[Tax-chick]

And lots of people like to read sordid stories about other people's lives, real or fictional. Is True Confessions magazine still publishing, or has its audience turned to reality tv because they can't read anymore?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I have no idea if True Confessions is still around.

But you are right, some people use it to excuse what they are doing to themselves (well at least I never...) or to fantasize about things they would not have the nerve to do.

Humans are both odd and interesting.