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A lot of the morbid interest in this story reminds me of the Tool song “Vicarious” https://youtu.be/h_TUP2vuaDs https://youtu.be/h_TUP2vuaDs Eye on the TV 'Ca
by dagmx 3y ago
A lot of the morbid interest in this story reminds me of the Tool song “Vicarious”
https://youtu.be/h_TUP2vuaDs https://youtu.be/h_TUP2vuaDs
Eye on the TV
'Cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor
It happens to be like
"Killed by the husband"
"Drowned by the ocean"
"Shot by his own son"
"She used the poison in his tea"
And kissed him goodbye
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies
- mhitza 3y agoNews media are always having a field day with shocking and dramatic events. Can add to those the lyrics from Marilyn Manson's, The Nobodies: Some children died the other day / We fed machines and then we prayed / Puked up and down in morbid faith / You should have seen the ratings that day
- netsharc 3y agoAka "disaster porn".
- ethanbond 3y agoWhich is particularly poetic (ironic? Morbid?) given that the submersible itself was up to pretty much the exact same thing.