Seeing communities like this really highlights how chasing "shock value" is such a poisonous mindset. Shock, by nature, is fleeting. The more it's repeated, the less impact it holds - and over time, it dulls completely. What once started as bizarre curiosities like Goatse and Meatspin gradually morphed into gore with no levity. And these too eventually lose the effect they once had as these fringe individuals require more and more stimulation. As they dig deeper into what they think is the ultimate "edge". Maybe they don't even realize at that point it has gone beyond a fringe interest and become a psychosexual obsession, often aligning with a pre-existing porn addiction. It's no wonder that the last bastion these desensitized individuals arrive at is physical and sexual torture of children and animals. They cloak it in layers of irony or nihilism, but the chemistry in their brains has already long since been altered. Perhaps they will get away with it, but the only paths left are trying to abandon their past as they grow older or becoming an actual threat to society. Even if they believe they "moved on," they've gone too far and will grapple with the phycological distortion for the rest of their life.
Idk maybe I'm just retarded