I think it might be more the individual mirroring they tend to do after a while. If you are consistently mean to them, they eventually mirror it back to you, and then people get funny screenshots of them saying mean things and put it on social media.
Or even just in general starting a downward spiral feedback loop where you both keep being slowly meaner and meaner to eachother until it’s starting to actually hurt you long term.
I think it might be more the individual mirroring they tend to do after a while. If you are consistently mean to them, they eventually mirror it back to you, and then people get funny screenshots of them saying mean things and put it on social media.
Or even just in general starting a downward spiral feedback loop where you both keep being slowly meaner and meaner to eachother until it’s starting to actually hurt you long term.