32 min
Unsatisfactories: Childbirth Chainsaws and Childhood Schadenfreud Terrible People Doing Terrible Things
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- True Crime
It's time for another round of Unsatisfactories! This week, we discuss emerging research about childhood schadenfreud and uncover the real reasons behind why your child is laughing at you as you burn yourself on the stove. Hint: Karma's a real beotch! We also explore a popular TikTok claim that chainsaws used to be used during childbirth. Spoiler alert- this claim is based in fact.
Links to stories covered:
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2013/06/03/kids-experience-schadenfreude-by-age-four-maybe-earlier/
https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/chainsaws-invented-why-childbirth-tiktok-truth-origins-explained-756532
If you prefer looking and listening, you can find our episodes in video form over at YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfvqpv0LvHGC7ss3USYuEA. Be sure to subscribe/rate/review and why not go ahead and satisfy your curiosity and check out our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/terriblepeopledoingterriblethings. We appreciate the continued support!
All music (Creepy Comedy and Monsters in Hotel) is adapted from Rafael Krux original works (https://filmmusic.io/artists/rafael-krux) and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
It's time for another round of Unsatisfactories! This week, we discuss emerging research about childhood schadenfreud and uncover the real reasons behind why your child is laughing at you as you burn yourself on the stove. Hint: Karma's a real beotch! We also explore a popular TikTok claim that chainsaws used to be used during childbirth. Spoiler alert- this claim is based in fact.
Links to stories covered:
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2013/06/03/kids-experience-schadenfreude-by-age-four-maybe-earlier/
https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/chainsaws-invented-why-childbirth-tiktok-truth-origins-explained-756532
If you prefer looking and listening, you can find our episodes in video form over at YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfvqpv0LvHGC7ss3USYuEA. Be sure to subscribe/rate/review and why not go ahead and satisfy your curiosity and check out our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/terriblepeopledoingterriblethings. We appreciate the continued support!
All music (Creepy Comedy and Monsters in Hotel) is adapted from Rafael Krux original works (https://filmmusic.io/artists/rafael-krux) and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
32 min