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What is the most horrifying thing you've seen on the internet that didn't involve gore? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

CSAM back when those losers spammed Lemmy with it

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

I'm so happy that I didn't see any of that. I did see a picture of a woman eating shit straight from someone's ass twice tho. It was gross, but at least not anywhere near as bad.

[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ugh that will probably never leave you. I haven't seen CSAM since I stumbled on it in the 1990s but what I saw is still burnt into my brain. What has been seen cannot be unseen.

This is one of the reasons I stay on kbin, it doesn't autoload images.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it was pretty wild... At first I assumed it was some AI generated shit. It hit me a minute later that it was actually probably real.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

I’m quite glad I missed that whole thing. I only saw the updates and was logging on after the servers had crashed or the admins were basically bricking the system. I basically couldn’t load lemmy for a few days, so I spent those days…I’m not sure. Probably staring blankly at the wall in front of me. Better than CSAM.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Similarly, I was on a sort of diary forum and someone decided to share their very graphic life story with no warning whatsoever.

I mean I get why they shared it but it was so horrifying to know that a child went through that. I mean I know there's always the possibility it was a fake post but given what I know about confirmed cases (including someone I know personally), I believe it.