User blog comment:ShawnCognitionCP/Warnings on Creepypastas: Why I Despise Them/@comment-4713091-20150223201902/@comment-27007772-20150223211143

I think you misunderstood what I meant by the use of these things. They shouldn't be used purely to offend, but that's a side affect. Everything offends someone. I was once told my red tie I wear with on special occasions with my suit is a sign of the patriarchy, and oppressed women.

The scariest, most haunting horror is the real kind. Nothing is more haunting than the true realization these things do and the kind of innocents they happen to, only to take away. Laughing and joking about a Creepypasta, then suddenly stopping and realizing there is a fair chance you may fall victim in the same way as the character you didn't care about- now THAT is horror.

Nothing is scarier than what real life people do to eachother, and using it -well- in a Creepypasta can really drive the story home.