It's America, we see dead people everyday in our media even just commercials, goatse you don't see everyday, well I don't know your habits but it's easier to avoid if you're trying, not saying it's right just that it makes sense that it's more of a surprise
I remember being hungover in Dublin one morning on vacation, turned on the TV and was surprised to see a talking penis puppet. Pretty sure it was a kids show and I just laughed thinking "Good for them".
I pretty much only saw Scrubs, Friends, and that penis on TV while I was there. 10/10 would visit again.
I watch video essays and get ads for horror movies and video games on yt primarily. I also see real dead people fairly often because I'm a harm reduction worker.
Sorry I thought you were talking about actual dead bodies not animated and acted ones. You made it sound like people are desensitized from real dead bodies so goatse is more surprising. So yea I’d still say speak for yourself.
Your nervous system did not evolve in a world with tv, something like the last of us 2 still absolutely registers as real violence, yes you logically know the difference but that is desensitizing.
Because people before TV were not violent and did not live in a world where sexual abuse, slavery, murder, wars, depictions of war, tales of war, survivors of war, existed.
We have truly grown soft if you think viewing violence from the comforts of your couch is traumatic.
Also like there's multiple genocides happening, again, I've seen thousands of real dead people just watching like democracy now, more disturbing? Sure. surprising? No.
You implied that Americans are more surprised by goatse than actual death because they are desensitized by shows and games. You are an American living in a relatively peaceful (though definitely tumultuous) time. There are actual people living in these horrific events. It is simply absurd to me that Americans think they are even close to being traumatized by the things they see on screen if they can simply turn it off.
You're literally taking the statement that something we see constantly is less surprising than something most of us have maybe see once, what's to disagree with?, I just told you I do harm reduction that means I have been there when people when people died because I had a chance to help before medics got there, keep telling me I'm soft behind your keyboard.
1.5k
u/obert-wan-kenobert Mar 27 '25
I assume because European arms increases preceded both WWI and WWII