We Have Been Desensitised

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The Social Media Desensitisation Epidemic: When Gore, War Footage, and Death Become Normal The episode discusses the speaker’s distress after being unexpectedly shown multiple graphic videos of real deaths and violence on social media platforms such as X and Instagram, and how frequent exposure has led to widespread desensitisation. It contrasts childhood reactions to fictional horror (arcade games, early internet jump-scare videos, horror films) with the current normalisation of real-world gore in short-form feeds, and describes how online comments often treat such content with apathy, humour, or memes. The script argues that decades of violent media, video games, and now readily accessible real footage may contribute to trauma, PTSD, or emotional numbness, creating a passive population less likely to react to or resist evil. It suggests engagement-driven algorithms incentivise increasingly extreme content, and frames the issue through themes of sin, human wickedness, and the speaker’s Christian faith, ending with uncertainty about solutions but a call to prayer and being a light against darkness. 00:00 Heavy Heart Intro 01:28 Graphic Feed Reality 04:23 Desensitisation Epidemic 05:15 Childhood Fear Memories 07:34 Internet Jump Scares Era 09:08 Horror Movies to Games 12:18 Real Death on Apps 16:22 Meme Culture Escalation 19:43 Engagement and Brutality 20:29 War and Killing Psychology 21:51 Trauma or No Return 24:14 Control Through Overwhelm 26:23 Faith and Closing Prayer PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/understandingconspiracy BUY BOOK AMAZON: https://shorturl.at/7HKtA RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/user/UnderstandingConspiracy TELEGRAM: https://t.me/understandingconspiracy EMAIL: [email protected] PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.me/uconspiracy/50