The invention of the internet has made it easy for people to access the world’s knowledge. With only a few clicks, one can find an innumerable quantity of information, from the relevant and helpful to the absolutely unnecessary. However, it happens every now and then that our curiosity takes us to some weird and unexpected places full of random content that are impossible to look away from.
If you’re a fan of funnily odd and mildly disturbing things, let us introduce you to the Twitter page "@crim_tweets_”. It is a place full of humorous crime tweets that might be amusing to some and slightly unsettling to others. Scroll down for some of the most criminal tweets.
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The Twitter account @crim_tweets_ was created not so long ago, in January 2022. Over the last year, the page has gained more than 831 thousand followers that enjoy a dark sense of humor. From people joking about running over a dog named “5 miles” to sharing pictures of a police car being parked in a mother and child bay, this place is full of ridiculous and humorous tweets that can take a darker turn.
To get a deeper understanding of dark-themed humor and memes online, we reached out to Deborah S. Bowen, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of PR Instruction at the University of South Florida. Scroll down to read the whole interview!
You can tell this is a fake tweet, 4 Million likes, and The Dude's reply got 480k likes in 4 seconds. Anyways still pretty funny.
The use of the internet has made it more common for people to consume and share dark-themed content. It's intriguing that despite the negative emotions that this kind of stuff can evoke, a lot of internet users are nevertheless drawn to it. But why are we attracted to odd or mildly unsettling things online? Deborah S. Bowen explains that we are drawn to dark-themed content in general. “Horror movies, scary stories, true-crime podcasts... it's easy to see how our minds turn to the unsettling. It gives us a thrill, quite literally; horror and dark content offers us a little adrenaline dump, a tiny frisson of fear that, paradoxically, allows us to feel safe as we realize we are lying in a room, watching American Horror Story, but we're not in any ‘real’ danger. We love to immerse ourselves vicariously into new and stimulating situations that we would never experience in the real world, and these novel experiences help us to understand how we might approach different situations, no matter how unlikely they might seem.”
The Twitter account “Criminal Tweets” shares content that might be amusing to some and slightly unsettling to others. Obviously, the intention of this page is to make fun of the criminal-like posts people share online. The question then arises: has social media had some sort of effect on our perception of morality and justice? Deborah S. Bowen shared that the old debates about heavy metal music and violent video games rear their head every time we discuss the openness of the internet and the access it allows to content we had never even dreamed of. “Old sites like Rotten.com were literally created to post the most egregiously shocking content that one could want. YouTube users can find all kinds of horrific content on that platform as well. And all of this is real, not some CGI attempts to shock and dismay.”
My ex husband told me about the time his parents brought the ashes of their deceased dog home. The dog was very old and died of natural causes. While his parents were out, my ex took the little tin and tied a string around it. He then tugged on the string and said "come on Bowser, roll over." Then when the tin fell on its side he said "play dead....good boy!". His teenage sister could not stop laughing.
“Desensitization is a very real phenomenon, one that holds that the more we are exposed to negative stimuli, the less we react negatively to it. Exposure therapy operates under this premise. Social media allows us to consume a steady diet of real and terrible events, recorded by citizen journalists. It feeds us bullying, divisive rhetoric and unfounded conspiracies. There is no question that our reliance on and love for social media has made a mark on our collective character.”
Hmm... I'm not sure if this is evil... or just good business strategy. XD
This tweet came from a parody account. Just mentioning that for context.
Yeah pretty sure this dude just took a picture of regular brownies. Here's a secret: it's a joke. Some of you guys are getting really fired up but it's not that deep.
This has to be fake cuz who would advertise doing this? Ok, maybe a few idiots
People admit murder on twitter, the idiots are a greater number than you might think.
Load More Replies...I am a pothead, but this still pisses me off. You do not F**k with peoples food. I go zero to somebody better call the police before I kill you real quick. Someone messing with your food is a very real threat to your life.
Went to a Mary Kay or Tupperware party where someone brought unlabeled pot-brownies, which were gobbled up, because, well, they're brownies. The fact I can't remember the sales theme, sums it up.
that actually sounds like a blast. i'd honestly make plans to do that with my friends.
Load More Replies...Leslie, those brownies were so good, like so addicting! Can you make some more?!?
I'm so furious someone brought in pot brownies and sav...nearly lost me my job. I would have passed the drug test otherwise, stop laughing Carl.
