Why People are so Nasty to One Another About What they Decide to Post Online

Here's how it happens:

Level 1: for a while people just post whatever they like onto the Internet, right? Because it's so vast, and so many people partake in its vastness, trends emerge in the ways people use the Internet to express themselves. These trends expand. People start to notice the trends. People start to get annoyed by the trends. Then:

Level 2: People start mocking the trends, calling out the internet cliches. But again, the Internet is vast. Trends emerge in mocking Internet trends, which people begin to notice and get annoyed by. Then:

Level 3: People start mocking the people who are mocking the initial trends....
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Listen: just chill out, people. Stop depriving yourself and others of joy by heap commentary on top of commentary. Quit repeating things until they appear meaningless. Try to remember there's another person on the other side of that post with real emotions and personal issues. And most importantly: ignore me entirely.