so uh, why are you all so pathetically cruel? -

[amor fati]

i always knew there was a whole community of weird fucks who obsessed over chris-chan. never cared enough to look for it - but then someone linked me this to a "lolcow" thread on discord earlier, and suddenly i am here.

and after reading a bunch of threads on here - i just... i just... i keep asking myself, why?

human behavior fascinates me, so i ask you the following question with full sincerity: why is it that you all derive such joy on making fun of people with clear mental illnesses?

 

[UY 690]

wat?

Speak English

 

[ColtWalker1847]

Because it is either do that or be sad. We can't do a damn thing to change them so might as well have a laugh.

You haven't been to the Susan Schofield thread yet, have you? Read about that godawful shitmess of a person and you will see why we aren't always kind in our mockery.

 

[millais]

Schadenfreude, look it up

 

[CrunkLord420]

Documentation is important.

 

[amor fati]

schadenfreude. sure. and you feel no guilt for this? no shame in indulging the lowest of emotions?

 

[D. Sweatshirt]

Because it is either do that or be sad. We can't do a damn thing to change them so might as well have a laugh.

The exact reason differs from person to person, but it's pretty much this.

We watch self-entitled people trip on their egos and laugh at them. We come from all walks of life, too- black, white, asian, tranny- so we're not really a bunch of alt-right boogeymen like some people might want you to believe.

Everyone is human, and everyone makes mistakes- all we do is get a chuckle out of them, whether they're big or small.

 

[millais]

schadenfreude. sure. and you feel no guilt for this? no shame in indulging the lowest of emotions?

Guilty pleasure, look it up

 

[amor fati]

The exact reason differs from person to person, but it's pretty much this.

We watch self-entitled people trip on their egos and laugh at them. We come from all walks of life, too- black, white, asian, tranny- so we're not really a bunch of alt-right boogeymen like some people might want you to believe.

Everyone is human, and everyone makes mistakes- all we do is get a chuckle out of them, whether they're big or small.

of course - i do that too- and then typically, i feel ashamed for having done so. everyone does that to a certain degree, but building a community around it just feels so ugly to me.

 

[amor fati]

Guilty pleasure, look it up

ah, so you at least feel some guilt for it?

 

[Wärring Ornac]

Please do show us at which part we are cruel again?

 

[D. Sweatshirt]

of course - i do that too- and then typically, i feel ashamed for having done. everyone does that to a certain degree, but building a community around it just feels so ugly to me.

The world is an ugly place, whether you want it to be or not. Better to have somewhere to laugh at it than sit there in the darkness.

Now, how are we cruel again exactly?

 

[CrunkLord420]

schadenfreude. sure. and you feel no guilt for this? no shame in indulging the lowest of emotions?

Kiwi Farms in general is milquetoast and being overly aggro is discouraged. The most damage the majority of these threads do to people is the public dissemination of already public information, an unkind reflection of the subject.

 

[Gazed too deep]

I get you're here to ride on your high moral horse about how bad we are but what exactly are you here for besides wanking yourself off about how awful everyone is?

 

[Zaragoza]

Come on, you know you love it.

 

[amor fati]

I get you're here to ride on your high moral horse about how bad we are but what exactly are you here for besides wanking yourself off about how awful everyone is?

i am truly curious. but it is also a way to kill time this evening, and push off some more pressing obligations.

 

[SiccDicc]

Because my father was never home and my mother didn't love me enough.

 

[Kiwi Jeff]

I'm here because I made friends here that I can make dumb threads with (i.e. funposting threads), while also talking about the lessons we've learned from the mistakes of people with threads.

 

[Audit_The_Autist]

No, we're quite boring. I want to talk about you @amor fati . What's your twitter handle and could you give us a good bio about yourself? We want to get to know you better.

 

[SJ 485]

Lolcows are people who create their own misfortune, it's not about laughing at disabled people because they're disabled. Is it really cruelty to enjoy laughing at people who misbehave and make asses of themselves in public?
I actually think Kiwi Farms tries harder to understand people like Chris and is more sympathetic than people give us credit for. We're actually all about love here.