One of the most dystopian things I've seen in a while:
"A girl goes viral after getting stuck in an elevator with a group of immature guys and shut them all down when they started laughing" (Archive)
They aren't doing anything to her. None of them say or do anything out of line in the video, except one who makes a (fairly silly and inoffensive) two-word joke. And yet people absolutely despise them? I don't get it.
We have no context for what happened before or after. We're told they're "immature", but even that feels like an exaggeration based on what we actually see.
This is an incredibly mundane situation, one that would barely register to anyone
if they were standing right there, that was filmed and posted online as if something happened. No one would think anything of this situation if it weren't presented to them in this format.
In other words, these lads are guilty of absolutely nothing other than living in an era where, thanks to smartphones and social media, simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time means you will be subject to the hatred and ridicule of millions of people. Imagine explaining this to people thirty years ago. No wonder kids don't want to leave the house anymore.