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How online attacks become life-ruining
Psyche discusses the destructive nature of online harassment, targeting, and coordinated attacks that result in real-world consequences like job loss and social destruction.
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Psyche discusses the destructive nature of online harassment, targeting, and coordinated attacks that result in real-world consequences like job loss and social destruction.
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At ▶ 0:00, Psyche opens the episode by addressing online harassment escalating to criminal slander and life-ruining consequences, noting that people are losing their jobs as a result. He identifies a pattern within what he refers to as the 'IPT community' at ▶ 0:13, characterizing it as a space where members derive satisfaction from others' suffering. At [0:18-0:23], Psyche coins the term 'Schadenfreude PT' to describe this dynamic, defining it as enjoyment of others' pain, which he describes as disturbing at [0:27-0:31]. He concludes by expressing his personal stance against deriving pleasure from anyone's suffering at [0:32-0:34].
This episode appears to explore the psychological and social mechanisms underlying online pile-ons and coordinated harassment campaigns. Psyche seems to be grappling with the contradiction between the capacity for cruelty embedded in human nature and his own ethical resistance to it. The reference to a specific community's investment in others' harm suggests the show continues its pattern of examining collective behavior and the shadow sides of online subcultures. The framing of 'Schadenfreude PT' implies that certain spaces may actively cultivate and normalize pleasure in harm—a theme that suggests deeper questions about community values and psychological conditioning.
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