That moment I realized I was the toxic commenter all along

I mean, I spent like 2 years piling onto this one food blogger every time she posted a recipe. Thought I was being clever pointing out her measurements were off or her plating looked sloppy. Then one day she hit 50k followers and shared a screenshot of a death threat someone sent her. Reading all those comments I suddenly saw my own snark sitting right next to actual hate speech. Idk, it hit me that I was just adding fuel to a fire I didn't understand. Made me wonder how many other people are out there thinking they're the good guys when they're really just part of the mob. Has anyone else had that cringe moment where you realize you were the problem?

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black.jordan14d ago

My brother once yelled at a pizza place for a typo on their menu.

christopher95214d ago

Read some article that said a shocking number of fast food menus have typos on purpose to seem more authentic. Maybe that guy was onto something, or just hangry.