A New Kind of Toxic

event such as a mass shooting or a natural disaster we get a lot of couch toxicity. We see people sending prayers, thoughts, leprechauns... and of course changing their profile pictures as if that means something. Surely, there is nothing wrong with an act of pointless compassion but this form of ethical charade is part of the problem we have drowned ourselves in online douchebaggery.

The world has problems. Real problems. Likes, profile picture mods or any other positive thinking act doesn't do shit to change this. These acts serve more like a thought experiment, a make-up that aims to cover up our laziness and apathy. They aim to provide each other with a pointless ethical fulfillment, a self delusion. They are making us the exact opposite of humane. They render human action into a pop-cultural meme that as it gets repeated, it fades into oblivion along with the other bullshit around us.