Me neither, only one that bothered me was the one where the guy shot himself and bled out, but I saw that years ago on snopes.Scde2 said:
Would you consider yourself de-sensitized?
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Sex things don't bother me too much. Gore does though. Whenever I see a Gore pic, I get angry. I think, "Where can I find that sick fuck who took the picture and how can I make him suffer?" I had a really bad fear of blood when I was little, so maybe it's part of that.
I'm de-sensitized to a point. I can look at abnormalities in the body no problem. My friends wince or go ewwww whenever I show them that I am double jointed in my Ring and Middle finger.
Yet, that said, I can't really stand the sight of hemorrhage-like bleeding. I don't mind blood in large quantities, but there is something about it coming out in a river that freaks me out.
Yet, that said, I can't really stand the sight of hemorrhage-like bleeding. I don't mind blood in large quantities, but there is something about it coming out in a river that freaks me out.
I came into this thread expecting a topic on videogames desensitizing people to violence. This is close enough, I guess.
OT: I'd say I'm fairly well desensitized. Blood, for example, doesn't bother me at all, but that has a positive upshot: I'm really good in an emergency first aid situation. Seriously, I considered becoming and EMT at one point because of it. This comes in handy when you are one of an entire family of klutzes who make a habit of finding new and interesting ways to injure themselves, completely on accident. I'm so good at tying bandages, that I generally do my own first aid if I'm bleeding for some reason.
OT: I'd say I'm fairly well desensitized. Blood, for example, doesn't bother me at all, but that has a positive upshot: I'm really good in an emergency first aid situation. Seriously, I considered becoming and EMT at one point because of it. This comes in handy when you are one of an entire family of klutzes who make a habit of finding new and interesting ways to injure themselves, completely on accident. I'm so good at tying bandages, that I generally do my own first aid if I'm bleeding for some reason.
Same here, mate.Sleekgiant said:
There was a holocaust presentation today in class, and while everyone else was cringing in shock, I was almost falling asleep.
And it isn't like de-sensitization is completely bad thing, either. If you're put in a horrific situation, you're less likely to be traumatized after you've seen books worth of gore threads.
I think I was desensitized by /b/. Funny thing is, I thought I was already desensitized until I saw gore threads for the first time (and encyclopedia dramatica's 'offensive' page).
I'm no longer surprised by terrible things, lol.
But I consider this an advantage, not a flaw.
I'm no longer surprised by terrible things, lol.
But I consider this an advantage, not a flaw.
I don't think people are concerned that people will get desensitized and not react to certain images or thoughts. The concern is that people will begin to reenact and recreate those things in real life.
If the "Offended" page, the amount of snuff, fecal porn, gore, torture and kitten videos are any indication, the internet has pretty much infected a lot of people with much more exposure to terrible things than any group of people prior. I can imagine that even the gladiatorial games of Rome pale in comparison to the volume, intensity and close-up nature of our internet.
And yet... where are the murders? Where are the feces eating lesbians? If we're desensitized, and many are, then why don't these things manifest themselves in real life? Because exposure does not make people commit what they see. If it did, we would literally live in Hell. Not sometime in the future, but right now, we would be living in Hell.
If the "Offended" page, the amount of snuff, fecal porn, gore, torture and kitten videos are any indication, the internet has pretty much infected a lot of people with much more exposure to terrible things than any group of people prior. I can imagine that even the gladiatorial games of Rome pale in comparison to the volume, intensity and close-up nature of our internet.
And yet... where are the murders? Where are the feces eating lesbians? If we're desensitized, and many are, then why don't these things manifest themselves in real life? Because exposure does not make people commit what they see. If it did, we would literally live in Hell. Not sometime in the future, but right now, we would be living in Hell.
Oh abnormalities with bodies don't really scare me ( I can put my leg behind my head, lick my elbow, and i am double jointed in almost all of my fingers)maddawg IAJI said:
I pretty much am. I looked at the entire Dramatica Offended page without cringing, if that counts.
I had a conversation in complete seriousness about eating brains on toast points, and how much I was craving it at the time, without cringing. Bonus points for me not wanting to cannibalize any part of anybody before.
Desensitized? You be the judge.
Desensitized? You be the judge.
I can do the most graphic, brutal things a video game will allow. I can watch horror movies, grit and blood and decapitations galore.
But show me someone actually getting hurt, and I will cringe.
show me someone hurt bad enough, and I'll probably be sick.
But show me someone actually getting hurt, and I will cringe.
show me someone hurt bad enough, and I'll probably be sick.