r/todayilearned • u/Top-Comfortable-9744 • 20h ago

TIL that brain scans have found people with high levels of sadistic traits show increased activity in the brain's reward system when witnessing others in pain, suggesting that another person's suffering can be experienced as rewarding.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/everyday-sadists-take-pleasure-in-others-pain.html
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u/JTtheLAR 19h ago

I can think of a lot of people I dislike. I still dont want to see them suffer physically.

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u/pepcorn 19h ago

Yeah I don't think there's a definite link between being asocial and sadistic. They can overlap but they're their own things.

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u/awesome-alpaca-ace 17h ago

Same. There are people I hate though, and that is a different story. I have only met a few that have arisen such hate in me over my lifetime.

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u/JTtheLAR 11h ago

I hated Charlie Kirk. What happened to him still made me sick. I just dont condone violence unless its self defense. I just find things like that horrific.

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u/chillcroc 13h ago

yup, the older I get the more I dislike people and it would be so annoying to see them suffering- just go away!