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candiedmemories · 1 year

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Scrolling reddit and saw a post on /r/all titled "guy jaywalking gets hit" with over 20k upvotes. The internet is so fucked up. Why is anybody enjoying that content? Why is it acceptable (and encouraged) to share possibly life-altering events of somebody the poster probably doesn't even know? Why is it okay to share videos of people getting hurt at all?

I didn't watch the video, and I won't. It's 100% fucked up, even if they "turn out okay" or "don't die" or "make a full recovery." Would you want a video of you getting run over shared by strangers on the internet? I wouldn't, because that's just fucked in general.

#did americas funniest home videos perpetuate this?#their segments with people falling down would make my mom uncontrollably laugh #but i never found it funny #why would i laugh at somebody getting hurt?#why would i want to watch somebody be hurt?#i was scarred by an arm wrestling video thay i saw on tv as a kid #and i literally cannot arm wrestle or watch people arm wrestle because of the images that video burned into my mind #i dont think the pain of others should be used as quick entertainment and like/share/upvote fodder

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