Right? And they're not-- [He sucks his breath through his teeth.] --great? Not to disparage their efforts, but y'know what I mean, right?

I can kinda get...not wanting to have what you can't have shoved in your face all the time. If they figured they couldn't get their old selves back, maybe they wanted to forget.

Me? Pfft, that sounds like absolute hell, but I could see how... some people might think it's a mercy.