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Originally Posted by jman220
I’d strongly advise not watching it. As someone who had to look at gory pictures for a living not too long ago including of children, I can attest that that **** ****s you up for life.
I can't even read accounts of this stuff. I read something about the guy who killed the Mom and 2 daughters in Yosemite that still haunts me. Never again.
Whereas when we were teenagers we rented Faces of Death (which is largely fake but we didn't know that) and weren't phased at all. By far the most disturbing thing for us was when they were beating the monkey in the head with mallets to eventually eat it (which was also fake but supposedly depicts a real thing that happens). Teenagers and empathy just don't mix - extends well into 20s for many.
My empathy didn't really kick into overdrive until I had a kid in my life. After that I can't even watch movies where something bad happens or almost happens to a kid.
I saw a young girl come so close to getting killed that she literally walked into the side of the guy's car as he screeched past - slamming on his brakes at the last second when he finally saw her. Think of how few milliseconds that is. I could see the whole thing developing for seconds too and was powerless to do anything.
Last edited by suzzer99; 03-15-2019 at 08:19 PM.