30 Disturbing Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway

We managed to get in touch with one of the people who started this discussion, u/Literal-Pile-of-Poo, and they were kind enough to have a little chat with us about their now-viral post.

"I think I [came up with the idea for it when I] was just watching TV and [since] I liked reading those kinds of threads in r/AskReddit where people tell stories or something that was just interesting like [random] facts, I thought I would just make a post that I would find interesting to read as well," the Redditor told Bored Panda.

"From the responses, I learned a lot about how nature is much more brutal than it seems. Many of the facts were about weird things animals do," the Redditor added.

But with that being said, they think people should not seek messed up info if they're not into that kind of thing. "The less disturbing things you come across the better in my opinion. But, I feel this post was more geared towards changing your perspective on how things work."

However, there's something intrinsically human about seeking out gloom. Experts call it negativity bias. 

In short, it's our tendency not only to register negative stimuli more readily but also to dwell on these events. Also known as positive-negative asymmetry, this negativity bias means that we feel the sting of a rebuke more powerfully than we feel the joy of praise.

As humans, we tend to:

• Remember traumatic experiences better than positive ones;
• Recall insults better than praise;
• React more strongly to negative stimuli;
• Think about negative things more frequently than positive ones;
• Respond more strongly to negative events than to equally positive ones;

So chances are, we'll see similar posts in the future as well.