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===Personalities=== Both Harris and Klebold worked together as cooks at a [[Blackjack Pizza]], a mile south from Columbine High School. Harris was eventually promoted to shift leader.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0503/p3s1.html |title=Portrait of two teens reveals a lot of gray |journal=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=May 3, 1999 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611004225/https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0503/p3s1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He and his group of friends were interested in computers,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-columbine-shooters/ |title=The Columbine Shooters |website=[[CBS News]] |date=April 8, 2009 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111201929/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-columbine-shooters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and were enrolled in a bowling class.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0502b.htm |title=A boy with many sides |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607002355/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0502b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Some described Harris as charismatic, and others described him as nice and likable.<ref name=psych>{{cite web |url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/19990503/news/305039989 |title=Psychologists say Harris, Klebold became deadly mix |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107113922/https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/19990503/news/305039989 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Antisocial>{{Cite news|first1=Joel|last1=Achenbach|first2=Dale|last2=Russakoff|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/april99/antisocial04299.htm|title=Teen Shooter's Life Paints Antisocial Portrait|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 29, 1999|access-date=July 14, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026082703/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/april99/antisocial04299.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Harris also often bragged about his ability to deceive others, once stating in a tape that he could make anyone believe anything.<ref name=basement>{{cite web |url=https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/columbine_basement_tapes_1.0.pdf |title=Transcript of the Columbine "Basement Tapes" |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715180540/https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/columbine_basement_tapes_1.0.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=live |first=Peter |last=Langman |website=schoolshooters.info |date=29 July 2014}}</ref> By his [[Junior (education year)|junior year]], Harris was also known to be quick to anger, and threatened people with bombs.<ref name=psych/><ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Kohn|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/columbine-were-there-warning-signs/|title=Columbine: Were There Warning Signs?|website=[[CBS News]]|date=April 17, 1999|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706175129/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/columbine-were-there-warning-signs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Classmates also related that Harris was fascinated by war, and wrote out violent fantasies about killing people he did not like.<ref name=Antisocial/> Klebold was described by his peers and adults as painfully shy. Klebold often was fidgety whenever someone new talked to him, rarely opening up to people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/25/dave-cullen-columbine |title=Dave Cullen on the Columbine killer Dylan Klebold |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=April 24, 2009 |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019031751/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/25/dave-cullen-columbine |url-status=live }}</ref> Klebold was also exceptionally nervous in front of women.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/25/dave-cullen-columbine |title=The reluctant killer | Columbine |work=The Guardian |date= April 24, 2009|accessdate=2022-02-19 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019031751/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/25/dave-cullen-columbine |url-status=live }}</ref> In the last year of his life, many noted a change in Klebold's behavior. Unlike before, Klebold became short-tempered, often prone to sudden outbursts of anger.<ref name="acolumbinesite.com"/>
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