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Killed On Video

by Carlo-C-Gomez

Trending upload: saturized, desensitized Caught in the inner workings, those ducks in a pond The sound of clicks in rapid s-t-a-c-c-a-t-o Don't run or fall, but film Send us transmission A moment in a fish bowl, looking out at life on a screen It didn't come bundled with the phone The gulf of dissonance started long before
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56 / M / The Exclusion Zone
For You?
Written by
Carlo-C-Gomez
56 / M / The Exclusion Zone
Published
Jun 16, 2023
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22·57
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The act of recording a violent event but staying silent is a modern manifestation of the bystander effect.

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#violence#fascination#video#bystander#technology#humanity
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