You must remember how a teen mind operates. Fearful of their abusive parents, taking that hidden anger out on anyone and everyone that gets in their way. Demeans everyone, trying to bolster a very low self esteem. Normal men don't interact this way, joining conversations to engage, share thoughts, perhaps to help by giving advice, taking same when needed. The teen angst, especially when they've been abused and or neglected, will do anything to show that learned behavior to anyone who dares to argue with them. Trying their hardest to ridicule, dismiss, deflect, project and gas light. Doing anything they can to enlist other's in their defense, the typical bully who would cower from anyone who fights back in person, but in this virtual community, they'll taunt, insult, brag how powerful, handsome, alluring and tough they are, as it's an anonymous way to hide that deep insecurity and to form a sense of control, at least for a moment, until others recognize the little boy inside them and call them out, where they'll subject everyone involved to a rash of typical teen insults, further deflecting his own behavior back at all comers. sitting proudly at his keyboard, actually thinking he's won, "handing them their arse" as he puts it. Yes, mindless it can surely be, when you interact with that little boy-man, thinking it will go anywhere besides the trash bin. You're dealing with a person who assumes everything about people, takes what truths they tell in this forum, and turns them around to escape those feelings of inadequacy, to make themselves feel better, at least for the time being, as these types are easier to recognize than they used to be, and easier to avoid after pointing them out to others.
