Recently, I came across a piece of news saying that the “representative words” of 2025 were rage bait and parasocial. It really felt like an arrow straight to the knee.
When people try to say something online—to expand their social circles or to ease loneliness and boredom—it’s almost inevitable that disagreements will happen. That’s simply how modern internet culture works. Many people don’t necessarily want to meet in real life, yet they care more and more about this string of data that supposedly “represents who they are.”
Under this parasocial atmosphere, it’s also inevitable that you’ll run into one or two unstable individuals who deliberately mock you, cling to you, or provoke you. Why? Because you’re doing better than “that guy”? Because what you say is more logical and better supported, so he can’t respond directly on the actual issue?
Otherwise, why would he care so much about what you say? Why launch broad attacks or start showing off random things? If you really defamed him, he could just file a lawsuit. Why the endless nonsense—unless he’s simply trying to rage bait you?
If he truly had a solid argument, he could open his own channel and state his case. He could complain to his own followers instead of interfering in your comment section. If he insists on doing that, then he’s basically just making noise.
This is especially true for people who use AI without thinking—without processing or understanding what they generate. That kind of behavior really can weaken independent thinking. Claims like “AI will eliminate engineers, writers, and artists” are also nonsense.
When everyone’s starting point rises together, people will still compete for attention, still compete with one another, and continue improving through that competition. As long as humans still have desire, the economy will exist.
In the past, farmers used oxen to plow their fields; today they drive machines. The oxen lost their jobs—not the people. Those who no longer needed to farm could become engineers or mechanics instead.
So, instead of wasting time arguing with people who want shortcuts and expect to be carried forward without effort, it’s better to focus on learning how to drive, repair, and even build the machines yourself. Because at the end of the day, those who seek gain without effort—and contribute no real value—are the only ones who end up with nothing.
