"Wow, my life is fucked up, but at least it's not that fucked up."
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2025
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As my wife is currently rebinging Dexter
Because for most of human existence knowing how somebody got completely destroyed by the local predator was very important to your survival. So an extreme amount of attention paid off for the local threats
...or...how to evade detectives 😏
Don't write down your crimes.
A true-crime podcast that commits crime for likes & subscribers?
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And if you had a dangerous person in your tribe, you better also paid very close attention to their behavior.
Crime is so fascinating.
Like especially things like terrorism and mass murders
Reading about their fucked up life give me hope, gives perspective on how much better my life is that I did not end up becoming a mass murderer of innocent people.
So if anyone is depressed out there and feeling worthless, remember, you haven't murdered anyone yet (I assume, right? Anyone murderers on here?) so you're a very good person by that standards.
(Btw: for those murderers who get released, how the fuck do they find a job, if people with clean records are also having so much trouble finding a job?)
There are programs for people with felonies to find jobs, typically found under "re-entry" or "second chance". They're often sucky, poorly paid jobs though.
morbid curiosity is our inherent trait
Because you're disturbed by it.
Sometimes it's that simple.
To expand on this, people tend to think "how could a person do something like this to another person". We become curious about the mystery of events and/or circumstances that drive people to commit such acts.
Being disturbed is engaging.
Fear is important for us. And your brain mostly prefers fear that can't harm you.
Full story, often quite awful (you never see true crime about a drunk driver, but when a chemistry student uses acid to get rid of his ex gf body it's get in true crime show), and with a lot of technical and legal details all of that make it interesting provided you have a good narrator
People who enjoy murder porn deserve to have their own episode one day. Where some cunt digs through your private life to entertain other weirdos.