Hi everyone, this is probably my first thread. I have never visited this forum before and I hope that I have chosen the right category. Getting closer to the topic, I will say that I have always been interested in people insulting others on the Internet. Today I came across a video in tiktok. It showed a pretty cute and cheerful girl. Some asshole wrote to her that she was a "fat pig with a big nose and an ugly appearance," in response, he left his user account under his comment during an argument with another person. I wrote to him in a Telegram and asked: "Why are you insulting others?". In our conversation, he insulted me and my family in every possible way. He threatened to write to my parents and leak my details. To be honest, I'm sure I'm older than him. His grammar looks like a 10-year-old and he definitely wouldn't have told her that in person, but that's not the point. I'm just wondering why people do this, and I'd like to know the opinion of all those who read this.I'm sorry for the mistakes.I don't really know English and I write through a translator.

>>33217963 (OP)
OP, I will be completely honest with you, regarding the talk about people insulting each other on the internet, you might have found one of the "worse" places to talk about this. But I suppose you're new here, I can shed you some advice.
I'd advise you to not care what people post on the web. Trust me, there is no point. If the guy had 10-year-old levels of grammar, then that must obviously it's a child (or some kind of manchild). At the end of the day, worry not about people online, don't get too vocal, don't feed the trolls and you should be fine.

>>33217963 (OP)
It's called sadism. That guy wanted to say any random combination of words to hurt you and that girl's feelings. Researchers have studied this. In my opinion it's just one of the animal behaviors. Sadists deserve our attention as much as someone's ill behaved dog does. They're smarter than dogs and do macheavellian things with the energy we give them. Everyone has a bit of sadism but that guy seems over the top.

>>33217963 (OP)
Often it is because the insultee is posting off-topic, ill-conceived, overly verbose, extremely FAQ, larping, "wondering"/survey or unsolicited fortune cookie threads, faggot.

>>33217963 (OP)
I used to do this as a young teen. There’s insulting people over an argument (sounds like: ‘you are a fucking moron if you think xyz’). Then there is insulting people, personally/directly, attacking any insecurity you can find etc. I did the second type online, I aimed to inflict as much damage as I could with my words,

I did it out of spite and envy usually. I’d see someone with a happy family or a sense of self-esteem, and I’d attack so I felt better about myself. I stopped doing it after going after an older guy who had a wife and kid. Started over with some stupid flaming on a comment section and I quickly moved it into insulting dms, finding pics of his family to make fun of. Anyway the dude asks me why I was doing what I was doing. I didn't know why at the time. Then he proceeded to forgive me and said he’d pray for me. Something in me broke and I trauma dumped like an idiot, telling him about my abusive household i was trapped in etc. Was weird cuz normally i felt no remorse but when this random dude forgave me during my abusive tirade, it stopped me in my tracks and I felt immense guilt. Haven't harassed or verbally abused anyone since then.

Fag.

>>33217963 (OP)
It's to gain power in our powerless lives anon. Being able to bait someone into a expected reaction is intoxicating and ego-feeding.

It's best to just ignore the "haters".

>>33217963 (OP)
People can be so mean OP. Remember to breathe

>>33217963 (OP)
this is more of a lesson about just minding your own business. the girl can decide for herself if she wants to take down the video if the harassment is too much for her. she might be unaffected by it.

>>33217963 (OP)
Not reading that
It's redirected self-hate