Originally Posted by Nightshade
Its the same idea as when looking at serial killers or murders. Generally it starts small with the injuring or killing of small things such as insects. Then it graduates to small animals...birds, cats, dogs, hamsters etc. Once the comfort in doing that and the thrill wears off they graduate to larger things and more impacting things to get the same feel and rush from it in order to sate their need and satisfy the urge.
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so if i hunt, im going to end up killing people cuz the thrill of shooting animals will go away.
psychology may be great for general rules and theories but you cant generalize people based on them.
i wouldnt chose to beat the hell out of my friends for release but if thats what you're going to do, cool, more power to you. just try not to beat your friends to death or anything. and dont get into soap production.