Being online is a unique kind of mental state. Whatever chemicals that excess social media usage makes our brain release can lead to some crazy conclusions, ones it would be a lot harder to come across in the real world. In the very worst cases, it seems to flick a mental switch that encourages people to reveal terrible things about themselves, best kept between them and a therapist. The internet is one of the most deranged argumentative battlegrounds we have ever seen, and plenty out there are way too eager to be involved in it.
While this has been true since every famous app has been a thing, 2022 has certainly proved to be a cursed vintage for awful online discourse. This has been shown in a thread started by @rebexxxxa, asking people to name the zaniest things they had witnessed on social media this year. It resulted in some dastardly reminders that sometimes it's better to simply keep your peace. Oh, and never share that you're drinking coffee with a loved one in your garden.
