Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial
Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial
Onlookers screamed as fire engulfed the young man, who had thrown pamphlets in the air before he set himself aflame. A police officer tried to extinguish the flames before the man was taken away in an ambulance.
Not much info at time of posting what prompted the man to do so
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Ive been noticing lots of incidents of people giving in to their dorker impulses over the last decade or so. Is it an evolutionary process, kinda like a thinning of the herd due to resource limitations?
Probably a side effect of our hyper connected world. It might have happened at the same rate in the past and you didn't know about it. It's also a case of people copying other people they see online.
That is an interesting theory. It might also be coupled with the size of the population. We have an ever increasing, massive number of people in the world, and the connectedness might just show us how little our individualized voices are heard without doing something as severe as lighting yourself on fire.
It's generally statistically proven. Are you familiar with Florida man? He's no crazier than any other man. It's literally a product of coverage. Fascist media is constantly covering how crime of all sorts is on the rise. Despite all actual evidence being contrary.
Technology has evolved far, far, faster than our emotional capacity to actually master that technology.
Everything was fine until regular people got smartphones.