Honestly this is ten times worse. A failed drugtest can be challenged and retaken, but poisoning the entire staff to specifically subvert the drug screening, is not only a crime, but can get you sued by the company.
Oh my heck the fact that this was posted on the internet....with his name....he Goin to jail
i work for a drug testing company..........thats not how it works, stoner.
This is so disturbing. There are people that are allergic to substances that cannot or will not do them. If this is a real post this angers me so much.
... and then admit publicly. Idiot. Also, I'm totally fine if you wanna narc yourself up or down or sideways - I'm fine with that, unless you don't know what you're up to and leave your survival in the hands of someone who didn't agree - but impose even the slightest drugs on people unknowing of this - makes you a certain anatomical feature.
Lmao 🤣😂 I agree it is a criminal offense but at least he won't be getting fired for having marijuana in his system.
Beautiful. Never happened, of course, because they'd know who brought the brownies and he'd be in prison for assault at minimum but, would be funny if true.
so they drugged food and gave it to their coworkers that is so messed up and also probably illegible
I'm 47yrs old. Never ever have I been at a workplace where they've done random drug tests. Except once. Staff had to pull out a marble from bag; if the marble was coloured = drug test. If it was clear = no drug test. I have never s**t myself as much as I did that day, because 2 days prior I was at a mad party at a well-known bikie club house. Alcohol, coke, speed, strippers, the whole 9. Guess what? I didn't have to get drug tested. I have never felt relief like it!
I would be easy to spot the culprit. Well, beside his announcement of guilt on the social media
Many years ago I was working at a company in a mid-supervisory position. One day, while the mid-supervisory team was together, our team leader said to one of the mid-supervisors: "I heard they offered you a promotion to senior supervisor. Why'd you turn it down?" Answer: "Because they require a new drug test for that position and I can't give up weed long enough to test negative."
“Gallows humor, the use of grim and ironic jokes or comments in the face of desperate situations, is a coping mechanism that many of us use when we are faced with a hopeless situation. As our reliance on social media grows, gallows humor becomes a way to deflect attention away from the fact that we are either too overcome with emotion at the content we are seeing to respond appropriately -- or that we just don't care at all. Snarky comments can be a defense mechanism and a legitimate way to express our lack of shock and surprise, it's often hard to tell when someone is having a legitimately negative reaction to a piece of startling content online, or if they are just reacting in a way to make them seem ‘cool’ and detached. There is no question that the proliferation of negative content on so many platforms with almost unfettered access has affected our collective ability to be truly taken aback. In light of the racial and religious violence we see in the world around us, the idea that we ‘care less’ is troubling,” Deborah S. Bowen shared.
Social media is a breeding ground for all types of content, including those that are disturbing and even criminal in nature. While some people find posts or memes that make light of serious situations, such as death and tragedy, humorous and an escape from the stresses of daily life, others argue that they can have a negative impact on our well-being and perception of reality.
According to Deborah S. Bowen, many people take comfort in “gallows humor”, at laughing off that which is "too scary" or "too real." “But when everything becomes a joke, does that mean that we aren't treating negativity with the gravitas it deserves? Think of the ‘influencer’ taking a fun selfie at Auschwitz; the reductive posing and the laissez-faire attitude with which people co-opt awful situations can certainly alter the perception of the serious site, for example. When negative situations are not addressed with the respect they might be offered, then they lose their power to horrify. This can definitely affect our perception of reality. When nothing is so awful that it commands quiet awe or a deep and reverent respect, how are we supposed to deal with the personal nightmare scenarios that might affect us — nightmare scenarios like the death of a loved one, or a permanent illness? Social media is undoubtedly forcing users to learn to process trauma in new ways, but it is the job of the individual to ensure that they never lose touch with the compassion and kindness that makes us truly human.”
You always gotta be blasting music with headphones when you are going though all the speed bumps in the school zone
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I would be in the ER a lot because I wouldn't be able to stop hugging my koffing ♡
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The number of people in the comments taking joke tweets seriously is way too g/d high.
hella agreed. People need to pull down their shorts and slide on the ice
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Load More Replies...The number of people in the comments taking joke tweets seriously is way too g/d high.
hella agreed. People need to pull down their shorts and slide on the ice
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Can I post a photo instead? Too many numbers to write down!
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