Humans and death

 

After reading the “video tape” piece the quote “but this doesn’t mean that you want them to stop” (last sentence of the piece) really interested me. It made me think about Instagram Reels, and how recently  it has been flooded with a dark and gory trend where you would see at least 1-3 crash crashes every 10 reals, basically the algorithm would give you thousands of brutal car crash videos which typically included a semi-truck obliterating a family in a minivan. As we see these videos, it makes us to explore our random relationship with life and death and the unexplainable human desire to watch the content. Social media algorithms are made to be recommend videos to the users biased on the users preferences. However, the sudden surge of car crash videos on Instagram Reels seems to be more than just a problem with the algorithm, it may be representing a reflection of our complex relationship with humanity and the randomness of life. We are all drawn to the undiscovered realties life has to offer, whether it be new species, elements, etc, we will do whatever it takes to learn about them even if they are car crashes on Instagram. Human beings have always been (and still are) curious about death. While these videos evoke feelings of horror, sadness and shock, they also reveal the fragility of our existence and the randomness of fate can claim our lives at any minute. In a world where we always seek things that are within our control and predictability, the randomness of death serves helps remind of us of life's unpredictability. Maybe watching these videos provides a release, where we can see the randomness of death without it hurting us.

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  1. Pelon LinApril 27, 2024 at 3:46 AM

    I agree with you in how people are still attracted to watching videos about death because it is not actually happening to ourselves. This also applies to the fantasy world in how people like to watch the battles in the fantasy movies because they are enticing. An example is the final battle in Avengers Infinity War.

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  2. Govind BeemisettyApril 27, 2024 at 10:43 AM

    I think these videos are so enticing because it shocks us how life can be taken away at any moment. It's similar to why I think people like true crime, since it's hard to wrap our minds around how a criminal can do this, and what their motivations were.

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  3. Elizabeth PfauthApril 27, 2024 at 11:42 AM

    As someone who has had personal experience with violence, this is so true. ToT

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  4. ArjunApril 27, 2024 at 10:16 PM

    I also see the car crash reels you mentioned a lot, especially on Instagram. I think these excessive amount of reels are making us less sensitive to things like death and other things we should be cautious of.

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  5. Luan BerishajApril 28, 2024 at 5:57 PM

    I liked your first sentence and the quote you used, and I also thought your topic was very relatable since many of us see the same things on social media.

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