It's going to sound messed up, but I think people like creepy. Like it just becomes a joke no matter how creepy you are or not. I once lulled a girl by telling her I was bringing creepy back. Of course, years later, she's acting like I was trying to groom her. That *never* happened, BTW. She invited me to her graduation party, and it's not like I was old back then.
All I'm saying is that the shock value we keep adding to these stories is making everything seem like groping. Like if you touch a girl's hand on accident, it now constitutes groping. Glances are now considered eye-banging, and it's basically a felony.