system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[The Office: UK] How can David Brent, after all his years on the planet, be so utterly self-unaware?
gpt
Some subconscious part of him knows. It knows, and yet cannot bring forward the information to his waking self. His conscious mind dares not accept the cold truth, knowing that acceptance of such crippling character flaws leads inevitably to suicide. 

He cannot accept himself, because his cringe is beyond redemption. There is only the solace of the noose for David Brent.