But the unique kind of narcissism social media breeds demands you just go ten times crazier. "If you DON'T think it's fine to murder people in the street, it means you're a corporate bootlicker who thinks our current system is perfect! We should FUCKING KILL THEM ALL AAARRRGGGHH" - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

jasonkpargin.bsky.social • 86 days ago

But the unique kind of narcissism social media breeds demands you just go ten times crazier. "If you DON'T think it's fine to murder people in the street, it means you're a corporate bootlicker who thinks our current system is perfect! We should FUCKING KILL THEM ALL AAARRRGGGHH"

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tgnprofessor.bsky.social•85 days ago

You’re kind of doing this yourself when you extrapolate from people being happy that one specific awful person died to saying that they want to normalise people getting shot in the street (even ignoring the question of whether the US has already normalised that).

chrishillatx.bsky.social•85 days ago

I don't see anyone conflating the assassination of an evil and powerful person with murdering people on the street for no good reason, but I have noticed some people, like you, doubling down on defending said evil and powerful person for no good reason.

scuddern.bsky.social•86 days ago

First rule of the Internet is "Be anonymous."

Second rule of the Internet is "Don't say anything you wouldn't say to someone's face."

I take people at their word at some level.

jasonkpargin.bsky.social•86 days ago

If you heard somebody saying that in real life you'd just quietly back away, they're at best an immature edgelord and not worth talking to, at worst they're actually unstable. But online, this is just the way people talk and we all kind of just got used to it.

theserpentsays.bsky.social•85 days ago

Not many irl friends?

javo.bsky.social•85 days ago

I am split between understanding on a certain level of intellectual isolation vigilante murder in the streets of CEOs is not actually the best policy for a system of government but also so exhausted by 2024 that I am just enjoying a little CEO death as a treat.

shinkeith.bsky.social•85 days ago

I'm exhausted by 'consequences' seemingly having been completely abolished for the absolute worst pieces of shit alive, and in fact replaced by 'rewards'.

erichwanh.bsky.social•85 days ago

Yeah.

I read a pretty level-headed take that said we wouldn't be celebrating this cunt's death if there was even a slight chance he would be held accountable for his actions.

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justyouraveragejoe.bsky.social•86 days ago

Most people don’t have the time and/or ability to articulate nuanced feelings in relation to events such as this, and it’s much easier to just rally around this symbol, and the doubling down is a way of saying “yes I get it I know endorsing murder in general is not good but that’s for another day”

anderspeterson.bsky.social•83 days ago

I agree with you 100% here. I'm just sad to see some of the other Cracked alumni going down this road.

nemoeimya.bsky.social•85 days ago

Sometimes I wonder how much of online rhetoric is colored not only by algorithms that amplify the most extreme voices, but by the fact that you can't tell when you're arguing with a child.

nemoeimya.bsky.social•85 days ago

Like, if you heard a 17 year old say something like that in real life, you'd also just know "oh, they're 17."

You wouldn't feel any need to engage with them as if they were another rational person worthy of debating reasonably.

erichwanh.bsky.social•85 days ago

If you ever feel that the person screeching to you online may not truly understand anything they're being told...

... they very well might be struggling with literacy

https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now