Real Talk - How Desensitized Are You?

[sherwin100s]

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Man.... that ukranian vid with those three teens killin people, screwed with me.

The other day I was driving and there were ambulances+police+ all over the place. I was trying to turn left, and the left turn was going to put me in direct view of what happened... but I already understood it was probably a pedestrian injury.
As I approached, I had instant view of a man pinned under a car, guts spilling ALL OVER THE DAMN road obviously dead. beat alot of rotten.com and was a couple feet from us. I slammed on my brakes and told my then-girlfriend to look away, because she wasn't in view of it yet but she was all like "ohh i waanna seee".

stupid @%$%% cried for a week....

 

[jking0821]

Originally Posted by Durden7

Originally Posted by Jking0821

Originally Posted by Durden7

People may be Internet desensitized, but I highly doubt people are more desensitized in real life.

It's strange i used to think this too.  But the more you watch the world star hiphop videos of giant gang fights and arrests and just the lowest of the low things in society you start to just be comfortable with it when you see it in real life.  When i was in DC i saw a group of kids get thrown to the ground by cops and cuffed and made this huge rukus at the subway station.  Normally that kind of thing would get me amped or at least excited.  I just watched the whole thing transpire and kept it moving like nothing had happened.  It's a "o i see stuff like that every day on the internet" mentality.

Same thing goes for women.  You watch incredibly attractive women online doing the dirtiest stuff you can imagine.  Then you look at your average girl doing average things and your not a happy as you were.  The internet is a terrible place lol.

But even if there wasnt an Internet, wouldnt you be desensitized by things like that in your every day life?

Meaning if that kind of thing happens in your area, dont you automatically become less responsive to it automatically?  If a person lives in a highly gang active area and they see a gang fight, it isnt a huge deal to them. If someone from boonies of Montana visits that city and sees a gang fight its a bigger deal to them.

Maybe its not the case for you, but I really believe that people two different levels of sensitivity.  Theres the "fake" one they have for internet things and a real life, real time visual one.  I dont believe that the "fake" one distorts the "real" one.

Yeah i def see what your saying.  I dont' see stuff like that everyday.  But it used to get me all amped and excited when i would see things like that because it happened so infrequently.  Like adrenaline kicks in and all.  But i feel like the internet lessens that.

But i agree with you in the life category part.  They say if you feel awkward in a situation.  Then put yourself in it over and over and over and eventually it won't be awkward.  Same thing with this.  If you see something over and over and over eventually it becomes old news and not interesting.

I think some things are different.  I can watch crazy death and injury videos online all day.  But if i ever saw some one die in real life i would be super shook (at least i hope).  But i think the internet has desensitized some parts of my life.

 

[seniosoul]

 

[mondaynightraw]

Originally Posted by bittersweet

That was the plan ... a long time ago.

We're already desensitized to the "Illuminati".

 

[ruxxx]

Originally Posted by sherwin100s

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Man.... that ukranian vid with those three teens killin people, screwed with me.

The other day I was driving and there were ambulances+police+ all over the place. I was trying to turn left, and the left turn was going to put me in direct view of what happened... but I already understood it was probably a pedestrian injury.
As I approached, I had instant view of a man pinned under a car, guts spilling ALL OVER THE DAMN road obviously dead. beat alot of rotten.com and was a couple feet from us. I slammed on my brakes and told my then-girlfriend to look away, because she wasn't in view of it yet but she was all like "ohh i waanna seee".

stupid @%$%% cried for a week....

 

[murda he]

Let's see... well there's..

Rotten.com
theotherTUBEsites.com
NT


What's sensitivity again?

 

[christonic]

Originally Posted by Theta

given how much messed up stuff there is on the internet, i realize that ive become extremely desensitized to pictures of women (unless extremely risque), tame kinds of porn, any type of violence, etc etc etc


im sure i cant be the only one. so. how desensitized are you?

I'm on the same boat as you fam.

After watching 3guys1hammer it totally warped my thinking. Although I do

  at ppl with severe skin problems and bme pain olympics.