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sundray@lemmus.org 5 days agoYou ever see one of those videos of a guy sitting alone in his truck, filming himself talking about something that’s bothering him even though nobody asked (or cares)? Same thing. They feel like nobody is listening to them and it just burns them up inside, and it fuels their bottomless sense of resentment.
nyctre@piefed.social 5 days ago
Huh.. I never thought of it that way. And I can see how they’re similar but I feel they’re different still mostly because these are usually trolls or just idiots that come to complain, whereas those people usually post on fb/utube/etc. where they’re easier to ignore. Feels less targeted.
sundray@lemmus.org 5 days ago
I mean everybody’s different, but a lot of those people (whether here or on fb, etc.) highly motivated by feeling un-listened to, and deep down they all share that motivation. Older folk tend to be the “in-my-truck” vloggers, and younger people tend to just be little shits wherever distance or anonymity gives them a sense of security.
But even people who don’t lash out can harbor a huge sense of resentment when they don’t believe anyone is listening to them. Take the last US pres election. It might not have been enough to make a difference, but plenty of people were voting (or staying home) because they wanted to punish whomever it was that they felt ignored by.