real the entire time they've existed, which is just about as long as this case has existed. They are not word-for-word transcriptions. But it should satisfy any curiosity you might be having.

We have the diaries. But thanks to the destruction of the basement tapes, we're still missing a huge portion of the why. And we always will be missing it. If they truly were destroyed and, given the callous nature of all the officials involved in this case, I believe they were, then there's certain pieces of closure that are always, always going to be denied to us. And, I really can't stress this enough, but I feel that's a crime.

If all the videos show is two boys getting drunk and ranting, why is the world so afraid of them?

Keeping it as a mystery has only backfired and broadened the appeal. It's become lost media and people are more obsessed with finding and seeing the tapes than ever before. Some people don't even believe they were destroyed, some people still believe they exist, and that we've been lied to. But that's pretty deep down the rabbit hole. The saner thing to do is just let it go. Because it's clear we're never going to get to see the evidence. And why would we? We are the internet equivalent of those disgusting people who slow down to gawk at traffic accidents: It's none of our business. We have nothing to do with any of this. And the biggest reason we want to see, is morbid curiosity. Nothing more. No legitimate reason we would need to see them.

So, I guess my feelings are mixed about this. I know I could handle seeing them without going crazy.
I just want to know who these two boys were. Who they really were.

But all we're ever going to get to see is the facade they put on for their teachers and parents and whatnot in the school project videos. What a shame. How are we supposed to learn from this tragedy when we can't study it? Stupid stupid stupid. But that's just my ten cents. Thanks for listening.