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PJ_Soul said:

Gern Blansten said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Netflix empire seems to be built on the blood, sweat, and tears......of serial killers and Nazis. It's a one-stop shop for all the serial killer and Hitler/WW2 content you can ask for. 

you know...I was thinking about this last night as my wife and I were watching Dahmer. Why do we glofiry serial killers like this? To the point he's almost a sympathetic character. My wife actually said at one point "I kind of feel bad for him". Obviously not in the bigger context, just at that one point in the series. 

I don't think I'm going to continue watching it. I don't need to see...

a person making out with a saran wrapped severed head

I'm really into true crime. I want to know what is out there....it's a sick fucking world.

I will say that TikTok is full of clips of Dahmer interviews now. If you look some of them up you would have a hard time believing that this person could do such things. He said himself that what he did was very sick and that he wished they would have caught him early.

I'm a huge true crime fan. Indeed it is a sick fucking... and I'm not compelled to avoid it, from a distance. I also just find true crime really informative. Educational, really. It's amazing the things that happen behind the scenes in the police investigation and criminal justice system.

HughFreakingDillon said:

bootlegger10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Gern Blansten said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Netflix empire seems to be built on the blood, sweat, and tears......of serial killers and Nazis. It's a one-stop shop for all the serial killer and Hitler/WW2 content you can ask for. 

you know...I was thinking about this last night as my wife and I were watching Dahmer. Why do we glofiry serial killers like this? To the point he's almost a sympathetic character. My wife actually said at one point "I kind of feel bad for him". Obviously not in the bigger context, just at that one point in the series. 

I don't think I'm going to continue watching it. I don't need to see...

a person making out with a saran wrapped severed head

I'm really into true crime. I want to know what is out there....it's a sick fucking world.

I will say that TikTok is full of clips of Dahmer interviews now. If you look some of them up you would have a hard time believing that this person could do such things. He said himself that what he did was very sick and that he wished they would have caught him early.

I'm a huge true crime fan. Indeed it is a sick fucking... and I'm not compelled to avoid it, from a distance. I also just find true crime really informative. Educational, really. It's amazing the things that happen behind the scenes in the police investigation and criminal justice system.

I think the true crime shows are fine (talking about the crimes documentary style).  I don’t think these gory, violent shows like Dahmer are good for society at all.  I am not saying they should be outlawed and that I don’t watch some of them, but don’t see how they can have a positive impact on our culture.

this is it. this isn't "true crime". it's hyper-dramatized true events. I don't need to see a serial killer french kissing a severed head to get the gist. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

well of course it was *meant* to be shocking. that's the current entertainment sickness we find ourselves in. without gory visuals, it wouldn't make as much money. 

I would have been just as entertained with an Unsolved Mysteries type of production. I don't mind gore when it's fictional; I despise dramatic depictions and they can use the "based on true events" tag to try to make everyone believe every thing in the show actually happened (and many do). Even the manner of his first kill wasn't truth. I looked it up. So you can't tell me that other stuff he did when he was alone wasn't highly ficiontalized. 

I have to agree with you there somewhat. I've often thought that the sickest minds among us should be somewhat pittied. I don't know if they can control those impulses. Of course, they need to be locked away to protect society, but I can't imagine being stricken with such a brain. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

Gern Blansten said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

well of course it was *meant* to be shocking. that's the current entertainment sickness we find ourselves in. without gory visuals, it wouldn't make as much money. 

I would have been just as entertained with an Unsolved Mysteries type of production. I don't mind gore when it's fictional; I despise dramatic depictions and they can use the "based on true events" tag to try to make everyone believe every thing in the show actually happened (and many do). Even the manner of his first kill wasn't truth. I looked it up. So you can't tell me that other stuff he did when he was alone wasn't highly ficiontalized. 

I have to agree with you there somewhat. I've often thought that the sickest minds among us should be somewhat pittied. I don't know if they can control those impulses. Of course, they need to be locked away to protect society, but I can't imagine being stricken with such a brain. 

what was untrue about the first kill? I just read it and it seemed pretty accurate

in the show, they fictionalized it as there being a fight and the victim trying to leave. 

in reality, the victim was sitting in a chair and dahmer hit him in the back of the head unprovoked. it's little things like that that bug me.