Why is it interesting to watch other people humiliate themselves or be humiliated?
403554
better them than us. its like a train crash. you know its wrong to look, but you just cant stop watching.
205572
beating and humiliation
500510
All people are curios and love to find out dirt on other people well most people it's unfortunately human nature. It makes a lot of people feel better to because they can say look what she is doing I'm not that bad.
180931
People can be so mean, why can't they just worry about themselves. I think when people make fun of your friend it is because they are jealous of her confidence.
1075443
Because people are judgemental and stereotypical and I don't know the entire answer.  People just like to poke fun at others for their own amusement or because they have insecurities in their lives.
686873
I think that the reason why they do it, is to make themselves feel better. But really in the end they just make themselves look like jerks. Dont be afraid to stand out, its always better to make your own path than to follow others.
424375
a very natural way to cover up their true emotions. sometimes some people get away with it remarkably. some people are just toooo nervous that even their giggle sounds ghastly..\nit is jus a spontaneous reaction to a situation they cant handle..
583142
Most people like to watch and alot have a secret desire to be seen doing it also. Watching someone arouses a person alot more than simple making out.
486676
This, of course, is one of those nasty things you think about but never do. It really depends on the person. Generally, whatever would humiliate them the most or cause their reputation to change for the worse.
124981
It's more or less just that they crave attention.  Sometimes it can be funny, but in the sense when friends are joking with friends (i.e. you make fun of how your friend's hair looks like he/she stuck their finger in an electric socket).  Unfortunately (and it's been this way for years and years) the status quo is such that (and has been such that) when one makes fun of another it boosts his/her self esteem and morale (and that of his/her friends) at the cost of another's.  Most times this behavior is conducive to a lack of self confidence and a need to prove oneself to his/her peers.  Also, it indicates a broken history (even if the person in question comes from a prestigious background).  They just don't get enough love, so they've got to be a*holes...  It's just a fact of life.
484867
they have small minds and its their way of amusing themselves..imagine how awful it must feel to be those people? you have to live with that ugliness inside you 24/7, yuck.
1057367
Because its oh so much easier to point the finger at someone other than ones self. After all if we examine our own behavior we might have to make an effort to change it. Remember these are the same type of people who burned witches. What can we expect form them?
825992
Actually, what is mocked is the image they present to others using ancient writings.  Which I find odd since they basically put down anyone else's image based on ancient ideas as well.  Personally, I just see this as a way they can "threaten" people into shutting them up when someone points out something wrong with the presented image.
439368
So primates like yourself can make insignificant observations and feel proud of it.\n\nLook who's talking.
173040
They are used to tantalize people.
162571
Because a)everyone else is like a flock of sheep in the fact that they try to look, be, & act just like everyone else and don't care to form their OWN opinion on things b) a lot of these people get angry because they sometimes regret their own choices and wish they could be more like you & c)are codependant and could never imagine 'being alone' either now or when they get older. People are just nosy in general and it isn't any of their business. I have friends like you and have asked them the question of why not just out of curiosity though. I support & applaud your decision! Next time just make up something interesting like you saw the Exorcist and just didn't want to take that chance!
752329
It makes you willing to let other people set the tone for your encounter with them. It is a valid social strategy unless  you allow them to upset you for longer than the encounter or the other person is violent.\n\nBe mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.\n-John Brown