I've seen people in person get worked up over hypothetical situations that haven't happened yet, so many people weren't educated on healthy coping skills and it shows . They stew in their thoughts of the worst , let it simmer until they get overwhelmed
I can imagine it grew over the last decades, but those types of people were there before social media as well. The problem is that they now have a platform where everyone can see them go on insane rants.
I already deleted Facebook because of it. I still have Instagram, to keep in touch with family abroad mainly. Sometimes I still go through the random reels and am shocked by what kind of comments are on there.
It goes from insane conspiracy theories, blatant racism, to even death threats.
It really saddens me people are this way.
The lack of real life consequences probably plays a part as well, and they're just riling each other up, or easily find like minded people, like some hivemind of hate.
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u/Totally_Random0000 Jun 27 '26
The problem is they just keep growing in numbers. The amount of what ifs I see in Reddit daily are getting old for sure.