Re: those posts on animal cruelty we see so often here and elsewhere -

what is the purpose?

Some mofo(s) did some unGodly horrible, terrible, vile thing to some poor animal?

What can we do about it other than cringe in horror?

Those posts make me sick to my stomach, make my heart race and b/p soar, spoil my day, make me hate people, etc.

What is the point other than sensationalism??

I wish I could weed them out forever from my internet viewing.

If you see a subject line that indicates animal cruelty, you can hide that thread without even reading it. Most people do try to give an accurate notion of what their post is about in their subject line.

helpfully,
Bright

by the time I've seen a thread title spelling out abuse or torture of a kid or an animal, it's too late.

I don't need the complete story to be sickened and feel absolute burning hatred for anyone who would do such a thing. I just wish people would temper their thread titles and not make the really awful ones like that so....graphic. But also include a warning so people like the OP and myself don't accidentally open them up to read.

Unfortunately, I saw the thread out on the boards about the two guys and the shovel, and even though I hid it immediately, my stomach is still turning... :(

I never open those threads because I would literally be sick. But it also doesn't help to see the title. By the time I've gone down the list and hidden threads like that, it's too late.

I know some have asked for a hide thread by keyword feature on DU3 and apparently that's not going to be an option.

Abuse inflicted on children and animals are things I do NOT want to see, even in a title. My mind is too good at imagining the pain and suffering of the victims and if there's anything at all that makes me not want to read here, it's that.

:(

I said that people have asked for a hide thread based ON KEYWORD on DU3.

And apparently that won't be an option...

hide thread, but yeah the keyword kind would have been brilliant!

make me ill. I wish I could hide all threads by just using one word like "animal", "dog", "cat" "cruelty" "abuse" etc. That way I would NEVER have to even see the title and dwell on it.

those are the exact same words I would use to filter threads...

Speaking purely for myself, I have enough things that torture my head without adding things I can't do anything about... :(

There are plenty of OPs on DU which I don't want to read, I don't click on those posts..

Someone made an OP wanting threads about Fukushima sent to a special dungeon the other day..

read. I don't like them either, they stay in my mind for a long time, even though the perps are punished.

but I honestly don't know why it's more repulsive to me than cruelty to humans.

Except children. Anything basically defenseless, actually.


I can see a bunch of people get blown to bits and not feel a thing. OTOH, if I see someone beat a dog, it makes me sick. It's been that way since I was a child.

Dead squirrels in the middle of the road used to send me into sobbing fits. The movie "Lassie Come Home" was too painful for me to watch when I was a kid. My parents soon learned not to tell me about, or expose me to, anything hurtful involving animals.

And before anyone jumps down my throat and decides to call me all sorts of nasty names, let me just say I can't help how I feel.

That's my story. I don't know what the OP's story is...

:shrug:

the elderly and ill) that makes it so much worse, I can't help it either. My brothers used to torment me over it, they still think I'm nuts for caring so much. That said, I do read the articles only because I need to know that someone has done something to stop that certain case, and maybe find a link that I can support to help out myself, somehow. I worked in EMS and hospitals for a long time ... seeing the injuries doesn't bother me nearly as much as actually feeling the mental pain they must go through. That just rips me apart.

because that alone makes me sick to my stomach. :cry:

:sarcasm:

:eyes:

but some of us clearly stated that hide thread does NOT work once we've already seen the title of the thread.

Reading the thread isn't the problem.

The problem is threads with graphic titles that, in themselves, are sickening.

think about it.

If you read a thread named, "Toddler raped and beaten to death with a shovel", it's going to be too late to get that image out of your mind. Hide it all you want...the title is still going to form an image in your head, and one that will likely sicken you and be really hard to get rid of.

Especially for people with certain anxiety disorders. Our minds don't just shut off. The image/thought keeps coming back again and again, no matter what we do to stop it.

Things aren't always as easy as people want to make them. :(

Oh, the facepalm.