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[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I still get chills thinking about watching that when it aired. The weird burping and grunting and then the audio of him clearly staring at his reflection in the mirror. With the hot mic still going, he laid it all out there. *shudder*

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

According to the Wikipedia, the audio in the documentary was actually edited, shuffled, and played out of sequence. Not that there's any doubt about his guilt of course.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m sure it was but I don’t know that you could make an argument against the ambiguity of “well, they got you. You’re caught.” And “what did I do? Killed them all, of course.” Those two things could come anywhere in between the rest and still be damning.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which is why I explicitly stated there's no ambiguity. I'm just saying it wasn't actually as dramatic as the docu might have made it seem.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know. I was agreeing with you.

[–] Evia@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the difference between Reddit and Lemmy: any comment thread on Reddit ultimately has to end with 10 layers of argument but Lemmy comments are 2-3 moderately terse statements before polite agreement.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m saying this in complete seriousness. I disagree so hard. This is the first interaction where I’ve questioned someone or agreed and they didn’t come back with insults or more arguments. Reddit is just as bad now but Lemmy is definitely no better.

[–] Evia@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Huh, I guess it just shows how different experiences can really shape perspective

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Shuffle off to Buffalo you Nincompoop! /s

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m not even sure how to respond to this. Is this an insult?

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It was intended as a joke insult, to confirm the point you were making - that nothing you say in disagreement would be dropped, but everything would be continued with arguments and insults.

I guess I should have used a /s

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I figured that was the case but was legitimately unsure if someone would sue the word “nincompoop” seriously. lol

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Possibly one of the greatest TV moments, I was on the fence the whole series on whether this guy just had bad luck, and then he just laid it all out and the hot mic caught it, my wife and I were like "no fucking way!!" when it happened.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah…one of the craziest TV moments I’ve ever seen.