I'm not your guy, buddy!

Absolutely. A sick little child wanting attention. "Look what I did! I'm special!" What a f*cking waste of skin.

I'd recommend against watching it. We know from the reports what happened. It's natural to be drawn to gather as much information as possible when a horrific act occurs. I see it as seeking understanding as well as a natural curiosity with anything that is far outside normal human experience. However, seeing footage of extreme real-life violence has the potential to cause the viewer to experience negative mental health symptoms including anxiety, depressed mood, and disturbing intrusive memories. Aside from personal consequences, there is also the idea according the victims and their families a measure of dignity and respect. I know that I would not want strangers to watch the slaughter of my children. In my opinion there is so much distressing stuff we already have to deal with involuntarily; we owe to ourselves to avoid adding to load when we can.

Isn't that the one about the birds? I think you mean gift of the magpie.

No, even better. Film the guy that is filming her, instead of the two of you helping.

Well, Homosassa is just south of a big nuclear power reactor in Crystal River, so I think you probably right :)

I actually think it's a bit more simple than that. We tend to find what we are looking for, i. e., confirmatory bias. I agree with your take on depressive realism. When you think of Beck's cognitive triad (depressed people think "I suck, the world sucks, and the future is hopless" ), those who are depressed notice "bad" things more because they are looking for them. They also attribute greater potential negative consequences to the bad thing. I happen to disagree with the depressive realism theory. I spend a good bit of time helping people shift from judging thoughts and perceptions as true or false to helpful or unhelpful. If it is a helpful belief/perception (can one take action to bring one's self closer to the life desired?) then take action and move forward, if not, detach from it. I personally think most of us (me included) spend too much time getting pulled along by our thoughts instead of taking steps, however small, to bring us closer to the person we want to be.