We had a guy named 'vai' on our IRC channels, he was into 2chan if that gives you a notion of the provenance here. he delighted in sharing links to some of the more exotic content to be found on the internet even then.
It was one of the rites of passage and joys of being on the net then, "seeing things you couldn't unsee." Then you get to go share it with others and watch their innocence melt like delicate snowflakes.
Then, hopefully, when we hit ugly circumstances in person, perhaps we're a little more prepared to deal with the first wave of stupid shock which is a natural reaction. It gets in the way of a rational response, whatever that might be. There's a use for having seen some ugly, early, to learn how to tolerate it.
Very few people are so privileged as to never encounter the bad things in life themselves. Preparation seems wise.
This new generation is perplexingly useless.