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That's the downside of these sites. You can't unsee things. I take it as a fair price for unfiltered reality. And every time you think this was the worst shit you can imagine, you get teached better the next time.
Surely also depends on what you're looking for. If it's global news, you won't watch the pure gore-fests. You watch war-footage, Islamic peace-deliveries, political events or general footage surface media does censor, or won't show at all.
Just ever be careful to not treat it as social media. You'll find some of the worst examples of our species dwelling there.
I've been visiting those kind of sites since the beginning of the net. And they always seem to attract human garbage in majority. Or sane ones are just quiet lurkers.