There is a grace in humor that is able to soften the worst blows life delivers and make people feel better about their predicaments faced, not worse. Humor allows us to turn our perspective on hardship, disconnect and laugh at it, giving us the space and energy to move on with other tasks, rather than be consumed.
Couldn't agree more with your sentiments!
There is an immense difference between laughing about someone's ailment and being mean, something that a lot of people online who troll do not understand - they look to inflict pain and the laughter is one-sided, with those enjoying the show sadists via proxy - Schadenfeude.
The internet has done much good to humanity in giving us all an equal platform from where we can be heard, the problem with sadists though is I think they, the fact that they think they are too important or superior beings than the people they are trolling and making fun of, those who pat their backs continue to enable their bad habits, to them there is nothing wrong with their actions.
But despite shows of grandiose, no one really gets away with it, there will come a time they will be at the receiving end, and they will get a chance to experience worse pain than that they inflicted on others!
RE: He who laughs lost