The complex allure of cursed images

Everyone has a guilty internet pleasure.
Some spice up their time online by watching porn in an incognito browser, others find solace in binge-scrolling through pages and pages of their co-workers Twitter likes to determine if they have decent morals. And there are hundreds of thousands of people who get their internet kicks by willingly exposing themselves to a daily dose of repulsive, cringeworthy images. 
While recreationally staring at photographs of shit-filled toilet bowls and insulti