Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/waEShXUjejs

  • HornyOnMain
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    1 year ago

    yeah, i've never met any true crime fan who wasnt a complete freak in some way (also never met one who wasnt a white upper middle class person)

    • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      its scary stories to tell in the dark but for upper middle class white libs who are (comparatively) alienated from violence by their own money

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Scary Stories was cool and good even if the old Stephen Gammel illustrations might need some serious parental advisory.

        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I used to stare at those pictures before bed so I'd have cool nightmares. It never worked.

          kitty-cri

          • wild_dog
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            15 days ago

            deleted by creator

      • WIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        In my experience this is correct, my grandma was in her 80s watching murder documentaries in a neighborhood where the cheapest house was like 250k lmao

    • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      That may be generally true, but in my experience it is mostly women (not all 'white') who listen to it. I think it is a way of dealing with the the anxiety of being a woman in a world that makes them unsafe.

      • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The podcasts don’t give safety tips, or offer self defense courses or practical advice. They revel in salacious drama and personal details of murder on a libidinal level. Let’s stop with this bullshit myth that true crime is “to protect oneself from murder”. It’s entertainment and titillation not serious defensive studies let’s be real.

        I revel in violence too sometimes in my entertainment, in video games and action movies. But I don’t use real “true” violence to get off, I use fake and fictional violence at least

        • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          I'm not saying people listen to it for safety tips. I'm not even saying it's healthy or good. I think it's a kind of morbid fascination.

          • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            yes a morbid, libidinal titillation and excitement. an unhealthy obsession with and fetishization of serial killers