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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I know you’re mostly joking but from what I understand it’s this:

True crime: tries to answer the “why” and there’s the invisible carrot of “justice” that you hope to get in the end. Unsolved mysteries leave you with a crack itch of thinking you can “figure it out,” like a puzzle.

Gore horror: no “why,” no “justice,” no puzzle, just a brutal description of human suffering. There’s no closure.

That’s just my hypothesis though ¯\(ツ)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

This is the best explanation of this type of content I have seen!! Totally makes sense!