it was a joint effort. veg ordered the thing and sunny snuck it into the house, telling me not to check in the freezer. here's the exact moment my mental processes went from "aw hell yeah, we're playing mario sunshine!" to complete and utter fear

Some of this may be because of religious beliefs. "Bad things happen to bad people", so if the person has something bad happen to them, they must've been bad themselves. Doesn't matter the reason/cause or how good or bad the person actually is.