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Most of our movie heroes are mass murderers.

Humanity lusts for death. Probably moreso the more crowded we get.

I find it hard to follow the premise that serial killers were a balancing tool in some way. Also kinda weird to think they kinda came out of nowhere, existed for a few decades, and are now basically gone.

I figured they were more like "as society grows, it grows too much, and people get alienated and crazy" or something. Which I guess is kinda like your limit theory, but not impactful enough to be.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 6:56 pm I find it hard to follow the premise that serial killers were a balancing tool in some way.

Why? It occurs everywhere in nature. There have been examples of some animals who did hunt for fun and not just survival.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 6:56 pm Also kinda weird to think they kinda came out of nowhere, existed for a few decades, and are now basically gone.

There are always outliers, but I don't know that they're gone or didn't exist before. I just think they're in different forms. Now: Mass shooters. Prior to more civilized society there are loads of examples of people committing a shitton of murder, just not stylized like the modern serial killer. How many Wild West outlaws would be serial killers by today's standards? Jack the Ripper is often called the first serial killer, but was he? I think Vlad the Impaler would have an argument against that. How about Genghis Khan and his pyramids made of heads?

We still have 600,000 people going missing, every year. I bet not all runaways. Even if 1% are never accounted for.... there are probably some good serial killers out there.

According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons (NamUS) database, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 600,000 people go missing annually. Approximately 4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered each year. Nationwide, there are roughly 6.5 missing persons for every 100,000 people.

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:27 pm there are probably some good serial killers out there.

Flattery will get you nowhere, but I appreciate the compliment.

They are definitely still out there, but I do think some of these mass shooters would have been serial killers in a different era.

Aurora, the gay Muslim that shot up the nightclub, that piece of shit that shot up the elementary in Connecticut, possibly the Vegas shooter, etc. are all people that share similarities with serial killers.

Admittedly, most "mass shooters" do not.

Yeah, I don't believe that for a second, but it's funny.

"Darth Vader" bug making waves on menus.

First, I don't see the resemblance.

Second, they say its tastier than lobster.

As Sam Jackson said, "Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know."

Scientists find an ancient wasp "beyond imagination".

Stop with the hyperbole. There are wasps that do this now, so it's not exactly "beyond imagination".

Cool though.

Saw on doctor who a wasp that was like 6 feet high. Is it beyond even that imagination?

If you missed it...

I want to see a herd of wild mammoths in a preserve way up in Canada before I die in the year 2100.

They'll need them to feed the reborn dinosaurs.

Incredible footage. Particularly the second half, which is slowed down.

1. Great whites? This must be the west coast.
2. Dude in the cage probably needs to clean a few pounds of shit out of his suit.

Saw a dead Texas Giant Centipede on a run this morning the size of my fucking arm. Nature is scary.

Google just showed me some specimens. Fuck that.

Kinda cute.

This is almost goodbye. It's been fun sharing boobies and opinions with you all, but I'm due home soon.