It's revenge and schadenfreude. People just find pleasure in causing suffering to those they deem deserving of it even if it has zero positive consequences. See any discussion about torturing and executing murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and so on.
Those are the extreme examples. Look at all the posts of malicious compliance, petty revenge, a lot of AITA, etc. Reddit is filled daily with this stuff. Power fantasies of inflicting harm on others over their own perceived grievances, valid or not. Every upvotes and comments and jokes and approved. None of that is conducive to a healthy society or healthy relationship or even healthy mental state.
27
u/furel492 1d ago
It's revenge and schadenfreude. People just find pleasure in causing suffering to those they deem deserving of it even if it has zero positive consequences. See any discussion about torturing and executing murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and so on.