I’ve posted quite a bit on here since I created my account, posts I consider non-controversial, since I’m not interested in arguing or getting into heated topics like politics. Even so, I still get the occasional snarky comment. Out of curiosity, I sometimes check the person’s post history when I see something like that, and without fail, their profile is full of snarky, negative, or hateful posts overall. It always makes me wonder: do people like this genuinely get enjoyment from surrounding themselves with negativity? What’s the thought process behind it?
I think some people feel alone and helpless; life can be really cruel to some people and if you’ve been brought up in an environment of constant negativity, perhaps neglect, and you don’t have much of a support network then it isn’t always obvious that there’s an alternative.
I don’t know that anyone really gets enjoyment from expressing constant negativity, but it could be a symptom of depression or similar.