Best I can do is 'white supremacy makes them do it'.
But in seriousness it is pretty weird. I think the short answer is 'because it's easy'. The spend a lot of time, but it's not particularly hard. There's a lot of people who are sort of miserable, or at least unfulfilled, and hating on someone offers a quick easy path to some amount of c…
Best I can do is 'white supremacy makes them do it'.
But in seriousness it is pretty weird. I think the short answer is 'because it's easy'. The spend a lot of time, but it's not particularly hard. There's a lot of people who are sort of miserable, or at least unfulfilled, and hating on someone offers a quick easy path to some amount of catharsis. If we're honest with ourselves I think we all sometimes enjoy seeing someone we don't like suffer.
Not to nerd out, but it's a bit like light side/dark side of the force. People are seeking some form of fulfillment and satisfaction. The 'light side' version of that would be doing things like being productive, learning a skill, improving yourself, helping others, etc... Those things will bring you satisfaction that is more lasting, but they're hard, they take time and usually require getting up from your chair. The dark side would be finding someone to hate and making them suffer. On the internet, you can do that pretty easily without leaving your moms basement.
yeah i don’t think it’s laziness at all, a lot of energy and creativity goes into some of these pranks, and parts of it are quite funny. you could argue that it’s a misuse of or improper outlet for these skills, and obviously there is a meanness to a lot of it, but it’s an oversimplification to just say people are defaulting to this behaviour by giving in their dark urges or because it’s too much trouble to go outside and sand their deck. people have different interests, for better or worse. again i’m not defending the swatting and stalking etc, but i do defend the idea that some of the best art and comedy comes from a place of pure absurdity with no pretense of being useful or even “good” for society.
Best I can do is 'white supremacy makes them do it'.
But in seriousness it is pretty weird. I think the short answer is 'because it's easy'. The spend a lot of time, but it's not particularly hard. There's a lot of people who are sort of miserable, or at least unfulfilled, and hating on someone offers a quick easy path to some amount of catharsis. If we're honest with ourselves I think we all sometimes enjoy seeing someone we don't like suffer.
Not to nerd out, but it's a bit like light side/dark side of the force. People are seeking some form of fulfillment and satisfaction. The 'light side' version of that would be doing things like being productive, learning a skill, improving yourself, helping others, etc... Those things will bring you satisfaction that is more lasting, but they're hard, they take time and usually require getting up from your chair. The dark side would be finding someone to hate and making them suffer. On the internet, you can do that pretty easily without leaving your moms basement.
yeah i don’t think it’s laziness at all, a lot of energy and creativity goes into some of these pranks, and parts of it are quite funny. you could argue that it’s a misuse of or improper outlet for these skills, and obviously there is a meanness to a lot of it, but it’s an oversimplification to just say people are defaulting to this behaviour by giving in their dark urges or because it’s too much trouble to go outside and sand their deck. people have different interests, for better or worse. again i’m not defending the swatting and stalking etc, but i do defend the idea that some of the best art and comedy comes from a place of pure absurdity with no pretense of being useful or even “good” for society.