• lath@piefed.socialEnglish
    33·
    4 个月前

    The more famous serial killers i barely remember even a bit of were described as social animals, charismatic and highly adept at manipulation.

        • ttyybb@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 个月前

          Isn’t a serial killer defined as a murderer with at least 3 victims? Or have I fallen for TV culture

          • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
            3·
            4 个月前

            It is, but it’s different from a spree killer in that the killings are spaced out, and follow a specific methodology and victim type (although there are some exceptions).

            Serial was used because when the term was coined serial movies were a thing, which is kinda like the equivalent of the limited series on streaming platforms now. Basically the killings were episodic.

  • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    4 个月前

    If you averaged out every serial killer, you end up with someone that is remarkably just like me. I’ve learned this isn’t a bit of trivia to mention during job interviews.

      • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        4 个月前

        Serial killers skew white, male, under middle age, have a developmental trauma, tend to work alone, have impulse control issue, lack of empathy and manipulative behavior. As compared to the general populace.

        • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
          13·
          4 个月前

          Serial killers skew white

          This is one of those times where racism strikes again. Serial killers also skew towards killing those like them, so guess what was ignored for a long time? Right, suspicious deaths of black individuals, meaning our ‘tracking’ of serial killers had some pretty large dearths.

          • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            4 个月前

            That’s just because they picked it up from us Americans. Like the lions that learned gay sex.

              • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                4 个月前

                Thanks for noticing. I was changing what I was thinking on the fly, going for something flippant and hopefully funny, kinda lost where I was initially going, and landed on a bit racist and bigoted. Alcohol may have also been involved, so I couldn’t work up the motivation to add in a few more groups without going all word salad, or over the top.

    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      4 个月前

      If you averaged out every serial killer, you end up with someone that is remarkably just like me. I’ve learned this isn’t a bit of trivia to mention during job interviews.

      … but it’s a cracking ice-breaker on a first date!

  • r00ty@kbin.life
    24·
    4 个月前

    Yeah, but the problem is… You need to leave home to be a serial killer. Well, no wait. I mean to be a good one. I think if you kept inviting people to your house and killing them, it would be a bit of an easy trail to follow. So, being a successful serial killer is too much work.

    I’ll do it tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow.

  • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    4 个月前

    I suspect this would change a bit, if you separate serial killers from mass shooters.

    Serial killers need to plan out what they are doing, to not get caught. They can often hide behind a mask of charisma.

    Mass shooters fit this quite well. It’s also the exact behaviour I would expect from someone trapped in an untenable situation. The pressure builds until something happens. In a few of those people, it is via anger and rage against those they feel wronged them.

    1 group is likely naturally broken, to some degree. The other is broken by modern society.

  • AeronMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 个月前

    That plus a brain defect that makes them think that ending a life is okay. All the other shuts-ins just play a lot of video games.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      4 个月前

      Oh are we supposed to be playing video games? I’ve been digging this pit in my basement…