• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    I don’t wanna sound weird/racist, but the “contemporary true crime podcast” genre emanates a sinister liberal whiteness I can’t properly articulate. Is this off-base?

    I think you’re detecting it accurately.

    I haven’t known a single “true crime” enthusiast that wasn’t an insulated and smugly comfortable lanyard wearer. Death and suffering make them less bored about their comfortable shallow lives.

    • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      Yeah it just seems so very voyeuristic in a way. Especially the concept of real existing peoples hardships with crime, the criminal justice system, socioeconomics, all that jazz put on display for entertainment feels to put in a word: yucky. It seems like a view steps from human-zoo shit. Like just watch reality tv, at least those people sign up to be a mess for your entertainment.