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anildash.com • 1 day ago

True crime podcasts and cable news have a lot to answer for

Reposted from bobby

browsing nextdoor and local subreddits shows you just how many people live in constant fear of the outside world

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darkandwondrous.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also decades of local *If it bleeds it leads* news coverage.

studuncan.bsky.social•1 day ago

The fix?

Get out & enjoy the world.

tektology-enjoyer.bsky.social•1 day ago

The thing is there's a better way to do that too. Report on workplace injuries & disasters caused by understaffing and deferred maintenance. Report on insurance denials and people unable to get necessary medical care. Report on car the car crashes that we write off.

noahgift.com•20 hours ago

To be fair a lot of Creepy Dudes popped out Trump signs on the lawn in VERY NICE neighborhoods...

ericlinuskaplan.bsky.social•1 day ago

also Puritanism. Cf. "Young Goodman Brown".

annakeesey.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I just think it’s neurology. Conservatism is associated with an increased genetic inclination toward fear.

alexcartaz.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can’t tell when you’re joking 😅

hartsunknown.bsky.social•1 day ago

Truth. They’ve made everyone fear everything. Also Ring cameras as well.

toni1052.bsky.social•1 day ago

24-hour news and reality television have lead us to this terrible place.

wendella.bsky.social•1 day ago

Though local news and the "if it bleeds, it leads" was doing this even earlier.

lovelyclee.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I actually had to tell my best friend to stop being so hysterical and lay off the true crime podcasts when she was going off the deep end about something really minor being "dangerous". absolutely has warped people's minds

matthematics.com•1 day ago

You have to wonder: would the demand dry up if the supply did?

There seems to be an insatiable demand for “fear the world” content that pre-dates podcasts and cable… did people read horror novels and tell each other scary stories back then instead? 🤔

mattg.path.pub•1 day ago

We have become a nation of cowardice, which is funny bc the national anthem says we're the home of the brave.

robtalksnonsense.com•1 day ago

omg, I used to live in Montgomery Alabama and my NextDoor feed was a cesspool.

bobcalhoun.bsky.social•1 day ago

My nextdoor went from crime all the time to, “Is this your cat? Whose dog is this?”

invisiblelad7.bsky.social•1 day ago

Right? Violent crime has been trending down for years and yet everyone was terrified.

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