# Time To Dismember (Rants of September){OLD}

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**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475 "2023-09-01T19:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475/307 "2023-09-17T14:39:10Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> I’m always surprised by how much the “youngsters having fun” noise is identical to “youngsters screaming in pain”. It triggers some evolutionary reaction in me, and my adrenaline spikes.

Here’s a whole thread about children shrieking and some especially inappropriate responses to it:

> [@I Took a Wild Guess about Why Some Psycho Fatally Shot an Eight Year Old Girl...AND I WAS RIGHT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204):
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> Murders are almost routine in Chicago, let’s be honest, but this one had people shaking their heads. A man shot an eight year old girl to death. The girl’s father who was there tackled the shooter and shot him in the face. Unusual, sure. But the thought passed through my mind when I first heard this story on the news. “I bet that girl screams a lot when she plays outside.” Instantly, I was a little ashamed of myself at having such a thought. I mean, really, that’s where my mind instantly g…

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