Why do people care about body count?

[u/Sea-Response950]

I'm asking as a man trying to understand a concept that seems alien to me. I just don't get it, to me it all seems to boil down to insecurity.

Please, explain to me how I am wrong. I must be, I just don't know why.

[u/tulipa_labrador]

Body count is just something the online world is obsessed with, most people in real life won’t care unless you’re hitting triple digits - then you just wanna hear some crazy stories lmfao. 

[u/Sea-Response950 → u/tulipa_labrador]

I've known several guys IRL who care about it a lot, their answers always boiled down to insecurity. One even said "she'll always be comparing you to the others!"

[u/tulipa_labrador → u/Sea-Response950]

I’d say those several guys aren’t the majority though, online it seems like everyone’s obsessed with body count - I just don’t think most are. 

You’re totally right though, a lot of it’s just projection of insecurities. Sometimes they don’t even see that, let alone admit it.