Go back 200-300 years and look at some of the folk tales like the unedited version of Grimm's fairy tales assuming culture is reflective of reality. The internet just brought reality once again to the forefront (through a computer screen instead of in front of our own faces). It's definitely not the same as snapping mouse necks all day. (uni lab). That numbs you way more than anything online. Humanity's perception of reality has always been skewed. The internet has just ALL ideas easier to distribute no matter how crazy in addition to magnifiying every little incident on the planet making the world seem worse than it is (shooting? I've yet to hear or see one walking around and driving to work, and I'm middle aged.)