Thirsting for Jeffrey Dahmer Is Heinous. Don’t Do It. – Jezebel

In a nearby corner of Tiktok, as well as across Twitter, other users are creating thirst-edits of Dahmer. People are suggesting Dahmer possesses a certain je ne sais quoi, which is true if “that certain something” is psychopathy and bloodthirst.

People finding serial killers attractive dates back further than the advent of DNA testing. There’s a real and delusional “I can change them” or “they wouldn’t murder me” mentality at play. And while the true crime genre has rightly received its fair share of criticism for transforming gruesome crimes into entertainment at the expense of the well-being of survivors, people announcing they they are “unbothered” by Dahmer’s crimes feels like a new level of desensitization. These two reactions seemingly go hand in hand, showcasing that consumers of serial killer content are eager to express that they not only think there’s attractive qualities to Dahmer, but that the stuff the series is showing him doing really ain’t that bad! Dahmer’s but a little doe eyed boy, misunderstood by everyone except for me! I’m not like other girls, I can handle watching a 14-year-old boy be dismembered! These people are right, I guess, in that they aren’t like others, because most people don’t find themselves horny while watching human beings be tortured and eaten.

I could maybe excuse finding Dahmer physically attractive, in a vacuum, if you were brainwashed at a formative age by indie sleaze Terry Richardson campaigns. But you really don’t have to publicize it if you think a serial killer is attractive. That can be an inside thought! Better yet, you can distract yourself from having the thought entirely by considering the massive, unfathomable pain that this man caused his victims and their families and entire communities of gay men of color, all of whom have been ignored by our racist justice system since always.