Why do I find sick fucks to be so fascinating?

[Kiwifarmsname]

Every time I read about a lolcow like Giggly Goonclown or a mass shooter or something it just makes me miserable but I can't stop it. I really need to detox or something because it's been an unhealthy obsession of mine for a few years now. Anyone here figure out how to regulate their lolcow content?

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Turn your misery into pleasure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

 

[ForgedBlades]

I think it's weird not to be fascinated by it. True crime is a massive genre for a reason.

 

[Kiwifarmsname]

I think it's weird not to be fascinated by it. True crime is a massive genre for a reason.

I more mean to a level that is actively harming my mental state.

 

[pot of sneed]

I more mean to a level that is actively harming my mental state.

You may be getting too heavily invested into it. Blackpills are addicting, I get it but you need to measure out that shit and not get too heavily or emotionally invested which is hard when you have a heart. Break up articles with other things like cute baby animal pictures, people being proud of what they just cooked, little things that remind us there are sunshines and rainbow too amidst the gloom and pain out there. Baby ball pythons always put a smile on my face.

 

[We Are The Witches]

Every time I read about a lolcow like Giggly Goonclown or a mass shooter or something it just makes me miserable but I can't stop it.

You need a new perspective, try to think that their lives are not worth the time of yours (at least for some weeks/months) and focus on yourself.

What are you doing with your life? Isn't that the main event that's happening for you?

Metaphorically, it's like you're watching them on one TV channel, but you have to get back to the important one, yours, so change back to it. Are you going to lose a movie marathon of The Lord Of The Rings on channel #1, just because they have iCarly or Hannah Montana on channel #5? I don't think so.

 

[MeltyTW]

because most people who are more socially acceptable tone down their personality and become bland as a survival mechanism so its kinda interesting to see something out of the ordinary, especially in a bland culture where being bland but pretending youre out of the ordinary is a commodity

 

[Haloperidol]

I know it’s trite but literally touch grass, just go out for a while and be reminded that most people are fine. Stupid maybe, but fine.

 

[karz]

I more mean to a level that is actively harming my mental state.

watch videos of animals being adorable. go to the gym.
i mean this without a hint of irony - touch grass and smell the flowers. go to a conservatory if there's one near you.
the world isn't great but social platforms and mainstream media make their money feeding you extremely negative content. getting out and doing something productive or otherwise positive is the best way to combat doomerism.

 

[SomeSpook]

I rarely ever say this, but please, stop visiting Kiwi Farms for a while and focus on something other than sick fucks on the internet. Your life will improve from there.

 

[legtard respecter]

because horror movie villains ain't got nothing on the poopsquatch or smartschoolboy9

 

[Your Starter for 10]

Because you're gay. And probably a nigger.

 

[Magicicada_septendecula]

Probably for the same reason some people slow down to look at really bad car wrecks. Only with sick fucks, there's a wreck within a wreck within a wreck, and no one to honk at you for staring too long.

 

[Testacles Maximus]

The point of lolcows is to laugh. If they're making you miserable, what are you getting out of the experience?

 

[Meat Target]

I rarely ever say this, but please, stop visiting Kiwi Farms for a while and focus on something other than sick fucks on the internet. Your life will improve from there.

I was thinking about this on my evening commute today. This forum is, at its core, a freak show. Too much of it, and you'll wrongly assume everyone around you is a freak.

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

A lot of us take breaks from the site from time to time. Even if it's only for a few days it gives you the chance to get away from all the lunacy we document/discuss. There's a lot of really negative shit here and you just need to be away from it or you'll be miserable.

 

[The Repeated Meme]

Because you're gay. And probably a nigger.

A gay nigger, even.

 

[W00K #17]

I more mean to a level that is actively harming my mental state.

Go fishing. Leave your phone at home.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

It's good to have things to hate. It lets you know you have a functioning moral compass.

 

[Cougar Pump]

Most of the time when someone focuses on something largely innocuous as the source of their problems, it's because that thing is being used to fill a void in their life in some way. You see it a lot with 'video game addiction'.
Best advice I have is try to start doing something rather than trying to stop doing something. When you successfully start doing something else, the 'problem' thing will just fall away on its own.