@jwz@mastodon.social @theorangetheme@en.osm.town I tortured a number of ants when I was a kid. I don't think that was emotionally healthy behavior and not something I would encourage a young person to do. I recall someone on Reddit sharing a detailed summary of the incredible suffering he was able to wreak on a prisoner in Rimworld. I think I wrote back that they might want to think things over, possibly with a shrink. I'm not big on horror, especially "torture porn" but I think there's a distinction between thoughts and actions. Stephen King finds thoughts to make your skin crawl, but I have my doubts about anyone who wants to play the Misery video game as the antagonist. Don't torture things; It is corrosive to your soul. I think that's pretty solid advice.