Driving off someone from being online, as a troll, because it gives you a thrill.
This is an awfully specific flex, but it is a flex nonetheless, that people do feel to boast about. Because it’s just another form of a power-trip. Congratulations, you’ve driven away someone who could’ve been a contributory member of a community to make yourself feel better by orchestrating lies, performing witch hunts and huddling with your troll buddies in ways to figure out how to process this.
There’s nothing prideful about this to flex over.
I used to be very sarcastic as well. But as I grew as a person and discovered the connection to my emotional core, I came to feel that it was really just a defense mechanism. There isn’t generally an underlying wit to sarcasm, for the most part it’s just hey that thing is dumb. Like the hipster trend: my style is that your style is stupid and mock-worthy.
Satire and being sardonic aren’t quite the same.
I think satire and sarcasm share a lot in common.