Ken M's work takes him to the spicy trenches of social media's most emotionally abrasive comments sections. He is a shit starter, but does it in a smooth and cunning way that looks like its own lost art form. If anything, Ken M's typical pokes and prods encourage someone to take themselves a bit LESS seriously on social media. The online world's a place of exaggeration, deception, occasional wholesome, and a whole lot of other BS. It is fun to play around with it, every once and a while!
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It all started with a meme posted to Imgur, wherein the commenters started a "99 bottles of beer on the wall" style run. And you better believe that a dedicated few commenters took it all the way down. The whole thing was documented by users Bearjamin and therealamh. It was a good idea but it really did just keep going. We don't expect you to make it to the end.
At its best, a comments section is a place for people to discuss new ideas, share interesting stories, and tell each other jokes. At its worst, it kinda looks something like this. Egotistical braggarts tearing each other down for no reason other than to make themselves feel something. Boy it happens a lot.
Oh man, you don't want to get into a smart-off with these Leviathans of intellect. Lord knows their enormous brains, crackling with knowledge, would have you slumping at their feet. Seriously, who thinks they're this smart? And further, who thinks it's an attractive quality to go around repeating it?
Just when you think people can't stoop low enough, they respond seriously to an Onion article. Is it a lack of critical thinking skills? Poor reading comprehension? Zero sense of humor? Bogus knowledge of the real world and an inability to distinguish between fact from fiction? Okay, yeah it's probably a combination of all of these. Anyway if you liked these then here's more times people assumed The Onion was trying to be a reputable News source.
The internet is brimming with random encounters with these knuckleheads. First you're chillin' in the youtube comments section and everyone is being cool, then someone brings up thermodynamics for no reason. These guys took their egos to new heights. Just a bunch of brain geniuses, all of em.
What do you get when social media lets people share every dumbass thought they have? Why you get people lying about their own intelligence, of course. These people think highly of themselves, and they very badly want everyone else to know.
What makes people want to lie on the internet? Does it give them a weird sense of satisfaction? Do they think they can actually take credit for things that are easy to fact-check? Do they just want to make the world worse? Either way, what feels really nice is to see justice come to them in the form of a dutiful commenter.
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office gets some interesting characters, and people are enthusiastic to participate. This guy looks like he was arrested for drinking absolutely everything. Hopefully he'll be able to swallow his pride, too.
Be afraid! These knowledge-Goliaths are on such a higher plane than you that your existence is pitiable. Having such heavy intellect on one's shoulders is a burden not one of you mere mortals could possibly understand.
Watch out for these online geniuses, for their mighty brains are oozing with knowledge. Tread lightly in the comments section, for they are there. Waiting. Waiting to tell you exactly how smart they are.
In the wake of heavy scrutiny for detaining migrant children and separating them from their families, the U.S. State Department chose a pretty weird time to tweet about traveling with your family.
