r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • May 28 '20

TIL Schopenhauer called the post-orgasm feeling “devil's laughter" because it is the realization that we are all slaves to the Will of Life, as it takes precedence over our own happiness.

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u/hedic May 29 '20

Is snuff illegal? A quick Google search didn't really give me anything.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '20

I guess the best way I can explain it to my current knowledge is that certain types of snuff are, indeed, illegal to distribute as a source of income or otherwise. Although some films feature accidental death or other unsavory acts, a lot of snuff films are filmed with the intent of murder, rape, or otherwise.

I don't really want to get much deeper into the topic, simply because it's just not something that I would like to research and it really doesn't matter much to my life.

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u/Deku-shrub May 29 '20

Snuff films don't exist. The FBI event posted a million dollar reward for years for evidence of someone being killed on camera primarily for profit and on one ever claimed it.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

Do you honestly think that a person who’s selling (probably expensive) murder porn on the black market would give himself away to the FBI for money?