This is what's wrong with the internet.

So, a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a little article titled 'Jesse Eisenberg isn't very nice'. (How do I stumble upon stuff like this?) It was written by someone named Romina Puga who'd interviewed Jesse Eisenberg. During the interview Eisenberg had acted like an inconsiderate jerk to the extent that he'd almost made the interviewer cry.

I don't think there's anything dramatic about the interview itself. Yeah, it is pretty bad and awkward. I think that Jesse Eisenberg is a good guy, but it is obvious that in this case he was an asshole. His behaviour was a joke that he took too far. Being amusingly mean can be really entertaining, but when you realize that the other person isn't getting the joke at all, you should have the decency to stop.

Romina Puga does seem slightly unprofessional, but that's completely understandable. (To another human being, it should be.) She's a young journalist learning to do her job and probably taking it quite seriously, and then somebody practically ridicules her for no apparent reason. If you're simply doing your best not to cry, you probably won't come across very articulate and fascinating.

What's problematic are the comments below the YouTube video. On the internet, we don't want to understand young journalists, even when it's obvious that they're still learning; on the internet, we want to destroy everyone we can. Empathy would be nothing but a killjoy.


For some reason, the internet tends to look like this:

Whiffen writes, "That was probably the worst interviewer I have ever seen in my life. Utter shite. Find a new career.." (74 likes)

Moustachehilarity writes, "She's genuinely annoying. Hell yeahs Jesse, even if it was for fun you told that bitch what she needed to hear." (44 likes)

smekninga writes, "Hahahahaa, oh God, she is a dumb interviewer, so awkward, she thought Jesse was going to scream Romina at the camera or something like that and she didn't like the fact he didn't, what a dumbass" (19 likes)

Jonathan Urrely writes, "Horrible interviewer, she had this coming." (7 likes)

And then several "fucking bitch"es and "lololo the whore had this comin"s later, the most repulsive of all: someone named MoYoungin writes:

"People are really defending this hipster glasses wearing slut? She's not even a good interviewer, she's just good looking, perfect for being a cum dumpster." (8 likes)

Then MoYoungin goes on about her being a 'cum dumpster' and how he would 'fuck' her even though he finds her personality 'disgusting'. (Why do people like this always assume that everybody on the internet is terribly interested in their sex life?)

For some reason... MoYoungin's on a mission to destroy a person he doesn't know.


He must know that stuff like this destroys people. Especially when they're young and vulnerable and still finding themselves. Why is he doing this? Why is he so full of hatred towards a person he rationally speaking shouldn't have any hatred towards at all?

What drives these people to act like this? Boredom? Illness? Bitterness? Is this what their parents raised them to be? Why are there so many people on the internet so full of obscure pain that they're always ready to collectively bully any victim they can find? (In this case, a lot of the 'criticism' seems to have to do with the fact that Romina Puga is pretty. Being a pretty girl must be hard: everybody's been hurt by a pretty girl once, and you get to suffer for everybody's traumas.)

What are they trying to prove? Is it simply about the fact that all these people are in pain? They're not sure if they themselves will ever be good enough? Somebody somewhere has hurt them, and they're incapable of dealing with their emotions, and the internet is the perfect outlet for the pain and confusion? After all, pain and anger are the same thing.

Is this how we get MoYoungins?

But why is the internet so full of MoYoungins? Is there something about the internet that makes humans show the worst side of humanity? What exactly is this?

I don't know. But I know that I'll never become one of them.


(Fortunately, there's also a few comments like this one: ThisIsErdoS writes:

"Really, we're taking Jesse's side on this? He was a complete twat."

10 likes. Phew. There's still a heart beating amidst this disaster.)