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There's a word for such things: catharsis.

• gcheong 17y ago
  And, apparently, according to some research, it's not always a good thing: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102344514 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1023445...
  • olliesaunders 17y ago
    That's just for anger though.
    • gcheong 17y ago
      Yes, but that was the argument that xcombinator lead with; that expressing violence in a controlled manner is a good thing - which is contradicted by research. Anyway, the idea that masturbating over fictional depictions of child sex is somehow preventative of actual child sex abuse is orthogonal to the problem being discussed here.