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Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher by ralusek on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:31AM (#26579994)
I find your sentiment to be better rephrased as:

> I dislike the degree to which people are fascinated by serial killers/criminals in general

People seek this stuff out ravenously. Most of the supply of information, at least to me, appears to be driven by the demand for it. I've never been particularly interested in it, personally.

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Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher by eplanit on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:18AM (#26580584)
Abnormal psychology, including serial or mass killers, is fascinating. One can learn some things about how people work by studying these outliers.
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Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:21PM (#26582159)
Besides, there’s value in being occasionally reminded that some small fraction of people in your community are actually predators, even though 99% of the people you interact with are perfectly ordinary.
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